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Some great questions came my way from a recent book club meeting, so I thought I'd share them with everybody. Enjoy!
1. Where did you get the idea for the two main characters? What research did you do for the book?
The book is loosely based on a journal my great-grandmother wrote in the last year of her life. It is very short, only about fifteen pages. Enidina is based on a combination of my great-grandmother (at least in events) and my…
Continue Posted on May 15, 2011 at 3:15pm 5 Comments 4 Likes
I must say I was pleased as punch with all the yahoos over my last post about taking an unpaid year off from my job to write. And I’m late posting this particular update because I’ve started doing exactly that—writing. I haven’t felt this content in years. But truthfully, the most scary part of the whole business has nothing to do with short-term poverty. The scariest is how I’ll manage my time. I admit I’m still reeling from the month of April. At the end of the last weekend—after…
Continue Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
So I finally did it. I told my boss I needed a year off from my teaching job at Boston University in order to turn in a solid draft of my next novel to my agent. Goal: last day of August 2012 (when I turn forty). I am thrilled and terrified. No salary, no health insurance, loads of time. I’m starting this new series to mark my progress, primarily for myself, possibly for the one or two of you out there who might be interested. Bottomland is the working title for the book,…
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Michelle,
You won't believe how I found you here, Michelle. I was just idly browsing photos and thought I saw you. And it IS you! I've been on She Writes for maybe a month, but this is the first comment I've sent. I'm still figuring out how this thing works.
Congratulations on The Quickening! I'd love to hear how life has changed for you since its publication. Maybe a quick iced coffee at ER sometime before it's mobbed with students again?
My 2nd nonfiction book is coming out in the spring. Right now its title is Pursued by Conscience: Former Fugitive Katherine Ann Power. You might have heard me talking about it in the Writing Ctr. (Based mostly on interviews I did with her when she was in prison in MCI-Framingham.) Monday I send the whole ms to my editor at Rowman & Littlefield. I think it's in pretty good shape, but I'd like to give it a bit more of a narrative feel--something I have absolutely no talent for.
Anyway, it's great seeing a familiar face on this site! Write back if you have a chance.
Janet
Michelle,
Scroll down on this link: http://us.mg201.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.partner=sbc&.gx=1&.rand=0m14l0ghv7l6i
Isn't that your cover, farther back??
By the way, our New Haven reading series has shut down. Two of the organizers are moving away this summer. Very sad news for us... Hope you're doing well.
Kathy Czepiel
Happy writing!!! :)
Hi Michelle,
Nice to find you on She Writes. I'm going to find Gardens of Kyoto from your Top Ten list ASAP. Meanwhile, my copy of The Quickening is across the street with a friend (and writer) who's a very sensitive reader.
Wishing you all good things and more success in the New Year,
Anne
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Keep writing,
-Kate
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Keep up the great work,
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