Synopsis:
“Everything can be fixed by writing a check.” Words to live by for Robin Fortune’s wealthy father, until he can’t buy her way back into college after she’s expelled for dealing pot. Now he chooses not to speak to her anymore, but that’s just one of the out-of-whack situations Robin’s facing. At nineteen, she feels rudderless, working in a diner by day and sleeping with a buddy from high school by night – all so strange for her because she was always the one with the plan. While her college friends plotted how to ensnare husbands, she plotted a novel, which she scratched out into a series of spiral-bound notebooks she hides in the closet. But now, there’s nothing. No vision, no future, no point. In fact, the only thing she feels she has to look forward to is that her favorite author, Maryana Capture, is paying a visit to the local Thousand Words bookstore. Robin surmises that if she can convince Maryana to help her get her novel published, she’ll finally get herself back on track. Except that life never takes a straight path in this intensely satisfying coming-of-age novel.
Martha, How do you keep your written world from encroaching on your life?
I don’t, not always! When I’m writing, I’m in that world. I am those characters – it’s the only way I can write them, by understanding them and getting into their heads. But life is a lot different than what happens in my books. For one thing, Best Seller is set in a small harbor town in 1976-1977. I spent my teenage years in that town, so I drew on memories of Main Street to set the place. But a lot of time has passed since I was twenty years old (!), so when I take a break from writing, I’m back to being Martha.
What’s important for me is balance. When I’m ‘in the zone’ for writing, I may type for up to three hours, barely stopping. (That’s not good, and I’m making myself pause every hour to stand, stretch, and hydrate). I remember that when I was writing my first novel, I’d be up in the middle of the night, because a thought would occur to me about plot or character, and I’d get out of bed and write for an hour, just to be sure I had the idea written down. Now, I do more plotting ahead of time, so that when I write, I’m more productive. I’ve learned to utilize my writing time more effectively. And when I stop, I can focus on the mundane things in my everyday life, like laundry and cooking.
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| Author: | Martha Reynolds | ||
| Genre: | General Fiction/Coming of Age | ||
| Author: | Martha Reynolds | ||
| Publication Date: | June 27, 2014 | ||
| Pages: | 378 | ||
| ISBN: | 1499787936 (ISBN13: 9781499787931) | ||
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | ||
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Author Bio:
Martha Reynolds ended an accomplished career as a fraud investigator and began writing full time in 2011. She is the author of five novels, including the award-winning Chocolate for Breakfast (her debut novel), Chocolate Fondue, Bittersweet Chocolate, and the Amazon #1 bestseller Bits of Broken Glass. Best Seller is her latest release. Her essays have appeared in Magnificat magazine.
She and her husband live in Rhode Island, never far from the ocean.
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