Women Writers Who Made a Difference To Me

Today is International Women’s Day, and to celebrate I’m going to be sharing some women writers who have made a difference to me and my writing!

Enid Blyton 

One of the first books I can vividly remember reading is Malory Towers, a six-book series following a girl at boarding school. It’s a series I read over and over again, and it’s definitely a series that got me into reading, so her books made such a huge difference to my life.

JK Rowling 

Whilst I don’t agree with some of what Rowling has done lately, it doesn’t erase the impact that her and her books have had on my life. I would not have started writing when I did without Harry Potter being in my life, and therefore I would not be where I am now. Taking the same degree, perhaps, but almost certainly without the same amount of experience and love of writing that I do.

Eva Ibbotson 

Journey to the River Sea is a book that meant a lot to me when I was younger. It’s one of the books that made me actually feel something, and it was one of the first books that I properly, truly loved. That’s a feeling that I fully want to feel again; and if it’s possible, I want people to feel that way about a book I might write in the future too.

Let me know in the comments below any women writers who mean a lot to you, because I’d love to hear ones who have made a difference to your life.

Until the next time,

7 1/2 recommended books by female authors | IWD 2017

Hey everybody! Today (March 8th) is International Women’s Day around the world and I thought I would celebrate it on this blog by recommending some series and books I’ve LOVED by women authors.

International Women’s Day, firstly: why is it important? Well, because women aren’t being treated fairly in society. We earn less in the exact same job in which a man would be earning more. In America, and certainly other places in the world, we have to carry babies to full term because men seem to think they can control our uteri. We have to cover our shoulders and backs and thighs because allegedly they turn men on (in which case, men shouldn’t even be out in society) and yet we’re meant to sit back and watch happily as boys run around shirtless. Men get angry if we wear too much makeup; men get angry if we don’t. Men get angry if we won’t sleep with them; men get angry if we sleep with too many of them. Men try to control and explain our periods for goodness’ sake, and they get angry when we say, “Well, actually, you don’t have a period, but I do and it’s not like that…”*

Men, men, men. Women, women, women.