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"How wonderful to have such encouraging and speedy feedback, rather than the usual black hole of silence!" 

"What attracted me to the A Woman's Write competition was the possibility to have a critique. I wasn't disappointed. They offered wise words, good suggestions and valuable support..."

"Their succinct, to-the-point critique helped me refine my entry."

...From A Woman's Write entrants...

 

As an A Woman's Write Editor, I am always reminding those who contact us: WE ARE HUMANS! - WOMEN HELPING OTHER WOMEN! WE ARE NOT AN APP, SYSTEM, OR ROBOT. I am pleased and gratified with the responses we get, and happy for the chance to continue our work on behalf of creative women everywhere. I truly enjoy the work of reading, critiquing, occasionally editing, and often reviewing or writing cover blurbs for the books we receive in our International Novel Competition. The fact that they come from all over the world makes me proud. Often,too, I get extra incentive in the form of a few kind words from one of the women writers I've worked with, and that's the icing on the cake. 

Kristan Ryan

"What was most interesting to me was that I hadn't (and still haven't) met her in person, so everything she knew about my voice, my style and my story was what was on the page.  A clean and honest read like that is invaluable.  She picked up on nuances of the stories, the grammatic errors, the ambiguous sentences, and the places where a reader would want more.  I've used Barbara's services now for several novels and a book of short stories, and having her as a final editor has significantly improved my work." 
 
Mary Hutchings Reed, A Womans Write Novel Competition Entrant,
Author of Warming Up and Saluting the Sun (See Success Stories)

By Women, For Women

 

 

"YOU WERE SPOT ON WITH SO MANY INSIGHTS."

 

"I FOUND YOUR COMMENTS HELPFUL, AND WHILE I DID NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS, I APPRECIATED THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SPOT POTENTIAL ISSUES."

 

"THANK YOU FOR GETTING BACK TO ME SO FAST AND WITH INSIGHTFUL SUGGESTIONS."

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Dear Barbara, I must tell you this. As a pre-announcement of my book I pasted your blurb on the Facebook. The response really moved me. So many people gave wonderful comments, hardly waiting for the book to be out...without you, none of this would  happen."

 

Magdalena Cundric of Slovenia, who sent a novel to A Woman's Write composed in English,  her second language,  took advantage of my editing services, then got the book published. 

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Every time I read or discuss my novel The Jewel Box, I see so much of Barbara’s brilliant input, it makes me smile with thankfulness. Barbara has a knack for telling it exactly like it is while remaining a gracious, lovely person. I intend to continue working with her on all future book projects that run from my brain to my fingertips and finally across her editing desk. I can’t recommend her services strongly enough!

 

C. Michelle McCarty, Author of The Jewel Box

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LET'S TALK! CONTACT A WOMAN'S WRITE!

Krisraww@gmail.com

A CONSORTIUM OF
WOMEN WHO WRITE...    About Us
 
We know what it's like to feel undervalued and alone, and occasionally to revel in the sense of woman's power and wild exultant truth. We've been on pilgrimages both by airplane and inner planes, looking for our own personal piece of the spiritual landscape, and we've enjoyed the excesses of the physical when we could. We've watched our children (and in some cases our grandchildren) growing and becoming. We've fought the good fight with incorrigible husbands, partners, and lovers. And we've had the pleasure of putting it on paper in our different ways as amateur and professional writers.

Editors:
 
Kristan Ryan
Kris says:


"I was ten years old before I realized that all children weren't chased home from school by camels--that was when I landed in my mother's hometown of Lynchburg, Virginia. As a military brat, I spent my early years growing up in Germany and outside of Casablanca, Morocco, where I read every Nancy Drew Mystery my parents could import. I'm a produced and published playwright and writer but now run my own business as a professional artist who’s major art project also contains the story next to it about the anger of each person painted. This art project is called “Angry Females Done Swallowing Our Words”.  I now live in Lexington, Georgia, after working in Northern China for 4.5 years and in Athens, GA for 3 years.  My first novel Strange Angels: The Book of Damaris was published in 2004 followed by The Hair Princess and The Hog Temple Incident in 2006. I am currently working on a book about the experiences of women who were vocational students and their experiences that changed their lives dramatically.

Writing tips:
As well as being a writer who reads her work in public, I have also taught verbal communications to college students and required them to give speeches and to read their essays and poems in front of an audience. I have found that my students often make some of the same mistakes I've seen writers make at book signings when reading excerpts from their novels, so I thought I'd give you some of the tips once we work together. If you are already familiar with these tips and think I'm an idiot for mentioning these things, then let me apologize in advance. If not, take the advice you feel you need once we work together and leave the rest.
Kristan is the Lead Editor for A Woman's Write.
email: Krisraww@gmail.com



Barbara Bamberger Scott. 
Barbara says:



Barbara started A Woman's Write because she herself is an avid fan of writing contests. The first time she paid to enter a contest that offered a critique, she was disappointed - it was brief, non-specific and unhelpful. Now it is a central principle of A Woman's Write to create a THOROUGH, THOUGHTFUL, PRACTICAL critique for all submitters. This service has garnered much appreciation over the 15 years of our online presence. 
Barbara reviews books on the worldwide web, and her articles can be seen at www.homestead.org. See more about her review services on our Review Services page. 
Email: barscoinc@gmail.com

Writing tip:
Write something new every day




Rebekah Spivey
Rebekah says: 



Rebekah says she studied creative writing and sociology at Indiana University. She has lived and worked on the Isle of Mull in Scotland. She is a lifelong writer and lover of words who has co-created and led a group called Poetry Detectives, an informal group that discusses poetry in a non-academic way in order to make the genre more approachable. She has a seventeen-year association with Women Writing for (a) Change, Bloomington, a group that supports giving every person a voice  through writing. Rebekah has been a certifed facilitator with Women Writing since 2013 and currently facilitates a semester-long virtual class.  She has coordinated a Women Writing (a) Change retreat on the Isle of Iona off the west coast of Scotland. And facilitates winter writing retreats for Women of Writing. 

Rebekah retired in 2012 from Indiana Daily Student newspaper IU after seventeen years as part of the professional staff.  She has been a part-time senior editor for Holon Publishing, a self-publishing company since 2019 and is editor for private clients.  Rebekah's first novel Marigolds in Boxes was published in September 2024.



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