Tag: neva bryan
member name: Neva B.
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December 14, 2009 12:30 PM EST --
I have a brand new web site. There you’ll find pictures of my family, pets, and book signings. You’ll also learn more about my secod book.
Check it out: www.nevabryan.com .
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June 03, 2009 04:19 PM EDT --
The title came to me like phrases or entire lines of poetry sometimes come to me: it just popped into my head while I was driving. I get my best ideas at other inconvenient times, too, like when I’m . . .
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July 29, 2009 09:33 PM EDT --
Recently a writer I know remarked on his deep disappointment that so few people had shown up for one of his readings. He said he felt “pathetic” and mentioned low book sales.
I advised him . . .
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December 02, 2009 01:00 PM EST --
Wren remembered the way the water had felt the night she fell in the flooding creek. It had carried her away and covered her until the world grew dim and distant. That seemed a good thing to her now, . . .
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August 04, 2009 10:37 AM EDT --
OK, writers. Here’s a stimulating exercise for you.
The next time you go on a trip, write down interesting street names and community names that you discover. Take those names and create a story . . .
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October 21, 2009 12:40 PM EDT --
Independent Publisher Online has made St. Peter's Monsters a highlighted title .
This means IPO recognizes it as one of the best of the books received and reviewed by its editorial staff.
These . . .
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May 14, 2009 01:09 PM EDT --
Video Book Trailer St. Peter's Monsters.
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August 06, 2009 09:38 AM EDT --
Southwest Virginia Museum, Big Stone Gap, VA, August 8, 1:00 PM
YWCA, Bristol, TN, September 17, Noon
Coffee Depot, Christiansburg, VA, September 19, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Java J’s Downtown, . . .
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May 11, 2009 12:32 PM EDT --
Sometimes people who read my first novel -- St. Peter’s Monsters -- come back to me wanting to know if part of the book, or all of it, is real.
“Is the character Wren based on you?” they ask. . . .
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June 26, 2009 01:39 PM EDT --
Mara mentioned villanelles at Spoken Word last weekend. Here's a form I like: the pantoum.
It is a series of quatrains; the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and third . . .
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July 10, 2009 01:53 PM EDT --
“Blacksnake.” Jimson Weed , vol. XXIV, new series vol. 8, no. 2 (Fall 2005).
Blacksnake
Coiled in my path like an ampersand.
My heart beats an ellipsis . . . Punctuates the . . .
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September 22, 2009 02:58 PM EDT --
Hal Hubener is an excellent interviewer. He actually read the book and asked in-depth questions. I was pleasantly surprised.
Cover to Cover 108:Neva Bryan episode_url Here’s the link: < . . .
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October 15, 2009 02:38 PM EDT --
The book is wonderful!!! I started it Saturday night when I got home and was hooked. I should have been packing on Sunday but kept picking up the book instead!" - J.R.
"I have been reading non-stop . . .
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June 04, 2009 09:52 AM EDT --
Excerpt from “Sawmill Boys.” Appalachian Heritage, vol. 34, no. 4 (Fall 2006).
For more information about Appalachian Heritage , Berea College's literary journal, and to order back issues, . . .
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June 30, 2009 03:35 PM EDT --
<cite>I'll be signing copies of St. Peter's Monsters at Coffee Buy the Book, Pulaski, VA, on Saturday, July 4, 11 AM - 2 PM.</cite>
Happy Independence Day!
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July 10, 2009 04:09 PM EDT --
St. Peter’s Monsters is available at these fine booksellers and retail stores: Joseph Beth, Lexington, KY; Family Drug, Lebanon, VA; Coffee Buy the Book, Pulaski, VA; Wise County Historical . . .
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May 17, 2009 05:41 PM EDT --
Listen to the recording of Frank X. Walker's interview on Accents http://www.katerinaklemer.com/audio/acce nts_051509.mp3 . Also listen for my poem, Anoint Me , to be read. It starts at about . . .
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May 22, 2009 11:21 AM EDT --
Visit my tent at Abingdon's Plumb Alley Day, Saturday, May 23, all day.
I'll be somewhere in the vicinity of Hurt & Associates and 159 W. Main Street.
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April 27, 2009 12:43 PM EDT --
My book (St. Peter's Monsters) is available at the following local venues: Zazzy'Z in Abingdon, Tales of the Lonesome Pine in Big Stone Gap, Historical Society in Wise, Cozy Corner in Whitesburg, . . .
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May 28, 2009 09:37 AM EDT --
"So tell me about your current writing project." "What's your next book about?"
Nothing breaks me out into a cold sweat faster than statements and questions like these. Why?
Superstition.
Normally . . .
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