Congrats to Diane Pomerantz, author of Lost in the Reflecting Pool, who won 4 awards in the Human Relations Indie Book Awards – a gold in the Memoir category and a gold in the Marriage-Relationship category; a silver in the Reflection category and a bronze in the Life Challenges category.

Judy Gruen, author of The Skeptic and the Rabbi: Falling in Love with Faith, was featured in Jewish Journal.

Congrats to Donna Wilk Cardillo! Falling Together has won the Director’s Choice Award for Outstanding ‘Life Adjustment Book’ by the Human Relations Indie Book Awards.

I’m The One Who Got Away author Andrea Jarrell shared her thoughts on being called brave with Women Writers, Women[‘s] Books.

Danielle Wong, author of Swearing Off Stars, shared what it’s like to lose a parent in your 20s with PopSugar.

But My Brain Had Other Ideas author Deb Brandon shared an inspiring, personal essay on overcoming fear with Psychology Today.

The Pulpwood Queens Book Club featured a guest blog from Laurel Davis Huber, author of The Velveteen Daughter.

Diane Pomerantz, author of Lost in the Reflecting Pool, was interviewed by the editor-in-chief of Author Magazine, William Kenower. Watch the full interview on Bill’s YouTube channel.

Lisa Boucher, author of Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture was featured in an article on Epoch Times on the perils of addiction.

Rebecca Whitehead Munn, author of The Gift of Goodbye, shares how to ride the waves of grief with MariaShriver.com.

Iris Waichler, author of Role Reversal: How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Aging Parents, shared insights on how to give care for parents as an only child with The Caregiver Space.

Kay Rae Chomic, author of A Tight Grip, was announced as a shortlisted winner of the Hysteria Writing Competition from the UK. Her flash fiction entry, Train Ride, has been published in Hysteria 6, the anthology of this year’s competition. Proceeds from the anthology’s sales benefit the Hysterectomy Association-UK which provides women with unbiased information and resources, and support about women’s health issues.

Upcoming Events:

She Writes Press authors Laurie Buchanan, Michelle Cox, Annette Gendler and Andrea Jarrell will all be attending a literary event hosted by ModernWell in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 28. More details below…

Laurie Buchanan will be a guest instructor at the Writers’ Institute at UW-Madison this spring. More details at uwwritersinstitute.wisc.edu

Every week, we celebrate noteworthy achievements and upcoming events happening within the She Writes Press community in our “Friday High Fives!” If you have coverage you’d like to share, a new award to your name or an event planned, please email digital@sparkpointstudio.com and we’ll get you included in an upcoming Friday High Fives!