Happy New
Year, ,January is off and running and so am I--researching a new book.
I pitched this idea to my editor last spring, he made me an offer in August, and the contract finally arrived Monday.
It will be a nonfiction book similar in form Fannie Never Flinched, but the
events, like those of Pure Grit, happened to women during WWII. I jumped into the research in December and started sketching out the first chapter. These photos will give you some clues about the story.
(Above) Kitchen duty for members of the Womens Auxiliary Army Corps at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 12/05/1942. U.S. Government photos. (Below) Auxiliaries Ruth Wade and Lucille Mayo demonstrate their ability to service trucks.
12/8/1942. Meanwhile, I'm revving up to launch Fannie Never Flinched, meaning that I've split myself in two, one half researching the new book, the other half
writing and designing publicity materials, reaching out to contacts, updating my website and social media....
One of the first tasks in book promotion is deciding how to present the book to the world. I'm trying to focus in on an angle of the story that will best capture readers attention. Here's where you come in. Below are three different ways I can introduce the book. Which would be most likely to move you to buy Fannie Never Flinched.
Please read all four choices before voting. Vote only once. Click the blue square to vote for your choice. Once you've clicked you cannot change your vote. Thank you for your feedback!
A- This book is the story of Fannie Sellins, a union
organizer shot down in cold blood by company gunmen during a Pennsylvania coal strike. A crowd of people saw the shooting, but the murders got away scot-free. B- Fannie Sellins was a woman with purpose. She brought to bear the force of her personality, her energy, her talent, all day, every day, to what she loved and believed. She loved and
believed in working people. Native born or immigrant, white or black, man, woman or child, Fannie roused their sense of their own dignity, of their right to be free of deprivation, and to hold some ascendency over their own lives. She lived with purpose, a purpose greater than herself and she remained faithful to that purpose to the end. C- Fannie was an ordinary American girl who grew up in a time like today—a time of rapid change and economic
crisis that called for extraordinary leadership. She lived in the Gilded Age of American Industrialization when the Carnegies and Morgans wore jewels and their workers wore rags. Fannie dreamed America could rise to its ideals of equality and justice for all. And for that—she died in a hail of bullets. D- None of the above. I am not convinced.
No word yet on the official launch date, but take a look. Here's the almost, but not quite, final dust jacket. |
Thank you for your attention today. I'm working on a gift for you all, hoping to have it done before the end of January. It's a full-color, illustrated resource for developing
courage as a skill and living day to day with more purpose, joy and freedom.
To find out more about my books, how I help students, teachers and librarians, visit my website at www.MaryCronkFarrell.com.
My best, Mary
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