Nancy Christie's Blog

Looking for opportunities while fighting back our fears

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Lately I’ve been reading a lot of posts on social media from writers who are frustrated and afraid. Why? Because their writing careers are not going according to their plans.

If they’re freelance writers, they are finding assignments few and far between.If they are pitching a book project, it seems like their queries are going into the virtual equivalent of the dead letter office.If they are seeking book reviews or interview possibilities, neither request is meet...

Special deal on my fiction collections!

Not in the mood for a full literary meal, i.e., a novel? Prefer to snack on a short story or two?

Then my publisher, Unsolicited Press, has a deal for you: the Nancy Christie Book Bundle!

Get all three collections—Peripheral Visions and Other Stories, Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories, and Mistletoe Magic—for just $40!

Order here: https://www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop...

(Short fiction collections make great gifts! Get the jump on your holiday shopping now!)

Thoughts on writing and life for June 2025

How I define writing success for myself

This is an edited excerpt from my June 2025 newsletter, The Writing Life. (Subscribe here.)

You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

When I interview writers for my podcast, Living the Writing Life, the last questions I ask are always the same: How do you define writing success for yourself and what makes you feel successful as a writer?

Lately, with the release of my tenth book and third novel, MO...

Latest deals for my first two novels

I’m celebrating the launch of Moving Maggie: A Midlife Moxie Novel with a special sale on the eBook versions of the first two in the series: Reinventing Rita and Finding Fran!

All June, the ebooks are available for $2.99 from your favorite retailer!

Each book is a standalone, but all three explore the unique challenges and life changes of women 50 and older!

Sales links here:
REINVENTING RITA: https://www.nancychristie.com/midlife...

FINDING FRAN:
https://www.nancychristie.com/midlife...

Returning to Writing After a Caregiving-Pause—Guest Post by Rebecca Scaglione

The rough draft of my fourth novel in a series entitled Angels of El Roi, was written in 2015. And then the dark cloud of dementia floated into my parents’ life.

The thing with this type of storm, you don’t know how intense it will get, how much damage it will inflict, or how slow or fast-moving it will become.

And so my caregiving journey began. With my sister, Pam, by my side, we attended to every need, every crisis, every emotional event 24/7. There was no time, no energy or brain cells left ...

Thoughts on writing and life for April 2025

Finding the courage to write, and finding courage in what we write

This is an edited excerpt from my April 2025 newsletter, The Writing Life. (Subscribe here.)

You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

I’ve been reading a lot of memoirs lately, and what has struck me is the courage it must have taken for these people to write the truth about what they experienced—sometimes at the hands of people whom they loved but who didn’t love them ba...

Special deals!

April showers bring May flowers—and the release of the paperback version of MOVING MAGGIE on May 30!


To get ready for that big event, I’m holding a “Book Shower” at the BookBaby Bookshop.

Order the eBook version of any of my three Midlife Moxie novels—MOVING MAGGIE, FINDING FRAN or REINVENTING RITA—at the BookBaby Bookshop and get $2 off the retail price when you use code APRILSHOWERS25.

The code is only good through April 30 so order today!

Click the titles below to go to the BookBaby Bookshop page to order.

MOVING MAGGIE




FINDING FRAN




REINVENTING RITA

My Thoughts on… Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old by Brooke Shields

I don’t usually choose to read books penned by celebrities, probably because I feel that there would be no point of commonality between my life and theirs.

My preference is for nonfiction books that either deal with writing in one fashion or another (after all, I am a writer!), or books on topics about my gender (female) or my age (late middle-age, and I’m being generous).

But after reading a few excerpts from Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old and following that up by reading some media i...

Elizabeth Jaeger: On the Value of Sharing Grief with Others

I’m a firm believer in doing what I can to bring attention to other writers and authors. And when one of those authors and I share the same publisher—in this case, Unsolicited Press—I consider it a bonus.

And that’s why I’m happy to have Elizabeth Jaeger on my post, answering questions about her debut memoir, Stolen: Love and Loss in the Time of COVID-19. Before we get into the interview, here’s a bit about Elizabeth.

While Stolen: Love and Loss in the Time of COVID-19 is Elizabeth’s first book,...

Thoughts on writing and life for March 2025

How we, as writers, can make a difference in the world, one word at a time.

This is an edited excerpt from my March 2025 newsletter, The Writing Life. (Subscribe here.)

You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

I’ve often spoken about how much I enjoy book signing events. Not just because I get to meet fans who like my books and can’t wait to pick up the newest one, but also because the conversations often inspire ideas for my next novel....