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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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Awards, Anthologies, Other Stuff
Category: Writing and Poetry
My regular blog at http://mgddasef.blogspot.com has lots of new info. It's hard to keep up with all the various and sundry blogs, but I try to get everything on that blog if nowhere else. Here's the news:
- Tales of a Texas Boy is nominated for a Cybil Award.
- A Time To... anthology (I have a story there) is nominated for an Eppie Award.
- Wondrous Web Worlds 7 from Sam's Dot Publishing has just been released (I have a story in that volume).
Please see my regular blog for all the updates. My father's in the hospital and my mother's not too healthy, so I just can't keep up with everything. Gadzooks! This authoring stuff in hard work. Help me out here and visit my website (http://marvadasef.com) or my blog (http://mgddasef.blogspot.com).
Thanks!!!!!!
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Friday, September 14, 2007
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Review: Weirdly
Current mood:  happy
Category: Writing and Poetry
The "Weirdly" anthology in which I have four stories published (yea me!) has its first review at Cocktail Reviews.
Read the review here.
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Friday, September 07, 2007
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Review: High Spirits
Category: Writing and Poetry
In the first few chapters, I was worried. They seemed kind of repetitive, going through all of the Fox sisters various rapping techniques, but then Ms. Salerni gets rolling and turns the book into a can't-put-it-down page turner. High praise for High Spirits? Yes, but I'm praising it in the context of what it is: a personal story of a young woman caught up in a lie that lasts for years, a lie she can't get out of even if it means losing the love of her life.
Read the full review at: High Spirits: A Tale of Ghostly Rapping and Romance
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Saturday, September 01, 2007
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Meet the Authors Event
Category: Writing and Poetry
When: September 12th, 2-4pm.
Where: Daneland Clubhouse, 1199 N Terry Street, Eugene, Oregon
Nine Eugene authors are signing, reading, and generally schmoozing with the public.
The authors include:
Dan Armstrong, author of "Prairie Fire" and "Taming the Dragon"
Tom Arnold, author of "Checkpoint Charlie"
Diane Bentley Baker, author of "Child of Light"
Jo Brew, Creswell Chronicle columnist and author of "What Next, Ms. Elliott?";
Marva Dasef, author of "Tales of a Texas Boy"
Elbert DeMoss, author of "Sweet Oregon"
Peter Jensen, author of "Secrets of the Sonnets"
Sandy Jensen, author of "I Saw Us in a Painting"
Linda Kuhlmann, author of "Koenig's Wonder."
There's a bit of something for everyone's taste: historical, thriller, biography, memoirs, poetry, non-fiction, and fantasy. The event will take place in the clubhouse. Come spend a pleasant September afternoon at Daneland to talk with the authors, munch a cookie or two and drink a little fruit juice.
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Interview with Michelle Moran
Category: Writing and Poetry
Today's blog post is an interview with Michelle Moran, author of "Nefertiti: A Novel" and host to the History Buff blog. Michelle tells all about the mysterious Egyptian Queen with the great profile.
Read it at Michelle Moran - Walk Like an Egyptian
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Saturday, July 21, 2007
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Like Historical Novels?
Category: Writing and Poetry
I've posted information on Michelle Moran's new novel "Nefertiti" and her very cool History Buff blog. Read all about it on my blog:
Dasef Central - Michelle Moran - History Buff
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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Tales Now on Amazon
Current mood:  ecstatic
Category: Writing and Poetry
My book, Tales of a Texas Boy, is now available through Amazon. The best buy is still direct from my website where I ship for free.
Tales on Amazon
Tales on My Website
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007
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Interview with Ed Cox
Category: Writing and Poetry
Dasef Central Interview with Ed Cox
Sam's Dot Publishing has just released "Living Stone." The author, Edward Cox gives us a good old-fashioned vampire in London story. Old Herne, a brutal serial killer, is being pursued by Detective Oscar. He's looking for a particularly nasty killer, but he doesn't realize that Old Herne may be something more than a psychopath. A thousand-year-old vampire is not going to be easy to bring to justice.
Read the interview with Ed on my blog for a taste of "Living Stone" and a bit of insight into this new novelist's thinking.
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
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Large Print Edition of Tales
I've found that Tales of a Texas Boy has a great appeal to our venerable elders, that is, anybody older than I am. Thus, I created a large print version in 8-1/2x11 size book. This will only be available through me or on Lulu for awhile, but I'm applying for an ISBN and its price (now $11.95) will go up when it's set for the retail market. Since I've got two books to sell, I set up a Shopping Cart thingie through PayPal. The buttons don't want to work inside this post so pop on over to my website and test them for me. Yes, you can cancel the order (or go ahead and buy a copy!).
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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Review - A Wager of Blood
Category: Writing and Poetry
For your reading pleasure, today's blog reviews a book by author J. W. Coffey. "A Wager of Blood" will curl your hair and set your heart pounding.
If you like horror, Wager will satisfy your desire for blood. If you like historicals, there's plenty of time spent in the 18th Century. If you like romance, there's some of that going on, too. That's not to say the book doesn't know where it's going; it does. It provides an interesting and balanced crossover of genres to interest a broad range of readers.
Read the review to find out more.
http://mgddasef.blogspot.com/2007/06/wager-of-blood-book-review.html
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