The bindery is shipping out crates of The Women of the Copper Country! If you pre-ordered the book from my local independent bookstore, Mac’s Backs / Books on Coventry, you should have your signed/personalized copies next week. Click here for the list of coming events. More are being added, including one in September in at … Read more…
Prologue Turn tears to fire! – Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare The dream is always simple. The memory never is. It’s an echo from 1903 when she was almost sixteen. A rare family outing down to the county fair in Houghton, Michigan. Her father probably expected the excursion to cheer her up. There were horse … Read more…
On Tuesday, March 19, Kindle readers can get A Thread of Grace for $1.99.
If you’d like autographed or personalized copies of my books to give this holiday season, you can order them from Mac’s Backs/Books on Coventry, a local independent bookstore that makes the process easy. You order what you’d like, the staff brings the books to my home for me to sign, and then they’ll mail them … Read more…
Every year, at my brother’s request, I repost this essay. Please give it a few minutes of thought. And then say “I love you” to someone who needs to hear it.
There are a lot of variations on “those who do not study the past are doomed to repeat it.” My response has always been, “Those of us who do study the past are doomed, too. We just feel worse about it.” We are living in a country that past presidents warned against. We have institutionalized … Read more…
If you’ve read more than one of my books, you probably won’t be surprised by my politics. If you follow me on Facebook, you certainly know where I stand in great and vivid detail. Ordinarily I confine this blog to book-related posts. Today, I can’t remain silent. When I was writing A Thread of Grace, … Read more…
My review of Charles Frazier’s superb new novel Varina was published yesterday by the Washington Post. And it has been my pleasure to read and blurb three other novels so far this year. Madeline Miller’s Circe is a reimagining of the story of Odysseus, told by the minor goddess Circe, who loves him in her … Read more…
“Publishing a book is one accomplishment you get to celebrate over and over.” That’s what my friend Karen’s mom used to say. You finish the first complete draft. YAY! You finish editing it. You sent it to your agent. YAY! The agent likes it but suggests changes. You finish editing it. YAY! The agent sends … Read more…
From the morning email: “Hi Mary! I’m Teri I’m from California. I’m your biggest fan. I’m a novice writer. What is the most important advice you can give to someone who is beginning to write a novel? And why? I hope you are having a great day. Thank you very much!” Study grammar. Look up … Read more…