Mercy Street (aka A Moment of Blatant Self-Promotion)

Just so you know, this is what I spent the last ten weeks doing:

Heroines of Mercy Street

It’s the companion volume to a new PBS historical drama about nurses in the Civil War. The PBS series uses a real Civil War hospital as the setting for a fictionalized (and quite gorgeous) drama. (Check out some of promotional pieces on YouTube here.) My book uses the same Civil War hospital to look at the stories of historical nurses.

Between now and February, when the book comes out, you can expect some Civil War posts (because I have great stuff I couldn’t use), some nursing posts (ditto), and a certain amount of “my book! my book!” (because, “my book! my book!).

Now if you’ll excuse, I have a date with fifteenth century Portugal.

Don’t touch that dial.

23 Comments

  1. Amy on October 23, 2015 at 11:01 pm

    Wow! It comes to life (for me)! Congratulations!!

    • pamela on October 23, 2015 at 11:55 pm

      Many thanks!

  2. Gina Conkle on October 24, 2015 at 12:05 am

    Congratulations, Pam!!!

  3. Bart on October 24, 2015 at 12:47 pm

    Wonderful, congratulations! I can’t wait for the book.

  4. Amanda on October 24, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    Wooo hooooo!!!!

  5. Lynn Kanter on October 24, 2015 at 1:59 pm

    This looks fascinating and right up my alley. (I wrote a novel about nurses in the Vietnam war.) Can’t wait for the series and your book.

    • pamela on October 24, 2015 at 2:10 pm

      Heading off to look for your novel….

  6. Carol on October 24, 2015 at 2:38 pm

    A big congratulations to you!!!!!! 🙂

    We look forward to buying it.

  7. Lena on October 24, 2015 at 3:15 pm

    Yay, Pam! Well done!

  8. Suzanne Martin on October 24, 2015 at 5:26 pm

    Congratulations! We look forward to the book this winter!

  9. JB on October 25, 2015 at 3:57 pm

    Pam,
    Whoo Ha!
    Congratulations!!!
    I will tell my daughter, an RN.

    • pamela on October 29, 2015 at 2:23 am

      I hope she enjoys it.

  10. Belinda Kroll on October 26, 2015 at 1:38 pm

    This is so exciting! I’m really looking forward to watching the series and I can’t wait to pick up your book!

    • pamela on October 29, 2015 at 2:22 am

      It’s the period you write in, correct?

  11. Jackman Wilson on October 26, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    This is way cool. Congratulations — Jack W.

  12. Karen Holden on October 28, 2015 at 3:03 pm

    Thanks for the warning, so I plan my January to assure public TV access. Looks wonderful and, with you as author, no doubt a great read.

    • pamela on October 29, 2015 at 2:22 am

      Sounds like the old days when my friends and I planned our lives around watching the episodes of The Jewel in the Crown as they aired. Usually with a home made Indian meal!

  13. Susan Warner on October 28, 2015 at 7:39 pm

    Congratulations! I’m thinking of this for my favorite nurse/sister-in-law as a present. Continued success.

    • pamela on October 29, 2015 at 2:21 am

      I hope she enjoys it!

  14. phoebes-in-highlandpark on December 23, 2015 at 12:00 am

    I just preordered it. Looks great.

    • pamela on December 23, 2015 at 1:00 am

      I hope you enjoy it!

  15. Ashley Odell on December 23, 2015 at 5:41 am

    You wrote a whole book in only ten weeks?! I am in awe and bow before you! Many congratulations to you, and I can’t wait for both the book and the television program.

    • pamela on December 25, 2015 at 2:44 pm

      Ashley: Ten weeks, not enough sleep, lots of carry-out pizza and a very supportive husband! Thanks for the good words, and I hope you enjoy book and program alike.

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