About a week ago, I signed a book deal for my historical fiction novel Harm’s Way. I’m now a Coffeetown Press Author! The book should come out in a year to 18 months, in print and digital formats.
“You’re on your way!” a friend said. I can hardly wait.
Today, I feel as if I’ve come home, literally and figuratively. Coffeetown Press is a local, Seattle publisher. Plus, I’ve just spent the last nine days away on the East Coast visiting New York City and Boston. I enjoyed every minute, but it’s great to be home.
The Five Points
ca. 1827, by unknown artist
Tribeca, NYC, 2013
In New York, in addition to dipping into the city’s culinary and cultural delights, I tromped around the Tribeca streets where a few scenes in my novel are set (the historic neighborhoods of Five Points and “Little Germany”). I wandered through museums, too — the New York Historical Society, the Museum of New York City and the Tenement Museum. I recommend them all, but especially the Tenement Museum, for its glimpse into the living conditions of immigrants in tenement apartments.
In Boston, I attended the AWP Conference and Bookfair, to browse and savor a multitude of events and displays and help promote the programs of the Whidbey Island MFA, the First Novel Contest for student scholarships, and the Whidbey Island Writers Association.
It was inspiring to meet other writers, learn, share, read, and laugh. How grateful and excited I am to be on my way.
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