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In February 2007, Hawthorne's Cottage was published. At the same time, I found out I had ovarian cancer. I managed to do a bit of marketing for the book before settling down for surgery and chemo.
The first bookstore to sell Hawthorne's Cottage was Bay Books in Hollywood, Maryland, and the proud author poses for a photo!
I had the best surgery and chemo in the world at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, a four-hour round trip from our home. My husband, Cliff, took photos of me there so our friends and relatives who live far away could get a sense of where I was and what it was like. I lost all my hair, went up and down in weight, became totally exhausted, and had the usual nausea and eating problems. We call it the "lost year," because we couldn't do anything except help me get better, but that was exceedingly important!
Cliff and I went on a cruise to Hawaii in March--our celebration of life. I was cancer-free and feeling fully recovered except for neuropathy in my feet, loss of hearing, joint pain, and inexplicably gaining 25 pounds! Here's a photo of me at one of the formal dinners on the ship. I may also include a photo of me ziplining on Kuaui!
I'm reaching the one-year survival date, and glad of it! I had my first book signing July 9 in Fernandina Beach and sold 25 copies of Hawthorne's Cottage in 3 hours. I hope some of you who bought my book that day will e-mail to say you loved it!
I'm planning other book signings, so keep an eye out on my Events page. After I've marketed Hawthorne's Cottage as well as I can, I will get The Elimination Game prepared for publication.
And then I can start on my third book!
The first bookstore to sell Hawthorne's Cottage was Bay Books in Hollywood, Maryland, and the proud author poses for a photo!
I had the best surgery and chemo in the world at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, a four-hour round trip from our home. My husband, Cliff, took photos of me there so our friends and relatives who live far away could get a sense of where I was and what it was like. I lost all my hair, went up and down in weight, became totally exhausted, and had the usual nausea and eating problems. We call it the "lost year," because we couldn't do anything except help me get better, but that was exceedingly important!
Cliff and I went on a cruise to Hawaii in March--our celebration of life. I was cancer-free and feeling fully recovered except for neuropathy in my feet, loss of hearing, joint pain, and inexplicably gaining 25 pounds! Here's a photo of me at one of the formal dinners on the ship. I may also include a photo of me ziplining on Kuaui!
I'm reaching the one-year survival date, and glad of it! I had my first book signing July 9 in Fernandina Beach and sold 25 copies of Hawthorne's Cottage in 3 hours. I hope some of you who bought my book that day will e-mail to say you loved it!
I'm planning other book signings, so keep an eye out on my Events page. After I've marketed Hawthorne's Cottage as well as I can, I will get The Elimination Game prepared for publication.
And then I can start on my third book!
