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Venus Rising: Musings & Lore from Women Writers
Updated: Jul 2
Our Galaxy Publishing wrote a book with some of their favorite women writers.
Venus Rising is a #1 Amazon New Release!
Venus Rising: Musings & Lore from Women Writers is available now.
We did it. Together with over 50 women across more than five countries, we are showcasing raw thoughts and emotions, encapsulating individual experiences.
Our Galaxy Publishing exists to provide a space for innovative, dynamic women to amplify their voices and be heard the way they wanted to be heard; for their truth, trauma, healing, and strength. The press advocates for storytelling in its rawest form, creating a platform where women can speak their minds and build a community without stigma, shame, and care for what is taboo. It’s designed to be a place where vast stories can be told without feeling boxed into any confines outside ourselves.
We connect with storytelling because we’re all seeking an explanation and purpose for our human experience, searching for a way to make sense of self. Stories remind us of who we are and how we got here. They bring individuals together, conveying the values and insights that unite us. Through stories, we cultivate new ways to grow.
This anthology encapsulates the voices of over 50 women from throughout the United States and over five countries around the world. They are of different ages, lifestyles, cultural backgrounds, and personal values. Across more than ten genres of writing, each woman has given us a piece of themselves.
They are symbolic of what it means to embrace the power of telling the untold story, to shed light on the parts of ourselves that have been shoved in the dark. There should be no box with a lid for some stories to be hidden, and the contributing authors you’ll be reading have put a spotlight on it all.
The divine feminine in us will not allow us to hide. She is a monarch of expressiveness. She is sensitive by nature, nurturing through an instinct that creates space for compassion. As a heart-centered intuit, the divine feminine reflects on the power of shared wisdom and innovation.
And she sits close to the sun. Taking in the heat, and basking in the light, the divine feminine reigns through Venus, accentuating love as it orbits.
We are the divine feminine rising in Venus. We are healing and harmonizing the truth of our star-born journeys, collectively shooting for the beauty in our lessons learned. Accumulative insight passes down our celestial bodies, each in tune with our unique motions while still moving together.
Our stories combine in the foreground of our transcendence, exhibiting an array of odysseys trudged through infinities of unknown planes divine feminine must cross to ascend.
But those tales are no longer untold. They are Venus Rising.
I am so proud of all the women who are a part of this with us.
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About Venus Rising: Musings & Lore from Women Writers
"Our Galaxy Publishing presents a noteworthy, honest recount of lessons and lore from influential women writers breaking barriers and amplifying their voices collectively."
When a Venus woman rises, she is in power to express herself. She is honing her passion, desires, and truth, ever-changing and evolving. A woman rising in Venus controls her narrative, telling stories to communicate her truth, breathing life into the values that unite her with other transcending women.
The stories of these women speak to the beauty and pain, the guts and glory, the thriving and striving of all it means to be in this embodiment. Venus Rising is an anthological collection of inspiring women writers who shine a light on their inner verities and lay their wounds bare for us all. Enter their world, see through their eyes, and rise like Goddess Venus herself.
100% of the proceeds are donated to Dorill Initiative, NYC. Read more about these donation efforts here.
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HERE IS A LIST OF OUR CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS:
Allie Gravitt
Marietta, Georgia
@whenalliewrites
alliegravitt.com
Narrative Prose/Literary Fiction
Amy Knott
United Kingdom
@amylouiseknott
Short Fiction
Amy Littleford
United Kingdom, Cambridgeshire
@amylittleford.author
amylittleford.wixsite.com/amylittleford
Short Story
Angelique Rodrigues
Girona, Spain
@angeliquerodriguesauthor
Poetry
April Stults
Central Florida
@AprilStultsBooks
aprilstultsbooks.com
Poetry
Araceli Romo
Los Angeles, California
@madhats_writes
Poetry
Ashleigh Cattermole-Crump
New Zealand
@ashleigh_cattermole_author
Literary Fiction
Asiyah Jassat
Leicester , United Kingdom
@simply.assi
Metaphorical Prose
Breanna Leslie
West Virginia, USA
@breetleslie
Creative Nonfiction
Carol Kavanagh
Tokyo, Japan
@ckworkart
makingtimeck.wordpress.com
Poetry/Art
Catherine Grace
Florence, South Carolina
@1catherinegrace
Spoken Poetry/Sci-Fi Existential
Christine Minucci
Brooklyn, New York
@cj6274
Poetry
Christine Weimer
@amindfulwriter
Amindfulwriter.com
Personal Essay
Claudia Sanders
Houston, Texas
@clau.sanders
Claudiasanders.carrd.co
Poetry
Cynthia Rodriguez (Cyn)
New York City
@cyn.is.cyn
Createdbycyn.com
Poetry
Diya Nijhawan
USA
@musesofapoet
Poetry
Elizabeth Motes
Dallas, Texas
@emotes.writes
Contemporary Short Story
Ella Walker
Highland Park, Illinois
@ellarwalker
Poetry
Emma O’Keefe
Petaluma, California
@goodgawdmaude
Creative Prose
Gina M. Kane
Hudson Valley, New York
@itsgmkaneee
linktr.ee/itsgmkaneee
Poetry
Hannah Godfrey
Greensboro, North Carolina
@hannahgodfreywrites
Creative Prose/Sci-Fi Short Story
Jo McClelland-Phillips
Hartley, New South Wales
@JoMcClellandPhillips
jomcclelland.com
Kassie Duke
Orlando, Florida
@dukeofverse
littoquit.com
Literary Fiction
Kenzie Green
Nebraska, USA
@authorkenziegreen
Authorkenziegreen.com
Lyrical Poetry
Kimberly Hernandez
Brooklyn, New York
@___k_i_m_
Poetry
Kristine Blevins
Virginia, USA
@kristineblevinsauthor
Poetry
L. R. Sterling
Atlanta, Georgia
@lrsterlingpoetry
Poetry
Laura Christine
Bay Shore, NY
@LauraChristine21
Poetry
Laura Phoenix Power
Atlanta, GA
@phoenixpowerwriter
Poetry
Leigh Yenrick
Chicago, Illinois
@smallsquarepoems
leighyenrick.com
Poetry
Liahona West
Pacific Northwest, USA
@liahonawestwrites
LiahonaWestAuthor.com
Flash Fiction
Linda M. Crate
Meadville, Pennsylvania
@authorlindamcrate
Poetry
Makayla Ruebush
Las Cruces, New Mexico
@missmak3
swallowingstones.com
Nonfiction Prose
Mallory Rowe
Tallahassee, Florida
@malloryroweauthor
Malloryrowe.com
Poetry
Meg Reynolds
Burlington, VT
@megreynolds_poetry
megreynoldspoetry.com
Poetry Comics
Mimi Walker
Ojai, California
@mimiwalks4
Poetry
Patricia Ihm
Delkab, Illinois
@pattyihm
pattyihm.com
Nonfiction Prose
Penny Walsh
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
@pennywalsh_writing
Pennywalsh.co.uk
Memoir/Nonfiction
Rashmi Rekha Bora
Assam, India
@_imrunjun_
Womencentric Fiction
Robyn Spodek-Schindler
Manapalan, New Jersey
@spodekschindlerbooks
Robynspodekschindler.com
Personal Essay/Free-Verse Poetry
Sahana K.T.
Bangalore, India
@sahana_k.t
Poetry
Samantha Kolber
Montpelier, Vermont
@sampoetmfa
Samanthakolber.com
Speculative Short Fiction
Sarah Slade
Somerset, United Kingdom
@Sladeylady69
Poetry
Shell Sherwood
Hudson Valley, New York
@shellsherwood_writes
shellsherwood.com
Free-Verse Poetry
Silence Staats
Ontario, Canada
@serrated.silence
Nonfiction Prose
Silvia Young
California, USA
@fem_truth
Femtruthyouth.org
Poetry
Sydney Smith
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
@adventuringwithposeidon
adventuringwithposeidon.com
Poetry
T.C. Anderson
Houston, Texas
@thetcanderson
Thetcanderson.com
Poetry
Tina Bauer
Queens, New York
@Tina_B_Storyteller
TinaBauerStoryteller.com
Poetry
Tricia Knoll
Williston, Vermont
Triciaknoll.com
Poetry
Udita Mukherjee
United Kingdom
@wilde_woolf
Poetry
Whitney Morsillo
Tennessee, USA
@whitneysbookworks
Whitneysbookworks.com
Women’s Fiction
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Christine Weimer is a New York City-based content writer, award-winning author, and publishing advisor whose work has been published in various anthologies and literary journals. She holds an MFA in English and is the co-founder of a woman-owned and operated press, Our Galaxy Publishing, an educational and service-based platform championing inclusivity and diversity in publishing. She can mostly be found sharing her introspections on her Instagram as they ebb and flow. If lost, check the crevices of Washington Square Park—look for the disheveled lady with toddler in tow.
Our Galaxy Publishing is a New York City-based, women-owned, and operated independent press with a nationwide team serving aspiring authors the tools to write and publish. Our seamless publishing experience focuses on action-based tools and resources to publish, exploration of all core storytelling elements, and empowering an entrepreneurial mindset. Whether seeking to self-publish a book or find a traditional publisher, work with us for book publishing, book editing, book marketing, and writing mentorship to publish a successful book.