Monday, October 19, 2015
Tome Tender: At the Corner of Magnetic and Main by Meg Welch De...
Tome Tender: At the Corner of Magnetic and Main by Meg Welch De...: At the Corner of Magnetic and Main by Meg Welch Dendler My rating: 5 stars Publication Date: September 29, 2015 Publisher: Pe...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
War Eagle Fall Craft Fair Booth
We are gearing up and getting super excited for the War Eagle Fall Craft Fair on Thursday - Sunday. Thousands and thousands of people swarm through our little Ozark Mountain area, visiting a number of different craft fairs and events. The War Eagle Fair is really special because it is outside and in a historic area, with the mill and the bridge and War Eagle Cavern right around the corner.
We have two new books to offer since last year (both Max's Wild Night and At the Corner of Magnetic and Main). It should be a great weekend! Our booth is normally located on the first aisle across from the bridge in Sharp's Field. Come on by and say hello!
We have two new books to offer since last year (both Max's Wild Night and At the Corner of Magnetic and Main). It should be a great weekend! Our booth is normally located on the first aisle across from the bridge in Sharp's Field. Come on by and say hello!
Monday, October 12, 2015
Blue Hydrangeas: New Cover Reveal
New
Cover Reveal!
Blue Hydrangeas
by Marianne
Sciucco
Cover design
by Perry Elisabeth
What if the person who knew you
best and loved you most forgot your face, and couldn't remember your name? A
pair of retired Cape Cod innkeepers struggle with the wife's Alzheimer's. A
beautiful love story written by a masterful storyteller who happens to be a
nurse.
Amazon-rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
Goodreads rated 4.11 out of 5 stars
Readers say:
Heartbreakingly
beautiful.
I felt
drawn to Jack and Sara from page one and find myself wondering about them even
now.
The book is
very well-written and believable.
A heartfelt
tender story that is entertaining and emotionally gripping!
A real page
turner and it gives you insights of the daily life events living with this crushing
disease called Alzheimer’s.
While not a
"happily ever after" love story, Blue Hydrangeas is sure to be one you will ponder for some
time after you have finished reading it.
Purchase
Blue Hydrangeas in ebook, paperback, and audiobook
About the
Author
Marianne
Sciucco is not a nurse who writes but a writer who happens to be a nurse. A
lover of words and books, she dreamed of becoming an author when she grew up
but became a nurse to avoid poverty. She later brought her two passions
together and writes about the intricate lives of people struggling with health
and family issues. Her debut novel, Blue Hydrangeas, an Alzheimer’s love story,
is a Kindle bestseller, IndieReader Approved, a BookWorks featured book, a
Self-e Selection, a 5-star Readers Favorite, and winner of IndieReCon’s Best
Indie Novel Award, 2014. She's currently working on a YA novel, Swim Season,
about the new girl on the team who challenges a longstanding school record, to
be released in 2015. A native Bostonian, Marianne lives in New York’s Hudson
Valley, and when not writing works as a campus nurse at a community college.
She loves books, the beach, and craft beer, and especially enjoys the three of
them together.
Connect
with Marianne Sciucco
Why did I Write a Book about Alzheimer’s?
Connect
with Perry Elisabeth
Saturday, October 3, 2015
New Book Is Here!!
I've been waiting for amazon to sync up the kindle and paperback pages, but they are taking way too long. I at least have to blog about the fact that At the Corner of Magnetic and Main is available and beautiful and ready to order! I can be quiet no longer.
Click on the cover above for the kindle version.
Click on the cover above for the paperback version.
Click here to order a signed paperback and matching bookmark directly from Meg. The first shipment should be going out on Thursday. Yay!
And it even has a review already at amazon, sort of. You can't see the text yet, but I found it through my author central page. Here's what Susan had to say about this book:
"I'm so excited to see this title out on Kindle. Full disclosure, I was asked to be a beta reader for this work several years ago. Meg is a friend of friends who know we both write. I started it and then some major events in my life interrupted any "fun" reading for a long while. I lost the link and life went on. But these characters and the small town setting have stayed with me all this time. I'm looking forward to seeing how it all comes out for Penny and Jake. So, I'm cheating here, not having read the whole book, but I wanted to be the FIRST of what I'm sure will be a raft of good reviews. I figure any plot line and group of characters that can stay in my head for this amount of time deserve four star recognition."
Yes, it takes several years to do a book right. It has been a long and involved process. Publishing any book is. But having it ready to share with the world has been worth every step.
My first event to officially share this book with the world starts on Friday, October 9th, at the Ozark Creative Writers Conference here in town, and I can't wait! I'll blog all about that next weekend, right before we head into four days at the War Eagle Fall Craft Fair.
That's all for now. I just wanted to shout out that IT IS HERE!!
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
"Living an Alive Life" Book Review
Scrapping my career and work life and starting over is something I've done a number of times, so I was glad to see that it is part of what Tara Schiller includes in "Living an Alive Life."
Tara will be joining other bloggers on my book tour for "At the Corner of Magnetic and Main," so we agreed to a book swap since I liked the look of her book as well. Our books have similar themes: LIVE! Get out and find your life and do what you love and find love and stop worrying so much about making other people happy.
A book like "Living an Alive Life" is geared to take readers from an unhappy and confused place to one of joy and freedom and enjoyment of life. In general, I'm not Tara's target audience because I've already done much of the journeying she suggests. Maybe that's just part of what happens when you are pushing 50. I've come to terms with not worrying so much about what others think of me and worrying more about making myself happy. But I guess, from this vantage point, I can say that she is right on track.
One portion that really spoke to me was about being a bit more "selfish" and understanding that word in a new way. The expectations of wife and mother that I take great pride in accomplishing definitely butt heads with being selfish, but I'm getting better at standing up for what I want when it really isn't an imposition on someone else. Guilt. Ah, guilt. Getting over making everyone else happy at the expense of my own happiness and being "good" can be the journey for the next decade of my life. It's a slippery, mine-strewn slope--and also a theme of "At the Corner of Magnetic and Main." Yes, we write what we know.
I'm a big fan of lists and goals, and I credit them with keeping me focused on my current ten-year plan. If you are not this kind of person, this book can help you start at the beginning and break down what you really want from life into attainable goals and baby steps.
"Living an Alive Life" is a short read, but Tara adds activities and "to do" lists to create along the way. You can also follow her blog at Absolutely Tara to interact with her and other adventurers along the way. Grab a copy of her book today by clicking on the book cover above and get started on living your own alive life with purpose and meaning and joy.
Tara will be joining other bloggers on my book tour for "At the Corner of Magnetic and Main," so we agreed to a book swap since I liked the look of her book as well. Our books have similar themes: LIVE! Get out and find your life and do what you love and find love and stop worrying so much about making other people happy.
A book like "Living an Alive Life" is geared to take readers from an unhappy and confused place to one of joy and freedom and enjoyment of life. In general, I'm not Tara's target audience because I've already done much of the journeying she suggests. Maybe that's just part of what happens when you are pushing 50. I've come to terms with not worrying so much about what others think of me and worrying more about making myself happy. But I guess, from this vantage point, I can say that she is right on track.
One portion that really spoke to me was about being a bit more "selfish" and understanding that word in a new way. The expectations of wife and mother that I take great pride in accomplishing definitely butt heads with being selfish, but I'm getting better at standing up for what I want when it really isn't an imposition on someone else. Guilt. Ah, guilt. Getting over making everyone else happy at the expense of my own happiness and being "good" can be the journey for the next decade of my life. It's a slippery, mine-strewn slope--and also a theme of "At the Corner of Magnetic and Main." Yes, we write what we know.
I'm a big fan of lists and goals, and I credit them with keeping me focused on my current ten-year plan. If you are not this kind of person, this book can help you start at the beginning and break down what you really want from life into attainable goals and baby steps.
"Living an Alive Life" is a short read, but Tara adds activities and "to do" lists to create along the way. You can also follow her blog at Absolutely Tara to interact with her and other adventurers along the way. Grab a copy of her book today by clicking on the book cover above and get started on living your own alive life with purpose and meaning and joy.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Preorder "At the Corner of Magnetic and Main" Now!
The links are up from my publisher, and you can start preordering copies of my new book, At the Corner of Magnetic and Main, immediately!
Click here for the link to preorder from the publisher.
or
Click here for the link to preorder autographed copies directly from me.
Penny had been stuck in the same diner for decades—ever since she died in 1952. Her diner was comfortable and safe. Serving ice cream to those who dropped in on their way to the next level of existence, she helped to ease their transition into The Light, the one place she can't go. Her afterlife was perfect.
But when the ridiculously handsome, bad boy biker Jake Thatcher shows up and becomes stuck as well, Penny rediscovers feelings that she thought had been buried with her body.
Life is still life, and love is still love. But was her existence really perfect, or was it something else entirely?
There will be much celebrating in October and November, and I'm in the process of setting up a blog tour. But you can get in on the first copies during the soft launch in September.
Order your copy now!
There will be much more to follow during the craziness that is September at our house, but that's all for now. I have a first draft of Slinky Steps Out to finish if it's ever going to be ready by April. And those other books from Pen-L are not going to edit themselves. Onward!
Click here for the link to preorder from the publisher.
or
Click here for the link to preorder autographed copies directly from me.
Penny had been stuck in the same diner for decades—ever since she died in 1952. Her diner was comfortable and safe. Serving ice cream to those who dropped in on their way to the next level of existence, she helped to ease their transition into The Light, the one place she can't go. Her afterlife was perfect.
But when the ridiculously handsome, bad boy biker Jake Thatcher shows up and becomes stuck as well, Penny rediscovers feelings that she thought had been buried with her body.
Life is still life, and love is still love. But was her existence really perfect, or was it something else entirely?
There will be much celebrating in October and November, and I'm in the process of setting up a blog tour. But you can get in on the first copies during the soft launch in September.
Order your copy now!
There will be much more to follow during the craziness that is September at our house, but that's all for now. I have a first draft of Slinky Steps Out to finish if it's ever going to be ready by April. And those other books from Pen-L are not going to edit themselves. Onward!
Friday, August 14, 2015
Book Sale! "Max's Wild Night" This Weekend
Just a quick heads-up: the kindle copy of "Max's Wild Night" is on sale for 99 cents from the 14th through the 17th this month. I'm celebrating the end of the Dog Days of Summer and the beginning of the school year--and The Fussy Librarian is helping spread the word. Get yourself a copy by clicking here!
Max didn’t mean to run away, but when he found himself alone in the moonlit woods, he saw his chance for freedom. No humans to tell him what to do. No cats running the house. No one to call him Bad Dog. No fences and no rules. He could be wild and free and never have to answer to anyone again! But will that freedom turn out to be the fantastic journey he was expecting? What adventures and strange creatures will Max discover in the Ozark forest on a full-moon spring night?
That's all. Have a great weekend!
Max didn’t mean to run away, but when he found himself alone in the moonlit woods, he saw his chance for freedom. No humans to tell him what to do. No cats running the house. No one to call him Bad Dog. No fences and no rules. He could be wild and free and never have to answer to anyone again! But will that freedom turn out to be the fantastic journey he was expecting? What adventures and strange creatures will Max discover in the Ozark forest on a full-moon spring night?
That's all. Have a great weekend!
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