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January 7th, 2010 at 11:46 am
Michelle,
I just finished “The Year of Fog” . . . . What a tremendous book it was. It pulled so many emotions out of me and in the end my heart was really with Abby. And what an extraordinary writer you are . . . . Maybe one day you could write my story!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:27 am
Hey Michelle! This is your old friend, Jenny Conn from Mary Burke Hall in Tuscaloosa. I am soooo excited about your writing career. I would love to catch up with you. I ‘ve been reading all about you and your books. I am going to get them all! Please e-mail me at jennybrice@bellsouth. My married name is Jenny Brice. Hope to hear from you. Jenny
December 30th, 2009 at 4:39 am
just finished ” the year of fog” and wanted to thank you – this book is marvelous and was impossible to put down.
you are a very talented writer
i found this book so moving and have to admitt i am a little blue that its finished !
but
i look forward to reading more of your work in the future.
best- Em
December 13th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Michelle, I cannot quite put into words how much “The Year of Fog” pulled me in, gripped my heart and thoughts, and finally…as if being released by that rogue wave….it ended with me weeping for what seemed hours, over my own losses….mistakes…heartaches. But, this was a wonderful thing. I hadn’t done that in sooo long…my soul needed a good purging!:)
I am looking forward to reading more of your books. You are truly an amazing, and thought provoking writer.
Terry Bielecki
November 19th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Dear Michelle,
I just finished reading your 3 novels, 2 of them in 2 days! (I read Year of the Fog while on vacation, so couldn’t devote a whole day to it!) I loved them! Can’t wait for the next.
Sincerely,
Deborah Fisher
November 17th, 2009 at 5:12 am
hi michelle
have just finished year of the fog. exceptional work. will stay with me for a very long time
congrats
anne marie
November 13th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Hi, Michelle!
Congratulations for your job. Wonderful!
I am writing to ask some help. I want to study (graduate-level degree) “Creative Writing” in USA. Can you suggest some good Universities there?
Thank you very much.
Leandro (Brazil)
November 7th, 2009 at 3:29 am
The Year of Fog is my favorite book! I am in the middle right now and cannot wait to finish, but at the same time I do not want this pleasure to end ! Thank you Michelle!
Monika.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 am
The Year of the Fog
Thanks. I read it in two settings and really enjoyed the story. Excellant work.
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October 21st, 2009 at 5:04 am
Hi Jules. I’m so glad you enjoyed the story, and thanks for stopping by. Unfortunately, the only place I can direct you for the story is that old copy of Playboy. I think it came out in 2005. It appeared in the Feb 2006 issue, which features a girl in red lingerie on the cover. My editor at the magazine proudly noted that the girl had not been cosmetically enhanced. So that should narrow it down a bit! Hopefully, it will appear in an anthology one of these days. I haven’t published a story collection since my first one back in 2001, but I do plan on publishing one within the next few years, and that story will definitely be part of it.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Michelle,
I was at the Make-Out Room for your reading during LitCrawl and was wondering where I could find a copy of the short story you read, “An Exciting New Career in Medicine.” I saw that it was published in Playboy a few years back. To read the full story must I try to find a clean copy of the mag on eBay or go rooting through my dad’s closet in the hopes he’s maintained his subscription after all these years? Or can I find the complete tale in a short story collection?
Thanks for the help.
October 12th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Hi Marlene. Thanks for your question. Richmond is my own family name, although it’s just a coincidence that I live in the Richmond district. I grew up in Alabama, and the Richmond clan from which I originate is mostly based in Mississippi. My husband’s family name is an old San Francisco name, Phelan.
October 12th, 2009 at 12:23 am
Hi Michelle I was wondering if your husband is related to the Richmond family from the Bay Area. Thomas D Richmond sons Tom Richmond Gene Richmond Steve Richmond????
Thanks Marlene
October 7th, 2009 at 3:53 am
oh, I can’t wait to do an interview with you, Elizabeth! For anyone who is reading this page, Elizabeth wrote the fantabulous novel SHY GIRL, and when I met her in San Francisco a few years ago, some time after reading her novel, I was like, “Are you that Elizabeth Stark?” And lo and behold, she was.
Ah, plot. I still find myself filled with trepidation at various phases in the process of writing a new novel, worrying about how I’m going to get the whole thing to hold together, how I’m going to get from one point to the next without explaining to the point of tedium, but also without confusing the reader by leaving too much out. I’m still trying to figure that out. It’s a problem that begins anew with each book, and I’m wrestling with it at this very moment.
The background tends to come easily for me. I find filling in the details of a character’s past to be more fun, in general, than trying to figure out where she’s going to go next. What about you?
October 7th, 2009 at 2:41 am
Glad to sign your guest book, Michelle. Can’t wait for your next book . . . I have questions I want to ask you about plot, but I keep holding out for my one-day internet radio interview with you. But you are such a master of plot, and I do have a theory about your plot: what makes it so good . . . (besides the writing, obviously).
October 7th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Hi Allison. Congrats on The Man Who Loved Books Too Much. Looks like you’re getting a lot of blog attention!
Alas, there’s been no movie bite on No One You Know yet. I’d love to see that one made into a movie. Is your agent pitching The Man Who Loved Books to producers? I haven’t read it YET but from the way you described it, it sounds like a great, weird story with a very fascinating central character and plenty of intrigue–movielicious!
October 7th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Hi Jordan. I’m enjoying Write-Free. You certainly seem to be managing to combine writing and motherhood!
Hi Barbara. Thanks for stopping by. I’m still getting the hang of twitter too. Like, what does retweet mean? It’s all very confusing!
October 6th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Hi Michelle! I love reading your blog, and would love to run into you one of these days at some lovely writing event. Maybe litquake if I can get the childcare!
Jordan
October 6th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Hey Michelle, How are you? been a while since our panel @bookgroupexpo! love your tweets — I’m still getting the hang of it. mostly lurking/stalking other tweets! Ciao, Barbara
October 6th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
What I want to know is: when will No One You Know be made into a movie?? It was so visually memorable, while I read it I kept thinking it could be a great film. And if they were to shoot in SF, I know someone who might be willing to work as an extra! -Allison