Hannah signs her books at Barnes & Noble in Warwick, RI.
Hannah is available to come to your school to talk about writing and publishing or run a writer's workshops for students and teachers. She also sees writers one-on-one for writing coaching and consutling for publishing.
Hannah R. Goodman, M.Ed, is the author of YA novel, My Sister’s Wedding, which won the first place award for The Writer’s Digest International Self-Publishing Contest, 2004, children’s book division. She published the follow-up, My Summer Vacation, in May, 2006, which went on to win a bronze IPPY in 2007. A former high school English teacher, she now owns her own consulting company and teaches her home-grown writing course Releasing The Writer Within . Through her company, The Write Touch, she works as a freelance editor/writer for: fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, web site content, and marketing materials for all types of businesses. She also works as a career and college coach, helping people with their resumes and college application essays. Additionally, she is a writing coach and consultant to authors and would-be authors. In between running her own business, she has written four other novels about Maddie and, she hopes to publish them shortly. She resides in Bristol, RI with her husband, two daughters, and three cats: Lester, Maisey, and Judy.
Mercury- Off The Lip She's got the write touch. Hannah Goodman's basic approach to writing might seem like a revised Nike ad campaign - push back your fears and just go for the story. It's the philosophy the former Middletown High School English teacher uses to help others unleash the writer within them in a series of classes she teaches through the Warren Chamber of Commerce. And it's what guided Goodman to complete and self-publish her first book in 2004, "My Sister's Wedding," about a teenaged girl named Maddie Hickman who dreams of being a writer. The Bristol resident last month published her second book, "My Summer Vacation," which continues her protagonist's adventures.More >>
'You're all just prejudiced, not to mention stupid.'
Two years ago I published my first novel, “My Sister’s Wedding,” that features a 15-year-old girl struggling with the many alcoholics in her life. Maddie, the protagonist, and my alter-ego teenage self, happens to be Jewish in the same way she also happens to have brown eyes (both are traits of my own). More >>
Earlier this year, Hannah R. Goodman emailed me about her book, My Sister's Wedding, a young adult novel she published in 2004 that addresses the effects of alcoholism on individuals, friends and families and asked me if I would like a copy. The topic was on my mind as I had only recently spoken to an organic farm owner who hosted a 22-person poetry workshop connected with Evergreen College. More >>
Self-Esteem and the Self-Published Author - Special Edition By Hannah R. Goodman
Hannah Goodman is the author of My Sister's Wedding, a young adult novel that addresses the effects of alcoholism on individuals, friends and families. She self-published it in 2004 and now often presents lectures on self-publishing and shares the steps involved, the pitfalls and how to avoid them, but the important part she says is believing in oneself and being confident in one's own definition of success. Hannah uses the personal essay form to evoke the way she is tested and retested on this attitude. Describing her journey, she informs her readers about the "authority" in the role of author and how those of us who write struggle to hold onto it. More >>
The words of Bristol author Hannah R. Goodman's teenage protagonist, Maddie, could provide inspiration for first-time authors going it alone in the maze of self-publishing. More >>
"I hope if you're 15 or 25 or 105, that you'll get something out of the book," Goodman said. "I think no matter how old or young you are, there's something there for you." More >>
I am one of the group at United Congregational Church who will be meeting with you tomorrow evening (Tuesday) in conjunction with our book group. I just wanted to say, in advance, that my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed your book, and we are looking forward eagerly to meeting you. More>>
Hannah is a proud member of:
The Society of Children's Book Writer's And Illustrators www.scbwi.org
The Rhode Island Center for The Book www.ribook.org
