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...
by sharon zink | Jun 13, 2017 | criticism, feedback, publishing, submission process, writing craft, writing tips
I’ve given a lot of feedback in my life – as an English Literature academic, I graded thousands of undergrad and postgrad papers and then I became an A’ level examiner and marked over a 1000 student exams. Add to that the hundreds of reports I have...
by sharon zink | Jun 8, 2017 | inspiration, productivity, The Book Diner Interviews, women, writing craft, writing tips
This week The Book Diner goes back to when I had a visit from the very lovely Alex Hourston shortly after her debut novel, In My House, was published by Faber and Faber). It’s a very exciting time for a novelist when a first book comes out as I know from my own...
by sharon zink | Jun 6, 2017 | feminism, inspiration, productivity, resilience, success, women, writing tips
Last week, I wrote about some of the reasons why it’s harder for women to succeed as writers, including gender bias in the publishing industry, the extra burden of domestic chores many women carry, which means we have less time to write, plus our feminine...
by sharon zink | May 30, 2017 | feminism, inspiration, productivity, publishing, resilience, submission process, success, women, writing tips
I’ve always been a feminist – I was reading Simone de Beauvoir at 13 and I nipped out from my job at Foyle’s bookshop in London to see Gloria Steinem speak when I was 19 (and, yes, she was amazing!). I volunteered at the Feminist Library before I...
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