by sharon zink | Nov 28, 2018 | articles, autobiography, emotion, feminism, inspiration, PATRIARCHY, resilience, success, women
I’m sixteen and a virgin. I attend a girl’s grammar school and have never had a boyfriend or been kissed. I’m shy in my burgeoning teenage body, covering my pin up curves with long jumpers, wearing black polo necks even in the summer heat. That day after school, I’m...
by sharon zink | Nov 14, 2018 | articles, coaching, feminism, inspiration, PATRIARCHY, resilience, success, women
Women writers, are you ready to grab the key to the literary kingdom? It’s BELIEVING IN YOURSELF AND YOUR WORK. It’s not rocket science really as we all know that having faith makes life so much easier across all areas, but I think it’s a...
by sharon zink | Nov 8, 2018 | articles, coaching, editing, emotion, feedback, feminism, inspiration, mindfulness, PATRIARCHY, productivity, publishing, resilience, resources, submission process, success, women, writing craft, writing tips
There are lots of elements which go together to make literary success – and, though most of us hate to admit it, much of life is out of our control and Lady Luck often has a fairly big role to play in terms of helping female authors find their audience. However,...
by sharon zink | Nov 7, 2018 | articles, feminism, PATRIARCHY, publishing, video, women
Well, a week into my feminist writing coaching mission and I have my first hater! Someone put a thumbs down on my latest video on my You Tube channel … something I made on how I believe the writing industry is failing women writers and what I’m going to...
by sharon zink | Nov 2, 2018 | articles, coaching, feminism, PATRIARCHY, publishing, resilience, success, women
There’s a big elephant sitting in the lofty rooms of the literary world … and it’s called patriarchy. Or gender bias. Take your pick. But no one wants to talk about it. Including most of the writing coaches, editors and literary consultants who support new authors to...
by sharon zink | Aug 8, 2017 | coaching, feminism, inspiration, productivity, women, writing craft, writing tips
Last month, I had the great experience of speaking to a range of amazing women writers who are working in the fields of coaching, blogging, healing and entrepreneurship as part of my research into how I will support non-fiction authors in my new feminist writing...
by sharon zink | Jul 18, 2017 | feminism, inspiration, productivity, resilience, success, video, women
This week, instead of a traditional blog post, I’ve decided to share a live video I made yesterday for my peeps on Facebook all about why women writers need a mission and what mine is now. I hope it inspires you to find your why for writing and to consider who...
by sharon zink | Jul 11, 2017 | articles, criticism, emotion, feedback, feminism, inspiration, productivity, resilience, submission process, success, women, writing tips
Recently, I shared how I’m going to be relaunching specifically as a feminist writing coach soon due to the proven gender bias within the publishing world and because of the way in which women not only face challenges in terms of their creativity due to doing...
by sharon zink | Jun 29, 2017 | editing, inspiration, productivity, publishing, women, writing tips
This week on The Book Diner, we look back at when Jane Davis – whose first novel, Half-truths and White Lies, won The Daily Mail First Novel Award – visited our cyber red banquette. Jane was hailed by The Bookseller as ‘one to watch,’ but rather than...
by sharon zink | Jun 27, 2017 | feminism, women, writing tips
Recently, I wrote a piece about why I’m going to be relaunching my writing coaching practice soon as a specifically feminist thing, supporting women of all kinds who have big things to say, including my trans sisters, as well as gay, bi and straight guys who...
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