All Blog Posts Tagged 'women' (17)

Pretty Woman

Fakhra Younus was an attractive young woman. That's her in the picture. Take a good look at her face. I don't want you to forget it.…

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Added by Susan on April 18, 2012 at 10:28am — No Comments

Somebody Doesn't Like Sarah Leigh

My cozy mystery, SOMEBODY DOESN'T LIKE SARAH LEIGH, is available for Kindle and will come in other formats in the spring of 2012. Set in northern Lower Michigan, it’s an intriguing mystery and more than that. It's also about what can happen to friendships between women.

We've all seen movies and read books about those lifelong, girl-to-woman relationships, and they are wonderful. But what we often don't consider is that some of those friendships go wrong over time. It's hard to say…

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Added by Peg Herring on December 19, 2011 at 10:05pm — No Comments

Re: First woman put to death in electric chair ... Ruthless Ruth

Born into poverty in 1895, Ruth Brown had big dreams. As a teenager in New York, she longed for the fancy clothes she saw in department stores, but her job as a telephone operator barely paid the rent. Determined to get ahead, she took shorthand classes and dreamed of marrying Prince Charming.

And soon did. She landed a job at Boating Magazine as…

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Added by Susan on September 23, 2011 at 8:51am — No Comments

Sisters in Crime issue reading and blogging challenge says crime author Pauline Rowson

Sisters in Crime, a non-profit organization with the mission to “promote the professional development and the advancement of women crime writers to achieve equality in the industry” has thrown down the gauntlet for a reading challenge and one for lovers of crime fiction.

Sisters in Crime has 3,000 or… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on August 22, 2011 at 10:38pm — No Comments

Women of Mystery; Ladies Who Critique

THE WRITE SITES

Women of Mystery

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The list of topics covered by this blog must be seen to be

believed. It covers writing, reading, true-life crime and much

more. A link of particular interest is their list of other writing blogs,

at http://www.womenofmystery.net/2007/07/writers-who-blog.html…

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Added by Love Is Murder Conference on July 25, 2011 at 7:51am — No Comments

Wikipedia List of Female Mystery Writers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_detective/mystery_writers

Added by Love Is Murder Conference on July 22, 2011 at 11:16pm — 1 Comment

Inspiration–and laughter–for the ladies: Ghada Abdel Aal’s Writing Life

When she was in her early twenties, Egyptian writer Ghada Abdel Aal began the complicated process of seeking a spouse. It involved meetings in parental living rooms over awkward glasses of tea. On one such occasion her potential groom spent his time screaming at a soccer game on tv. Another turned out to have a couple of wives already, and a would-be husband who was also a…

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Added by Matt Rees on May 18, 2011 at 5:43pm — No Comments

A Boston Mystery Writer Introduces Herself

Hello, fellow Crimespace denizens. Now that I've had a look around, I thought I'd follow up with a proper introduction.

I'm a 50-something mystery (and fantasy) writer living in the Boston, Massachusetts area. I'm Polish-American and live in the comfy suburb of Arlington, MA with my husband. No kids or pets, although a friend of mine sent me a stuffed cat once, so I left it out on the back of the couch for when the nephews stop by. These days I make my living as a freelance…

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Added by Margy Rydzynski on January 2, 2011 at 10:48am — 5 Comments

Switching Sexes

Oh, stop thinking that way!

My thought for the day comes from the night. Once upon a time, my husband wanted the bedroom cool (make that cold) and I wanted it warm. In our maturity, we have switched. These days I can't sleep unless the AC is on, and he suffers from an arthritic shoulder, so the blast of cool air keeps him awake with an ache.

Studies show that men and women make subtle shifts as they age that may reverse behaviors and attitudes from their…

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Added by Peg Herring on July 16, 2010 at 10:40pm — No Comments

How to keep up on the Middle East

JERUSALEM — Time was anyone with an interest in the Middle East could be guaranteed a couple of books a year would be brought out by U.S. journalists based in the region. Now many of those correspondents are history, with news bureaus closing and those that remain cutting back. The new books written by Americans tend to be by think-tank types or others whose agenda is hard to figure out.

But you know that already. It’s one reason you’re reading GlobalPost, which was founded… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on June 20, 2010 at 9:19pm — No Comments

Mature Females, Wise Women, and Little Old Ladies

I'm scheduled to be profiled this week in Sylvia Dickey Smith's column in the EXAMINER. She's invited women of a certain age to comment on how maturity makes them better writers. Of course I jumped in on that one, but I have to admit that simply aging doesn't make anyone better at anything. I know people who, as they age, hang on harder and harder to things that interfere with improvement.

First is youth. The more a person tries to hold onto it, the harder he or she has to work at… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on September 1, 2009 at 10:53pm — 2 Comments

Park Lane and Pink Ladies

Well now I can say I’ve lunched at The InterContinental Hotel, Park Lane and a very nice lunch it was too. When my husband, Bob, gave the London taxi driver the hotel’s address, the cabbie asked if we’d won the lottery – obviously then we didn’t look the usual clientele of The InterContinental. I wasn’t sure whether to be flattered or offended. I, of course, pretended to be a World famous crime… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on May 10, 2009 at 2:58am — No Comments

Fellow Author Featured at My Blog!

Our own award winning author, Brian L. Porter, of "A Study in Red -- The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper" is spotlighted at my blog today. I hope everyone will come over and discover how this talented writer 'got inside' the mind of Jack the Ripper and created his secret journal. This book is simply sailing off the charts and if you haven't read it yet...what are you waiting on???

http://missmaesite.blogspot.com

See you there!

Added by Miss Mae on October 29, 2008 at 12:09am — No Comments

A very successful event

The Women Into Business conference went really well. Seventy women turned up across all age ranges some who were already running businesses and others who were about to start, or were thinking of running their own business. It was a very inspiring morning with speakers including yours truly. I was delighted to talk to so many of the women there and pass on any tips and advice about marketing and building a business. And I was thrilled that so many… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on October 6, 2008 at 1:08am — No Comments

Delivering an inspiring speech

I'm preparing for a talk I am giving tomorrow at a Women Into Business conference in the UK. I am the keynote speaker so I need to make sure that I kick-start the conference on the right note. There are going to be ninety women there and all keen to start, or who are thinking about starting, their own business. Of course there are people around who think that now is not a good time to be doing so, but I started my own marketing and training company in the UK in 1992 three days before Black… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on October 1, 2008 at 11:20pm — No Comments

New Blog: Womenincrimeink

P R E S S R E L E A S E

Announcing a unique crime blog March 10, 2008:

WOMEN IN CRIME INK

Set to launch on Monday, March 10, 2008, at http://www.womencrimeink.blogspot.com

Contact: womenincrimeink@yahoo.com or 713/444-8700

Profiling the nation’s most intriguing criminals . . . interviewing killers, survivors, witnesses, and… Continue

Added by Andrea Campbell on March 12, 2008 at 7:13am — No Comments

It's About Time...

When you finally decide to take the plunge and learn how to do business and work online, great things happen. I also recently decided to follow my passion and begin reviewing (well listing ones I've read) books Click here to visit my book site. Through a series of fortunate coincidences owing to my membership in another group Digital Women I was referred to Crimespace. Confused yet? I'm thrilled to be here.… Continue

Added by Nicole Lascelle on March 2, 2008 at 1:00am — No Comments