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Kellyann F Zuzulo's Blog
September 12, 2009
- I came across this blog entry [The Demanding Precision of Book Arts] today over at the Barnes & Noble site, under the "Unabashedly Bookish" section. Despite the fact that I'm a huge ebook advocate--as you might know from previous blog entries--I have a lifelong appreciation for the tactile pleasure of physical book. This article is worth checking out. It may incite you, as it ...
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August 23, 2009
- We want our heroes to be heroic. We want them to have skills and abilities beyond your typical protagonist. Since The Epic of Gilgamesh was first told more than 5,000 years ago (the first historic romance in history), readers have looked to a main character’s strength or insight, virtue or tenacity to place them above the average. To be nearly perfect…but not totally perfect. In which ...
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June 1, 2009
- Today The Third Wish, my first paranormal romance for Sapphire Blue Publishing, was released...with excitement and trepidation on my part. Why, you ask? Well, yes, it's the sex. This is an erotic romance so, of course, there's sex in it. I actually overlooked the stimulating impact of the level and amount of sex because I've been so caught up in the edits, and the galleys, and, well, ...
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May 6, 2009
- We’re a multi-cultural society, a global community of varying histories and legends. And yet, somehow, we all share a fascination with the supernatural … with the idea that the things unseen are not inactive. The concept of myths and legends shared through storytelling is as old as the spoken word. Among the cultures of the world, there is no shortage of fantastic tales and captivating ...
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February 19, 2009
- Miserable people don’t want to be that way. Generally, there’s something going on that’s making them miserable. That’s something my Mom used to say. Then she’d prove it, time and again. A churlish cashier didn’t have a chance. “You probably don’t mean to be, but you’re not being very nice,” Mom would say with her charming Irish lilt and a smile on her wide mouth. ...
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February 2, 2009
- In the interest of full disclosure, I got this idea from a priest. He was discussing belief and how God wants to help you fulfill your spiritual yearning. So he says, “You know, you hear how a drug dealer will give out little packs, little tastes of a drug. To entice, to hook, to get you to come back for more. And isn’t that what God does? Gives you a taste of his Word. Hoping ...
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January 26, 2009
- When you're an author, rejection in some form is inevitable. The question is: do you speed along to your destination, never looking in your rearview; or do you gauge your mileage, and use your turn signals so others on the road get a sense of your direction. I started a new blog this past week called Rejection Road: Publishing Success Stories. The intention is to promote authors and inspire ...
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January 14, 2009
- One of the things I love about being a writer is learning through research. And then getting to share this new knowledge with others in the form of a story. Being instinctively interested in myth and cultural superstition, I'm going to go ahead and share some tidbits I recently learned about genies, and will actually use in my current project, which is Book 2 of the Zubis trilogy. For ...
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December 10, 2008
- I took my Genie to a flower shop and found some readers among the flowers. A couple of weeks ago, I did a book signing at Fleur de Lys Flower Studio in Philadelphia. An odd venue. But it was the marketing brainchild of my dear high-school friend, Lisa Reed, who is the proprietor of the flower shop. She had just opened Fleur de Lys in September and I had just released the paperback ...
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December 9, 2008
- So for the month of December, A Genie in the House of Saud is paired on Amazon with James Patterson's latest novel, Cross Country. When a book buyer checks out Cross Country on Amazon, he or she will also be given the option to buy Zubis at a discount. It's called the BuyX/ GetY program and, basically, could be called Riding the Coattails Program. It's a great concept .. unless the ...
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November 2, 2008
- Stieg Larsson was a Swedish journalist and author who died of a heart attack in November 2004 (1954-2004), soon after he finished three detective novels in his trilogy the Millenium-series; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005, US release in September 2008), "The Girl Who Played With Fire", (2006, UK release in January 2009) and "Castles in the Sky" (working title) (2007, ...
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October 8, 2008
- So I've discovered the aura and appeal of MySpace. I was one of those people who smirked, shook my head, and promptly broke out in hives when someone would tell me "You really should check out this major social networking site." No thanks, I'd think. A friend is someone who cares about you, who will listen to you, hello, someone who actually knows you. But through subterfuge and ...
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September 27, 2008
- So I am ALWAYS the villain to my son's episodes of superhero play. He gets to be Superman. I have to be Mr. Freeze. It's not fair. I know. But I do it. And as I've been doing it, I am really feeling my character. He's vengeful, outraged, self-righteous. Yeah. That's right. He's been wronged. He does what he does because he must -- because he is compelled. There is always ...
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September 25, 2008
- Like my mother always said, "Put on some lipstick before you walk out the door (although Sarah Palin's endorsement of this feat has made me revert to ChapStick). You never know who you're going to run into." So two weeks ago, I attended the grand opening of my dear friend Lisa Reed's flower studio in Philadelphia. And an actual papparazzi showed up and took some shots. HughE ...
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August 27, 2008
- It's almost two weeks now that my novel's detail page on Amazon has become populated by randy elves (that's right, the guys with the pointy ... eh ... ears) and glistening torsi (that would be the plural of torso and not an adorable nomer for a particular appendage). If you visit the Amazon listing for A Genie in the House of Saud: Zubis Rises (no intentional double entendre there) - a ...
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