by Mary | Jun 19, 2014 | Edgar Allan Poe, EPITAPH, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech
I am officially between books. On average, it takes me three years to finish a novel. For 36 months running, I start every day the same way. Two cups of coffee, three newspapers. Into the office, hands on the keyboard. Okay, GO. Eventually, an insane drive for...
by Mary | Jun 9, 2014 | EPITAPH
Coming from Ecco (Harper/Collins) on March 3, 2015. Pre-orders will be available soon!
by Mary | May 6, 2014 | EPITAPH, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech, WYATT
Some novelists start with an outline. For them, a book is like a sculpture that will be modeled in clay. In the beginning, there’s just a wire armature. They add and add and add until the story is complete and rounded. For others — and I am among them...
by Mary | Mar 3, 2014 | EPITAPH, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech
Last night at the Oscars, Robert DeNiro said, “The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination and consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good...
by Mary | Jan 31, 2014 | Edgar Allan Poe, EPITAPH, Natural History of a Novel, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech
The semi-final manuscript for Epitaph went to my agency Dystel and Goderich a month ago. That was the first time they’d seen it since selling the first 150 pages to Ecco at HarperCollins a couple of years ago. If I’d asked for help along the way, I’m...
by Mary | Nov 9, 2013 | DOC, EPITAPH, Smile Train, Uncategorized
It’s been published in the fall issue of the Catamaran Literary Reader. I have five copies of the magazine and will send them to the next five people who donate to the Doc Holliday Memorial Fund at Smile Train. Just click on the banner that’s on top left...
