Author: mariacatalinaegan
Review of two books on #Eurovision: “Eurovision!” by Chris West and “The Good, The Bad and the Wurst” by Geoff Tibbals
As my latest novel “Over My Dead Body” is set at Eurovision and I’m a fan of the show it comes as no surprise that I received the above mentioned books as present for my last birthday.
The Eurovision Song Contest” or short Eurovision is a European Musical Extravaganza established in 1956. It has cult status for some but in the western main stream has a reputation for cheesy pop music and outrageous staging and costumes. I’ve been a fan since the 1980s and harbour a love-hate relationship with it, too, due to the differing quality of the songs. In my latest book, former singing legend Bebe Bollinger, travels to the Contest of 2013 in Malmo to seek a career revival and solve a couple of mysterious incidents in the run up to the event.
Here are my reviews of the Eurovision books:
“The Good, The Bad and the Wurst”…
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First reviews are in for A Different kind of Angel
Inspired by real events chronicled by a journalist for The World News, Elizabeth Cochrane (pen name, Nellie Bly), in 1887.
Klara Gelfman’s life in Kiev was serene until she turned nineteen. That’s when Russia’s Tsar Alexander II was assassinated, and a vicious propaganda campaign spread that blamed the Jews for his death. Klara and her family became victims of the many pogroms breaking out throughout Russia. None were so violent as what hit Kiev in 1881. It was there that Klara’s family was torn asunder and her world changed forever.
This is the story of what happens to this traumatized, orphaned, young Jewish woman when she escapes Russia and crosses an ocean to arrive on…
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Florida Author’s Academy 2018
Prudy Taylor Board is the author of 28 books including mysteries, horror novels, histories and a how-to. She’s edited newspapers, newsletters and magazines. Prudy is also the author of 101 Tips on Writing and Selling your First Novel. In addition, she has taught creative writing for 20-plus years as well as lectured, appeared on panels and conducted writers’ workshops throughout the United States and in Canada. Prudy is a freelance writer and editor of newsletters and manuscripts of all genres, both fiction nonfiction.
attendees of the workshops to read from their work in progress and get feedback from three multi-published author judges.- NY Times bestselling author Charles Todd
- Literary Agent Dianna Collier-Warner, owner Collier & Associates Literary Agency
- Award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker, and author Alison McMahan
The date is Saturday September 29, 10 am – Noon.
Coffee and pastries will be served.
Admission is free. The public is invited.
Walking the Path ~ Frank J. Tassone #writephoto
Where are you leading me?
The mist rolls in. The cold and rain accompanying it envelop me like a fisherman’s expertly cast net. The ascent continues. To where, I don’t know.
Only that your whisper, “follow me,” drives me onward.
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The American West Series
Preorder Santa Fe Woman: An American West Story (American West Series Book 3)
Only, when a Union officer comes into her work for a quick alteration of his Sunday clothes, she wants to learn more about him.Captain Patrick Sinclair is leaving with his soldiers for Fort Dodge, Kansas. But when he meets Rachel, he is smitten. He tries to imagine ways to come back to Missouri and see her as he leads the men on to their new assignment.
Releases September 25 on Amazon. Preorder now!
Last Train Home: An American West Story
(American West Series Book 1)
Rider’s Desire: An American West Story
(American West Series Book 2)
M.C.V. EGAN ❧Defining Ways❧ 