Walking away from it all, redux
From: Gregory You once wrote “I constantly try to live up to my ideal of myself as a person and a writer (if…
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I am not on the cover of my novel
From: Ed HallDamn. Is it my imagination, or have you wound up on the cover of another of your books? Detail from…
Read morePublishing history of the Aud novels, part III
[Recap of Part I and Part II: The Blue Place was published in 1998 by Avon, which was then absorbed by HarperCollins;…
Read moreBlog tweakage
Before Hild is published, I’ll be doing a tear-down of my website, this blog, and Gemæcca. Meanwhile, I’ve been futzing about with…
Read moreThe last time I’ll answer this question
From: Sue Reilly I can only assume you’ve been asked this many times, so I apologize up front. But, are you planning…
Read moreWhy do my characters talk about love so fast?
From: Josleyn I was just reading the post on Elvis and cream cake (which, incidentally, I’ve been craving for a while. Thank…
Read moreAud’s woodworking
From: Jennifer Schwarz I just read Always, the first of your books that I have found. Thank you. I love your writing…
Read moreAud origin stories
Always is the third Aud novel. It was the book in which I was determined to get to the bottom of what…
Read moreMore Aud 03 — long
As promised, as a thank you for sponsoring Kelley in her daily write-a-thon in support of Clarion West, here’s more Aud. No…
Read moreThe original opening of Always
As promised, here’s a thank you for your support of Kelley’s Clarion West write-a-thon. It’s the original opening for the third Aud…
Read moreMore Aud?
From: Cindy Thoreson I love the Aud Torvingen series! Always, the last novel in the series, was published in 2007. I’ve been…
Read moreMy novels in French
From: Eve Derrien Bonjour! I hope that your books (all of them) will be one day published in French. I’m waiting for…
Read moreThis, right here, is what publishing needs to fix
(Thanks, Lisa) Look at this: my novels for sale at iBooks. Ammonite (1993): $11.99Slow River (1995): $11.99The Blue Place (1998): $9.99Stay (2002):…
Read more"Your brilliant book, Always": a copy editing tale
From: Kit Not really a question; rather, a sincere ‘thank you’; I have just read Always while working in Grand Cayman, and…
Read moreAlways back in paperback, hurrah!
Always is back in town: finally, the trade paperback has been reprinted. Just in time to buy the whole three-book package for…
Read moreLiterature and girl cooties
Yesterday was Women’s Equality Day, the 90th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. It only gives women…
Read moreAlways on Book View Cafe
Nancy Jane Moore talks about the self-defence stuff in Always over at Book View Cafe. Nancy was one of my students, long…
Read morewriting proces: intuitive or analytical?
From: Janine I took the plunge and began writing my first novel. It’s definitely character-driven, as I have no idea what will…
Read moreAndrew Vachss
From: Lou Bank (loubank@10ap.com) Hi, Nicola! I saw that in your description of Stay, you referred to the “hard-boiled moral conviction worthy…
Read moreaudio Friday: Always #2
This is a longish reading (nearly 15 minutes) from Always. Aud, as many of you know, lives in–loves living in–her body. Physically,…
Read moreaudio Friday: Pinky’s Paperhaus
Last year, Carolyn Kellogg interviewed me and Gwenda Bond for Pinky’s Paperhaus and the LitBlog Co-op’s summer Read This programme. I talk…
Read moreFriday audio: Always
So I learnt something this week: doing a reading with a hangover is not easy. Still, for you, dear reader, I struggled…
Read moreAud lives inside others
From: Anita Just wanted to tell you how much i enjoyed the Aud Trilogy… I DID get the ending of Stay and…
Read morehigh pucker factor
From: Janine I don’t know where else to post this (perhaps there’s a better location?) but I thought this would be good…
Read moreself defense for couples
From: rhbee Ever since I finished reading Always Terr and I have been discussing the idea of taking a self defense class….
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