Work In Progress edited by Mandy Haynes

Work In Progress edited by Mandy Haynes

Have you ever finished a book and wondered, "What made the author think of that?" Or wondered if there was a chapter in the original manuscript that didn't make it through the final edits? Maybe you'd like to get a sneak peek at what an author is currently working on.

Work In Progress includes fifty-nine excerpts from some talented authors' works in progress in different stages of the writing process, followed up with the story behind the story of the piece, and the story behind the author who wrote it.

Where did the idea come from? What were they thinking during the writing process? Why did they delete a chapter, or change a character?

Find out the answers to these questions and more inside...

“What a brilliant idea for a book! I enjoyed every entry, and was pleased to find work-in-progress by writers whose work I had read before, like Claire Fullerton, Kathleen Rodgers, Debra Thomas, Kathy L. Murphy, Susan Cushman, and Heather Frese, as well as selections by new-to-me writers such as an excerpt of Jan Moran's HEPBURN'S NECKLACE, a scene from THE ART OF TRAVELING STRANGERS by Zoe Disigny and the first chapter of Robert Gwaltney's atmospheric and delightfully weird Southern gothic novel-in-progress. And so much more! Brava to editor Mandy Haynes for putting together this winning collection!” Suzanne Kamata, author of The Baseball Widow

“I just finished Work in Progress! Wow, I am in awe of all of the talented authors who contributed! I absolutely do not know which book to start first. Mandy Haynes, you truly are as Kathy L. Murphy says, "incomparable." You have curated a wonderful selection of works. Now, I just have to sit down, close my eyes, and point at the table of contents to choose the order of the books to read! Thank you Kathleen M. Rodgers for introducing me to this group, the copy of Work in Progress, and, most importantly, the gift of your friendship!” Michelle Williams