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Jolene Gutiérrez
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Here's my newest news! My picture book, Mac and Cheese and the Personal Space Invader, will be published by Clear Fork/Spork August 11, 2020.
In Mac and Cheese and the Personal Space Invader, Oliver hopes he can learn to be a good friend by observing how guinea pig friends Mac and Cheese interact. Snuggling might be OK for guinea pigs, but Oliver’s classmat Read more of this blog post »
Here's my newest news! My picture book, Mac and Cheese and the Personal Space Invader, will be published by Clear Fork/Spork August 11, 2020.
In Mac and Cheese and the Personal Space Invader, Oliver hopes he can learn to be a good friend by observing how guinea pig friends Mac and Cheese interact. Snuggling might be OK for guinea pigs, but Oliver’s classmat Read more of this blog post »
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EPILOGUE
I have been writing for forty years and I have published twenty-five books. Now my task is easier because I have a computer instead of an old typewriter, and I have some experience, but the process has not changed. I write without a script, instinctively. I feel in my heart that the story is basically true; it happened, or it is happening now somewhere in the world, or it will happen. After the book is published, I am confronted with critics and professors of literature who deconstruct the novel, analyze and interpret every line, and find hidden meaning where I never intended to put it. Often
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2)Cultivating the roots to grow not only wider but deeper when it comes to what kind of father and husband I am. 3)Becoming a more useful leader in society. |
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“Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change,” Clara had said.
When I wrote the book, I could not have guessed that this statement would be prophetic for me. The worst fear of any mother is to lose a child. My daughter Paula died at home, in my arms, when she was twenty-nine years old. My heart was broken, the pain was unbearable. But a few months later my granddaughter Nicole was born in the same room where Paula had died. I received her from her mother’s womb and cut the umbilical cord. I realized then that the moment of Paula’s death was almost identical to the moment of Nicole’s birth: the same feeling that some sacred and mysterious was happening.
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Jean de Satigny.
One of the most notorious characters in the novel is the Count Jean de Satigny. Originally, he was called Count de Bilbaire, but when my mother read the manuscript, she was appalled that I had given the pervert count the maternal surname of my father. I had to change it. This was 1981, several decades before computers were a home fixture. Cut and paste was exactly that: cut with scissors and paste with glue or scotch tape. Delete was done with a white liquid called Tippex. First, I had to find another name that was one letter shorter than Bilbaire so it would fit in the space. We had a plastic
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“When feelings go on overload,
I pause and breathe
and all is . . . slowed.”
― Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day
I pause and breathe
and all is . . . slowed.”
― Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day
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“anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did
Women and men(both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain
children guessed(but only a few
and down they forgot as up they grew
autumn winter spring summer)
that noone loved him more by more
when by now and tree by leaf
she laughed his joy she cried his grief
bird by snow and stir by still
anyone's any was all to her
someones married their everyones
laughed their cryings and did their dance
(sleep wake hope and then)they
said their nevers they slept their dream
stars rain sun moon
(and only the snow can begin to explain
how children are apt to forget to remember
with up so floating many bells down)
one day anyone died i guess
(and noone stooped to kiss his face)
busy folk buried them side by side
little by little and was by was
all by all and deep by deep
and more by more they dream their sleep
noone and anyone earth by april
wish by spirit and if by yes.
Women and men (both dong and ding)
summer autumn winter spring
reaped their sowing and went their came
sun moon stars rain”
― Selected Poems
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did
Women and men(both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain
children guessed(but only a few
and down they forgot as up they grew
autumn winter spring summer)
that noone loved him more by more
when by now and tree by leaf
she laughed his joy she cried his grief
bird by snow and stir by still
anyone's any was all to her
someones married their everyones
laughed their cryings and did their dance
(sleep wake hope and then)they
said their nevers they slept their dream
stars rain sun moon
(and only the snow can begin to explain
how children are apt to forget to remember
with up so floating many bells down)
one day anyone died i guess
(and noone stooped to kiss his face)
busy folk buried them side by side
little by little and was by was
all by all and deep by deep
and more by more they dream their sleep
noone and anyone earth by april
wish by spirit and if by yes.
Women and men (both dong and ding)
summer autumn winter spring
reaped their sowing and went their came
sun moon stars rain”
― Selected Poems
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
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“When feelings go on overload,
I pause and breathe
and all is . . . slowed.”
― Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day
I pause and breathe
and all is . . . slowed.”
― Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day
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Aug 15, 2020 07:38AM
Thanks for the friend request, Jolene.
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Tracey wrote: "Hey Jolene, thanks so much for the Goodreads friendship!"Thanks so much, Tracey! I appreciate the friendship!
Hey Jolene, thanks so much for the Goodreads friendship!
Hello Jolene, it is a pleasure to meet you. If you ever have any questions about Harlequin or our books, please feel free to ask.Kim S, Harlequin Books ambassador
Hmmm. . .there were times at the beginning when I thought I should've re-read the first, so it might not be a bad idea. But I was so excited to read this one that I just kept reading through and it came back to me. So I think you could go either way. Looking back, because I enjoyed it so much, it might not have been a bad idea to re-read the first to extend the pleasure a bit. ;)
Jolene wrote: "Ciecie wrote: "Ok don't tell me but tell me did you love Immortal Beloved 2? I just got it and saw you read it :) Hi! I just got it and YES, I absolutely LOVED it!!! I'm so glad you just got it--..."
I deff. will, your opinion should I re-read the first?
Carly wrote: "Hey Jolene, Thanks for the friendship :)"Hi, Carly! Sorry I didn't reply sooner; didn't see this message until just now. Thanks so much for your message! :)
Ciecie wrote: "Ok don't tell me but tell me did you love Immortal Beloved 2? I just got it and saw you read it :) <3 excited"Hi! I just got it and YES, I absolutely LOVED it!!! I'm so glad you just got it--let me mknow what you think! :)
Ok don't tell me but tell me did you love Immortal Beloved 2? I just got it and saw you read it :) <3 excited
