MILY THE MILLENNIAL is a Tall Tale – and writing it was a tall order. I started this project in February 2020, after it just hit me. My husband AJ had just given me a 1986 Smith-Corona electric typewriter for Christmas, and as soon as I started writing on it, I heard MILY. Clearly. In the constant hum of the motor, my clickity-clacking on the keys. I wrote between graduate coursework and classes – then, sometimes, during Zoom lessons, before any of us mastered the art and etiquette of virtual learning. Right away, I knew: MILY was different than anything I’d ever attempted writing before.
Who is this for? I asked myself. Everyone, I kept answering, even though the Traditional Publishing World would say, that’s not a good marketing strategy. But I’d rediscovered Dickinson during that time, so I just kept reciting, “Fame is a fickle food” and marching on.
MILY is for everyone. It’s a story born from losing control. I, along with so many other artists, spent those active Pandemic years pouring into my craft. I faced challenges in my life and often tackled them in a world that, on the surface, looks a lot like one we’re living in. MILY provided me a space to HOPE openly. I found both excitement and peace in writing at WORD-level. I obsessed over the flow of each and every sentence I wrote. Because for the first time, I was composing unhinged. I wrote playful, daring, ostentatious prose. And once I’d started down that path, I couldn’t break the tone. So I carried on, till I’d finished my freeverse novel.
There are typos – I’ve counted three, since publishing last year on July 14th (the same day the story begins). I didn’t have a formal editor, and, part of what I wanted to prove is what an author can do given space and time to define their voice. I found mine, in writing MILY. The KEY question was: What Did I KNOW at 8 Years Old? And the truth was clear.
I knew magic, and learning, and love.
For MILY’s birthday and mine, I like to hear what YOU find in this Tale. These days, my main goal in writing is to make my readers smile. I have full confidence that MILY’s story accomplishes that.
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