Mary Helen Sheriff, BOOP AND EVE'S ROAD TRIP: A Novel

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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After trying unsuccessfully to sell Boop and Eve's Road Trip, debut novelist Mary Helen Sheriff was told her manuscript had three red flags that many other first novels have as well. Mary shares her experience with Zibby and other writers who may be facing publication roadblocks, as well as a few funky tips for anyone stuck with writer's block. The two also discuss the differences between motherhood and grandmotherhood, how growing up in the 1980s and 90s affected the way they parent today, and which relationships in Mary's life helped shape her characters.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.0	I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology,
0:12.2	which you should run out and buy called Moms Don't Have Time to, a quarantine anthology.
0:16.8	All proceeds of that book go to COVID-19 vaccine research.
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0:26.8	So please send your personal essays there. And if all that isn't enough, you can follow me on
0:31.2	Instagram at Zibby Owens and my website is Zibby Owens.com. Okay, now back to this amazing podcast.
0:39.9	Listeners, if you enjoy this podcast, I promise you will love my new audiobook for moms don't have time to a quarantine
0:45.4	anthology. It's not about the quarantine, but a lot of the essays were written during that time
0:50.3	about other things that moms don't have time to do or other busy people. Things like reading, eating, working out, breathing, having sex, and 60 bestselling and
1:00.4	notable authors wrote essays.
1:02.4	All those authors have been on this very podcast.
1:04.9	So if you like to listen to my conversations, if you want to get to know these authors better,
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1:11.3	Audible. Moms don't have time to a quarantine anthology. Again, Audible, audiobook. Go listen to it. It's like
1:18.7	60 mini podcasts. I hope you enjoy. Mary Helen Sharif is the author of Boop and Eve's Road Trip, a novel.
1:25.3	She's also the co-founder of Bookish Road Trip. After 14 years in classrooms
1:30.1	teaching elementary school, middle school, college, and professionals, Mary has taken a break
1:34.8	from the classroom to focus on writing. She has an MFA from Holland's University, an MA from
1:40.7	O'DU, and a BA from UBA. She lives in Henrico County with her two children,
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