Double Book Launch May 21
A few years ago I was discouraged because I couldn’t find a publisher for my mystery series. I decided to take a break and write the kind of a book I loved as a kid, a historical novel.
I considered several ideas, including a book on the Civil War in Missouri, but that depressed me. I chose to write fiction about a topic I’d written about as nonfiction, the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812. I loved writing the book, Thunder Beneath My Feet, but no one rushed to publish it.
Then I sold Show Me the Murder, the first of my mystery series. I put aside marketing my historical novel. I sold three other mysteries before I went back to my middle grade/young adult novel and found a publisher.
Tomorrow Columbia (MO) Books will host a joint book launch for Thunder Beneath My Feet and Show Me the Ashes, my tenth and eleventh books.
If you’re in or near Columbia, drop by Columbia Books (1907 East Gordon) at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 21, for a short talk/readings, refreshments, and conversation amid new and antiquarian books.
—Carolyn Mulford
I’m enjoying reading Thunder
Beneath My Feet. It is hard to put down. I did put it down to answer my sister’s phone call; she was hiding in the basement as a tornado was going over her town. I had to tell her what I was reading. Wow, your writing really pulls me into the story.
Thanks, Jan. I doubt that your sister took much interest in what you were reading. I hope the tornado missed her.
Natural disasters certainly remind us how powerless we are. At least
tornados hit fast and are gone. The New Madrid earthquakes went on and on.