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February 24, 2011
A LEARNING TO SWIM Giveaway & More
Some new reviews, interviews, and a contest! (I know, you're tired of hearing about my book, but it's launch week, so bear with me.)
Weronika Janczuk is giving away two autographed hardcover copies and an unautographed advance copy. (Thanks, Weronika!)
I'm interviewed over at RT Debut Author Spotlight.
Nichole Bernier does an interview with me at Beyond the Margins.
Someone I don't know does a lovely review at The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog.
Weronika Janczuk is giving away two autographed hardcover copies and an unautographed advance copy. (Thanks, Weronika!)
I'm interviewed over at RT Debut Author Spotlight.
Nichole Bernier does an interview with me at Beyond the Margins.
Someone I don't know does a lovely review at The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog.
February 23, 2011
What? Ornery? Me? ... A Review I Love
from writer Lynette Eklund:
Sara was kind enough to give me an ARC (advanced reader copy) and I finished it just last week. Okay -so she didn't just GIVE me a copy. She heckled and teased and egged me on until I was obsessed with winning a copy. But I got one doggone it! She's got a bit of an evil streak in her...The rest of her review is over at Clattering Keys.
Wherein Sara Visits Meg Waite Clayton's Site
Today I'm over at Meg Waite Clayton's blog, 1st Books, where I'm proud to have a post about my first novel, which released yesterday. Meg's a long-time friend who was there for the very early stages of this book, when I first set fingers to keyboard and started writing it.
Why I Love My Writer Friends
Because they are wonderfully imaginative (and determined) - here Teresa Rhyne (The Dog Lived - and so will I) coerces her coauthor Seamus into choosing a winner in her contest for a signed copy of my book. Mind you, Teresa was motivated by a sense of well, pet competitiveness, because Quinn Cummings had her cat choose the winner in an astoundingly well-choreographed game of reverse-marbles-but-with-crumpled-pieces-of-paper.
Here's Quinn's cat selecting a winner...
And because our mutual...
Here's Quinn's cat selecting a winner...
And because our mutual...
February 22, 2011
Wherein Sara Chats About her Novel on NCPR
This morning, Sara was interviewed by Betsy Kepes on North Country Public Radio, about her novel Learning to Swim, set in the Adirondacks. (Just go here and click on Download audio to listen.)
"How to Get a Book Published, in 4 Easy Steps"
This morning I'm visiting Musings of an All Purpose Monkey, in a post called "How to Get a Book Published, in Four Easy Steps":
But here's the thing about writing: it's a great equalizer. Anyone can do it. You can do it. Your neighbor can do it. Your grandmother can do it. If you have paper and pencil, you can do it. You don't need classes or an advanced degree or even a how-to book (although there are plenty of those around). A computer is required at some point, but the cheapest and...
February 21, 2011
"LEARNING TO SWIM Is a Gem of a Debut"
Learning to Swim is reviewed today over at Book Reviews by Elizabeth A. White: Musings of an All Purpose Monkey:
Author Sara J. Henry has adeptly interwoven a highly gripping kidnapping mystery with the fascinating character study of a woman forced by extreme circumstances to reevaluate everything she thought she knew to be true about herself. Henry's relaxed, engaging writing style makes for a comfortable read, as if you were returning to the author well into a series instead of it...
February 20, 2011
Where Sara Comes Face to Face with Herself - & Another Giveaway of LEARNING TO SWIM
Hey, it was a camera phone.
I was visiting a bookstore, turned around - and there I was. My face, my book, on a poster advertising an upcoming event. Let me tell you, that was a strange feeling.
So tonight Learning to Swim is reviewed over at Spuds' blog, Carrying a Cat by the Tail:
Typically when you have a writer trying to relate a story from the thoughts of the main character, you end up with a slow moving dialogue, and the storyline can quickly get lost in the swirly fog of...
Troy Steps Out ... and We Spy the First Newspaper Review of LEARNING TO SWIM
Today I'm over at 7 Criminal Minds - or perhaps I should say that my main character, Troy, is - where Hilary Davidson asks "Your protagonist is out on the town. Describe the place. The pick up. What does she observe? Where does she sit and why?" (For anyone who knows Troy, this is a bit of a tricky question.)And yesterday Learning to Swim was reviewed in the Milwaukee Journal .
