I am excited to be part of the blog tour for Tameka Brown’s newest picture book — My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood! Welcome, Tameka! *and the crowd goes wild!* Tameka graciously answered some of my questions below. I hope you are as inspired by her responses as I am. Her interview made me want to go …
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HI folks! I have some news concerning Being Frank! 1. Want a free copy of BEING FRANK? Head over to Carol Baldwin’s blog, read the interview and follow her instructions to be entered in the giveaway! http://carolbaldwinblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/being-frank-and-giveaway-1.html 2. My first booksigning is THIS Saturday, September 22 at Park Road Books in Charlotte (starting at 11:30am). We’ll [...]
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Sally Brewster and Frazer Dobson of Park Road Books in Charlotte, North Carolina have joined the chorus of voices singing the praises of R.J. Ellory's A Quiet Belief in Angels:
"Every so often, not often enough, a book comes along that makes us say, "Whoa, Nellie!" Shadow of the Wind was one of them. So was Water for Elephants. Let's not forget King of Lies or Serena. Sometimes it just happens. And it has happened again. Meet our new favorite book, which will be yours too.
R. J. Ellory (known to me as Roger; we've exchanged emails) is a proper Englishman who decided rather than follow the edict of "write what you know," decided he'd rather write what interested him. And that just happened to be the American South. His new novel A Quiet Belief in Angels is set in southern Georgia starting at the time World War II is breaking out. Joseph Vaughan is thirteen, and living in the small-town world of Augusta Falls. The calm and sense of community get shattered early on when young girls start turning up murdered. The killer remains a shadowy presence throughout the novel. Joseph becomes obsessed with the murders, and gathers his friends to become the Guardians. Together, they try to keep the girls of Augusta Falls safe.
The past, of course, follows Joseph even when he moves to Brooklyn to be a writer. Faulkner's famous quote "The past is never dead. It's not even past" really applies here. You won't believe what happens, and you won't see the ending coming at all. (Sally claims she did; I have my doubts!)
A Quiet Belief in Angels is simply stunning. The writing is gorgeous and evocative; you'd never believe it was written by a non- Southerner. It's rich and deep, and the prose is positively Conroy-esque in its description. Sally and I both stayed up way too late reading this novel. Read this book. Just read it."
R. J. Ellory (known to me as Roger; we've exchanged emails) is a proper Englishman who decided rather than follow the edict of "write what you know," decided he'd rather write what interested him. And that just happened to be the American South. His new novel A Quiet Belief in Angels is set in southern Georgia starting at the time World War II is breaking out. Joseph Vaughan is thirteen, and living in the small-town world of Augusta Falls. The calm and sense of community get shattered early on when young girls start turning up murdered. The killer remains a shadowy presence throughout the novel. Joseph becomes obsessed with the murders, and gathers his friends to become the Guardians. Together, they try to keep the girls of Augusta Falls safe.
The past, of course, follows Joseph even when he moves to Brooklyn to be a writer. Faulkner's famous quote "The past is never dead. It's not even past" really applies here. You won't believe what happens, and you won't see the ending coming at all. (Sally claims she did; I have my doubts!)
A Quiet Belief in Angels is simply stunning. The writing is gorgeous and evocative; you'd never believe it was written by a non- Southerner. It's rich and deep, and the prose is positively Conroy-esque in its description. Sally and I both stayed up way too late reading this novel. Read this book. Just read it."
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Great interview! Congratulations on your book, Tameka! I can’t wait to read it.
Thanks for this great interview, Donna. I can’t wait to read your book that sounds like it sings right off the page, Tameka.
I’m with you, the best ideas are just before dawn. I’ve just ordered this. Looks like great fun reading. Nice interview.
Sounds like just the thing to read when you are in a sticky bun, snow day, cozy kinda mood.
Fantastic interview with a great combination of insights about the book and insights about the author. Also, as a fellow writer, I’m totally stealing that viewpoint of rejections/nos – what a nugget of gold!! Congratulations, Tameka – and Donna, too!
Thanks, everybody, for your encouraging comments! Thank you, Donna, for a wonderful interview.
Thank you all for stopping by… and huge thanks to Tameka for allowing me to be part of her blog tour! Don’t forget about her book launch in two weeks!