Indie Thursday
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Emerging authorās tent at the Lakeshore Art Festival
I will be there too with my new book “Secrets” from the Shifting Sands Short Stories series along with 20 other authors.See post authors at the Lakeshore Art Festival on July 5th and 6th.
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From Donald Levin blog
donaldlevin.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/indie-thursday-3/
I will have an interview this Thursday with author Don.
See you there.
Emma
To all dads
Happy Father’s Day. Enjoy your special day. Pictured my father Vaclav Konecny cutting my birthday cake in May.
Thank for all you do for us. Love you.
Emma
June Newsletter
Happy summer!
| Shifting Sands: SecretsĀ My new book āSecretsā in the Shifting Sands Short Stories series is ready for July 1 release. You can now preorder on Amazon. Just enter Emma Palova historical fiction. Below in the book section are listed links to book 1 and book 2 on Amazon. The core of the book is the long short story āSilk Noraā that takes place at the turn-of-the-century Belding. You will be swept away by the historical setting of the āSilk City Girlsā dormitory known as Belrockton. The major characters are Nora, her friend Mathilda and the matron of Belrockton- Doris from Sussex in England. Other characters include newspaper man Harry and band player John. The cover “Face of Gossip” and the main story “Silk Nora” were inspired by my multiple visits to the Belrockton Museum over the last two decades. A story from the hosiery mills was picked up by the Associated Press and major newspapers in Michigan ran it. Ā I will be with the new book at the Muskegon Art Festival on July 5th and July 6th inside the authorās tent on Clay & 2nd Streets. I will be at āBooks Aliveā in Ludington on July 19th, followed by a series of book signing events at LowellArts with exact date TBA. Fall events will include the Belding Labor Day twilight parade on Sunday, Sept. 1 at 9 pm. My major event will take place at the historic Belrockton in Belding on October 6th in the afternoon. The museum is open from 1 to 4 pm on the first Sunday of each month. For up to date news follow me on EW Emmaās Writings on http://emmapalova.comĀ Ā SecretsThe new book is a collection of 15 short stories. Thematically, the stories range from the action-packed 40 Hunks where driver Jose transports 40 Mexican men to labor in Michigan orchards to the core of the book which is historical fiction “Silk Nora”. Ā Excerpts from “Silk Nora”Signs of progress were touchable everywhere from the interior six bathrooms at the Bel to a space designated for women in the saloons of the bustling city. At the time, the city of Belding had four hotels. Known as the āSilk City Girlsā the young women spent much of their time weaving silk on spools. Silk at the time was on high demand as the major feminine fabric due to the existing shortage of woolens and cottons. Nora and Mathilda worked together long hours at the silk mill earnings 47 cents an hour. The Belding Banner called the girls āSweethearts in Silkā blasting propaganda about their happiness with headlines such as āThe Silks with Happiness Woven into Them.ā The girls sat at their stations on the floor of the factory in orderly rows. The downstairs of the Richardson Mill was used for making stockings. Sentiment played a part in the founding of the silk industry in Belding by the Belding brothers. After prospering in silk manufacturing in New England, they built a plant in Belding, where they had made their start as door-to-door textile salesmen. Mathilda traveled home to Alpena twice a year for the holidays, while Nora stayed year- round at the Bel. She had a beautiful view of the Flat River and the boardwalk from her room. Nora was an avid reader and she frequented the dormitory library. Nora easily made friends with other girls, both at work and at the dorms. She cut her hair short, a sign of times. Matron Doris Applebaum managed the Belrockton dormitory and the girls who lived in it. She came from England to take the job at the āBelā when it opened in 1906. Doris kept her English accent and manners. āGirls, I will make you into ladies,ā she said at the dinner table. āYou already have the right foundation otherwise you wouldnāt be here in the first place. Youāre a diamond in the rough. I will make you shine.ā The silk girls respected this English lady from the county of Sussex on the English Channel seaside. Doris was single and constantly happy. She competed for the Belrockton job with other ladies from around the world and won. She took a special liking of well-mannered Nora. āWeāre going to be friends,ā Doris said resolutely to Nora at their second meeting, since Nora arrived in Belding. āWe have a lot in common. You come from New England, I come from the real England. But you have better food here.āYou can pre-order the new book at: https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Shifting-Sands-Emma-Palova-ebook/dp/B07SH9YGQH/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Secrets%3AShifting+Sands&qid=1559745646&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Ā Book 1 in Shifting Sands Short Stories series, 2017 Follow me on my Amazon author’s page at: https://www.amazon.com/Emma-Palova/e/B0711XJ6GY Ā Upcoming author’s eventsInterview with author Donald Levin onĀ https://donaldlevin.wordpress.com/Ā on June 20 Muskegon Art Fair …..July 5th and July 6th Ludington ……………..July 19 LowellArts……………….TBA Radio shows TBABelding Twilight Parade…. Sept. 1 Belrockton, Beding………….Oct. 6 Girls Nite Out…………………..Oct. 17 Christmas through Lowell…..Nov. 15, 16, 17 Map to Lakeshore Art Festival https://lakeshoreartfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-LAF-Brochure-F-D.pdf |
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Lakeshore Art Festival
I will be at the Emerging Authors’ Tent along with other authors. See you there. Watch for full story.
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Memorial Day in Lowell
It was a beautiful Memorial Day ceremony at the Oakwood Cemetery. Ā The keynote speaker was Lowell city manager Mike Burns.
Before the parade, I spoke with VFW chaplain Glenn, 95, about his WWII experience.
There was something immensely different about this yearās Memorial Day. It was the first event, my husband Ludek experienced as an American citizen.
A book’s Timeline
1- Idea, inspiration. Let it gel for six days.
2- Concept, what wil it be? Determine genre.
3- Formation or outline.
4- Manage writing content daily.
5- Revision, six weeks.
6- Editing, three weeks to a month.
7- Corrections, up to a week.
8- Advanced Reader Copies, pdfs.
9- Reviews, pre-order.
10-Order.
11-Giveaways, offers.
12- Book launch/campaign
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Happy Mother’s Day
Thank you mom for making this awesome chocolate walnut cake for me on my birthday and Mother’s Day. Yes, not only do I double down but in the Czech tradition I triple down.
My birthday falls on Mother’s Day in the USA and Czech Independence Day from fascism on May 9.
My dad Vaclav is cutting the birthday cake.
Mom Ella’s chocolate walnut cake
