Women Writers Networking

We are pleased to announce our first salon for women writers. To be held the end of September, the event promises to be a wonderful opportunity to be inspired, partake of a delicious champagne lunch, and network with other writers. Guest speaker is Mary Patrick Kavanaugh, author of Family Plots.

Real writers praise Family Plots:

"Mary Patrick Kavanaugh tells her story with such unabashed honesty and rapier-sharp humor that she had me hooked from page one. This is one of those 'you couldn’t make this stuff up' kind of books that makes you think that’s awful, while you’re laughing out loud at the same time. But beneath the wonderful wit in this dark comedy is a layer of poignancy that takes my breath away. In the end, it’s about all the crazy things we do for love."—Lolly Winston, New York Times Bestselling Author of 
Good Grief and Happiness Sold Separately

"…[It] reads like a thriller. I honestly couldn't stop thinking about it all the time I was reading it, and finally just took the phone off the hook to finish it." —Adair Lara, Author of 
Hold Me Close, Let Me Go (among others)

"…Family Plots has a great story at its heart: the tension between the longing for security and the longing for excitement, played out in the narrator’s romance in which she increasingly sacrifices steady judgment and middle-class dreams to the power of her attraction toward a man whose charm gives him away as a con man and a dreamer. In a subtle way, this story also makes an argument for a compassionate understanding of human imperfection and of the possibility of healing, in small ways, our sins against one another."—Catherine Brady, Author of 
Curled in the Bed of Love and The End of Class War


There’s even praise from the rejecters…
"Ms. Kavanaugh is a laugh-out-loud hilarious writer, one who uses cutting humor to get at the heart of a situation. I understand why Lolly Winston is so excited by it…" —Riverhead Books

"It was easy to ease into, and as I was reading, it really did remind me of a television sitcom. Ultimately, this read like good commercial women's fiction…" —Simon Spotlight

"Dark, funny and highly unique novel… fresh, interesting…" —Atria/Pocket (Simon & Shuster) "Good sense of humor, good writer…" —Bantam Dell

"Great comic timing…" —Berkley (Penguin) "I found the narrative voice to be engaging, and the mystery pleasantly quirky…" —St. Martin's "I was quite surprised and intrigued by the story…" —Harper "I really liked the premise for the novel—and I think (the author) is a smart and punchy writer…" —Plume

"Ms. Kavanaugh is a talented writer with a fresh and unique voice…"
—Crown Books

"The writing is refreshingly accessible and everything from the plot to the intriguing cast of characters kept me guessing (and laughing) throughout…" 
—The Doubleday Publishing Group

"I liked the humorous voice… great observations pierced by the author's sharp wit…" —Kensington