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The perfect Carnival Season gift for NOLA lovers!
Just in time for carnival season!
A New Orleans gift package featuring
a fleur-de-lis stained glass sun catcher by
Sarah Segovia of Fragile Beauty Stained Glass,
and a copy of 'Whispers In The Courtyard'
an anthology of New Orleans inspired poetry
by Melanie P. Falina which includes 80 poems!
Click here to get yours now!
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
A question from Facebook's ASK ME ANYTHING...
Kellie J.:
How long did it take you to write
Rooftop Rhapsody?
Melanie P. Falina:
Rooftop Rhapsody came together pretty quickly -
about three and a half months. It was one of those
projects that basically wrote itself and it just all
flowed out of me pretty naturally. Matter of fact,
I keep feeling the urge to write more poems about
Paris but I'm trying to hold off on that because
I've got other projects I'm knee-deep in at the
moment. But after those are out of the way,
there might be a second installment in the
'Poetry Inspired by Paris' collection.
Who knows?
Get your copy here!
How long did it take you to write
Rooftop Rhapsody?
Melanie P. Falina:
Rooftop Rhapsody came together pretty quickly -
about three and a half months. It was one of those
projects that basically wrote itself and it just all
flowed out of me pretty naturally. Matter of fact,
I keep feeling the urge to write more poems about
Paris but I'm trying to hold off on that because
I've got other projects I'm knee-deep in at the
moment. But after those are out of the way,
there might be a second installment in the
'Poetry Inspired by Paris' collection.
Who knows?
Get your copy here!
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
A question (and a follow-up question) from Facebook's ASK ME ANYTHING...
Courtnye H.:
If you can give one piece of advice for first
time writers, be it poetry or novel writing,
what would it be?
Melanie P. Falina:
I'd say just keep writing. If you write two pages
and you're afraid that they need tons of editing
and rework just keep writing and stay out of your
ego. There'll be time for fine-tuning later, but just
keep writing.
Courtnye H.:
What was some of the best advice you were ever
given when you wrote your first local-inspired
book of poetry?
Melanie P. Falina:
Honestly, I'm not sure that anyone gave me advice
when I was writing my first collection. LOL. But
one of the things that I kept in mind was that writing
is a lot like exercising. The more often you do it the
easier it gets, the more progress you make, so I just
kept telling myself that. Just keep working those
creative muscles.
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Just received this photo of DUSK AND CONJURE in the home of a happy reader!
Just received this photo of
DUSK AND CONJURE
in the home of a happy reader!
I absolutely love when I hear from my readers!
Click here to get yours!
DUSK AND CONJURE
in the home of a happy reader!
I absolutely love when I hear from my readers!
Click here to get yours!
A question from Facebook's ASK ME ANYTHING...
A question from Facebook's ASK ME ANYTHING...
Annie R.:
What about New Orleans most captures your
creative drive?
Melanie P. Falina:
New Orleans flirts with each of our senses - from
the smell and taste of the food and coffee to the sound
of all the music coming from everywhere - at all
times - in every direction, to the sight of all the colors
and details and architecture, to that feeling of
mid-August heat and humidity that's like walking
into a wall. So I find it difficult to not be swept away
by all that - it just speaks to me creatively and I want
to give it back in the best way that I can -
with my writing.
Click here for DUSK AND CONJURE and here for RIVER BAPTIZED BEADS.
Annie R.:
What about New Orleans most captures your
creative drive?
Melanie P. Falina:
New Orleans flirts with each of our senses - from
the smell and taste of the food and coffee to the sound
of all the music coming from everywhere - at all
times - in every direction, to the sight of all the colors
and details and architecture, to that feeling of
mid-August heat and humidity that's like walking
into a wall. So I find it difficult to not be swept away
by all that - it just speaks to me creatively and I want
to give it back in the best way that I can -
with my writing.
Click here for DUSK AND CONJURE and here for RIVER BAPTIZED BEADS.
Friday, January 4, 2019
A question from Facebook's ASK ME ANYTHING...
A question from Facebook's ASK ME ANYTHING...
Submitted by Kellie J.:
What was one of the most surprising things
you learned while writing this book of poetry
inspired by Chicago?
[Spirits of the Prairie: The Things That Go
Bump In A Windy City Night]
Melanie P. Falina:
I think that once I got to really thinking about
the local ghost stories we've all heard in our
lifetimes, it surprised me just how much of that
lore is actually meshed with the history of Chicago.
I'd never really thought of it in that way before,
but it made it very easy for me to combine the
two in some of the poems.
Submitted by Kellie J.:
What was one of the most surprising things
you learned while writing this book of poetry
inspired by Chicago?
[Spirits of the Prairie: The Things That Go
Bump In A Windy City Night]
Melanie P. Falina:
I think that once I got to really thinking about
the local ghost stories we've all heard in our
lifetimes, it surprised me just how much of that
lore is actually meshed with the history of Chicago.
I'd never really thought of it in that way before,
but it made it very easy for me to combine the
two in some of the poems.
Signed copies of DUSK AND CONJURE are now available!
Signed copies of
DUSK AND CONJURE: POETRY INSPIRED
BY NEW ORLEANS are now available via my
Etsy shop! Click here!
DUSK AND CONJURE: POETRY INSPIRED
BY NEW ORLEANS are now available via my
Etsy shop! Click here!
Thursday, January 3, 2019
DUSK AND CONJURE: POETRY INSPIRED BY NEW ORLEANS is now available!
DUSK AND CONJURE - the 7th installment
in the 'Poetry Inspired by New Orleans'
book series is now available!
Click here to get yours now.
in the 'Poetry Inspired by New Orleans'
book series is now available!
Click here to get yours now.
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
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