But My Brain Had Other Ideas by Deb Brandon received a 4 star-review from Online Book Club.

She Writes Press publisher Brooke Warner shared 5 tips on how to hire an editor for your book with IngramSpark.

Head over to Goodreads to enter the giveaway to win 1 of 3 copies of This Is How It Begins by Joan Dempsey.

Diane Pomerantz (Lost in the Reflecting Pool) was featured as a Writer of the Week on Universal By Design.

Mating in Captivity by Helen Zuman received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, calling it “An engrossing and offbeat story of ideological bonds that chafe—and sometimes liberate.”

Andrea Jarrell (I’m The One Who Got Away) shared a guest column on the fine art of building memoir structure with Marion Roach Smith.

Congrats to Laurie Buchanan! Kirkus Reviews called her upcoming book The Business of Being: “A lucid, step-by-step guide to personal and professional success—with vichyssoise mixed in.”

Wanda Maureen Miller was recently interviewed for The Beach Reporter about going back to her Arkansas roots in her memoir, Last Trip Home.

 

Upcoming Events:

Sarah Kowalski, author of Motherhood Reimagined, has an upcoming book party on January 27th in Berkeley, CA.

Deb Brandon, author of But My Brain Had Other Ideas, has an upcoming book signing on January 27th at Barnes and Noble in Monroeville, PA.

I’m The One Who Got Away author Andrea Jarrell has an upcoming book event on January 27th at 3 p.m. at The Book House in Albany, NY.

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 28th. More details below…

She Writes Press publisher Brooke Warner is speaking at the IBPA Publishing University on April 6-7 in Austin, Texas – a fantastic place to learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about self-publishing/indie publishing. See you there!

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!