by Mary | Apr 4, 2018 | Jane Dystel, Unremembered Lives, What I'm working on now.
Two months ago, I wrote that my agents had sent Unremembered Lives out to publishers. In that blog, I compared the publishing process to selling a house. Well, last month, the right buyer took a good look at the property and said, “I love this. Let’s...
by Mary | Jan 13, 2018 | Natural History of a Novel, Uncategorized, Unremembered Lives, Writer Tech
“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...
by Mary | Jun 14, 2017 | DOC, Natural History of a Novel, THE SPARROW, Unremembered Lives, Writer Tech
A week ago, I got to the final scene of my work-in-progress. It is complete, which is to say, it’s got a coherent plot with a beginning, a middle, and an end. My elevator pitch for Unremembered Lives is “a Romeo and Juliet story set against the backdrop of...
