Thrilled that actress, director and retired Founder of Steel Beam Theater, Chicago, Donna Steele, is producing a new musical, based on my third novel, Saluting the Sun, at The Edge Theater at 5451 Broadway in Chicago from November 24 to December 3. Vocal artist and voice/drama teacher Amy Steele composed the music. I understand they...Read More
Happy to report that my rather short story, “The Interview” was published in March in the new literary journal, East by Northeast. I also read a portion for broadcast on their youtube channel.Read More
Pleased to announce that two of my submissions were finalists in the William Wisdom William Faulkner Writing Competition sponsored by Pirates Alley Faulkner Society, New Orleans. HARMONY’S PEACE & JOY, my current novel-in-progress, was a finalist in that category, and my historical novel, FREE LOVE, was a finalist in the unpublished novel category. My short...Read More
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who voted for SALUTING THE SUN for Readers Choice. We had more than 80 votes, the most in my category I think (General Fiction). The winner was in the Literary Fiction category, a novel by a professor at Gonzaga, with a whopping 466 votes. The “judged” part of the contest will...Read More
Foreword Reviews just named SALUTING THE SUN one of 16 finalists for their INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. (Winner announced in June.) A total of 1500 entrants, so pretty cool. If you haven’t read WARMING UP or SALUTING THE SUN, now would be a great time to read and to post a review!! Both are...Read More
The Judge in the Writers Digest Self-Published Book Contest had this to say about SALUTING THE SUN. Very nice review; unfortunately, we didn’t place in the top ten. “Mary Hutchings Reed’s SALUTING THE SUN’s best feature is that it has two compelling women at its center: the cousins Dawn Ann McKnight, a Chicago weather forecaster,...Read More
Happy to report that a novella, The Jane (excerpted from my draft novel Womb) has been short-listed for the William Wisdom-William Faulkner Prize for a Novella. In addition, my current novel-in-progress, Harmony’s Peace & Joy has been shortlisted in that category!Read More
Looking forward to speaking at Chicago Writers Conference on September 26 at 3 pm. My session is a “small session” where participants can “ask a lawyer anything.” I attended CWC last year and was impressed by the high quality of the presentations. I’ll also be selling copies of LCA’s Book Law for Authors for $10 for...Read More
I’m so pleased to be one of five writers to read at Waterline Writers on September 20, when the group kicks off its 2015-2016 season of monthly reading events.Read More
