Nadine Feldman, Author

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Update on The Factory Girl and the Fey

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We interrupt this regularly scheduled book review column because exciting things are happening with The Factory Girl and the Fey!

First, my copyeditor, Esther White, has completed her diligent work, and I am making the final tweaks to the manuscript based on her guidance. Kudos to Esther for her help!

Next, I have a cover! Happy dance! Lynne Hansen has outdone herself this time, and I can’t wait to share it. The good folks at Historical Virtual Book Tours will soon reveal the cover, and I can’t wait!

I’ll spend the rest of the month tidying up the manuscript, and I plan to put it on NetGalley by mid-July for advance reviews.

It’s definitely crunch time with all of this happening, but I’m very excited! I’m proud of this book and in the coming weeks will share more details about it. For more information or to add it to your Goodreads list, click here.

What She Knew eBook Release + Free Book Offer! #freebooks #freebies

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It’s time to celebrate! Pop that champagne cork!

WSK Front Cover CMYKThe Kindle version of What She Knew goes on sale this Monday, February 29! US Review of Books says:  “What She Knew is a wonderful balance of a human-interest tale, romance, and history, €”all wrapped up in a riveting thriller.”

The release date for the paperback version is March 29.

But wait…there’s more!

The Foreign Language of Friends, my first novel, will be free on Amazon Kindle from February 29 through March 4. FLOF can be found here:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CPAX3GQ

The Foreign Language of Friends was a finalist in the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and a gold medal winner in the 2011 eLit Book Awards.

When four women meet in a foreign language class, their different backgrounds make them unlikely friends. In fact, at first they don’t get along at all! Yet as each faces a major life challenge, they will have to learn to lean on one another. Ultimately, the foreign language each needs to learn is: friendship.

I hope you’ll share this special promotion with all your friends!

Happy New Year! #IWSG #amwriting

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It’s the first Wednesday again, and time for the next monthly installment for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. This is where we writers provide support and encouragement to each other. Join us!

Thank you to this month’s co-hosts: L.G. Keltner, Denise Covey, Sheri Larsen,  J.Q. Rose, Chemist Ken, and Michelle Wallace. And of course, a special thanks goes to our fearless founder and leader, Alex J. Cavenaugh! I hope you’ll visit their blogs in appreciation for their contributions to our merry band of writers.

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January 2, 1996…twenty years ago. My then-husband and I woke up with the flu. Since we were both sick, there was no one to take care of us, and it was a nasty bug.

Three days later, he went back to work, still ailing but better. For me, though, the story was different. I didn’t get well. Day after day, week after week, month after month, I woke exhausted, my body alternating between freezing cold and burning hot, my lymph nodes swollen, my digestion disrupted.

The eventual diagnosis of CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome) didn’t help, as the cause is unknown and the path to treatment unclear.

During the months in bed, I had a lot of time to think. All my life I had wanted to be a writer but always let life get in the way. Now, with my brain addled and little ability to concentrate, I wondered: was it too late? Did I squander my chance?

I don’t often “bargain” when I grieve, but this time I did. Make me well, God, and I won’t forget.

I was one of the lucky ones. Eventually, I did get well…and I didn’t forget my promise. In 1997 I found The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, which helped me get started. In October 1999 I published my first book, When a Grandchild Dies: What to Do, What to Say, How to Cope (the link is for the 15th anniversary edition).

The life changes that resulted were extraordinary, and here I am all these years later, proud to be a novelist who has completed her second novel and sent it off to industry reviewers. There’s another novel in draft form, and I am swimming in ideas for more books.

More than anything, writing has made me more whole, more authentic, happier. As a side note, when I met my current husband, I gave him a copy of When a Grandchild Dies…it made him want to get to know me better.

It took a debilitating illness for me to wake up and live. It took that moment in time, twenty years ago, when I no longer had the choice to ignore who I really was. Every day that I can write, that I do write, is a remarkable gift. Yes, writing is hard. Yes, it’s frustrating sometimes to find readers. Yes, reviews can be upsetting.

But to be writers who do not write…that is a tragedy.

My hope for you, my fellow writers, is that 2016 brings you joy, peace, health, and a wealth of ideas to explore. May you find readers who resonate with your words. May you look self-doubt and insecurity in the eye and say, “Thanks. I’m doing this anyway.”

How was your 2015? What are your dreams/goals/plans for 2016? Do tell!

What She Knew is now available for pre-order! I hope you’ll take a look. *