Nan McCarthy

author of Since You Went Away, Chat, Connect, Crash, & Live ’Til I Die

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Gateway “ornaments” by Alexander Archipenko were the first abstract sculptures installed in Kansas City in 1950 on the UMKC campus. Shuttlecocks at the Nelson-Atkins, installed in 1994, as viewed from the south side of Brush Creek. #morningwalk #alexanderarchipenko #sculptopainting #outdoorsculpture #umkc #nelsonatkins #shuttlecocks #artisfun
‘Tis reality, ‘tis existence To embrace the pain, sorrow, & resistance So look up, head held high Walk toward the future For you are loved. Thank you chalk writer, whoever you are. #morningwalk #sidewalkchalk #chalkwriting #morninginspiration
Happy 243rd Birthday to all our Marine Corps friends, and to this guy. 30+ years of Birthday Balls together and he still doesn’t have any gray hair. #HappyBirthdayMarines #USMCBirthday #Oorah #USMCBirthday2018 #USMCvet #MarineCorpsVet #vetspouse #USMC #USMarines #USMarineCorps
This house in Brookside wins Halloween. #nofilter #latergram #HappyHalloween2018 #BrooksideKC #KCMO
It’s “quash,” dammit. #wordnerd #canthelpmyself #grammarproblems #popfiction
On my walk today. #nofilter #kcneighborhoods #kcmo #countrysidekc
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Holy shit. Have you seen the trailer for the new film adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary? It’s due to hit theaters April 19, 2019. The directors say they aimed to make this version hew more closely to King’s book, make it more character-driven with more psychological suspense. All good. I didn’t love the original film. Pet Sematary is one of my favorite Stephen King books. • True story: November 1984. I was a 23-year old newlywed visiting my parents’ home while my hubs was away on military travel. I stayed up late, reading in bed in my old bedroom, to finish the paperback edition which had just come out (pictured here). When I finished the book in the middle of the night I was so fucking scared I didn’t want to get out of bed to turn off the light. I guess the light woke up my mom in the next room so she comes into my room to ask what’s going on. I tell her I just finished reading Pet Sematary and would she please get in bed with me. So she did. She thought it was funny. I can laugh now but back then I didn’t see what was so hilarious about the situation. • #StephenKing #PetSematary #booktofilm #PetSematarymovie #horror #lovetoread #scarybooks

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  • Since You Went Away, Part Two: Spring
  • Student Interview: Writing & the Writing Life
  • How I Got the Idea for Since You Went Away
  • Buy: Since You Went Away (Part One: Winter)
  • Since You Went Away, Part One: Winter
  • Shit On a Shingle
  • Shot and a Beer
  • Live ’Til I Die: Student Interview
  • 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: Crash (book 3)
  • Buy: Live ’Til I Die
  • Chat: book one
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  • 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
  • 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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