This week's pre-publication taks: finalize press release materials and tour details. I had a lovely chat with Lisa Barnes from Random House about book tour …
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How a Book Gets Published
Tick, Tick, Tick … Two Months till The Four Ms. Bradwells!
It's two months - or two months less a day - to publication of The Four Ms. Bradwells, and almost two months since I posted an All-True Story of How a Novel …
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Literary Santa and One Lucky Chimney
I've spent most of my holiday shopping hours this year (as always) in bookstores. My giving bag includes old favorites (Andre Kertesz On Reading - with lovely …
All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published: Poker Losses and Writing Wins
There is some connection between losing at poker and getting good news in my writing life that I don't understand, but am not questioning. I lost $7 Monday …
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ATSHNGP: Do I Look Like Mark Twain?!
Every All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published must contain some missteps; otherwise it would be a fairy tale. I experienced my first this week. I was …
The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published: The Cover, Take Two
Several months ago, I delightedly shared the new cover for The Four Ms. Bradwells - a cover we'll now call "the boat cover," may it rest in peace. In the …
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The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published #17: TI-CATs, Galley Letters, and Staying Drunk
I've just passed the six-month point: less than six months until my third novel, The Four Ms. Bradwells, releases. And yes, I'm occupied with all the things …
The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published #16: A Little Book Blogger Love
Since this week is Book Blogger Appreciation Week, and book bloggers were such an important part of how The Wednesday Sisters found an audience, I thought I'd …
The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published #15: Wordle-ing the Time Away
It's labor day weekend, a time when even the hardworking gang at Ballantine retreats to Maine or the Cape - or at least to their back yards or terraces. In case …
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The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published #14: Very Superstitious, Writing's on the Wall…
Seven months till publication of The Four Ms. Bradwells! Seven months. Not seven years. No broken mirrors or bad luck here. No need for Stevie Wonder songs. So …
