E127 How Publishing Contests earn publication w/Author Catharina Coenen on yWrite w/Angela Grout

Families share stories and when your family shares their experience especially at wartime, it becomes part of your voice too. Author Catharina Coenen knew she carried the voices and stories of her mom, gram, and aunt- how to write them was another story which we explore on this episode of yWrite.Lean how Catharina failed at getting an agent but succeeded at publishing her novel UNEXPLODED ORNANCE. Her book won the Restless Book Publishing Award for New Immigrant Writers and got her a publishing deal!yWrite Host Angela Grout and Author Catharina Coenen discuss the process of writing memoir in another's voice and how important it is to authentically get the voice, the story, and the historic facts proper.Catharina shares the benefit of what a writing group does for an author. As a member of the IWWG- International Women Writers Guild, and several online writers groups and in person, these communities provided her with guidance to complete her book.Purchase her book at www.bookshop.org or on Amazon, Ingram Sparks, or at her website www.catharinacoenen.coAmazon link for UNEXPLODED ORNANCE is https://a.co/d/)eRvptqgAuthor Angela Grout's novels are also available on Amazon and at www.angelamgrout.comTo learn how you can be a guest on yWrite, visit www.y-write.com