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Minerva Giveaway
I got to hear the first chapter of the Minerva audiobook, read by the talented Ellora Sen-Gupta, and I got chills! It is embarrassing to confess I laughed aloud at one of the jokes? Her comedic timing is definitely better than my own! I am so excited to hear the rest in January. It might help that a nor'easter on Saturday has created the perfect background mood for Minerva, which takes places 279 years into a nuclear winter.
One hundred advance Kindle edition are now available through a Goodreads Giveaway - it ends January 6 and winners get the book on their Kindle device or app January 7th!
I'm posting an Instagram puzzle over the next three weeks to celebrate and promote the giveaway - if you want to see it appear, you can visit my Instagram profile on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. (You don't need an account as I have a public profile).
And since it's the holiday season, here's a short excerpt from Chapter 31: The Christmas Spirit:
As the winter solstice approached, the days grew ever shorter and many Espoiriens started gathering in the Great Hall each evening. Creating a circle around the coals, they would squeeze in next to each other, some on the floor, others on tables, children on laps, until the large room seemed small. Even then, not everyone who wished to join fit inside the Great Hall, so people would sit in the workrooms, the curtains pulled aside. And then they would sing. The recycled wax candles were lit, not for work, but for celebration. Between the flickering light of the candles and the bodies pressed close, the rooms felt warm.
People called out lines of songs and then Grrvais, who had a rich, deep voice that Minerva fancifully thought sounded like the Earth itself, would lead the song. As people remembered the tune they would join in - joyfully and unselfconsciously. Sometimes it sounded beautiful, two hundred voices in harmony with each other, and sometimes, when people forgot the words or melody, it was a terrible cacophony. But even then, Minerva felt drawn to it - when everyone was gathered together, singing, they gained an innocence that almost reminded Minerva of the rabbits.
Wishing you health, happiness, and a love-filled holiday season!
One hundred advance Kindle edition are now available through a Goodreads Giveaway - it ends January 6 and winners get the book on their Kindle device or app January 7th!
I'm posting an Instagram puzzle over the next three weeks to celebrate and promote the giveaway - if you want to see it appear, you can visit my Instagram profile on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. (You don't need an account as I have a public profile).
And since it's the holiday season, here's a short excerpt from Chapter 31: The Christmas Spirit:
As the winter solstice approached, the days grew ever shorter and many Espoiriens started gathering in the Great Hall each evening. Creating a circle around the coals, they would squeeze in next to each other, some on the floor, others on tables, children on laps, until the large room seemed small. Even then, not everyone who wished to join fit inside the Great Hall, so people would sit in the workrooms, the curtains pulled aside. And then they would sing. The recycled wax candles were lit, not for work, but for celebration. Between the flickering light of the candles and the bodies pressed close, the rooms felt warm.
People called out lines of songs and then Grrvais, who had a rich, deep voice that Minerva fancifully thought sounded like the Earth itself, would lead the song. As people remembered the tune they would join in - joyfully and unselfconsciously. Sometimes it sounded beautiful, two hundred voices in harmony with each other, and sometimes, when people forgot the words or melody, it was a terrible cacophony. But even then, Minerva felt drawn to it - when everyone was gathered together, singing, they gained an innocence that almost reminded Minerva of the rabbits.
Wishing you health, happiness, and a love-filled holiday season!
