by | Mar 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
My web guru is trying to consolidate two lists of blog subscribers. The effort seems to be generating random re-sends of earlier blogs. Sorry about that. We’ll get the issue sorted out soon. The Epitaph tour is half-completed. I’m now home for a week....
by Mary | Feb 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
March 3 is the official publication date for Epitaph and that was an excuse to reorganize and redesign this website. I wanted something simplified, clean-looking, and easy to navigate. My web designer, Etsuko Dunham, delivered the organization; her artist, Jessica...
by Mary | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
My redesigned website will be launching in a week or two, but I couldn’t wait to share this review of Epitaph with you — and with everyone else in the world I can think of, frankly. I have been FLYING since I read it this morning. Publishing a novel is a...
by Mary | Nov 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Instead of fighting the crowds on Black Friday, consider ordering signed books from your local independent bookseller. IndieBound.org has a list of authors signing books at stores around the country on Small Business Saturday. I won’t be in a store on Saturday,...
by Mary | Nov 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Reviewed for the Washington Post by Mary Doria Russell “No animals were harmed in the making of this film.” If you see that disclaimer at the end of a movie, you know it was made after 1980. That’s when the Screen Actors Guild finally negotiated a...
by Mary | Sep 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Here’s how a guy author prepares to go out on the road to support a new book: 1. Pack shaving kit, clean shirt, underwear and socks. 2. Drive to airport. Here’s what I’ve done in preparation for the Heartland Booksellers Association Trade Show in...