by Joanna FitzPatrick | Aug 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
The first Advance Reading Copy of “The Sketch Box.” (She Writes Press) Publication date, Fall 2021. But for now I would like my family and friends to join me in celebrating the birth of “The Sketch Box”! It was a long time coming.
by Joanna FitzPatrick | Feb 15, 2015 | The Drummer's Widow
I remember sitting in front of my computer, hands poised, confronting the blank screen. The cursor winked. Nothing else. Not a word.I was at a Writers Retreat on Hatteras Island, NC, where everyone was suppose to produce 2000 words per day.Frustrated, I looked...
by Joanna FitzPatrick | Aug 9, 2014 | Katherine Mansfield
KATHERINE MANSFIELD translated into French! Katherine would have been very pleased.It’s my dear Provencal friend, Brisou Buis, who translated it. I tried to convince her to read Proust so we could talk about it over a morning tisane or an evening glass of wine,...
by Joanna FitzPatrick | Aug 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
“I started reading “The Drummer’s Widow” two days ago, and only put it down when there was something else I absolutely had to do. It’s a wonderful book. The author’s inside knowledge of the music business – its magic and its...
by Joanna FitzPatrick | Jul 23, 2014 | The Drummer's Widow, Why I Write
Cassandra, the damaged singer in my new novel, “The Drummer’s Widow,” was drawn from the heart-wrenching life and tragic death of the irreplaceable Amy Winehouse who died three years ago today. When I forget why I am a writer, she reminds me: “I’m not here...
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