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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I'm an author. My first novel 'The Moon's Complexion' is published in the UK by Goldenford Publishers http://www.goldenford.co.uk and as an eBook by Virtual Tales http://www.virtualtales.com. It's a romantic thriller set in India. My non-fiction lighthearted look at internet selling 'Sold to the Lady with the Lime-green Laptop' is by Goldenford. My second India novel 'Darshan - a journey' (August 2008) is also published by Goldenford. To quote the Inner Bookshop in Oxford - 'a tale of fractured identity' that takes the heroine on a journey from India to Oxford and back to India, via New York, San Fransisco, Germany and Wales. It's also about cult membership, abuse of religion and disfunctional family life and the debunking of Western ideas of Eastern philosophies.
- Do You Have A Website?
- http://www.ireneblack.co.uk
- About Me:
- I live in the UK. I worked as a research psychologist in England, in Australia and in New York, where I worked on the Apollo Space Program (mainly doing unbelievably ghastly things to unsuspecting volunteers!). After my return to England I began to teach, ultimately becoming Head of Modern Languages at a large comprehensive school in Surrey (glutton for punishment, that's me!) In 1999 a spinal injury forced me to give up this post (oh, what a pity!), giving me back my life and enabling me to concentrate on my writing . In 2006 I completed an MA research degree in South Indian Temple art and architecture. My 'specialist subject' is a group of gorgeous 12th and 13th century temples in Southern Karnataka, an area I have got to know well over the last 15 years or so.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://www.myspace.com/ireneblack
- Favorite Books:
- I love Indian books among others:Kiran Desai, Vikram Seth, R K Narayan, Monica Ali. I don't go for SciFi, ChitLit. I also like detectives and interesting biographies.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Not much choice in the UK - Waterstones and Borders seem to cover most things. But I do like rummaging in 2nd hand book shops and independent bookshops. Cyberspace? Abe have always come up trumps with me. And of course, Virtual Tales is tops!
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THE MOON’S COMPLEXION by IRENE BLACK A Novel set in India
THE MOON’S COMPLEXION
Irene Black
Posted on July 9, 2007 at 5:14am — 4 Comments
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A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
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Very impressive! You've done so much and your life sounds like it should be the next book you write. You seemed to have lived and did so much wonderful things from teaching to writing). Keep me posted on your success. I hope you find time to read one of my books and tell me what you think. I could use feedback :) Best Wishes.
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