"If you have a vision for something, go for it. Don't half-ass it. Go all in."
Mystery author Catherine Mack on switching genres, writing characters who endure, and her fresh and funny new novel, EVERY TIME I GO ON VACATION, SOMEONE DIES
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Catherine: Hey!
It's been a million years since I used this!
LOL
Me: WE DID IT! Thanks so much for chatting with me (on your pub day no less)!
How are you feeling today?
Good!
You know it's always a weird day
For SURE. It's both very loud and eerily quiet...
Trying not to check amazon rankings all day haha
YES
Resist the temptation!!!
haha I am not good at that
Well, you can feel good about all the buzz leading up to today—congrats on the amazing reviews, including in the NYT! Can you share a little about the book?
Sure!
It's about Eleanor Dash, a bestselling mystery novelist who is on the 10th anniversary book tour in Italy with the protagonist/antagonist of the book.
She's sick of him and wants to kill him off
And then he tells her someone's trying to kill him
This is SUCH a killer hook (no pun intended). Where did the idea come from?
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