Author: Loretta

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DO MERMAIDS EXIST? HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN 1867 CHARLESTON KNEW THEY DID. THEY BELIEVED A CAPTURED MERMAID YEARNING FOR FREEDOM WAS CAUSING THE STORMS BATTERING THEM. JOY E. HELD’S ENCHANTING HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THIS SINGULAR EVENT.

Joy, welcome back to my blog. The Mermaid Riot is quite a change from Writer Wellness. What was the genesis of this novel? Hi, Loretta! Thanks for the invite. I’m thrilled to share a little about the backstory of The Mermaid Riot (FireandIceYA, 2024). https://www.fireandiceya.com/authors/joyeheld/mermaid.html I write steamy adult historical fiction under a pen name …

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UNVEILING OF RESTORED STATUE HONORING AUSTRALIAN DOCTORS FROM THE STATE OF VICTORIA KILLED IN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II.

I was invited to attend the unveiling of the restored statue honoring fallen Australian doctors who were deployed to battle fronts in World War I and World War II and were killed during their service. 41 names on the base are from World War I and 32 from World War II. My novel, Bombs Over …

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I Moderated an Open Mic. Event at Jefferson Market Library Last Night, May 15, 2024 for HNS-NYC Members

This was a lovely and fun event, with published and work-in-progress historical novels ranging from the 408 A.D. to the 1970s. Readings went for 2 minutes each, then an open discussion. The readers were: Andrew Kas, Lisa Yarde, Helen Lundstrom Erwin, Diane Simmons, Christina Britton Conroy, Jeri Hilderley,  Kate Bahlke Hornstein, Martha Hoffman, Anne Marie …

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I Am Honored to Host an Open Mic. Reading for HNS-NYC Members May 15 at the Lovely Jefferson Market Library.

Open Mic Night at the Jefferson Market Library Join us for an in-person only event on Wednesday, May 15, 6-8 pm. We’ll be in the lovely, intimate Mae West Room, Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue, NYC (10th Street), 3rd Floor. Back by popular demand, our two-minute readings last year of published works of historical …

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A New 5/5 Star Review of The Reversible Mask. Thank you Literary Titan

  PULL QUOTE: ” Fans of espionage and historical fiction will find The Reversible Mask a mesmerizing read that holds their attention to the last page.” ← Memories Don’t Lie The Enforcer’s Tale → The Reversible Mask: An Elizabethan Spy Novel APR 1 Posted by Literary Titan Loretta Goldberg’s The Reversible Mask invites readers into the turbulent era of 16th-century Europe …

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