Author of The Reversible Mask
Dear Friends and Readers, On the way to the art exhibit, I never tire of New York City’s surprises, gobsmacked by its elegance at times. I was thrilled to be invited to an exhibit of painters and photographers suffering from Macular Degeneration at the National Arts Club, Manhattan, NYC. There’s Life After Vision Loss, was …
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Book Review: The Reversible Mask
The fall leaves in the featured image are a trail at Chester Village. On February 26, an attentive crowd of 60 people came to see and hear my talk, which included readings of Papua New Guinea creative writers. After the reading of Jacob Simet’s wonderful poem Transition, there wasn’t a dry eye. I am holding …
Dear Readers, I am just back from a two-month trip to Melbourne Australia and Papua New Guinea. Five years in the researching and writing, vetting by experts, constructive critiques from my two writers’ groups and rewriting, my novel of World War II is scheduled for release this June. All thanks to MadeGlobal Publishing for putting …
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Hi all, A family birthday party at Chester Village and a walk in our woods. First photos with my new Samsung phone, I bought the phone for my coming adventure in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea to climb the volcanoes my fictional characters climbed in 1941. And to check out other relevant sites of scenes in …
From left: Faith Justice https://faithljustice.com/; Nancy Bilyeau https://nancybilyeau.com/novels/; Susan Wands https://www.magicianandfool.com/; Stephanie Cowell https://www.stephaniecowell.com/; and me, Loretta Goldberg, Https://www,lorettagoldberg.com Faith sent questions about how we got published, contract terms, marketing, relations with bookstores, experience with different layers of editing and other aspects of this brave new life. The event was lively and well-attended, at the …
From author perspectives, Nancy, Bilyeau, Stephanie Cowell, Susan Wands and I will present our experiences with marketing, money and the introduction of AI into our industry. SECRET! I have a primary AI document to share used recently by a small press. I believe this will be high interest in this event. To register, you can …
About 30 members gathered in the lovely New York City apartment of member Christina Britton Conroy for a warm networking event and to welcome new friends. We tried a new protocol: 2-minute reads for the first seven authors to sign up. As co-chair I moderated and chair Stephanie Cowell called ‘Time.’ It was a tremendous …
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The audience was friendly, curious and very well informed when Sarah Relyea and I read from our respective novles, Playground Zero, and The Reversible Mask. The post talk discussion was lively and I believe I won converts to my fascination with Elizabeth I. In this light-suffused space with Robin Epstein’s compelling collages as support, along …
I ‘m thrilled to read with Sarah Relyea, whose extraoirdinary novel, Playground Zero, brings 1960s Berkeley to life in all its glorious frightening turbulence, as seen and reported by a precocious 12-year-old girl, who is also struggling with confused parents. See below. The 440 Gallery is exhibiting Robin Epstein’s powerful Vortex collages, a series of …