In exciting, super short notice news, I’m going to be speaking tomorrow at the Swarthmore College library in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania! It is such an honor because many of the photographs in my book–including the cover–came from that archive. Some of my absolute favorite days spent researching were spent in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection andContinue reading “Book Signings, Appearances, and Events”
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The Reviews Are In!
Byberry State Hospital has been out for two months this week (it doesn’t feel like it’s been that long already!) and it’s been getting some great reviews in the local Philadelphia newspapers. Thought I’d share! “Byberry State Hospital . . . tells the real-life horror story of Northeast Philadelphia’s notorious mental institution, shuttered since 1990,Continue reading “The Reviews Are In!”
Book Releases, Blog Birthdays, and Graduation Anniversaries
May was a big month: the blog turned two [throws confetti in air], it marked two years since I walked down the aisle at Bloomsburg in a cap and gown, and on top of all those awesome reasons to celebrate, my very first book published. On the social media sites, I’ve been seeing that aContinue reading “Book Releases, Blog Birthdays, and Graduation Anniversaries”
On Killing My Darlings and the Most Author-Friendly Way to Buy a Book
The book is done. All the photograph permission forms have been signed, the copyediting changes made, the final page proofs approved. As we speak, the book is at the printer, making 1,200 neatly bound, neatly stacked copies of my little paperback. It’s done. This book, as you will see it, as I will hold itContinue reading “On Killing My Darlings and the Most Author-Friendly Way to Buy a Book”
Feeling Like the Official Author of a Real Book
This week has been terrible. It’s been one thing after another ever since Monday. Each day I would wake up and think that it couldn’t possibly get worse, and then it would: the latest fiasco was that my washing machine–which I got repaired less than three months ago for a pretty penny–broke again. Curses. SoContinue reading “Feeling Like the Official Author of a Real Book”
Cover Reveal!
I’m still, technically, burrowing to finish up this book. But my editor sent me the cover last week and I just couldn’t resist sharing it. I was able to recommend which photograph would be used for the cover and as I was sifting through the hundreds of Byberry photographs I’ve collected, trying to decide, IContinue reading “Cover Reveal!”
Burrowing
When I write, I have to burrow. I burrow in my condo, at my desk, or in my room, or on my couch; usually, literally, burrowing under blankets. I can’t be distracted by TV noise or other people’s conversations or music (I seriously don’t understand how some people can have playlists for their books. IContinue reading “Burrowing”
Maybe I’m Addicted to Bananagrams…
I just returned from a lovely, week-long, extremely necessary beach vacation. The week before had been seven days of extreme highs and lows and my stress level was pretty much at an all-time height. As the deadline for this book creeps nearer, my anxiety is increasing about Getting It Done and Doing It Well, andContinue reading “Maybe I’m Addicted to Bananagrams…”
Calling for Submissions! Book About Byberry State Hospital, Philadelphia
The research for this Byberry State Hospital book is going great. I’m collecting lots of information and learning SO MUCH. I didn’t even know Conscience Objectors did public service during WWII–I thought they escaped to Canada, a la Vietnam war–let alone know that thousands actually worked, for no pay, in the state mental hospitals. However,Continue reading “Calling for Submissions! Book About Byberry State Hospital, Philadelphia”
How I Got a Book Deal from My Blog!
Yes, you read that right. Officially, I, Hannah Karena Jones, am going to be a published author. It’s not a blog to book deal in the traditional sense, like the way Postsecret, Julie & Julia, and Awkward Family Photos content became so popular a publisher begged the bloggers to put it in book form. No,Continue reading “How I Got a Book Deal from My Blog!”
Hannah Karena Jones 