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Melancholy Memories

Just discovered this beautiful review for the audiobook edition of The Music of Us:

LISTENERAurora Dawn

The Music of UsStill Life with Memories, Book 3By: Uvi PoznanskyNarrated by: Don Warrick Melalncholy Memories Overall  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    5 out of 5 starsPerformance  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    5 out of 5 starsStory  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    5 out of 5 starsReviewed: 02-19-18Framed by the departure of his son for Italy and an appointment for his ailing wife's medical tests, a man remembers back to happier days when he first met and fell in love. Beautifully told. Natasha is beautiful, innocent and, even as a 16 year old, a melancholy soul, beautifully crafted by the author's loving touch. Lenny is brash, and funny and eternally hopeful, and the America they are set in, early in WWII is a world that is portrayed with a lyrical language that is at once beautiful and dream like - a world that can only exist in that "still life" the title refuses to.
Like the other books in this series, Natasha and Lenny's story is one every lover of great literature should read.

Melalncholy Memories

Just discovered this beautiful review for the audiobook edition of The Music of Us:

LISTENERAurora Dawn

The Music of UsStill Life with Memories, Book 3By: Uvi PoznanskyNarrated by: Don Warrick Melalncholy Memories Overall  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    5 out of 5 starsPerformance  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    5 out of 5 starsStory  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    5 out of 5 starsReviewed: 02-19-18Framed by the departure of his son for Italy and an appointment for his ailing wife's medical tests, a man remembers back to happier days when he first met and fell in love. Beautifully told. Natasha is beautiful, innocent and, even as a 16 year old, a melancholy soul, beautifully crafted by the author's loving touch. Lenny is brash, and funny and eternally hopeful, and the America they are set in, early in WWII is a world that is portrayed with a lyrical language that is at once beautiful and dream like - a world that can only exist in that "still life" the title refuses to.
Like the other books in this series, Natasha and Lenny's story is one every lover of great literature should read.

Our love is magic, our love is a thrill

My passion for you is a spark, to inspireThe craziest story of daring and dangerWith each twist, we find our love under fireHold me close to your heart and don’t be a stranger
Our love is magic, our love is a thrillIt lets me overcome betrayal and crimeWith each twist, love you I willBecause in the end, this is our time.

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The emotional dynamics of a family

Just found this short and sweet review for the Audiobook edition of My Own Voice:

LISTENERcosmitron

My Own VoiceStill Life with Memories, Book 1By: Uvi PoznanskyNarrated by: Heather Jane Hogan
 The emotional dynamics of a family. Overall  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    4 out of 5 starsPerformance  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    4 out of 5 starsStory  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    4 out of 5 starsReviewed: 06-08-18A well crafted story with real characters with real emotional issues between them.The narrator helps us feel closer to these
interesting characters in a entertaining read. 

Paper sculpture: A fish swims before your eyes

Just for fun... Here is my newest creation: a paper sculpture of a fish! And this one can swim in the air, because its spine is made of loosely attached vertebrae. These are images that take you from the initial stage of paper engineering to the complete fish:

An emotional ride

Thrilled to find this review for the audiobook edition of my Women's Fiction book, My Own Voice:


Paul B EstradaFort Hood, TX
My Own VoiceStill Life with Memories, Book 1By: Uvi PoznanskyNarrated by: Heather Jane Hogan An emotional ride Overall  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    5 out of 5 starsPerformance  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    5 out of 5 starsStory  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    5 out of 5 starsReviewed: 06-06-18




From a "not so innocent" young girl, to a strong woman. This story was not my usual genre but I gave it a chance and I couldn't stop until the very end. I also purchased the Kindle edition to add to my collection of favorites. The author captures the reality of people and how fickle they can be. Found some great words of wisdom in the writing. I had no idea where the plot was headed until it took me there, now I can't wait to see where it goes to next. Beautiful storytelling by the narrator.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

The trouble with the split end of my lifeline

Years ago—before being hired as a cleaning lady—ma had worked in Venice Beach, down at the boardwalk, as a fortune teller. I remember her eyes. They looked downright stunning under the false eyelashes. As part of her gig, she would read the palm of my hand and like, shake her head with great concern for my future, so the hoop earrings would tinkle, as would the beaded necklaces and the jangle bracelets. Then her fake crystal ball would light up, at which time she would take firm hold of my hand and like, raise it up inside her fist, to show the crowd gathering around us how my thumb looked, how stubby it was, and how my lifeline, there on the palm of my hand, had an unusual, split end. This scared me, really—because me, I was only seven years old back then—and it made some of the onlookers drop their jaws, like, in great awe. They would come even closer, and press around us, eager to gain some insight into their own fate, and into each line on their palms and each little mark, and what all of them things could possibly mean. For a good price, ma would give out advice—mixed in with some warnings—which she crafted, like, in vague, immensely puzzling phrases. But then, she didn’t explain what the trouble was, exactly, with the split end of my lifeline; which left me kinda wondering. For sure ma couldn’t tell, back then, that I would hook up with someone like Lenny: a married man who had a son a year older than me.  
Anita in My Own Voice

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"Uvi Poznansky's, "My Own Voice," is a creative, gripping and deeply moving tale of a young girl coming of age in unfathomable emotional circumstances."  - Bill Cronin, Author

Love Under Fire is here

I'm thrilled to present a brand new boxed set of 21 romantic suspense novels:
When Love Sparks Danger, Get Ready for an Explosion!Twenty-one Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and bestselling authors bring you a heart-pounding collection of stories all in one amazing romantic suspense boxed set.From around the edges of every day existence lurks betrayal, greed, and death.With every turn of the page, feel the heat of adrenaline as fear lights up the night. Fight alongside the tenacious heroes and heroines as they battle for survival. They’ll put everything on the line to thwart the evil coming after them. They want to trust in the power of love. But is it enough?

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Writing the historical fiction of the present.

I love writing historical fiction because it is one of the most difficult genres of all, demanding a complete immersion in the era and studying every detail--in clothing, gadgets, hairstyle, manners and of course, the timeline of events--in order to make the story not only believable but utterly authentic. I pride myself on writing with a sensual slant, aiming to put you in the skin of the characters and stir your heart where their passion touches yours.


In writing, I often break the confines of the particular genre, because life as we know it–and my art, which mirrors it– constantly changes from one genre to the next. One moment is is humorous; the next, it is erotic; then, it might be a tragedy. I see myself, standing on the shoulders of me (the way I was at the end of last project), standing on on the shoulders of me (the way I was at the end of the project before that.) With every new book, I bring all the experience I have gained and take my new project to a higher place. 
My upcoming book will be decidedly contemporary. And it will employ Virtual Reality as a tool to construct the murder scene and find the killer! The research skills allowed me to create a rich pattern of details in historical fiction. I carry these skills into writing my upcoming book, even if it is contemporary and in some ways, futuristic. It's a bit like writing the historical fiction of the present.
What happened, you ask? What made me change course into a new genre? I always enjoy stretching the envelope of what I do, just like in my art, where I do bronze sculptures, oil paintings, watercolors, mixed media, paper engineering and anything beyond that.. I love to be lured outside of my comfort zone, and I hope you do too.

It made me both cruel and sick to my stomach

Often, when thinking about creativity, I marvel at how close it is for various disciplines, such as art and writing. In both disciplines, I'm interested in questions such as, how much detail should I flesh out? Where can I provide just a hint, and let the reader participate by 'connecting the dots'? 

This last question is particularly important when writing a suspense novel (the ink is still wet on the last chapter of my upcoming thriller, Virtually Lace.) I want to provide enough detail so the sharp-minded reader will solve the who-done-it early in her reading, but not too much detail as to make the exploration a thing of boredom. It's tricky to find just the right balance between red-herring and real clues.

The earliest version of this novel was written nearly twenty years ago. Luckily, I could not manage to find a publishing agent at that time. Luckily, because now I could separate myself from the writing, discover its flaws, and completely rewrite it, using my newly-gained experience as a writer.

It's easy to say 'rewrite'--but the process was harrowing to me. First, I removed all the over-the-top, flowery phrases, deleted a few characters so I could focus on the main protagonist in more depth, gutted out many of the scenes, and marked passages that were worth saving. The destruction phase was difficult. It made me both cruel and sick to my stomach, until I embarked on the creation phase. That's the part where, phrase by phrase, paragraph by paragraph, scene by scene, chapter by chapter, the characters start to breathe in me, and they take over the story.

This, to me, is much like painting in watercolors. Creating beautiful watercolor puddles is where the image starts to flow, starts to suggest to me how to flesh out the forms that only I can see in there.

More about Virtually Lace in upcoming posts. Stay tuned... 


This is a recent watercolor painting, inspired by a bone, which I cast into becoming an underwater creatures crossing your path.