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Maria’s 2018 Year in Books
Take a look at Maria’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
5,137 books
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Maria Savva
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in London, The United Kingdom
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June 2008
FREE book! MIND GAMES - featuring 16 writers!
Two of my short stories have been published in a new anthology. The collection, "Mind Games", features 16 authors who have each contributed between 1 and 3 stories and poems. The book is currently available to download free at the following link: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/orlt6sbm6n
Cover design by Jason McIntyre
As well as my stories, "Where Do We Go?" (originally published on the The Write Laun... Read more of this blog post »
Cover design by Jason McIntyre
As well as my stories, "Where Do We Go?" (originally published on the The Write Laun... Read more of this blog post »
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Coincidences
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2001
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A Time to Tell
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2006
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Second Chances
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2010
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Pieces of a Rainbow
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2009
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3 editions
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Haunted
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2012
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2 editions
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The Dream
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2011
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Fusion
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2011
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3 editions
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BestsellerBound Short Story Anthology - Volume 3
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2011
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Love and Loyalty
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2010
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2 editions
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Delusion and Dreams
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2013
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Excerpt from Forever Blue (Pieces of a Rainbow)
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updated May 13, 2015 06:30PM
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excerpt from a short story 'Forever Blue', from my collection 'Pieces of a Rainbow'
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Lisette wrote: "Fantastic, Maria. So happy you'll soon have two new releases."
Thank you, Lisette. Yes, it's been a while since my last release. It's ...more " |
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Julie wrote: "Thank you very much!"
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Book review: The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath
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Julie wrote: "Her writing is very sad."
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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Green Group:
Our Autumn Book Club 2010
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| The Seasonal Read...: 15.6 - The Year of the Snake | 10 | 89 | Dec 23, 2012 03:52PM | |
| UK Book Club: Favourite Books of 2012? | 57 | 172 | Mar 09, 2013 01:14PM | |
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The Life of a Boo...:
What Members Are Reading
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| UK Book Club: Best Reads 2013 | 53 | 158 | Feb 06, 2014 11:40AM |
“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self."
[The New Statesman, February 25, 1933]”
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“Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping.”
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“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.”
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“A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity."
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[Letter to Max Brod, July 5, 1922]”
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“writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers.”
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Rodney
May 06, 2015 06:12PM
Hi Maria! Please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWyiBQ... and join us on Facebook.com/mymiraclethemovie as we take this wonderful journey as we unfold the life of a young man who lived through a major Traumatic Brain Injury, coma, and had to relearn everything over again. Please take care and be safe. THANK YOU for the friendship!
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Maria I was wondering if you can autograph your book called coincidences please
Hello Maria,I hope you're well.
Thank's for accepting my request of friendship.
Regards,
Owen
Behind The Smile
Maria, thanks for friending me here in Goodreads. We authors have to stick together and get the word out about our works. Have a great Thanksgiving!
your welcome and i can't wait to read one of your books and it's great talking to you
It's nice to meet you too and you wrote alot of books
Just wanted to stop by here to see you and say hello...and say you're awesome!:)Thank you for everything! Have a great day!Joe
It looks like you are doing great! I'm glad to see.
Just finished reading Fusion - excellent set of stories. Have posted a review on here and Lulu.
Hi Maria,Thanks for the friendship! :-)
-Bobbie
You're getting some great reviews on A Time to Tell.How does that make you feel? Loved? :)
Hi Maria- Great that you've won the first monthly book club discussion! I can't wait to discuss A Time to Tell with everyone.
Hi Maria- Just wanted to say thank you for the christmas card! And wanted to see if you had gotten mine?I never even noticed that we could post comments on this site. I just read all the ones you posted for the past few months! sorry!
Hope all is going well for this year!
I got Pieces Of A Rainbow today by UPS. I will try reading it soon. Since it is in short story form I may just be able to do it! :-) I hope that all is well. Peace
You're very welcome! We have to support one another. I have a new blog post, tell me what you think.http://treasuresyw.wordpress.com/
Hey Maria. Thank you for the invite to friendship. I hope that all is well with you. Many Blessings to you!
Thank you, Maria, for adding Musical Chairs. I hope to read A Time To Tell very soon. See you on "Coffee's Hot"Warmly, Jen
Hi, Maria. Your new photo is lovely. I just read a review of your book and I had to drop in and say "CONGRATULATIONS"...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN :) I hope everything is going well for you!!!!
Hi Maria, Thank you for adding me to your list of frineds!
Hi Maria,just dropping by for a visit. I would like to invite you to check out Shadow Forrest Authors for charity and help support illiteracy issues.http://www.shadowforestauthors.com
We also have a SFA group here on goodreads. Have a great week.
Blessing CJ
Hi Maria, I'm glad you enjoyed the blog novel. Thanks so much for the thorough review ;) (and cross-posting the review on other places!). I think my first two books (writing/editing/publishing/marketing) have exhausted me quite a bit...I'm looking forward to "continuing on a degree" soon (in the process of registering for classes). I think it'd be a nice change of pace.Thanks again. Have a great weekend; I will send good thoughts/good karma your way in the meantime.
Jess.
You're welcome.And thanks a lot for your friendship:)really it's a pleasure to meet you.Have a great day
Dorsaf
Hi Maria, stopped by to see what's new on your page. Have a great week.Blessings CJ
Join shadow forest authors and help stop illiteracy worldwide.
http://www.shadowforestauthors.com
Hi Maria -- Just stopped by to see what you've been up to. Let me know when your new collection of short stories will be available. Best -- Quinn
Thanks for the add! Just wanted to stop by and say hello. Hope you have a wonderful night.
Hi Maria:Just passing "through town" and wanted to say hello to you! Hope everything is going great!
TTYS,
Lisette
Maria, thanks for the friendship, make good use of your "in-between" time. Best, cinda williams chimawww.cindachima.com
Happy St. Paddy's to you Maria . . . Love your leprecauhns!! (let's keep 'em guessing about that one!) -- Quinn
Hi Maria --Thanks for your recent comment regarding 'Horse Latitudes' in the Amazon UK fiction forum "Why hasn't somebody made the movie??"
Unless the book in question is plot-driven, genre fiction (ala Tom Clancy), gotta stand by the old adage "Great books make bad movies." Great books are the product of great writing. It's all about words. Films are a visual medium. One doesn't readily translate into the other (or with the same effect). I've always felt novelists are closer to musicians or composers than screen writers. Tho I wouldn't mind some Hollywood producer writing me a fat check for the movie rights.
By the way, hope you have a very happy birthday!
Quinn
Hi Maria. Thank you for the good wishes. May you have everything good. Best regards.
Hello Maria,How are you? Thank you for being my friend. Good fortune on your books. I wish you all the best for 2009 and always.
Please visit these groups when you have a chance: Happy & Brainy Group, To the Glory of Man, Reason Reigns, and Goodreads Tea Party. Have a marvelous week. Warmest regards.
Hi Maria, stopped by to see what's new with you. Have a great week.Blessings CJ
Hi Maria!Thank you for acknowledging one of my books that I recommended, and added to your list of, to read books. I thank you very much!
Just in case I didn't...May I recommed both my books.
"Love of a Lifetime& Abandoned Love"
Love your website...good, clear, giving all the information needed. I tend to ramble - you'll have to give me some pointers!
Hi Maria,Thanks for the friend's request.
GoodLuck
Sanaz
Maria, thank you so much for the glowing Amazon review you gave What Remains. You certainly boosted sales.I've just received my copy of A Time to Tell and look forward to it--though my mother will probably read it first. She is staying with me to recover from hip surgery and is enjoying my home library.
Again, many thanks!
