The Ya Ya Sisterhood of the Towanda Traveling Manuscript, or how I got the most awesome book club ever without even knowing it

Hanging out on Carmelita’s patio in Calumet on a summer evening I received the compliment that every writer yearns for. “I really liked your book,” Laura said. Me: Blank stare. Confusion morphing into pleasure. Wow. She liked my book. Laura: “Mary let me read it.” My...
ABNA contest pushes novelist to perfect the pitch

ABNA contest pushes novelist to perfect the pitch

“Toot Toot!” That’s my own horn sounding in the aftermath of the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest’s Second Round Selections earlier this month. Here’s the pitch that moved my novel “Loop Dee Doo,” newly retitled “More Than You Think You...

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