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July 29, 2010
Music Box Danseur - Ebook
ebookmall.com has ranked Music Box Danseur amongst their top 100 Bestselling Adult Romance ebooks.
July 19, 2010
The GLB&T Center in New York, NY
The GLB&T Center in New York, NY will soon carry two donated copies of Music Box Danseur on their library shelves.
July 17, 2010
Music Box Danseur at Gerber/Hart Library
Music Box Danseur will soon be available at the Gerber/Hart Library in Chicago, IL. This a wonderful public library that offers gay and lesbian books that are not welcome reading at general libraries. Two copies of Music Box Danseur have been donated to this fantastic reading facility and will soon be set upon the library's book shelves.
July 9, 2010
Literary Pride's Review of Music Box Danseur & Reactions on Facebook.com
This is huge for me --- Literary Pride's Book review of Music Box Danseur and reactions on Facebook. Thank you Amos.
Slade, Marlene K. “Music Box Danseur”, Marlene K. Slade, 2008.
...Dancing Together
Amos Lassen
“Music Box Danseur” is a big book (696 pages) and is the dramatic love story about the romance between two male British ballet dancers. They came together because no one else seems to understand them and they want to build a life together. Slade gives us an in-depth look at the world of ballet but she adds twists, turns and conflicts. The two men share a partnership that is filled with flaws yet their intimacy keeps them together. Their relationship is both public and private and filled with drama. Reading this is like taking a journey into the world of ballet, a dark world of passion and deviancy but a world that is very real. Slade gives us two amazing characters and a wonderful supporting cast. The prose is crystal clear and the story pulls you in on the very first page.
It is a very moving account of how people try to fit into life and the pain and glory that goes along with the attempt. We see that if one wants to succeed there is a price to pay and it can be very high. It's a great literary debut from a writer that we should keep our eyes on.
Amos Lassen
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Sheila Fay Holtrop Congrats Marlene! So happy for you!SMILE
Amos Lassen it is well deserved
Jade Pumphrey Bravo ! What a stellar review ! I'm not surprised. Uve got more talent in your pinky finger than I can ever hope to have! Buy this book people !
Diane McDowell Fabulous, Marlene. The love story was amazing and I cried like a baby at the end! You are getting the recognition you deserve!
Slade, Marlene K. “Music Box Danseur”, Marlene K. Slade, 2008.
...Dancing Together
Amos Lassen
“Music Box Danseur” is a big book (696 pages) and is the dramatic love story about the romance between two male British ballet dancers. They came together because no one else seems to understand them and they want to build a life together. Slade gives us an in-depth look at the world of ballet but she adds twists, turns and conflicts. The two men share a partnership that is filled with flaws yet their intimacy keeps them together. Their relationship is both public and private and filled with drama. Reading this is like taking a journey into the world of ballet, a dark world of passion and deviancy but a world that is very real. Slade gives us two amazing characters and a wonderful supporting cast. The prose is crystal clear and the story pulls you in on the very first page.
It is a very moving account of how people try to fit into life and the pain and glory that goes along with the attempt. We see that if one wants to succeed there is a price to pay and it can be very high. It's a great literary debut from a writer that we should keep our eyes on.
Amos Lassen
what's new?See More
Sheila Fay Holtrop Congrats Marlene! So happy for you!SMILE
Amos Lassen it is well deserved
Jade Pumphrey Bravo ! What a stellar review ! I'm not surprised. Uve got more talent in your pinky finger than I can ever hope to have! Buy this book people !
Diane McDowell Fabulous, Marlene. The love story was amazing and I cried like a baby at the end! You are getting the recognition you deserve!
June 27, 2010
Screenplay in the works for Music Box Danseur
For friends, fans, and readers across the nation that have enjoyed and approached or informed me that they would love to see Music Box Danseur made into a movie, I am pleased to announce that I am diligently working on making your request come true. I am currently working on a screenplay adapted from the book and will be networking and pitching the finished product to Independant film makers around the world. I will gladly keep all interested friends, fans, and readers informed of any and all progress that is made on this project through my website at: www.marlenekslade.com
Thank you to all. Wishing what you read is a good read!
Thank you to all. Wishing what you read is a good read!
June 11, 2010
Paperback Clearance Price - Music Box Danseur
Clearance price on the paperback version of Music Box Danseur. Selling now for $9.99 - Visit Amazon.com. Tax & Shipping & Handling not included in this marked down price.
May 25, 2010
Reduced Priced Kindle version - Music Box Danseur
Music Box Danseur by Marlene K. Slade is selling on Amazon.com for a reduced price in the Kindle Version. Music Box Danseur is a fictional romance novel profiling the professional and private partnership between two male dancers.
May 16, 2010
Excerpt from Music Box Danseur by Marlene K. Slade
During the prime of my lust leering days my sexual talents had surpassed the rental boys of the City. I was rather sensational at sex and never paid for giving my body away. I knew how to pleasure a man. I knew how to fulfill a male’s every need with the use of my body and my mouth. I was a submissive volunteer to vice. Sex was all I knew. Never love. Partnered with many bedmates in youth, I allowed so long for my heart to go un-loved. Years would steal by before genuine love would arrive for me. Sebastian was that genuine love. Profound of passion and intense intimacy he penetrated my pulmonary valve and awakened my life to love-everlasting. To lose him would mean the death of my heart.
I cuddled close to him, loving the feel of his flesh pressed against my own. We kissed tenderly. Our touches gentle. Our thoughts consumed with each other.
“Tonight I dance for you,” said he whisperingly.
I tenderly smoothed the back of my fingers against the scarred side of his face before I kissed him there.
He loved the way I viewed him, perfect in every way. My sight of him would never changed. I felt sure in my heart I would love him beyond life.
Music Box Danseur
I cuddled close to him, loving the feel of his flesh pressed against my own. We kissed tenderly. Our touches gentle. Our thoughts consumed with each other.
“Tonight I dance for you,” said he whisperingly.
I tenderly smoothed the back of my fingers against the scarred side of his face before I kissed him there.
He loved the way I viewed him, perfect in every way. My sight of him would never changed. I felt sure in my heart I would love him beyond life.
Music Box Danseur
May 13, 2010
2010 San Francisco Book Festival Contest
Fiction novel Music Box Danseur received Honorable Mention in the Gay Category at the 2010 San Francisco Book Festival.
May 2, 2010
Special low priced paperback version of Music Box Danseur
Author's Inventory Close Out On New Copies! The 696 page paperback version of Music Box Danseur by Marlene K. Slade is being sold at a special low price of $12.99 only on Amazon.com under Fulfillment by Amazon seller mkslade. The discounted selling price for this novel does not include Sales Tax and Shipping & Handling. This special reduced price from the author's inventory will only be offered while supplies last. Less than 100 copies remain.
