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Cajun novelist creates 'bat-s@$! crazy' heroine

May 15, 2007

51AwXKqjXeL._AA240_.jpgCongratulations to Toni McGee Causey on the publication of her first novel, Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day from St. Martin's Press. From the looks of the videos promoting the book on Toni's site, this novel will be a hoot.

Toni was instrumental in helping us put together Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans last year. Colleen Mondor introduced me to her, and I spent the first few days after the levee broke riveted to her blog as she wrote heart-wrenching accounts of happenings at the LSU triage center. Those writings ended up as "Where Grace Lives" in Do You Know.

We at Chin Music wish Toni and Bobbie a lot of luck. Can't wait to read about this "bat shit crazy" heroine from Baton Rouge.


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After Katrina and its horrible aftermath, Chin Music Press felt compelled to shine its wobbly flashlight on New Orleans. This effort resulted in our second book, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Along the way, we met a community of passionate, eloquent writers who care deeply about what happens to the Big Easy. This blog became a natural extension of the book. It's our way of adding voices to the unfolding story of New Orleans.


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