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 her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
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.