Marly Youmans's Blog, page 10
May 29, 2020
On traveling in the past: Charis in the World of Wonders
One of the demands of writing a novel set in the past is that a writer not put people and thoughts of his or her own day into fancy dress. Not give us woke people in linsey-woolsey. Not present people with our own concerns about climate (well, maybe if it's a Ruskin--so prescient!) or our own beliefs about how a woman may be heroic or our own attitudes toward childbirth or child-rearing or
May 23, 2020
Charis reviews, new poems, and more
Charis in the World of Wonders reviews
Greg Langley, The Baton Rouge Advocate:
Young heroine in 'Charis' will captivate readers
23 May 2020
Ben Steelman, The Wilmington StarNews:
In NC writer’s new novel, the woods are dark, deep and dangerous
16 May 2020
Here's a blog review by Cat Hodge
at Darwin Catholic
And I'm pleased to see Amazon reviews
by writers and others...
Greg Langley, The Baton Rouge Advocate:
Young heroine in 'Charis' will captivate readers
23 May 2020
Ben Steelman, The Wilmington StarNews:
In NC writer’s new novel, the woods are dark, deep and dangerous
16 May 2020
Here's a blog review by Cat Hodge
at Darwin Catholic
And I'm pleased to see Amazon reviews
by writers and others...
May 4, 2020
LOL (lots of links)
A illustration by Galen Dara for one of my stories.
Because certain foreign readers (in countries with some difficulty in affordable book ordering) wanted to read more of my poems and stories, I have updated my record on my Short stories and poems page.
Though I tend to be a bit careless about record-keeping, I've added stories and poems, and I have added a lot of links. I hope that people
Because certain foreign readers (in countries with some difficulty in affordable book ordering) wanted to read more of my poems and stories, I have updated my record on my Short stories and poems page.
Though I tend to be a bit careless about record-keeping, I've added stories and poems, and I have added a lot of links. I hope that people
April 26, 2020
Interviews, videos, and more--
BRAND NEW INTERVIEW
There's a long new Charis in the World of Wonders interview, one with lots of pictures that Chris Rice Cooper has put together. Some are things she requested, some are things she quarried online. She asked lots of questions, and there's an excerpt as well. If you're a nosey sort (who isn't curious?), you might like to take a look around, as there are glimpses of my bedroom
There's a long new Charis in the World of Wonders interview, one with lots of pictures that Chris Rice Cooper has put together. Some are things she requested, some are things she quarried online. She asked lots of questions, and there's an excerpt as well. If you're a nosey sort (who isn't curious?), you might like to take a look around, as there are glimpses of my bedroom
April 11, 2020
Quarantine Holy Week, with interviews, excerpts, poems, and Charis
Charis in the World of Wonders
and poems: updatery!
Anak Krakatoa erupted on Good Friday, locusts afflict Africa, the pandemic rages everywhere, Etobicoke Creek ran as red as blood: maybe you had better get started on your quarantine reading of Charis in the World of Wonders...
"Q and A with Marly Youmans, Author of Charis In The World Of Wonders" - interview at Women Writer, Women's
and poems: updatery!
Anak Krakatoa erupted on Good Friday, locusts afflict Africa, the pandemic rages everywhere, Etobicoke Creek ran as red as blood: maybe you had better get started on your quarantine reading of Charis in the World of Wonders...
"Q and A with Marly Youmans, Author of Charis In The World Of Wonders" - interview at Women Writer, Women's
April 5, 2020
Palm Sunday in The Long Lent
About the Image
Pietro Lorenzetti, Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, 1320. Painted 27 years before the peak intensity of the Black Death began. 700 years after Lorenzetti painted this image, it is Palm Sunday in The Long Lent. The very Long Lent. Public domain image, Wikipedia.
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Marly-words
(or, what I've been working on lately)
The Iorenzetti is pilfered from my own facebook site.
Pietro Lorenzetti, Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, 1320. Painted 27 years before the peak intensity of the Black Death began. 700 years after Lorenzetti painted this image, it is Palm Sunday in The Long Lent. The very Long Lent. Public domain image, Wikipedia.
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Marly-words
(or, what I've been working on lately)
The Iorenzetti is pilfered from my own facebook site.
March 25, 2020
Pete Candler's A New Decameron launches
Pete Candler's storytelling project--an edifice of words and images to be built during our time of pandemic, and glancing back to Boccaccio and the time of the Black Death--begins. Like Boccaccio's Decameron, A New Decameron will rejoice in a multitude of narratives. Right now you'll find a trailer (including one of my poems as part of an introduction from Pete) and print versions (audio
March 24, 2020
Charis, Thalia, and the Red King on social media
Since most of the online responses to my books and even to blog-post commentary occur on social media, I thought I'd post a few of my favorite facebook posts and twitter tweets of the past days... Charis in the World of Wonders and The Book of the Red King are naturals to pop up now because one is out this week and the other is recent, but Thaliad has come in for some new love, as it deals with a
March 22, 2020
Peacock-thoughts for a Pandemic Sunday
Peacock by Clive Hicks-Jenkinsfor Charis in the World of WondersIgnatius Press, 26 March 2020
It's quiet in the village today. My amaryllis is silently, slowly opening. Though we're near the hospital, there is little traffic going by, and a good many Sunday villagers are or have been or will be snug in a comfy chair, watching the streaming services of their local church... or not, as they
It's quiet in the village today. My amaryllis is silently, slowly opening. Though we're near the hospital, there is little traffic going by, and a good many Sunday villagers are or have been or will be snug in a comfy chair, watching the streaming services of their local church... or not, as they
March 17, 2020
Pilfered from Lady Word of Mouth: Book Launch
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
The Great Pandemic Book Launch and Frolic; otherwise known as the Marvelous, the Mystical, the Fantastical Saint Patrick's Day Book Party for Marly Youmans's Charis in the World of Wonders
Ethereal Reception to Follow
Place: In your airy, wondrous imagination
Book release date: 17 March 2020 St. Patrick's Day
Time: 12:01 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Book Party
The Great Pandemic Book Launch and Frolic; otherwise known as the Marvelous, the Mystical, the Fantastical Saint Patrick's Day Book Party for Marly Youmans's Charis in the World of Wonders
Ethereal Reception to Follow
Place: In your airy, wondrous imagination
Book release date: 17 March 2020 St. Patrick's Day
Time: 12:01 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Book Party
