Mystery Loves Company
Our mystery book club at One More Page Books meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 7 PM. We select the books a few months in advance, read them, and talk about characters, plot, setting, etc. Oh, and…Continue Reading →
Recent Books by Ellen Herbert
THE LAST GOVERMENT GIRL
Winner of the Maryland Writer's Association 2014 Novel Award
Published by Apprentice House
On Sale at Amazon
FALLING WOMEN & OTHER STORIES
Published by Shelfstealers
On Sale at Amazon | more
Not of Vampires or Vaginas
What a thrill to be seated in a room with readers holding copies of FALLING WOMEN AND OTHER STORIES. Most of these readers had read my stories closely; one had read the book twice. We talked about how the stories…Continue Reading →
Readings-R-Scary
I’m scheduled to give a reading at Fall for the Book, a literary festival at George Mason U. on September 25 at 3:00 outside the Johnson Center. This will be my sixth reading of Falling Women and Other Stories, my short…Continue Reading →
The Writing, Reading Resolution
The Writing and Reading Resolution A favorite expression—I’m only a writer when I’m writing—reminds me not to talk about writing more than I actually write, and not to take myself or my writing too seriously. Yet I wish to write…Continue Reading →
Book Tea!
Since January 2012, I’ve received invitations to book teas, held in private homes, where the featured guest is the recently published book. One of my friends with a gorgeous house offered to give one for my book, Falling Women and…Continue Reading →
Falling Women and Other Stories for Mother’s Day!
“My mother taught a language no one speaks” is a line from the first short story in my collection, Falling Women and Other Stories. The sentence came to me one day during a writing exercise I was doing with students…Continue Reading →
Writing from Life
More than ten years ago, Sunil Freeman, Assistant Director of the Writer’s Center, called and asked if I would like to teach “Writing from Life.” “What is it?” I wanted to know.
Meeting My Publisher!
“How will I know you?” I ask my publisher, Sheryl Dunn, President of Shelfstealers. She’s meeting me at the airport in Leon, Mexico. I’ve worked with this woman for over a year, emailing almost daily, sharing my fiction and…Continue Reading →