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- Who I am:
- www.hopeedelman.com
www.thepossibilityofeverything.com
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/hopeedelman?ref=name
@hopeedelman
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- The Possibility of Everything
Motherless Daughters
Motherless Mothers
Letters from Motherless Daughters
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- Currently under contract with Random House
- My writing is:
- Nonfiction, Memoir, Journalism, Blog Posts
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- No
- Services I offer to other writers:
- Occasional manuscript consultations
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- Yes
- My professional associations:
- Author's Guild
PEN West
Medill Club of Southern California
Hope Edelman's Blog
Reporting from LAX: A Healthy Amount of Choice
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 12:18pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
I just spent fifteen minutes at Hudson Booksellers in the American Airlines terminal at LAX, where I purchased two books by women writers on our designated Day of Action. This is particularly important here in LA, where our local bestseller lists are not only dominated by male writers, but completely overrun by them.
This week's Hardcover Nonfiction list broke the mold of the past two weeks by finally including a single female writer--Suzanne Somers, and who knows how much of her… Continue
This week's Hardcover Nonfiction list broke the mold of the past two weeks by finally including a single female writer--Suzanne Somers, and who knows how much of her… Continue
COUNTDOWN TO PUBLICATION: Zero
Posted on September 15, 2009 at 8:35am 13 Comments 0 Likes
Release (Control) Day
If I hadn’t witnessed yesterday with my own eyes, I might not believe it happened. But it did, and I’m here to tell you the crazy story. I have to tell it in a fast first draft though, because the laptop I’m working on might not stay charged long enough for me to edit and post it. But I get ahead of myself.
Yesterday was a big marketing day, possibly even bigger than today. It was my last chance before release to let everyone on… Continue
COUNTDOWN TO PUBLICATION: 7 Days
Posted on September 8, 2009 at 12:30am 9 Comments 0 Likes
Supersonic Freak-Out Time
Despite the eighteen months it took to write this book, and the nine months of production and marketing that’s occurred since I handed it in, it somehow took me until this week to really get the message that it’s going to be a book. As in, sold in stores. Where people I don’t know will buy it. And then read it. And form opinions about it. And subsequently think they know more… Continue
COUNTDOWN TO PUBLICATION: 14 Days
Posted on September 1, 2009 at 10:30am 12 Comments 0 Likes
What’s an author to do when her book attracts barely any media attention at all? Well, if you’re me, first you sit around for a while trying to second-guess what’s going on.
At first, I was convinced that a book released in April, The Horse Boy, had co-opted my parents-take-troubled-child-to-shaman-in-exotic-country angle in the ever-dwindling media slots for authors. Admittedly, it’s a huge… Continue
COUNTDOWN TO PUBLICATION: 21 Days
Posted on August 25, 2009 at 12:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Pre-Pub Event
The first time I saw the phrase “pre-publication tour” was in a New York Times article I came across this past spring. It told about how some publishers are deciding to tour authors ahead of publication instead of afterward, sending them around to meet local bookstore buyers in advance of the pub date in hopes… Continue
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Hope, I am almost finished with The Possibility of Everything. I am enjoying it completely and there were times in the story where your experiences resonated with me. As a mother to a son with a chronic illness, a few times you hit the nail on the head with how I felt. To put it perfectly, I have taken pure pleasure in a simple request for macaroni and cheese.. when my son had failed to eat for days, that was pure bliss. He actually ate for the first time when he was 4.
Thank you. I am motivated more to begin/finish my memoir.
Adrian. http://themothercenturion.blogspot.com
I sent (another?) request to join LA Writers, if I'm not on the current membership list. Thanks!
"I only write essays in which I learn something important about myself or the world at the end, so that the family story is there in service to something larger--not to reveal or expose or justify my choices."
Spot on. Thank you for lighting the way for so many -- including, me!
Kim
I just finished reading The Possibility of Everything. I loved it so much, I googled you, which took me to SheWrites. Thanks for writing this book! And thanks for leading me to SheWrites! I'm also a West LA writer, and I heard you speak at the LA Times Festival of Books. Congratualtions on a compelling and moving book!
Donna Lawrence
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