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At her urging, I did some research into the e-pub model. Then I went to a conference (Moonlight & Magnolias ’07) where I met another aspiring author (now one of my best friends) who’d just had a novella selected for a Samhain Anthology. Two years ago I knew nothing about e-publishing. Can you share with us the story of “the Call”, the “email” or how you broke through into publishing? Vivi is a member of my local RWA chapter and when I heard the title of her novella, I knew I had to interview her! I want to know more! Today, I am thrilled to welcome Vivi Andrews, author of the paranormal romantic comedy The Ghost Shrink, the Accidental Gigolo & the Poltergeist Accountant released by Samhain Publishing, and now available in ebook, to be released in print in the Tickle My Fantasy Anthology this winter. So us Musetrackers all had virtual champagne yesterday and are still feeling it. Before I welcome my guest today, I have to share the awesome exciting news!!!!! Musetracker Jenn is a Golden Heart Finalist in the Historical Category with Moonlit Sea.
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But the work involved in such exchanges as Maud references through her fictional event, took time, energy, and commitment. In the novel No Surrender by Constance Elizabeth Maud, a conversation between an opponent of woman suffrage and a suffragist turns on an exchange of letters in The Sunday Times initiated by an “anti,” and rebutted by a suffragist who wrote to lay out the truth, answering the original letter point for point.Īmong the events and themes that Maud weaves into her story of the awakening of two young women to the social, economic, and personal transformation woman suffrage could offer to all of British society, the inclusion of the verbal dimension of the struggle carried out in the pages of various national and local newspapers is a small part.
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From his dramatic birth to nearly being abducted into slavery to escaping assassination, Muhammad emerges as an unrelenting man on a mission. I loved this book!” -Reza Aslan, author of No God but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of NazarethA six-year-old cries in his mother’s arms as she draws her last breaths to urge him: “Muhammad, be a world-changer!” The boy, suddenly orphaned in a tribal society that fears any change, must overcome enormous obstacles to unleash his own potential and inspire others to do the same.Fusing details long known to Muslim scholars but inaccessible to popular audiences, Mohamad Jebara brings to life the gripping personal story of Islam’s founding prophet. Insightful, thoughtful and thought provoking! " -Azar Nafisi, New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran“A beautifully written, immaculately researched meditation on the impact of the Prophet Muhammad on the modern world. "An accessible biography of Muhammad, Islam’s founding prophet, tracing his development from orphan to political leader and providing insights into his personal life and tastes." -New York Times Book Review"A joyous read, presenting the Prophet Muhammad both as human and humane.
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The Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi adapted four Hearn tales into his 1965 film, Kwaidan. He is especially well-known for his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. This is the life of which a foreign observer can never weary, if fortunate and sympathetic enough to enter into it-the life that forces him sometimes to doubt whether the course of our boasted Western progress is really in the direction of moral development." According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakum after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his books about Japan. It is to be found among the great common people, who represent in Japan, as in all countries, the national virtues, and who still cling to their delightful old customs, their picturesque dresses, their Buddhist images, their household shrines, their beautiful and touching worship of ancestors. According to the Preface: ".the rare charm of Japanese life, so different from that of all other lands, is not to be found in its Europeanised circles.
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Notorious by Minerva Spencer7/7/2023 And when Gabriel's heartless-and heart-pounding-proposal comes, it's enough to make Dru's formidable resolve crumble. So imagine her dismay when she finds herself in the clutches of a scoundrel, only to be rescued by Gabriel himself. But that doesn't stop the rush of desire she feels each time her best friend's brother, notorious rake Gabriel Marlington, crosses her path. Join the Rebels of the Ton as they subvert Regency norms and expectations.and manage to find true love along the way.ĭrusilla Clare is full of opinions about why a woman shouldn't marry. "Brilliantly crafted.an irresistible cocktail of smart characterization, sophisticated sensuality, and sharp wit."įans of Evie Dunmore, Sarah MacLean, and Eloisa James will delight in this innovative, empowering, and sexy story from acclaimed author Minerva Spencer. "Unique characters and emotional depth.a winner.
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A Notorious Vow by Joanna Shupe7/7/2023 But as their mutual focus narrows to each other, they don’t notice how many people around them seek to pull them apart-by any means necessary. For her part, Christina is attracted to Oliver, especially as she learns more about how to communicate with him and they begin to share the details of their pasts with one another. After losing his hearing as a teen, he’s found that despite his extraordinary wealth, most of the Four Hundred prefer to treat him as “one of those imbeciles.” However, after learning more about Christina's situation, Oliver agrees to help her out by getting married that very night, telling her it will be a yearlong, nonsexual marriage after which he will give her a financial settlement, they will annul the marriage and go back to being friends despite his attraction to her, he's reluctant to change his ways and doesn't believe that she really wants to marry him, either. She tries to find solace with Oliver Hawkes, her neighbor, but the reclusive inventor prefers to keep to himself. Van Peet as her husband, no matter how her parents beg her to do so. But she’s not so desperate that she’ll accept the elderly letch Mr. Lady Christina Barclay is desperate to escape her family, Brits temporarily in New York in search of a rich husband for her. A Gilded Age marriage of convenience that inconveniences everyone involved.
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Tripping arcadia kit mayquist7/7/2023 By night, Lena discovers the more sinister side of the family, as she works overtime at their lavish parties, helping to hide their self-destructive tendencies. So when she is offered a position, against all odds, working for one of Boston’s most elite families, the illustrious and secretive Verdeaus, she knows she must accept it-no matter how bizarre the interview or how vague the job description.īy day, she is assistant to the family doctor and his charge, Jonathan, the sickly, poetic, drunken heir to the family empire, who is as difficult as his illness is mysterious. Med school dropout Lena is desperate for a job, any job, to help her parents, who are approaching bankruptcy after her father was injured and laid off nearly simultaneously. and all the secrets, lies, and darkness that opulence can hide. He has an MA in Medieval History from the University of Iceland, and a BA from Portland State University (and if you ask him, yes, Stumptown will always have the best coffee).įrom debut author Kit Mayquist, a propulsive and atmospheric modern Gothic with all the splendor of The Great Gatsby. Join to celebrate the release of “Tripping Arcadia” with author Kit Mayquist.Ī fan of everything spooky and indulgent, Kit Mayquist is a bisexual, trans masculine writer who can be found in the historic shadows of Boston, Massachusetts, hunched over his desk with a sullen Persian cat in his lap and surrounded by antiques.
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The subjugation of women 18697/7/2023 Home to the person and hearth of every male head of a family, and ofĮvery one who looks forward to being so. most of its supporters a thing desirable chiefly in the abstract, it comes Limited class, but common to the whole male sex. Personal interest in its exercise, they are in this case not confined to a Gratification of pride there is in the possession of power, and whatever Which have nevertheless lasted down to our own time. But the power of men over womenĬould not fail to be more permanent than those other dominations To enforce this belief was the most arduous task whichĬhristianity ever had to perform. (except so far as the Jewishlaw constitutes an exception) who taughtĪs a part of morality that men were bound by moral obligations to Showing how exactly the regard due to the life, possessions, and entireĮarthly happiness of any class of persons was measured by what they History gives a cruel experience of human nature, in People are not aware how entirely, in former ages, the law of superior strength was the rule of life how publicly and openly it wasĪvowed. Of the others, would be the very last to disappear. Softened in its most atrocious features at an earlier period than several First that this branch of the system of right founded on might, though
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On August 14, 2014, Kiera Cass announced that The Selection series would be expanding into more books. The series was cancelled and Cass pursued other projects. In May 2013, Cass announced that she would be working on an as-yet untitled series she refers to as 238 on social media, to be published by HarperCollins. In April 2015, movie rights for The Selection trilogy, The Selection were acquired by Warner Bros. Television rights for the trilogy were optioned by the CW Television Network and two pilots were filmed, but neither were picked up for a full series. The first book in The Selection trilogy, The Selection, was published in 2012 by HarperTeen. She graduated from Radford with a degree in History. She attended Coastal Carolina University before transferring to Radford University. Career Ĭass was born and raised in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and graduated from Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach. Kiera Cass (born ) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known for The Selection series.
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1938 novel by evelyn waugh7/6/2023 From this decade come: “Vile Bodies” (1930), “Black Mischief” (1932), the incomparable “A Handful of Dust” (1934) and “Scoop” (1938). It was during this time that he converted to Catholicism.ĭuring the thirties Waugh produced one gem after another. His second marriage to Audrey Herbert lasted the rest of his life and begat seven children. Waugh would derive parts of “A Handful of Dust” from this unhappy time. She proved unfaithful, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1930. After inglorious stints as a school teacher (he was dismissed for trying to seduce a school matron and/or inebriation), an apprentice cabinet maker and journalist, he wrote and had published his first novel, “Decline and Fall” in 1928. In 1924 Waugh left Oxford without taking his degree. When asked if he took up any sports there he quipped, “I drank for Hertford.” He said of his time there, “…the whole of English education when I was brought up was to produce prose writers it was all we were taught, really.” He went on to Hertford College, Oxford, where he read History. In fact, his book “The Loom of Youth” (1917) a novel about his old boarding school Sherborne caused Evelyn to be expelled from there and placed at Lancing College. His only sibling Alec also became a writer of note. Evelyn Waugh's father Arthur was a noted editor and publisher. |