Loretta Marion's Blog, page 2
December 10, 2016
A Cozy Christmas Mystery
If you are in the mood to curl up with a tasty Christmas mystery during this festive season, Rosie Genova's holiday novella, The Seven-Course Christmas Killer is not to be missed! Fans of the Italian Kitchen Mystery Series will be thrilled to see the return of Victoria Rienzi, mystery writer turned amateur sleuth, as she's served up another murder mystery to solve. But this one falls right in the middle of the Rienzi family's traditional Christmas Feast of the Seven Fishes. This is a scrumptious tale, with the added bonus of Rosie's Italian Kitchen recipes - all perfect for the season. Buon Appetito!The Seven-Course Christmas Killer: A Holiday Novella from the Italian Kitchen
November 21, 2016
A Thanksgiving Reflection
Today on this bitter cold day here in the Northeast, I reflect on what it would be like to not have heat or shelter or a nutritious meal. Having served on the Executive Board for our local Food Pantry, I know how very real those situations are for too many of our neighbors. I wish it wasn't true, but wishing it away isn't a very practical approach. This chapter (forgive the pun) in my life has been quite exciting, but it was also important for me to find a way to use it for some good. So for this month known for taking pause and giving thanks for our blessings, I've decided to share some of mine. During November all my book sale profits will be donated to the East Bay Food Pantry.
I'm grateful to everyone who has purchased a copy of The Fool's Truth. And a special thank you to some very gracious and generous businesses, organizations, and friends who opened up their doors to host signing events and meet the author gatherings. They were my first book signings and wonderfully fun and memorable! But more important, they allowed me to raise funds for a cause that is dear to my heart. And as I think of how many people will be helped by this small gesture of buying a book, I feel a little warmer, and all the more blessed.
I'm grateful to everyone who has purchased a copy of The Fool's Truth. And a special thank you to some very gracious and generous businesses, organizations, and friends who opened up their doors to host signing events and meet the author gatherings. They were my first book signings and wonderfully fun and memorable! But more important, they allowed me to raise funds for a cause that is dear to my heart. And as I think of how many people will be helped by this small gesture of buying a book, I feel a little warmer, and all the more blessed.
October 13, 2016
Who Wants to Become a Writer?
People often ask me why I write. And I could offer them the simple answer by telling them it's my passion - which is true. But there is so much more to it. Writing fulfills a need I have to create and my artistic medium just happens to be the written word.
“Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it’s the answer to everything. … It’s the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it’s a cactus.”
I came across a quote by Enid Bagnold, the British author and playwright known for penning the story National Velvet, which I loved as a child. Funny that it would be her words that so precisely mirror my own personal reason for writing.
“Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it’s the answer to everything. … It’s the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it’s a cactus.”
