Dorothy Hearst's Blog

• giving up the bird

  July 12, 2009

  • I'm spending the morning going over my notes and trying to gather together scenes and moments so I know where they all are when I want them.  I just found a note that says:    "VERY IMPORTANT:  MAJOR PLOT POINT:  the point at which someone wants to give up the bird." I have no idea what that means.  I mean really, not even the foggiest.  What bird, and why would someone ...
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• Promise of the Wolves in paperback!

  July 8, 2009

  • The paperback edition of "Promise of the Wolves" came out on Tuesday. I realize I'm biased because it's mine and I love it, but I think it's SUCH a pretty book.  I've been making steady progress on the second book in the series, Secrets of the Wolves and there's a teaser chapter of it in the paperback of Promise.  Here's the first paragraph of the teaser:  I caught the delicate ...
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• Words Across the Chasm

  May 27, 2009

  • It’s been 163 days since my best writing buddy died, and apparently what they say is true, even for me: death really does happen, and it’s forever, and you can’t do a damn thing about it.  And for awhile, I thought the words had gone as well, that I would never find my way back to the place where I made stories and told them to other people.  The words just hurt too much.  My best ...
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