Nan McCarthy

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

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Happy December 1st. I went big on advent calendars as Christmas gifts this year and my hubs surprised me last night with my very own advent calendar of short stories. 25 stories in a cute little boxed set. Husband FTW on gift-giving this year. 🎄🎁📚🤓🧡💜💛
Did you know that Rainwater Press donates 10% of the profits from each book sold in the Since You Went Away series to a military-related charity? When you buy Since You Went Away, Part One: Winter, 10% of the sale goes to the Semper Fi Fund. For copies of Part Two: Spring, 10% is donated to Team Rubicon. For Part Three: Summer, Blue Star Families receives a 10% donation; and for Part Four: Fall, a 10% donation goes to Hire Heroes USA. Since today is Giving Tuesday, many of these charities are matching your donations! So tap on all four photos for links to each of these outstanding organizations and find out how you can donate directly to help active-duty service members, veterans, and military families. Or, click on the link in my bio to purchase a copy of Since You Went Away (still 25% off!) and I’ll include the sale in my end-of-year donations to each group.
My cup is full 🦃🥂🎄✨💫🤎
Remember the Veterans Day sale that was supposed to happen last week but didn’t because my price discounts weren’t taking effect at a certain online bookstore? Well, the prices were finally discounted… two days after the sale was scheduled to end. Since the sale never happened I had planned to go back into my sales dashboard and raise the prices back to their regular amounts. But instead of doing that I’ve decided to keep the 25% discount in place for now and extend the sale through Thanksgiving. Because why not? So from now until midnight on Black Friday (November 25th), you can buy all four books in the series for 25% off the regular price. My loss is your gain! (Or, to put it another way, one large bookseller’s incompetence is your gain.)
Kinda pissed at a certain online bookstore right now. Here’s how the promo for my 2022 Veterans Day discount was supposed to start: “From now until midnight November 11th, readers can purchase the entire Since You Went Away series for 25% off.” Except I wasn’t able to run the promo this year, because a particular online retailer somehow failed to lower the prices—even though I’ve been offering the same discount since 2017.
It’s that time of year again. Happy 247th Birthday Marines! And most especially to my favorite Marine. Ooorah!
Goodbye fall 🌾🍁🍂💛🧡🤎
My favorite scary books, in no particular order 🎃👻🎃
When I was a kid, the week between my birthday and Halloween was even better than the week between Christmas and New Year’s. And 61 years later it’s still my favorite time of year 🎉🎃🍁 Last weekend I got spoiled by my hubs and our older son Ben with lots of yummy meals and walks outdoors to some of my favorite places in Kansas City. The only thing missing were our Minnesota kids Coleman & Libby, but they were with us in spirit 💜

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25% off (finally!) all four books in the Since You Went Away series

It only took 168 hours but a certain large retailer finally updated the sale prices Remember the Veterans Day sale that was supposed to happen last week but didn’t because my price discounts weren’t taking effect…

Recent Posts

  • 25% off (finally!) all four books in the Since You Went Away series
  • Kinda pissed at a certain online bookstore right now
  • Wondering what to read this July 4th weekend?
  • 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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