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Meg Waite Clayton

Author of the international bestsellers The Postmistress of Paris, The Last Train to London, and 6 other novels

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The Four Ms. Bradwells

March 22, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

Look at this Cover!!!

Holy Moly!!! The Four Ms. Bradwells goes on sale today, and the first things I saw on twitter was this photo, shared by Andi Buchanon. The stores aren't …

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March 18, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

Words of Wisdom from Confucius, Austen, and Tuchman

"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings." — Jane Austen "No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender …

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March 14, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

How a Novel Gets Published: 2nd Printing! (Before publication!)

The Four Ms. Bradwells is going into a second printing eight days before it even comes out. I would explain how this happens if I knew, but I don't. I just know …

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March 12, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

How a Novel Gets Published: 10 Days Left!

Just a quick post that will not begin to cover everything that's going on in these last few weeks before publication of The Four Ms. Bradwells. I'm busy doing …

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February 24, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

How a Novel Gets Published: Books in Hand!

Thanks to my lovely editor, Caitlin Alexander, the fed ex truck rolled up my street yesterday with my first finished copy of The Four Ms. Bradwells! It's still …

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August 24, 2010 By Meg Waite Clayton

The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published #14: Very Superstitious, Writing's on the Wall…

Seven months till publication of The Four Ms. Bradwells! Seven months. Not seven years. No broken mirrors or bad luck here. No need for Stevie Wonder songs. So …

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July 22, 2010 By Meg Waite Clayton

The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published, Part 11: We Need Permission! And a Latin Expert!

In Part 6 of this "All-True" series, I blogged about Beth Pearson and her amazing team who, among other things, flagged every place in The Four Ms. Bradwells …

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July 15, 2010 By Meg Waite Clayton

The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published, Part 10: The Dreaded Author Photo

To be honest, I'm not sure why I'm not skipping right over this author photo bit and moving on to The Four Ms. Bradwells showing up on Amazon. I. Hate. Photos. …

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July 8, 2010 By Meg Waite Clayton

The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published, Part 9: Titles and DESCRIPTIONS and Author Photos – Oh My! (the "Description" part)

One funny thing about writing a book is how hard it is to reduce 300+ pages of prose to a one- or two-paragraph description. So the good news is that when your …

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July 1, 2010 By Meg Waite Clayton

The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published, Part 8: TITLES and Descriptions and Author Photos – Oh My!

The working title for The Four Ms. Bradwells was "The Ms. Bradwells," which comes from an 1873 Supreme Court case, Bradwell v. Illinois, in which nine white …

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