Nan McCarthy

author of Chat, Connect, Crash & Live ’Til I Die

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  • Chat: book one by Nan McCarthy (Rainwater Press, 2014). Cover design by David High.
  • Connect: book two by Nan McCarthy (Rainwater Press 2014). Cover design by David High.
  • Crash: book three by Nan McCarthy (Rainwater Press 2014). Cover design by David High.
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Love my autographed books. 💜 #CandiceMillard #Booksigning #HeroOfTheEmpire #AutographedBook fangirrrling 💗💞💓💕 #CandiceMillard #booktalk #booksigning #HeroOfTheEmpire #CandiceMillard #booksigning #HeroOfTheEmpire #Churchill #NarrativeNonfiction #FavoriteAuthors #LocalAuthor #LoveSupportingLocalAuthors Who doesn't remember where they were on 9/11? We were living in Fredericksburg, Virginia at the time—commuting distance from the Pentagon. Our sons rode the bus home from school that day and said the kids whose parents worked in Arlington cried with relief when they saw their mom's or dad's car in the driveway. My husband was attending the Naval War College in Newport, RI and of course the phone lines were jammed and we couldn't get a hold of each other until the following day. Your head tells you your husband is fine, he was nowhere near where the terrorists struck, but your heart still wants to hear his voice. We drove to Arlington a few weeks later and I'll never forget the sight of the destruction at the Pentagon. It's so much different when you see it in person than the images on TV. We drove through New York two months later and stopped at what was left of the World Trade Center. Walking toward the site from where we parked blocks away, we could smell the smoke. It was still smoldering when we arrived at the site, which had been fenced off but still had dozens of people milling about, crying. Again, a much more visceral experience than the images on TV. I can't even imagine what it was like for the people who were actually there in New York & Arlington that morning, and for those who lost loved ones that day. Back to reading stuff for work. No, I'm not writing a screenplay, but I read somewhere that Save the Cat: The Last Book On Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder is helpful for novelists too. I'm a visual thinker and writer, so this is right up my alley. Can't say I agree with all the tips in this book, but it's a fast enough read that you can glean what you want from it. #amwriting #LoveToRead #LoveToWrite #BlakeSnyder #SaveTheCat #BooksOnScreenwriting #BooksOnWriting A friend recommended this book to me a year or so ago. I picked it up and the book sat on my TBR shelf. Then I read a movie review that sounded exactly like the plot of this book. Could it be? I dug the book out of my shelf, reread the movie review, and yes, the movie is based on Dan Wells' "cult novel" I Am Not A Serial Killer. My brain is tired after a wonderful Labor Day weekend and I'm in the mood to sit on the porch and read a page-turner that won't take much effort. So I'm diving in for what I hope will be a guilty pleasure. Has anyone else read this? #DanWells #IAmNotASerialKiller #GuiltyPleasure #BookToMovie #Horror #Thriller #QuickRead #PorchReading #FriendRecommendation #LoveToRead #Bookstagram #BooksOfInstagram Visiting our national parks is one of my favorite things to do. Happy 100th Birthday to our #NationalParkService. #100thBirthdayNPS #TallgrassPrairieNationalPreserve #FlintHills #FlintHillsKansas #TallgrassPrairie Excited to finally be diving into this one. #SummerReading #PorchReading #LauraMcHugh #Arrowood #LiterarySuspense #Thriller #LoveToRead #LocalAuthor Love my autographed books. #LauraMcHugh #Arrowood #LiterarySuspense #Thriller #AuthorAutograph #Bookstagram #LoveToRead

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Vegetable Soup

In honor of my mom, who died 14 years ago yesterday…

Recent Posts

  • Vegetable Soup
  • Gooey Butter Cake
  • A Very Dry Martini
  • Bacon & Eggs
  • The Last Time I Saw My Dad Alive
  • My Favorite Scary Books
  • For Those Who Make Art
  • To My Sons: What I Would Like for Mother’s Day
  • New ebook editions of Chat, Connect, Crash now available
  • Buy: Chat (book 1)
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  • Buy: Live ’Til I Die
  • Chat: book one
  • Connect: book two
  • Crash: book three
  • Timeline: a publishing history of Chat, Connect, & Crash
  • A Hero’s Welcome: Parades & Promises
  • Summer Shandies
  • Nan’s Top Secret Extra Special Super Duper 
Philosophy on How to Write A Book
  • A Letter to the President: how to end the government shutdown
  • excerpt: Live ‘Til I Die: a memoir of my father’s life
  • Gray Hair
  • A Journey to the Center of Time

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