Tag Archives: Norman Mailer

Guest: Author Alexa Kang [Free book offer]

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Tonette Joyce

Guest: Author Alexa Kang [Free book offer] I picked up Alexa Kang’s “Shanghai Story” for something a little different to read.I had no idea just how different it would be. It is the bravest piece of work that I have … Continue reading →

Posted in America, Anthologies, author interview, author's life, authors, big plans, book covers, book series, careers, characters, Characters based on real people, Christmas, Clean Writing, Compilations, creating scenes, decisions, dialogue, editing, experiences, Faith-centered stories, Family, fantasy, GIveaways/Contest, Guest, Guest author, helping others, historical, history, holidays, imagination, inspiration, inspirational stories, interview, language, lifestyles, Miscellaneous, New Year's Eve, novels, paranormal, plots, Preparing for writing, protagonists, research, short stories, social media, TBR List, titles, Tonette Joyce, translations, using talents, Why I Write, writers | Tagged Alexa Kang, Arranged marriages, Books based in WWII Italy, Books based in WWII Pacific Rim, Candy Candy, Chiang Kai-Shek, Claire Chenault, grittiness of war in novels, Jewish influence in China, Norman Mailer, Rose of Anzio series, Shanghai Dreams, Shanghai Story, Shanghai Yesterday, Soon Mei-Ling, Stories of Anzio, The Darkest Hour, The Denaturalization Act 1944, The Nisei series Alexa Kang, The Rape of Nanking, The Soong Sisters, WWII Novels | 10 Comments

Giving Books Second Chances…or More

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Tonette Joyce

I’ve posted before about how I could not ‘get into’ the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings, nor the Narnia books and how now, I adore those series. I think there are others that I might need to go back to and … Continue reading →

Posted in America, author's life, Books, characters, experiences, Family, free week, Life, movies, novels, publishing, reading, Tonette Joyce, using talents, writers, writing | Tagged AA meetings, Lord of the Rings, mental illness, Narnia books, Norman Mailer, PTSD, The Hobbit, The Naked and the Dead, veterans, World War II, WWII Novels | 7 Comments

Double Vision

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Tonette Joyce

No, not crossed eyes…two people’s visions! This week’s topic of what we read with our loved ones really strikes a chord with me. I was read to quite a bit when I was little, so my mother and aunt chose … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, book review, Books, childhood, Family, favorite books, inspiration, Random thoughts, reading preferences, romance, Tonette Joyce, writing | Tagged Agatha Christie, Artemis Fowl, Beowolf, Betsy the Vampire Queen, book series, Harry Potter, Hercule Poirot, Lilies of the Field, Little Pear, Nancy Drew, Newberry Award Winners, Norman Mailer, Nurse Cherry Ames, Romance Novels, Stephanie Plum, The Chronicles of Egg, The Hobbit, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Naked and the Dead, The Necklace, the Puzzle Lady, The Westing Game, Thomas the Ship's Cat, Walk Two Moons | 7 Comments

To Question or Not To Question; that is the Question

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

The topic this week is what question we would like to ask of our favorite authors. I cannot tell you what a bookhound I am. I am , and always have been, an avid reader,and before that, a compulsive listener. … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, Books, childhood, Family, Friendship, poetry, Tonette Joyce, writing, youth | Tagged Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, book hoarding, bookhounds, Ernest Hemingway, H.G.Wells, H.W.Longfellow, Leo Tolstoy, Norman Mailer, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stephenson, Stephen Vincent Benet, William Shakespeare | 9 Comments

The Famous and the Infamous, Fans and Fiends

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Tonette Joyce

This week’s question as sent among us is:Have you written a “fan letter” to a famous author? Or spoken to a famous author? How did she/he respond? Most of us had not, apparently, as nearly all the posts have gone … Continue reading →