You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary and in order to commemorate this milestone I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies between now and that date.
“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”
I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.
If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering ad Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.
Hi Barbara,
Good to hear from you again.
Yes, still here.
Not doing anything special for the moment.
Just going through the motions.
Take care,
Anouska
I've joined Against All Odds Writing Challenge, a discussion on the main page. You pledge to write 723 words a day or 65,000 words by August. Hoping this will get me going on those memoirs...
Tomorrow, if I could!
:O)
It's too hot out here these days...(we bless the wind)
Btw: I'm sending you a new Friend request, since our previous connection got deleted when I canceled my original account - it took me awhile to figure out that it's better to use one single email address on Ning...
Hey BZ
Thanks for your kind words about my sister's death.
Checked out your blogspot. Those are some beautiful photos. Keep up the good work.
One of these days I will finish book 2 in the Medusa series and you will hear a lot more about Lark. I'm glad you liked book 1.
I just started a book inspired by my sister. Will keep you posted.
Try reading the cozy under an umbrella next to a tree in the back yard, with the sprinkler going and a glass of lemonade or gin and tonic on a table next to you.
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You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary and in order to commemorate this milestone I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies between now and that date.
“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”
I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.
If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering ad Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.
Peace & Light,
Bernice L. McFadden
www.bernicemcfadden.com
www.firstborngirl.blogspot.com
www.amazon.com
www.B&N.com
Good to hear from you again.
Yes, still here.
Not doing anything special for the moment.
Just going through the motions.
Take care,
Anouska
cheers,
Anouska
:O)
It's too hot out here these days...(we bless the wind)
Btw: I'm sending you a new Friend request, since our previous connection got deleted when I canceled my original account - it took me awhile to figure out that it's better to use one single email address on Ning...
Thanks for your kind words about my sister's death.
Checked out your blogspot. Those are some beautiful photos. Keep up the good work.
One of these days I will finish book 2 in the Medusa series and you will hear a lot more about Lark. I'm glad you liked book 1.
I just started a book inspired by my sister. Will keep you posted.
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