Nan McCarthy

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

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My 1st attempt at writing a novel, when I was in 4th or 5th grade. "Forgotten" is about two friends who are left behind on Earth while everyone else on the planet has moved to Mars. I wrote it in the early 1970s not long after Apollo 13, which undoubtedly ignited the imaginations of school kids everywhere. Shown here is the rough draft plus my attempt at rewriting the story in my best cursive. The story ends after 3 pages; musta got tired and wanted to wrap things up quickly. 😂 #writing #writinglife #lovetowrite #stillwriting Visiting Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal, MO yesterday inspired me to dig out this 1969 edition of The Complete Unabridged Texts of a Quartet of Enduring Masterpieces, Four Classic American Novels, which I probably read my senior year in high school (1978-79) in Ms. Ney's Advanced Lit class. #TheScarletLetter #NathanielHawthorne #TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn #MarkTwain #TheRedBadgeOfCourage #StephenCrane #BillyBudd #HermanMelville Inside front cover of my high school copy of The Complete Unabridged Texts of a Quartet of Endearing Masterpieces, Four Classic American Novels. Yes, I wrote in all my books back then. Nancy Johnson ---> Nan McCarthy #HighSchoolReading #TheScarletLetter #TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn #TheRedBadgeOfCourage #BillyBudd It appears the high-school version of me had not yet developed an appreciation for bookmarks. I hereby present evidence that I was once a corner-folder. 😱 (It also appears I still haven't finished reading #TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn, 45+ years later.) #MarkTwain #CrimesAgainstBooks #HighSchoolReading My hubs "painting" the white picket fence around Mark Twain's boyhood home. Gotta love a guy who's always up for new adventures. #MarkTwain #TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer #roadtrip #sidetrip #FirstEdition 1876 #TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer #MarkTwain #NormanRockwell preliminary sketch for #TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer #MarkTwain #FirstEdition #TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn #MarkTwain #MarkTwainMuseum These are just a few of my sisters in-law. I love them. #luckygirl #family #familytime

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How I Got the Idea for Since You Went Away

A lot of people ask writers where we get our ideas. Here’s how I came to write my latest novel…

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  • 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)
  • Buy: Connect (book 2)
  • Buy: Crash (book 3)
  • 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
  • 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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