Marcy Dermansky's Blog: Events, page 3

Dedication

I dedicated my new novel to my mother. This made her so happy.

Just now, I came home from vacation to a Fed Exed package of two finished books. I proudly showed them to my seven-year old daughter.

We flipped through the pages. She discovered that the dedication was to my mother and not her and she started to cry. I promised to dedicate my next book to her. That only slightly appeased her.

The book is beautiful.

Short Story

I wrote a short story that I loved but never submitted. And then, I have a novel coming out -- and my brain tells me, submit the story already. It's getting published in October, in a super online lit magazine that is relaunching with a new design. It is exciting. So much of a book coming out is fun.

Blurbs

Writers and readers have mixed feelings about blurbs. They are difficult to ask for. And how do you know if you can trust them?

I kind of like them. I love to pick up a book in a bookstore and read the blurbs, see who loves the book and how they love it. A well written blurb will definitely compel me to buy a book.

I received lovely blurbs for The Red Car by writers whose work I have read and admired: Roxane Gay, Kevin Wilson, Megan Abbott, Edan Lepucki, Laura van den Berg, and Cari Luna.

It is so gratifying and so interesting to read what they have to say about something that had once seemed so intensely private, a book on my laptop computer that no one could read but me. Pretty soon, my book will be out there.

Here they are, my blurbs:

“I've been waiting and waiting for a new book from Marcy Dermansky and finally that new book is here. The Red Car is taut and smart and strange and sweet and perfect. I want to eat this book or sew it to my skin or something.” -- Roxane Gay, author of The Untamed State and Bad Feminist

“There are few writers who can do what Marcy Dermansky does so effortlessly in The Red Car, the way she pushes this story in such surprising and thrilling directions, never losing control, taking your breath away line by beautiful line. Dermansky writes with such unnerving clarity about grief, not just for the loss of a loved one, but for our own unexpected lives. A strange, unflinching, utterly amazing novel.” -- Kevin Wilson, author of The Family Fang

“Marcy Dermansky’s The Red Car is a wonder. Moving, mysterious and filled with dark, sly humor, it rustles under your skin and stays there. By the time I reached its shimmering final pages, I wanted to go right back to the beginning and start again.” -- Megan Abbott, author of You Will Know Me

“A new book by the inimitable Marcy Dermansky is worth cheering for. The Red Car is droll, unflinching, and mysterious, a feat of efficient storytelling. I could not put it down. This novel mesmerized me.” -- Edan Lepucki, author of California

“Don’t be fooled by The Red Car’s brevity: it packs a serious punch. Dermansky’s vision is sharp and clear, pushing her beautifully realized protagonist, Leah, into the rapids on a journey of self-discovery. And we’re right there at her side, breathless, as she shakes herself awake. A tremendously moving story that feels true and important.” -- Cari Luna, author of The Revolution of Every Day

“I’ve long admired the work of Marcy Dermansky, and her latest is an absolute stunner. The Red Car is the very rare kind of novel that―with its urgency and intrigue and deep intelligence―will pin you to your chair and transport you utterly. Stop what you’re doing and read this book.” -- Laura van den Berg, author of Find Me

The Middle of February

It is a lovely thing to go to your Good Reads page and find a listing for your new book. I am really happy about this.

Editing Services

Hi Goodreads Friends,

For the past several years, I have been providing editing services for selected manuscripts. I work one-on-one with writers who are committed to their projects -- novels, short stories, and creative non-fiction -- and help them find their way from draft to finished manuscript.

I am looking to take on new clients this fall. If you are searching for a sharp editor for your work, I would love to discuss a potential collaboration. If you know of other serious writers in need of assistance, please feel free to pass this email along. My project fees are quoted upon acceptance; references are available on request.

Many of the writers I have worked with have gone on to enormous success. Michelle Corasanti’s moving debut novel The Almond Tree quietly snuck onto bestseller lists, receiving international acclaim with foreign rights sales already in Italy, Spain, Norway, Poland, Catalan, The Netherlands, Southeast Asia, and more sure to come. Author Mike Siemsen self-published his audacious novel A Warm Place to Call Home, currently available on Amazon.com. The book received terrific reviews from Kirkus Review and numerous readers/devoted fans. Andrew Clarke’s first novel Bad Money was a finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.

A little more about me: My second novel Bad Marie was a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers pick and named one of the Best Novels of 2010 by Esquire Magazine. I have an essay appearing in the anthology Goodbye To All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York, alongside Cheryl Strayed, Dani Shapiro, Emma Straub and others, and will be appearing in events this fall in support of the release. I have taught courses in novel writing and the short story at Gotham Writers Workshop in New York.

Please let me know if you have any questions. I would love to hear from you.

All best,
Marcy

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