Okay, the truth is, I am a pretty dull person. I don’t get into barroom brawls, have a secret heroin…
Month: January 2007
I’m not a rebel–that’s too glamorous a title for me. I’m more of a common brat. The moment I hear…
It all started with the buffalo overalls. My mom thought they were the most adorable thing an eight-year-old could wear…
Deb News! Debutante Jennifer McMahon’s novel, Promise Not To Tell, has been chosen by Borders for placement on the 3…
I hate the phone. It runs in my family. I am genetically predisposed to distrust all forms of instant communication.…
Every writer I know imagines “The Call.” I had plenty of time to imagine the call; I anticipated that I…
When a literary agent for GOOD THINGS called to offer me literary representation, I was sitting in my car in…
When I got the call from my agent telling me HarperCollins had made an offer on my novel, I was…
My “call” happened in a way that still astonishes me. My agent sent out the Town House manuscript on a…
The fateful call came in the most modern form possible: as an email. Who knew four words could cause so…