by Mary | Jan 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Is anybody out there a billiards enthusiast? I’m writing a passage about Morgan Earp who became obsessed with billiards in his late twenties. If you can remember learning to play, I’d love to hear what hooked you about the game. Email me at...
by Mary | Jan 12, 2013 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech
Now and then, I get email that says, in essence, “Write faster, damn you! I’m gonna die soon!” That message came most recently from Rebecca Chaitin, of blessed memory. Becca was a fan who became a friend. She didn’t share a lot of detail about...
by Mary | Dec 14, 2012 | Just for fun!
As you may have noticed, I was not elected president in November. I’m proud of my campaign and I think I had a very nice platform, but we live in a democracy and the people have spoken. Unlike some people I could name, I have accepted my defeat with quiet...
by Mary | Dec 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
This won’t be in the published book. I hated cutting it but sometimes writers have to kill their darlings. I thought this scene would set up an important event later on in the novel, but it just didn’t work out and the characters it introduced (Erbarth and...
by Mary | Nov 27, 2012 | The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech
All last week, I beat my head against the Tombstone manuscript but couldn’t seem to move forward, even though I know what happens next. I had a feeling there was something wrong structurally, but couldn’t seem to think my way through the problem in the...
by Mary | Nov 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Thinking about Mary Doria Russell’s novels for holiday giving? Want to support a small independent bookstore, too? Mac’s Backs Books on Coventry can always provide you with signed personalized copies of the paperback editions, but this year the Cleveland...
by Etsuko Dunham | Oct 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
A note from Mary’s booking agent: Recently a reader in Alaska asked if Mary had had any plans to come to north. I recommended that the reader contact her local Friends of the Library to ask if they had a budget for author visits. She did, and word got around in...
by Mary | Oct 14, 2012 | DOC, DOC on HBO, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
When I was writing Doc, I believed it would be a stand-alone historical novel like A Thread of Grace or Dreamers of the Day. I thought the story of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral was so well known, so much a part of American folklore, that there was no point in going...
by Mary | Sep 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
According to Jewish tradition, the ten days starting with Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Years) and ending with Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) are commonly known as the Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim). Those ten days are set aside for serious introspection. They are a time...
by Mary | Sep 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
If you’re on Facebook and check my page there, you’ll know that my brother’s fiancee went missing for nine days and was finally found dead in her car. Just tragic, and another huge hit of ugly that Richard has had to absorb in the past two years....
