Reflect on the stories you have written – the stories waiting to be written. What themes, topics do you find your writerly mind pushing you to write? How do these themes, topics portray themselves through you as a female writer?

That's the intriguing question that I was asked as part of the ongoing writer/reader series of talks between writers and readers at the blog, All the Blog's a Page, hosted by Shon Bacon, aka The Original Chicklitgurrl™. Click on the book in the bulletin below to be taken to Amazon.com Click on the photo to be taken to my website.

Here's a copy and paste of the bulletin Shon sent out:
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For the month of NOVEMBER, All the Blog's a Page (AtBaP) is featuring FEMALE WRITERS!

First up, freelance journalist/editor, artist and author Annette Marie Hyder!










The Question for November: Reflect on the stories you have written – the stories waiting to be written.
What themes, topics do you find your writerly mind pushing you to write? How do these themes, topics portray themselves through you as a female writer?



In her response, Annette said, "I am drawn to stories about passion, exploration and discovery. Adversity captures my imagination as well. Myths, fairytales and legends are woven throughout my work as reference, allusion, retelling, and mirror. My heroine's grow wings – are forbidden to fly – but flaunt their feathers anyway, lose their voices to Winter but find new ways to speak, meet the Big Bad Wolf and tell his tale with sympathy, pluck truths like fruits from fairytale trees and sink their teeth in. They fill their aprons and offer these fruits to others, make delicious dishes of them, preserve them, candied and canned but always with the essence remaining. My heroines, whether walking through the shadows of adversity, running through avenues of fear, or pausing at intersections of indecision, have shod their feet with winged sandals and wear passion as a blade to pierce mysteries and conundrums alike. They search for the bridge that spans a void which has, on the one side fear, and on the other side disco
very."


To read the rest of Annette's response and read more about this EVERYWOMAN, head to All the Blog's a Page now!



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