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Michelle Hoover (she/her) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Mad traveler & author THE QUICKENING & BOTTOMLAND @NEAArts Fellow @GrubWriters @novelincubator head honcho Crazy maker of #7amNovelist

22 books
Book Cover for: Honorable Mention, Robert N. Macomber

Honorable Mention

Robert N. Macomber
Michelle Hoover (she/her)Michelle Hoover (she/her)

So happy to share that my mother's debut, which I published for her during the pandemic as she suffered a # of health issues, has been awarded HONORABLE MENTION by the WRITER'S DIGEST Self-Published Book Awards for a MainStream/Literary Novel. I'm so proud of her! #litgoodnews https://t.co/a93HAUWHz1

Paperback, 2009

$12.95Member price:$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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This Is Happiness

Niall Williams
Michelle Hoover (she/her)Michelle Hoover (she/her)

From Niall Williams GORGEOUS This is Happiness: "... Story was the stuff of life, & to realise you were inside one allowed you to sometimes surrender to the plot, to bear a little easier the griefs & sufferings & to enjoy more fully the twists that came along the way." #amreading

Paperback, 2021

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Continent That Once Was Thought Not to Exist: Antartica

Lee Deangelo
Michelle Hoover (she/her)Michelle Hoover (she/her)

Wonderful to see @writerhenriette 's newest novel featured on @lithub! An adventure in Antartica anyone? Check out the excerpt: https://t.co/n1FTpaK0Tj. And her book launch is tonight at @HarvardBooks . Congrats Henriette! I hope folks eat the book up. I know I'm eager to.

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Book Cover for: The Society of Shame, Jane Roper

The Society of Shame

Jane Roper
Michelle Hoover (she/her)Michelle Hoover (she/her)

How did @janeroper upend her writing process when she got in a slump? The final product: THE SOCIETY OF SHAME. We also talk finding your story by giving your protagonist the worst possible version of what they think they want. https://t.co/O0pcrFtcWB @GrubWriters #writingadvice https://t.co/CMLAZNgmyo

Paperback, 2024

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: An Unseemly Wife, E. B. Moore

An Unseemly Wife

E. B. Moore
Michelle Hoover (she/her)Michelle Hoover (she/her)

Writers Who Debut at 60+ Lot's more could be added to this list, but lookie here! The @NovelIncubator's own E.B. Moore (AN UNSEEMLY WIFE) & our sister program, the Memoir Incubator's wonderful @edoloresjohnson's SAY I'M DEAD. #amwriting https://t.co/8ozhrlNg5T

Paperback, 2014

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Last Beekeeper, Julie Carrick Dalton

The Last Beekeeper

Julie Carrick Dalton
Michelle Hoover (she/her)Michelle Hoover (she/her)

The storm blew over just in time! Excited to see @juliecardalt tonight at @PorterSqBoston @GrubWriters for the Boston launch of THE LAST BEEKEEPER & @rachelbarenbaum will be interviewing her! #WritingCommunity #bostonwriters #booklaunch https://t.co/iDypJppXMJ https://t.co/fVANYQBOAI

Hardcover, 2023

$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts, Matt Bell

Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts

Matt Bell
Michelle Hoover (she/her)Michelle Hoover (she/her)

Writing a novel? Feed your inspiration & spark new ideas about going at it w @mdbell79's REFUSE TO BE DONE. I'll introduce a discussion of his method with Matt himself at @GrubWriters's new space w @PorterSqBoston in the Seaport on 3/23. Get your tickets: https://t.co/6UuuiQugvT

Paperback, 2022

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Matrix, Lauren Groff

Matrix

Lauren Groff
Michelle Hoover (she/her)Michelle Hoover (she/her)

Strangely, I think this describes my everyday writing experience to a T (thank you Lauren Groff) "By this small stub of light with the eyes of rats shining green at her from the deeper dark, she writes." —from THE MATRIX #amwriting

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Bone People, Keri Hulme

The Bone People

Keri Hulme
Michelle Hoover (she/her)Michelle Hoover (she/her)

We've lost writer Keri Hulme. If you haven't read THE BONE PEOPLE, you're missing a stunning experience: https://t.co/n4NwlnmfdL

Paperback, 1986

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Forbidden City, Vanessa Hua

Forbidden City

Vanessa Hua
Michelle Hoover (she/her)Michelle Hoover (she/her)

On the 7am Novelist: @vanessa_hua discusses the 1st pages of Forbidden City, how she stuck to her instincts about her prologue, her reminiscent narrator, & how to handle directly addressing (& challenging) your reader. https://t.co/C6N19Pfzay @GrubWriters #writingadvice #podcast https://t.co/RjuArr6r7M

Paperback, 2023

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book