Author Archive: Amy Mason Doan

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Yes, My Female Characters Have Sex

Yes, My Female Characters Have Sex

Yes, my female characters have sex.* *Good sex. And I no longer care if that bothers some people. By Amy Mason Doan My novel SUMMER HOURS was five months from publication when the “S word” first came up. It was on GoodReads, where an advance reader had put the book on a list: “Character You […]

August 2, 2019 | By | Reply More
My Book Club Made Me An Author

My Book Club Made Me An Author

My book group formed seven years ago. A dozen busy, smart, book-obsessed women in Portland, Oregon, we’re probably not that different from most neighborhood book clubs. We struggle to make time for reading, there’s always someone who confesses that she hasn’t had time to finish the book, and there’s usually another who clearly didn’t finish, […]

June 26, 2018 | By | 4 Replies More