One of the most primordial things humans do — and love to do — is tell stories and listen to them. Campfires, bedtimes, pajama parties, long hikes, weddings: none of them would be the same without someone verbally engaging our minds with a story to elicit an emotional response, whether fear, love or humor.
Four fellow Vine Leaves Press authors and I would like to do the same for you by offering Strong Storytelling By Strong Female Authors, a 45-min. Zoom author reading, Q&/A and giveaway at 5 p.m. Pacific/7 p.m. Central/8 p.m. EST on Thurs., Sept. 17. I’ve posted the information on my website under “upcoming events.”
All of us have had our books published by VLP, a publisher that fosters a great sense of community among its authors. In this case, when I mentioned the idea of a reading, the four other authors listed in the flier above piped up immediately and threw themselves into taking care of the details necessary to make this night a wonderful evening of storytelling for listeners.
Our publisher, Jessica Bell, has not only been fully supportive, but has also arranged the giveaway: a 4-book bundle of the above books along with two beautiful notebooks (of the winner’s choice) and a 40% discount on 10 or more VLP books. That last is a great offer, considering the breadth of the VLP offerings: memoir, poetry, writing resources, short story collections and novels of all kinds; literary, young adult, science fiction.
Our group recently had a practice in which we read excerpts of our work. Just listening to the other authors’ stories worked on my brain like chocolate. I was immediately pulled in by the descriptions, predicament of the characters and places and times where I’ve never been.
Come let us be chocolate for your brains! And please, please, please reblog or share this post or pass on the URL (https://wp.me/p5pzxL-6a) so we can make the most of joining together for a night of storytelling!
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