Renée Paule's Blog, page 14
August 12, 2014
Giveaway News
CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners; your books will be sent out straight away, so please be patient. I hope you get as much out of this book as I did writing it.
For those of you who did not win, I’m running another Giveaway for my new book ‘Just Around The Bend: Más o Menos’ which is already live. Do enter for a chance to win 1 of 3 First Edition signed copies. ‘Just Around The Bend’ will be available in October 2014. It’s illustrated with a little character I designed and call Dilly (which means something or someone remarkable). Dilly is a thought form that thinks and he depicts some of our most endearing (and not so endearing) human traits.
For more information please visit My website
August 8, 2014
'Just Around The Bend' Release
Tomorrow I shall reveal the cover for ‘Just Around The Bend: Más o Menos’ on Facebook and Twitter and the following day announce a Goodreads giveaway for 3 signed First Edition copies
‘Just Around the Bend’ will be released in October 2014. I’ve finished it and am editing it and I’m beginning to send it out to my beta readers.
July 28, 2014
Author Interview
Interview:
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Jaideep’s Profile:
Here a link to my author interview Jaideep asked me to do ... It was rather fun.
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July 27, 2014
My progress writing ‘Just Around The Bend’
I’ve made great progress with this book and have some fabulous illustrations that will only be available in the paperback version because images don’t work too well in ebooks. Why the illustrations … I just love making them and these are of a character I designed. He’s a thought form that thinks and he’s called Dilly. Much love as always 
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July 11, 2014
Enter my Goodreads Giveaway
Here is another opportunity to win a paperback copy of ‘On The Other Hand’. There are 10 copies up for grabs in this Goodreads Giveaway. For a chance win a copy of this book. click on the ‘Enter’ button. Giveaway starts on 12th July 2014 and ends 12th August 2014.
Good luck!
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July 6, 2014
Goodreads Giveaway Ending Soon
My Goodreads giveaway is ending soon (10th July 2014) and if you haven’t already entered there’s still time. Just click on the link below to enter. Good luck!
I’m making good progress with my new book ‘Just Around The Bend: Más o Menos’ and I’m so excited about getting this out to readers. This book will be published in the autumn. I’ve designed some lovely illustrations with a character called Misty. Misty is a ‘thought form’ who gets into a bit of a state sometimes; the thought form demonstrates some of the quandaries of our lives.
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June 11, 2014
An Opportunity to Win a Copy of ‘On the Other Hand’
I’m giving away ten copies of my book On The Other Hand through Goodreads ‘Giveaways’ but you have to enter to win one of them. Goodreads will pick the winners randomly at the end of the giveaway period, which is the 10th July 2014. Click on the Goodreads widget below for more information about this offer.
Reviewers of On The Other Hand wrote:
“With personal courage she challenges so many of Society’s sacred cows, and I would happily stand shoulder to shoulder with her in this.”
“Renee’s use of her unusual personal story and deep insight in human mental and psychological blockages kept me riveted to her first book till the last page.”
For a chance win a copy of this book and find out why. click on the ‘Enter’ button.
Good luck!
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Goodreads Book Giveaway
On the Other Hand
by Renée Paule
Giveaway ends July 10, 2014.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
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May 5, 2014
Now available on iTunes
On The Other Hand: The Little Anthology of Big Questions’ is now available for your iDevices on iTunes. Read it anywhere any time on your phone, ipod, ipad, or other device.
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January 9, 2014
Book Promotion
‘On The Other Hand: The Little Anthology of Big Questions’ Book Promotion
Yesterday I had a friend leave ten brand new signed copies of ‘On The Other Hand: The Little Anthology of Big Questions’ in London. If you were fortunate enough to find one then I trust that the Universe has given them to the people who are ready to read them. If not, then I would ask that you please give the book to someone you know, or leave it in a public place for someone else to find.
The books were signed “Finders, Keepers. With Love, Renée Paule” and they are first editions.
I do hope you enjoy reading your copy and your feedback will be welcome. I’m particularly interested to know if you received this book at a time in your life when you needed to read the words inside.
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November 21, 2013
Questionnaire Interview about my Book
Questionnaire Interview about my Book that was rejected because of the genre by the editor of a website I shall not name.
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Tell us a bit about yourself.
I was born in London and brought up in an orphanage, despite having two living parents. Subjected to mental and physical cruelty, the trauma left me with twelve years of almost total amnesia. Six marriages later (four official), I chose to ‘take stock’ and began a process of questioning everything in my world. No, this is not a book about my childhood – it’s about mindfulness and deep thinking.
What’s ‘On The Other Hand’ about?
The best description of ‘On The Other Hand: The Little Anthology of Big Questions’ is in the blurb:-
“A straight from the shoulder look at life in which the author asks some awkward questions that we might prefer to swat away like an annoying fly. Questions like: Who am I? What is this life really about? What is the mind? Why do we resist change? These are the questions we lock away in a tall tower like some inconvenient relative whose ‘lost her marbles’ and become an embarrassment to the family. Perhaps you’ve been asking ‘comfortable’ questions and avoiding the hard-hitting ones, preferring to hide away from them and pretending that they don’t exist. We hope that someone, somewhere, will put it all right for us. They won’t!
This book is not for the faint of heart as it brings you face to face with yourself … but not the one you see when you look in the mirror. If you’ve locked yourself up in protective custody and thrown away the key, this book could well pick the lock and let you out again. There’s something wonderful waiting to be discovered if we care to take a look. If you’re prepared to be brutally honest when thinking about the questions raised in this book and to be your own harshest critic, then pop over to the cash desk or place it in your basket online and, go for it. You’re not alone and help is always available … far closer than you can imagine.”
Where did you get the idea for your book?
Following a profound experience my take on life changed dramatically. The more I thought about the world the more I realised I’d been living in an illusion. With this realisation, accepting the ‘face value’ world I’d once thought of as the norm was no longer an option. I began to think on a deeper level – questioning everything and soon realised that the questions are more important than the answers. One thing led to another and I saw what the title and cover image of my book should be; I just knew what to put between the pages.
Why did you decide to self-publish?
It gives me full control over my book. I’m still interested in finding an agent or publisher but I wanted to set things in motion, as it were.
Imagine your ideal reader: which authors do they enjoy?
Books by great thinkers and plain speakers such as Jiddu Krishnamurti and Alan Watts. However, these are not my main target audience. I wish to reach those who are frustrated with life, but have not given up on it because they believe there’s a deeper meaning. In other words, they’re just beginning their ‘spiritual’ journey.
If you had to sum up your book in a ‘Hollywood pitch’ (eg Julian Barnes meets Jodi Picoult), how would you describe it?
‘Beds of Nails and Other Comfortable Places.’
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