Surreal Moment – March 6, 2017
Klamath Falls, OR.
Karen Cushman blurbed my book!!
*Imagine me repeating that quietly over and over again – because that’s pretty much what I did when I got the email – for days.
Way back when I first signed my contract, my agent mentioned that she knew Karen and that she was going to send her an ARC when the time came. For months, I tried not to think about the fact that sometime in the future, my little book would be on Karen Cushman’s TBR pile.
It was just too unreal to fathom.
It’s still too unreal to fathom.
So imagine how surreal it was to read what she had written about it once she was finished reading.
The Tragically True Adventures of Kit Donovan is a rip-roaring tale of love, friendship, and betrayal set in the gold mines of Nevada. It’s chockablock with bad guys and good guys, mysteries and deceptions, dangers and disasters. The bad-tempered, outrageous, courageous, and determined Kit will steal your heart. This is a romping good read!
-Karen Cushman, Newbery Medalist for The Midwife’s Apprentice
She actually wrote that down – about my little book!
This is the stuff writers’ dreams are made of!
Because THE Karen Cushman only blurbs your debut novel once in a lifetime, I’ve decided to celebrate with a contest. Simply sign up for my newsletter (there’s a subscribe button at the top right of this post) and you will be entered to win one of the legendary author’s books.
I promise you, they are all “…romping good read(s).” And, as fate (and surreal moments) would have it, Catherine Called Birdy actually served as inspiration for THE TRAGICALLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF KIT DONOVAN from the moment I started writing it.
It’s almost as if Catherine and Kit have come full circle.
That’s some writerly magic right there.
FANTASTIC!
So happy for you Trish.
🙂 Thanks, Drew. It’s pretty cool news.