Tag Archives: Virtual Book Tour

Virtual Book Tour with Cyma Shapiro

by rosemary, March 19, 2014

We are happy to welcome to our website today, Cyma Shapiro, and her book, The Zen of Midlife Mothering: Essays from MotheringintheMiddle.com. It is the first anthology written by and for midlife mothers! The Zen celebrates the heartbreak and the glory of women choosing motherhood over 40 for the first, repeat, or last time, and of those standing firmly in place as mothers now in mid-life.   In this increasingly popular trend of new older parenting, these women do not share a collective consciousness like many of their younger counterparts, … Continue reading →

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Virtual Book Tour: SEX, RAIN, AND COLD FUSION

by phyllis, February 26, 2014

Today we are delighted to welcome award-winning playwright, essayist, and fiction writer A. R. Taylor. She is the author of the unpredictable winningly bizarre satire, Sex, Rain, And Cold Fusion. A. R. has a wicked sense of humor–go ahead and see for yourself:  Mentors: This book is written primarily from the point of view of a 30-year-old male scientist. Was it difficult writing as a man?  A. R. Taylor: For some reason, not at all. I could hear David Oster speaking, and at one time the entire book was written … Continue reading →

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Virtual Book Tour with Sarah Pleydell

by phyllis, March 14, 2013

  Today we’re delighted to welcome author Sarah Pleydell to our blog. We’ll be discussing her beautifully written novel, Cologne, described as “wise and subtle…..as provocative as it is riveting.” Sarah has graciously shared a lot of information, so let’s get started: Her Mentor Center: This is a work of fiction, but there are elements of autobiography/yourself in the story, correct? Sarah: I started writing this novel while I was finishing my MFA thesis. I was ready to write a second book and was learning firsthand the task of writing a … Continue reading →

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Virtual Book Tour tomorrow

by phyllis, March 13, 2013

  Please join us here at Her Mentor Center for a Virtual Book Tour on Thursday, March 14th, for our talk with award-winning writer, performer and playwright, Sarah Pleydell. She will be answering questions about her debut novel, Cologne. Set in 1960 and based on memories of Sarah’s childhood in London, this stunning novel has been twenty years in the making. She presents a portrait of a family and their German au pair on the cusp of great social change. Childhood and history collide, blurring the distinctions between victim and victor, ruin and … Continue reading →

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