Loretta, Author at Loretta Goldberg

January 24, 2019January 15, 2019

MORE TALK SHOWS

Friday, January 25th, 11am-12pm, WBTM-AM: Bennington Today, with host conductor/ composer Thomas Lawrence Toscano. Vermont friends, please tune in! Monday, January 28th, 9:45-10am, WKNY-AM: The Morning Show with Warren Lawrence. Calling upstate New York friends: please root for me! Next blog, I promise we’ll be back in the 16th century! More scary innovation AND a …

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January 22, 2019January 15, 2019

THE PRINTING PRESS: WHEN DO WORDS BECOME TREASON? MORE NEW THINGS THAT MESSED WITH RENAISSANCE HEADS

On our days of wild-west social media, it’s fascinating to revisit a Tudor version of communication mayhem. With the invention of the printing press in the fifteenth century, monarchs and the church lost control of their stories. The above text is Edmund Campion’s “Brag,” printed and circulated in Engand in 1580-81. Campaion, his religious journey …

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January 15, 2019

BREAKING NEWS!

TUNE IN. RADIO INTERVIEW ON THE REVERSIBLE MASK. IF YOU’RE IN THE OCALA REGION OF FLORIDA, I will be interviewed on WOCA AM this Thursday 10.35-11.00 am EST. The hosts are Robin McBlane and Larry Whitler, formidable writers and musicians themselves. 25 minutes. What will they ask me? What will POP…out of my mouth? No …

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January 8, 2019

HOW A FRENCH KING AND SALUZZAN MARQUIS EVADED TUSCAN CUSTOM DUTIES

This is the entrance to the first Alpine tunnel through an entire mountain, Monte Viso. It was begun in 1480 and opened in 1490. I send Latham and Don Cristobal into it at the closest point in their partnership, when they take guerrillas through on an unauthorized military expedition. Fun horror stuff happens on and …

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January 8, 2019

HIGHLIGHTS FROM MY BOOK LAUNCH POWERPOINT

My audiences say that their favorite slides are innovations my characters encountered. I imagine social change and inventions as a compound character in The Reversible Mask, unsettling everyone. I see a lumbering oaf swatting right and left unpredictably. It doesn’t matter if you have conflicts like Edward Latham, or if you fit snug within your …

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December 23, 2018

LAUNCH EVENT JEFFERSON MARKET LIBRARY, HNS NY CHAPTER, December 18

Another thrill! Thank you to all. One of the slides from my show: A warm crowd with terrific questions: I am truly humbled by the response. Again, I took too few books! It makes me want to work all the harder to grow my craft. Happy holidays to you all! Related Posts Welcome to my …

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December 22, 2018

LAUNCH EVENT 1, December 11, 2018

Dear Friends and readers, what a thrill to present my power point on Edward Latham’s adventure at Empire Wealth Strategies, my old job, and have a reunion with former clients. The warmth in the room brought tears to my eyes and I took too few books! Related Posts Welcome to my new website Hello everyone! …

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December 12, 2018

Historical for the Holidays

Big thanks to Amy Bruno over at Historical Fiction Book Tours for hosting the Historical for the Holidays event over on Facebook tonight! Related Posts Welcome to my new website Hello everyone! My wonderful publisher, MadeGlobal Publishing, is working on getting my site to look perfect for me … please Read more Total Theatre Lab, …

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December 12, 2018

Blog Tour Interview Highlights

Dear Friends, as you know this is my first experience with blog interviews, all conducted by accomplished published writers. I had no idea what to expect. I was delighted with the questions and had to dig deep. With the interviewers’ permission, here are some highlights. From Adrienne Dillard (www.adrienne-dillard.com): During the opening scene at Oxford, …

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December 5, 2018

Reviews from the public!

Dear friends and readers, customer and Goodreads appraisals are coming in. An exciting mix of glowing endorsements and thoughtful descriptions with minor reservations. I don’t know any of the writers. What’s astonishing is how readers are digging into the substance; they’re REALLY reading. If I was to excerpt I wouldn’t know where to begin, so …

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