Here’s a lovely way to start your Sunday. With a nod to Women’s History Month, Open Road Media has created a 2-minute video featuring bestselling female mystery writers Ruth Rendell, Susan Isaacs, Jane Langton, Mary Burton and more, sharing their thoughts on women and writing.
A couple great quotes from the video:
“Being as old as I am doesn’t stop me from starting something, or carrying on with a difficult job.”
—Jane Langton
“To be accepted allows you room to flower, to breathe. You have a great gratitude toward those who accept you.”
—Anne Perry
Click here to watch over at YouTube.
Jane Friedman has spent nearly 25 years working in the book publishing industry, with a focus on author education and trend reporting. She is the editor of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World in 2023. Her latest book is The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press), which received a starred review from Library Journal. In addition to serving on grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Creative Work Fund, she works with organizations such as The Authors Guild to bring transparency to the business of publishing.
Thank you so much. What a motivational boost!
Inspiring to see these amazing women authors and hear them speak these words of power. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Jane, for offering this glimpse into the lives and motivations of other women writers. It helps to relate in the quest for keeping it going.
Starbucks, warm bagel with cream chees and this….Ahh! What an inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
Hearing the words and advice on video from these great ladies is an inspiring way to start this new week/month. Thanks
That was beautiful…I’m going to turn off Facebook now and get to work on my next book!
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Thank you so much for this. I’m at that drained place where my eyes have been tediously seeking errors in my latest ms, so this was the well-deserved refreshments at end of a parched spell.