Joyce Yarrow's Blog, page 2

Here's my interview with Fun Sherpa: Interrogating the In...

Here's my interview with Fun Sherpa: Interrogating the Interesting, just posted today:

Stop by and join the fun...
http://blog.funsherpa.com/author/admin/

Here's my interview with Fun Sherpa: Interrogat...

Here's my interview with Fun Sherpa: Interrogating the Interesting, just posted today:

Stop by and join the fun...
http://blog.funsherpa.com/author/admin/

I'm very excited about the next stop on my blog tour - Ti...

I'm very excited about the next stop on my blog tour - Tim Hallinan's "Blog Cabin!"

Tim is an exceptional writer of mysteries and thrillers set in exotic locales. He was recently nominated for two major awards, the Edgar and the Macavity. I'm honored to be his guest.


http://www.timothyhallinan.com/blog/
Come on over to the Blog Cabin anytime on Wednesday and Thursday, April 18 and 19th to read about my extraordinary experience "Bringing Moscow to Allahabad."

You will also find a link there to FREE copies of THE LAST MATRYOSHKA on Amazon.

I'm very excited about the next stop on my blog...

I'm very excited about the next stop on my blog tour - Tim Hallinan's "Blog Cabin!"

Tim is an exceptional writer of mysteries and thrillers set in exotic locales. He was recently nominated for two major awards, the Edgar and the Macavity. I'm honored to be his guest.


http://www.timothyhallinan.com/blog/
Come on over to the Blog Cabin anytime on Wednesday and Thursday, April 18 and 19th to read about my extraordinary experience "Bringing Moscow to Allahabad."

You will also find a link there to FREE copies of THE LAST MATRYOSHKA on Amazon.

Blog Tour

The next stop on the blog tour arranged by Istoria Books for The Last
Matryoshka is SIA MCKYE OVER COFFEE - on Friday, March 23rd

http://siamckye.blogspot.com/

My topic is "Back in the USSR" - the merits of packing one's suitcase when researching international settings.



Please stop by on Friday and enjoy the great fiddle music that plays as you read.

The next stop on the blog tour arranged by Istoria B...

The next stop on the blog tour arranged by Istoria Books for The Last
Matryoshka is SIA MCKYE OVER COFFEE - on Friday, March 23rd

http://siamckye.blogspot.com/

My topic is "Back in the USSR" - the merits of packing one's suitcase when researching international settings.



Please stop by on Friday and enjoy the great fiddle music that plays as you read.

GET YOUR FREE COPY of THE LAST MATRYOSHKAOn March 1...

GET YOUR FREE COPY of  THE LAST MATRYOSHKA

On March 14 and 15, The Last Matryoshka will be available on Amazon FOR FREE, courtesy of Istoria Books.
http://tiny.cc/dje5aw



If you do not own a Kindle you can download the free reader from: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sv_kstore_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771

I am also guest blogging at Thoughts in Progress - http://masoncanyon.blogspot.com/
Please stop by and join the discussion about Writing the Female PI.

See you there,
Joyce

The Last Matryoshka Comes to a "Theatre" New You

Am thrilled with the atmospheric book trailer that Istoria Books produced for the upcoming e-release of The Last Matryoshka. This also raises a question  -- how do readers react to these videos - are they seen as mere marketing tools or is there real entertainment value perceived?

Comment and reviews welcome :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5PWZ00Jh74&feature=youtube_gdata

Travels with an Identity Thief – Part Three – Seeing Through Marilyn’s Eyes

As a writer assuming the identity of a visual artist, I amfaced with a special set of challenges. Marilyn thinks in pictures, whilst I processlife through words. To be true to my ‘character’s character,’ I must learn toexperience the world as she does, to open myself to her emotions as triggeredby the colors and textures around us, to let my eyes experience the worldbefore my intellect.
On the other hand, to be true to myself as a wordsmith, I amcommitted to finding the language that will convey Marilyn’s experiences asvividly as possible. No wonder I am totally exhausted at the end of each day!
It was not until I reached Aurangabad, two weeks after myarrival in India, that my shift into the visual mode gained noticeable momentum.  Who can visit the rock-cut caves of Ajanta—discoveredin 1819 by a band of British officers hunting a tiger—without being transfixedby images masterfully created by the great sculptors and painters of 2ndCentury India?
Marilyn had pored through books of photographs and listenedwith fascination to her husband Shankar telling Jataka tales of Buddha’sreincarnations and the Bodhisattvas. No way had this prepared her for aface-to-face encounter with the ancient world.
Later that same day I visited a market in Aurangabad, alongwith hundreds of shoppers caught up in the Diwali festivities. From the grey stonesand ancient murals of the caves out into a modern riot of color… what atransition! I could hardly snap pictures fast enough. This one will definitely inspireMarilyn to paint as she never has before.

Travels with an Identity Thief – Part Three – Seeing Through Marilyn's Eyes

As a writer assuming the identity of a visual artist, I amfaced with a special set of challenges. Marilyn thinks in pictures, whilst I processlife through words. To be true to my 'character's character,' I must learn toexperience the world as she does, to open myself to her emotions as triggeredby the colors and textures around us, to let my eyes experience the worldbefore my intellect.
On the other hand, to be true to myself as a wordsmith, I amcommitted to finding the language that will convey Marilyn's experiences asvividly as possible. No wonder I am totally exhausted at the end of each day!
It was not until I reached Aurangabad, two weeks after myarrival in India, that my shift into the visual mode gained noticeable momentum.  Who can visit the rock-cut caves of Ajanta—discoveredin 1819 by a band of British officers hunting a tiger—without being transfixedby images masterfully created by the great sculptors and painters of 2ndCentury India?
Marilyn had pored through books of photographs and listenedwith fascination to her husband Shankar telling Jataka tales of Buddha'sreincarnations and the Bodhisattvas. No way had this prepared her for aface-to-face encounter with the ancient world.
Later that same day I visited a market in Aurangabad, alongwith hundreds of shoppers caught up in the Diwali festivities. From the grey stonesand ancient murals of the caves out into a modern riot of color… what atransition! I could hardly snap pictures fast enough. This one will definitely inspireMarilyn to paint as she never has before.