Just got a Google Alert letting me know that I am among “the Bay Area’s best and the brightest.” How sweet it is!  The article is from the San Jose Mercury News, talking about the Awards Ceremony next weekend and my nomination for the 2009 Northern California Fiction Award.
“If there were ever a shred of […]

Story Stalking: Historical Fiction Writing Workshop with novelist Molly Dwyer is set for 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on June 20, 2009 at Mariposa Center, a rural retreat in an oak-filled canyon ten minutes from Ukiah in Mendocino County. The $75 workshop fee includes a copy of her award-winning novel, “Requiem for the Author of […]

So. My name made it into the San Francisco Chronicle in an article about the awards. That is something I find exciting. Here’s the article. A friend gave me a copy, which appeared in the weekend Book Section and another friend said, “laminate it!” And you know, I might just do that!

WOW!! That’s all I can say, just wow!!
I just learned this afternoon that Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein, has been nominated for the Northern California Book Award in Fiction as one of the best works by a northern California author published in 2008.
It’s my second award nomination in two weeks. Last week Requiem was […]

The Mendocino Book Company in Ukiah is hosting a National Women’s History event. I’ve been invited to be part of it, as has my publisher, Cynthia Frank. The evening starts at 6 pm. Hope to see you there. I’ll be talking about my writing, Mary Shelley, and probably about George Sand, since she’s one of […]

I’m happy to announce one more piece of good news. I’ve joined the The Story Circle Network as one of their online editors. The editing arm is a new program so the information isn’t even up yet, but the Story Circle Network is out of Austin. It’s a national not-for-profit membership organization made up of […]

Seems like all of a sudden Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein is back in the news. How good is that! Here’s a new review, calling Requiem “strange and fascinating” from Raven’s Range. The reviewer, Linda Moore, says she “found it very difficult to put the book down.” I’ve heard that before. I mean, really. […]

Well, hello out there.
I’ve been utterly silent for the last, what, four months. But today I received news that necessitates me blogging. Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein is a finalist for the 2008 Book of the Year Award for Historical Fiction. The award is sponsored by ForeWords Magazine and, according their PR, the […]

A bit about my next novel:
The Appassionata (named for Beethoven’s Sonata in F minor, op. 57) is set in mid 19th century Paris and traces the life and death of concert pianist Victorine Farrenc (1826-1859), the daughter of classical composer and pianist Louise Farrenc. Both were contemporaries of Chopin, Liszt and Berlioz, who figure largely […]

I’m going to be on Canadian radio Sunday night!
I’ll be talking about Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein on KIXX-FM 106.9 London, Ontario, Canada. “Well-known Londoner, Bill Paul” interviewed me for his show, Straight Talk, which has been “entertaining and informing listening audience for over 25 years.” It’s community radio originating from Fanshawe […]

Want a free copy of Requiem? Here’s a link to a give away.
The Reader’s Respite also has an interview with me up. Says Michele Jacobsen:
“After reading Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein (see my review here), I just knew that I had to contact the author, Molly Dwyer. Ms. Dwyer was gracious enough to indulge […]

Michele Jacobsen, who describes herself as an “Intrepid Reader and Reviewer at Large for A Reader’s Respite” has reviewed Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein. The Reader’s Respite has twice won the Internet’s “Neat Award.” Michele starts off by explaining how she came to read Requiem—an explanation that thrills… She found it on her own […]

I’ve been remiss. I haven’t been blogging. I’ve been playing catch-up and who knows what else. But, to begin with, Requiem will be featured at the Readers Respite this coming week. Here’s the first post from Sunday and today I got an email from the host of the site, Michele Jacobsen. She said:
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I’ve been intending to write about my adventures for several days now, but, apparently I’ve been too busy having adventures to write about them. I have a bit of a breather today. Last Friday I left Mendocino and traveled south to Salinas to the California Writers Conference that’s called East of Eden. It’s Steinbeck country […]

Well, I wrote a version of my blog post about Who Really Wrote Frankenstein and sent it off to the Daily Telegraph in London, England. Turns out The Original Frankenstein is a new version of Frankenstein that’s being published by Oxford University—my old Alma Mater. Just kidding, just kidding! Although I did spend the […]