Nan McCarthy

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

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Happy Birthday to American lexicographer Noah Webster, born on this day in 1758. He published his first dictionary in 1806. My mother in-law Caryl McCarthy, who was something of a Renaissance woman, read the dictionary from first page to last. (She inspired me to try reading the dictionary once but I only got as far as “apathetic.”) I do love a good dictionary though. I got this one in the early ‘90s when I worked as an editorial manager at a software company. It’s been on my desk ever since. The two figurines were made by my son @benjamin_ceramix. #NoahWebster #DictionaryDay #NationalDictionaryDay #logophile
#ISurvivedCornDay #CornDay2019 #ChiliCookoff #DudeChili #TeamSpiritAward
Best. Night. Ever. My 3 BFFs from high school together again. These human beings mean the world to me. #40yearsoffriendship #millerspub #sweethomechicago
Already missing summer? Since You Went Away, Part Three: Summer is now available. Link in bio. #SinceYouWentAway #lovetowrite #epistolaryfiction #epistolarynovel #fiction #SinceYouWentAwayseries #NanMcCarthy #amwriting #booksofinstagram
I bought a lot of books when we were in Iceland. These are a few of them. The first two photos are books that our wonderful tour guide Vignir recommended to me. Icelanders love to read. Vignir and I had a lot to talk about once we discovered our mutual love of books. The last couple books I picked up on a whim. As Vignir drove us around Iceland for six days he told us many Icelandic fairytales and legends. Did you know more than half of Icelanders believe in the hidden people (elves, trolls, etc.)? The remaining Icelanders say they don’t believe—yet they admit they’d never do anything to make the hidden people angry. Just in case. #Iceland #IcelandicBooks #IcelandicAuthors #IcelandicFairytales #hiddenpeople #lovetoread
Summer’s almost over. Do you have your ducks in a row? #endofsummer #naturewalk #kcmo #ducksinarow 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆
My last set of Iceland photos from one of our favorite days. No, wait—they were all favorite days. 🐋 sound on for video ⬆️ #whalewatching #humpbackwhales #iceland🇮🇸 #ArcticAdventures #makingmemories #tripofalifetime
Reykjavík scenery #iceland🇮🇸 #walkingaroundreykjavik #reykjavikstreetart
#MirrorLake #iceland🇮🇸 #ArcticAdventures

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NOW AVAILABLE

Since You Went Away, Part Three: Summer

Since You Went Away, Part Three: Summer Nan McCarthy (Rainwater Press, 2019) 216 pages F I C T I O N School’s out but the Mahoney family’s summer is anything but…

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  • Buy: Since You Went Away (Part Three: Summer)
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  • 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)
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  • Buy: Live ’Til I Die
  • Chat: book one
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  • Timeline: a publishing history of Chat, Connect, & Crash
  • A Hero’s Welcome: Parades & Promises
  • Summer Shandies
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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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