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When The End is the Beginning

February 22, 2019 6 Comments

Isn’t that always? Literally and figuratively and sometimes religiously (depending on what you believe).

Last week I reached The End of The Last Bathing Beauty. Eighty-thousand words, two timelines. All out of order. What made me thinking typing the words The End really meant anything at all?  Because if I hadn’t acknowledged the milestone, I may have fallen off into an “I can’t do this” cliff. So I had a little accomplishment party with a fancy font and a Facebook post, and I moved on.

And by the time I started receiving pats on the back and congratulatory messages, I spent a whole day integrating the timelines, had this printed out at my local Kinkos so I could revise the entire manuscript in two weeks and send it to my agent so she can mark any HUGE RED FLAGS I should take care of before my April 1 deadline.

So The End? I think not. But I’m excited about the revisions and about the book.

I started writing this — or conceiving the story — in the spring of 2016. THAT IS NOT A TYPO. By the time TLBB hits bookshelves it will be a 4-year-book-baby! That’s longer than it took to write The Glass Wives, though writing to publication took six years.

Anyway, that’s where I am and what I’m doing in addition to my writing clients.

Have any questions about the process or the novel? I’m happy to answer.

Oh heck, I just miss you all. Talk to me.

Amy xo

 

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  1. Gillian Andrews says

    February 22, 2019 at 1:02 pm

    Hi Amy: I just read The Glass Wives and really enjoyed it. What an interesting concept of the wife and ex-wife living and working through grief together. Your stories are much like my own: real people dealing with recognizable problems. I look forward to reading your new book when it comes out. And, yes, people don’t realize the length of time it takes to put out a book of quality. It’s hard and time-consuming work. In a way, it’s nice that you don’t ever get to say, The End. The book will always need your attention, just at a different phase of its life, much like a child.

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    • Amy Sue Nathan says

      February 22, 2019 at 2:57 pm

      You’re so right, Gillian!

      Thank you for reading TGW, I’m so glad you enjoyed it.

      Best,
      Amy

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  2. Lori Nelson Spielman says

    February 23, 2019 at 5:17 am

    Congratulations, Amy! I’m so happy for you! Such a huge milestone, typing, ‘The End.’ This book sounds fantastic and I can’t wait to read it!

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    • Amy Sue Nathan says

      February 25, 2019 at 3:39 pm

      Oh, thank you, Lori. You introduced me to even the concept of Southwest Michigan. I was only a few hours away but I don’t know that I would have ever “found it” if it weren’t for you!

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  3. Susan Gromis says

    February 24, 2019 at 10:45 am

    We have missed you too! I can’t wait for your newest to come out: my goal this year is to read at least one book of each Tall Poppies author – so you are helping me with that one; and since I have loved all your books in the past I have NO DOUBTS about this one!! ❤️ I miss seeing you in PA, but if you and any other Tall Poppies get the chance to come to Vero Beach, FL, we have a wonderful indie book store here that does bring in authors quite often…hint, hint. Hope you are well, my friend!

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    • Amy Sue Nathan says

      February 25, 2019 at 3:40 pm

      Enjoy Florida!!! Nothing good about winter in Philly!

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