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by | September 4, 2014 · 11:16 am

You’re Invited!!


Sunday, September 14th, 5:30pm-7:00pm

 

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Launch party & Book signing
with author Wendy Garfinkle

 

Second Edition Bookshop

6831 Stirling Road
Davie, Florida
In the Shops at Stirling Place Plaza

Refreshments will be served

There will be a limited number of books for sale. Attendees are encouraged to purchase their books ahead of time through Amazon or Barnes & Noble and bring them for signing.

There will also be drawings. Prizes include gift certificates for Second Edition Bookshop, a print copy of Serpent on a Cross, and promotional items related to the book.

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by | August 7, 2014 · 10:38 am

Chopin’s Nocturne


Chopin’s Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1 is my absolute favorite piece of classical music. I discovered it about 25 years ago, in a made-for-TV movie, of all things. The edited version so haunted me that I had to hear the entire piece. Then I had to purchase the music and learn to play it. This was back in the days when I actually PLAYED piano. And now I’m seriously considering taking up piano again. Though nocturnes have a reputation for being slightly depressing – they are played in minor keys, after all – this particular piece fits all sorts of moods for me: soothing when I’m depressed, a comforting companion on stormy days, or brings a smile to my face on quiet, slow days at work. It’s a hopeful sort of piece. Though played in minor keys, this beautifully rendered nocturne by Chopin inspires hope within me – hope that the sun will shine brilliantly after the storms (though I love storms), that tomorrow will be a new, brighter day; that anything is possible, if only I believe.

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by | January 7, 2013 · 9:39 pm

Sunshine Authors Tour


Happy New Year, All! I have exciting news to share in my first post of 2013!

sunshine-tour-button-180b Eleven young adult authors will be on the #SunshineTour in Southeastern cities, including Miami, Tampa and Orlando! The following authors will be touring (with some possible guest appearances) in Florida and border states:

J.A. Sonders (RENEGADE), Karen Amanda Hooper (GRASPING AT ETERNITY), Jenny Torres Sanches (THE DOWNSIDE OF BEING CHARLIE), Anna Banks (OF POSEIDON), Lucienne Diver (VAMPED series & BAD BLOOD), Danielle Joseph (SHRINKING VIOLET, INDIGO BLUES and PURE RED), Heather Burch (GUARDIAN), Christina Diaz Gonzalez (A THUNDEROUS WHISPER), Gaby Triana (RIDING THE UNIVERSE), Trish Doller (SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL), and Jessica Martinez (VIRTUOSITY and THE SPACE BETWEEN US).

“Like” them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSunshineBookTour. For more information about their scheduled stops, and to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway – signed and personalized copies of each authors’ book (or book of your choice if they’ve written more than one) – head on over to: http://thesunshinebooktour.blogspot.com/

You DO NOT have to live in Florida or one of the border states to enter the giveaway it’s open to anyone living in the USA.

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