Nan McCarthy

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

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Newest blog post

For the Ones Who Startle Easily

“Nowadays, when I look back on that day my dad died 50 years ago, what strikes me the most is not the memory of my own sadness, but the faces of the people who cared for me.”…

Recent Posts

  • For the Ones Who Startle Easily
  • Since You Went Away, Part Four: Fall
  • Buy: Since You Went Away (Part Four: Fall)
  • Looking for a way to honor veterans & celebrate the Marine Corps Birthday?
  • You don’t have to believe the Atlantic article to know Trump doesn’t respect our military
  • New print editions celebrate the 25th anniversary of Chat
  • I’m not a fan of surprise military reunion videos and here’s why
  • Buy: Since You Went Away (Part Three: Summer)
  • Buy: Since You Went Away (Part Two: Spring)
  • Since You Went Away, Part Three: Summer
  • 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)
  • 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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