Your Free Taurus Daily Horoscope: Jan 14, 2024 | Tarot.com

January 14, 2024 Author Emma Palova Leave a comment

View from my sunroom

Writing a new chapter in my life as I take on new responsibilities in 2024. Yoga, treadmill, and meditation help me stay focused and move forward. And of course friends, most of them are far away, some live on the continent, others in Europe, and I have a friend in Adelaide, Australia. But, just the thought that they exist helps.

After the first major snowstorm of the season, we have received a total of 21 inches as of Sunday morning at 9:20 a.m. The lake snow effect has kicked in and we’re getting more snow, as Mom and I get ready for a trip to Florida. It is also my annual writing retreat.

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book podcasts, Indie authors, writing

Author Pamela Withrow pens memoir Madam Warden

January 12, 2024 emmapalova Leave a comment

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Pam Withrow was an Indiana farm girl transplanted to Michigan. After a teen marriage and a stint on welfare, she graduated from college and began work with the Michigan Department of Corrections. Within seven years she was named the first woman to head a prison for men in Michigan. She then worked at the Michigan Reformatory in Ionia for 15 years.

Madam Warden takes the reader with Pam as she moves through progressively responsible positions in the Michigan Department of Corrections, introducing you to the people who lived and worked in the institutions she managed. Evidence-based programs and the story of one prisoner who benefitted from cognitive restructuring are featured.

Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of Madam Warden.

Sponsored by Doc Chavent

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Author Kenneth Harmon pens In the Realm of Ash & Sorrow

January 12, 2024 emmapalova Leave a comment

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When bombardier Micah Lund dies on a mission over Hiroshima, his spirit remains trapped in the land of his enemies. Dazed, he follows Kiyomi Oshiro, a war widow struggling to care for her young daughter, Ai.

Food is scarce, work at the factory is brutal, and her in-laws treat her like a servant. Watching Kiyomi and Ai together, Micah reconsiders his intolerance for the people he’d called the enemy. As his concern for the mother and daughter grows, so does his guilt for his part in their suffering. Micah finds a new reality when Kiyomi and Ai dream—one which allows him to interact with them. While his feelings for Kiyomi deepen, imminent destruction looms. Hiroshima is about to be bombed, and Micah must warn Kiyomi and her daughter.

Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of In the Realm of Ash & Sorrow.

Sponsored by Doc Chavent

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Happy New Year 2024

January 1, 2024 Author Emma Palova Leave a comment

Pictured with GR musician Ray Townsend and Emma Chavent of France at The Masquerade New Year’s Eve Ball at the Water Tower Grill and Smokehouse.

Ray was really awesome; he played both the guitar and saxophone. He also showed us how to do the Moonwalk.

The food was exquisite so was the company. People were dressed up, and dancing.

It was my best New Year’s Eve ever.

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Merry Christmas 2023

December 25, 2023 Author Emma Palova Leave a comment

May peace prevail on Earth.

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Holiday Author Talk & Moravian Sons Liquor Tasting

December 14, 2023 emmapalova Leave a comment

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Get into the holiday spirit this Saturday at The Book Nook & Java Shop in cozy Montague with four authors and four spirits.

The special holiday event organized by Written in the Mitten starts with author founder Ingar Rudholm talking about book descriptions, followed by Rudholm on memoirs and short stories, authors H. William Ruback and Marie Lapres.

Moravian Sons Distillery based in Lowell will offer free samples of 100 percent Michigan-made liquors and cocktails, available for purchase at the bar of The Book Nook.

Come and enjoy the spirit of the season on Dec. 16 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 8744 Ferry Street in downtown Montague.

Past NaNo Day 7, nice December day

December 7, 2023 Author Emma Palova Leave a comment

I logged in a total of 4,448 words since Dec.1 taking the new novel to the finish line. With the NaNoWriMo pressure off, I thought the writing would get easier.

On the contrary I got more distracted by different projects that have nothing to do with my book. “Alright, you better watch out or you’re not going to get it done,” I said to myself.

Now, again I am facing the ominous daily word count number of 1,550 to get the novel done by Dec. 20, just in time for Christmas.

Can I do it? I’ve done it before. I am zoning back into the story using the same tools of discipline and visual storytelling tools.

I have to map out the last part of the book using the scene format, and making it fun with lots of visuals, and stickers.

I love stickers and having some kind of a reward system like a box of chocolates, and or a walk outside. Perhaps a phone call to a friend that I’ve been neglecting.

Czech holiday traditions coming soon

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that I made the magical Czech eggnog with our @Moravian Sons Distillery apple brandy. For more info go to:

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I don’t think I‘ve ever tasted anything as good as this holiday concoction.

On the trail on a sunny December afternoon.

To be continued…,

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Author Cassie Veselovsky creates sing-along Bingo Books

December 7, 2023 emmapalova Leave a comment

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Making reading time a bit more musical with Bingo Books.

Author librarian Cassie Veselovsky makes reading time a bit more musical in her sing-along books for the five-year-olds and under crowd, and their grown-ups.

“I’ve taken my old rhymes and converted them into books,” she said in the podcast interview.

A librarian of 40 years, Veselovsky also loves pairing books with readers to see the joy in kids’ eyes when they say, “I loved the book.”

In her sing-along books, Veselovsky matches up the rhymes with online purchased illustrations.

“Rhyming books are not easy,” she said, “so they don’t sound silly.”

She would like to disperse a common misconception about her Bingo Books that they are like a bingo game.

“They’re not a game,” she said. “They’re sing-along books with five-letter words.”

Veselovsky will be at Winter Whimsy in Hartford on Dec. 8.

She has attended Reading Rocks in Rockford, hosted by the Rockford branch of the KDL system.

Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of ‘Tis the Season.“

Happy Holidays.

Sponsored by Doc Chavent and author Ed Bentley.

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Brandy tasting & author talk

December 5, 2023 Author Emma Palova Leave a comment

Mark your calendars for Dec, 16 for the tasting of our @Moravian Sons Distillery spirits from 3 pm to 7 pm at The Book Nook & Java Shop in Montague.

Come and enjoy the holiday atmosphere with authors Ingar Rudholm, Emma Palova, H. William Ruback and Maries Lapres.

These authors will talk about various aspects of writing, such as the pros and cons of self publishing, writing historical fiction, memoir and graphic novels.

The distillers will explain the distilling process from fruit ferments into fruit spirits 100 % made in Michigan.

Artists Market, arts, author events, books

Past NaNo Day 3, Advent begins

December 3, 2023 Author Emma Palova Leave a comment

I have yet to write today after wrapping up a shift at @LowellArts Artists Market located on 223 W. Main St. until 5 pm.

I will be at Artists Market next weekend, Dec. 9 from 10 am to 2 pm, and Dec. 10 from noon to 5 pm. Stop by to check out my books from the Shifting Sands Short Stories collection and Greenwich Meridian Memoir.