Feminine Writes: Women, Wisdom, & Writing [Paperback]

Sheri' McConnell (Author), Julie Ann Halick (Editor), Angel Brown (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 13, 2003

Section One – The Wisdom Chapter 1 – The Identity of a Woman Chapter 2 – Passion & Creativity Chapter 3 – Releasing Your Feminine Talent Chapter 4 – My Writing Soul Chapter 5 – The Craft

Section Two 75 Writing Exercises to Ignite the Woman Writer’s Soul

Section Three 25 Common Questions Women Writers Ask

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: The McConnell Group (January 13, 2003)
• ISBN-10: 0971477515
• ISBN-13: 978-0971477513
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,068,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sheri McConnell is a bestselling author, inspirational speaker, mother of four, and the CEO of the Smart Women's Institute™, a global company with over 50,000 women subscribers and members. The Smart Women's Institute™ focuses on empowering women to be healthy, wealthy, and smart!

Sheri has built and sold multiple networks (associations and institutes) over the last decade and is known as one of the leaders on and off the Internet today when it comes to creating equitable membership-based businesses. Sheri has also consulted with hundreds of newly created networks across the Internet and considers herself lucky to have helped birthed so many powerful and successful brands over the last decade.

Sheri speaks to worldwide audiences inspiring them with her story of survival and triumph. She was the only child of a mentally ill and often homeless mother and left at age 17 to work her way through two college degrees and eventually building a multiple seven figure business while raising four children. She is also the author of the Smart Women Book Series™, including Smart Women Create Membership-Based Businesses, The Smart Women's Book of Powerful Quotations, and Smart Women Know Their Why.

Sheri has appeared on CBS, NBC, FOX, San Antonio Living, NPR, and featured in many business publications including "Women Entrepreneur" as well as achieving the status of being the only female business author in the top 25 on Amazon.com. Visit her at http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com and become a Smart Women Member today absolutely free!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Women, Wisdom and Writing, April 16, 2003

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson "Author 'This is the P... (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Feminine Writes: Women, Wisdom, & Writing (Paperback)

Reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, award-winning author of "This is the Place" and "Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered"

Women, Wisdom and Writing are three very big Ws. This is an apt subtitle for "Feminine Writes," a kind of writing genre all its own.

Compiled by Sheri' McConnell, president and founder of the National Association of Women Writers, this book is a little of many things. This could be the kiss of death for a book--the very path to self destruction; in this case it works very well.

The first five chapters are composed of inspirational works culled from essays by members of NAWW--a huge organization that is growing every day. Covering subjects like "The Identity of a Woman" and "Passion and Creativity" they appear in this book by invitation and Sheri' has been careful to include only the best. These are lovely pieces that should be read by any writer, whether she journals only for her own needs, is a hardworking reporter or writes creatively. These pieces may be read one by one and savored or devoured nonstop. Intended for women, many would be of value to men.

The second section is designed to give a writer experience but also to "Ignite the Woman Writer's Soul."

Section three is all (or almost all) about the practical. It answers 25 commonly asked questions about the writing life. A woman writer may find something here that she had thought to ask but never had, or a new slant on an answer that she long thought she had the answer to.

At the end is a "Directory of Wisdom." There is a surprise here that I shall not reveal. It may be sufficient to say that wisdom does not always spring from expected sources.

"Feminine Writes," edited by Angel Brown and Julie Ann Halick, is available at no cost to a writer who chooses to become a member of NAWW; it is one of many perks. Or it may be ordered on Amazon with the rest of this spring's reading.

I highly recommend this book. It is, in part, a mass memoir. Women share their innermost selves with other writers. It is a workbook extraordinaire. All in all, it is a book full of camaraderie. If I used a star system for rating, I would wave a flag full of them for "Feminine Writes." A pretty pink flag, for women writers everywhere.

(Carolyn Howard-Johnson's first novel, "This is the Place," has won eight awards. Her newly released "Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered" has won three.)

5.0 out of 5 stars Women, Wisdom and Writing, April 16, 2003

By 

Carolyn Howard-Johnson "Author 'This is the P... (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Feminine Writes: Women, Wisdom, & Writing (Paperback)

Reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, award-winning author of "This is the Place" and "Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered"

Women, Wisdom and Writing are three very big Ws. This is an apt subtitle for "Feminine Writes," a kind of writing genre all its own.

Compiled by Sheri' McConnell, president and founder of the National Association of Women Writers, this book is a little of many things. This could be the kiss of death for a book--the very path to self destruction; in this case it works very well.

The first five chapters are composed of inspirational works culled from essays by members of NAWW--a huge organization that is growing every day. Covering subjects like "The Identity of a Woman" and "Passion and Creativity" they appear in this book by invitation and Sheri' has been careful to include only the best. These are lovely pieces that should be read by any writer, whether she journals only for her own needs, is a hardworking reporter or writes creatively. These pieces may be read one by one and savored or devoured nonstop. Intended for women, many would be of value to men.

The second section is designed to give a writer experience but also to "Ignite the Woman Writer's Soul."

Section three is all (or almost all) about the practical. It answers 25 commonly asked questions about the writing life. A woman writer may find something here that she had thought to ask but never had, or a new slant on an answer that she long thought she had the answer to.

At the end is a "Directory of Wisdom." There is a surprise here that I shall not reveal. It may be sufficient to say that wisdom does not always spring from expected sources.

"Feminine Writes," edited by Angel Brown and Julie Ann Halick, is available at no cost to a writer who chooses to become a member of NAWW; it is one of many perks. Or it may be ordered on Amazon with the rest of this spring's reading.

I highly recommend this book. It is, in part, a mass memoir. Women share their innermost selves with other writers. It is a workbook extraordinaire. All in all, it is a book full of camaraderie. If I used a star system for rating, I would wave a flag full of them for "Feminine Writes." A pretty pink flag, for women writers everywhere.

(Carolyn Howard-Johnson's first novel, "This is the Place," has won eight awards. Her newly released "Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered" has won three.)