Laura Novak
  • Welcome
  • About
  • NYTs
  • Scribd
  • Murder
  • Clarity
  • Contact

Haven Sent

1/7/2012

 
Picture
A wonderful Bay Area writer named Heather Haven who is a maven of mystery stories, is doing a series of fun interviews with authors this month. She ran my answers earlier this week and I am delighted to share my Q & A with you on her website HERE. 

Are any of you Russian history or ballet buffs? 

It would be really fun for me to hear your own answers to these questions. 

Give it a whirl and toss us a few tidbits about yourself.

Otherwise, my heartfelt thanks again to Heather for inviting me to participate on her blog. It's always a delight to interact with such a talented writer as Heather.

Take it away, "This and That!"

(This is a better LINK to Finding Clarity!)

Ottoline
1/7/2012 04:10:28 am

Heather Haven is a maven;
Laura's book she is a-wavin'.
So it's Clarity
We read with glee
And then to pals we are a-ravin'.

P.s. Didja see the "and then, Laura"? Huh? Didja?

Lisa
1/7/2012 06:02:29 am

I too love the book "Nicholas and Alexandra.” My husband is currently reading it now. As a teenager I thought Rasputin was so exciting! I read it in a Russian history class in high school. I look back now and think what an incredible Bay Area public school I attended during the late 1960s and early ‘70s. My only regret was taking French and not Russian! The teacher who taught the history class also introduced us to Russian poets and every library I visit I check to see if there is a book called “The Bedbug and Selected Poetry” by Vladimir Mayakovsky — my favorite poet of all time.

Keep on writing Laura, you have a lot to say!

Laura Novak
1/7/2012 08:21:35 am

Hy, spaceeba, Lisa. That is the age when I fell in love with that story. But it's terrific that your school introduced the topic to you. The Russians love their poetry. I still have my poetry books and notebooks from when I lived in Leningrad (as it was known then.) In fact, I have some Soviet flavor in my novel. I couldn't resist.

lisa
1/7/2012 09:34:40 am

I am reading your novel and can’t wait for the Soviet flavor. Berkeley still occupies a place in my heart, I miss the bookstores, the food, the music. It drove my parents to distraction keeping us off Telegraph!

Sherryn
1/9/2012 02:28:41 pm

I love Heather's site! The questions give the reader a glimpse of the writer's craft, interests, and lives. I had to chuckle at the "George Clooney's Oscar Night Date", That would take a lot of talent!
I was fortunate to have traveled to Italy to visit the ruins of my parent's hometown, and spent three months exploring Italy, Spain, Portugal and a few days in Switzerland.
I would love to have lived in Italy, but I doubt I could have lived in post WW2 times. My grandmother was a spitfire. She married an American, had three kids and was widowed at 35. To survive, she housed American troops, raised silkworms, and lived off the land., Because my grandfather was an American, his kids somehow inherited his citizenship, so she got her kids married off and sent them to America. Second marriages were frowned upon, but she had the guts to do it..

This is where they came from, when I visited, they were doing archeological digs - i

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocco_Caudio

My favorite word is "companion" - it's latin derivitive means "with bread"., To me, there's nothing better than breaking bread with friends and family.






Laura Novak
1/10/2012 12:45:59 am

Lisa, sorry for the delay in replying. I thought I had though I don't see it here. Thank you SO very much for reading Finding Clarity. I hope you love it all the way through. I just received a wonderful email from a reader in Berkeley who loved it. So I am hoping you will too.

Sherryn, what a wonderful story!!! To be reminded of the hardships that people lived through and with. How they survived and thrived. And I agree: a table with people you care about, good food, and great conversation. No matter how simple the dishes or crowded the leg room, I will remember that word "companion" now. Thank you!


Comments are closed.

    Laura Novak

    Reporter, Author, Blogger, and Mother...

    Picture

    RSS Feed


    My novel is now on Amazon Kindle!!
    Picture


    Blogs I Read

    Getty Iris
    Cloisters Garden
    Daily Dish
    AlterNet
    Immoral Minority
    Hullabaloo
    Phantomimic
    Jotting Down a Life
    Lynnrockets
    Oakland Local
    Passive Voice
    LitBrit
    Onward
    Joe McGinniss
    Barbara Alfaro
    Suzanne Rosenwasser


    Categories

    All
    Brushes With Greatness
    Dance Number
    Education
    Friday Feature
    Girls On The Bus
    Good Men Project
    Just Sayin
    My Favorite Movie
    Neonatologist
    Private Parts
    Quick Take Tuesday
    Sarah Palin
    Scharlott Stuff
    Scribd
    Shrink Wrap Supreme
    Tao Te Wednesday
    True Confessions
    Vox Populi
    Writing/Publishing

    Picture
    View my profile on LinkedIn
    Picture

    Archives

    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010

Proudly powered by Weebly
Photos used under Creative Commons from acidpix, sicamp, Clearly Ambiguous, breahn, hoill, William Arthur Fine Stationery, southerntabitha, *Vintage Fairytale*, NeoGaboX, Dana Moos, ButterflyOrb, ruurmo, MCS@flickr, h.koppdelaney, Andrew 94, MarkWallace, fdecomite, Wonderlane, christophercarfi, dreamsjung, the superash, euphro, melloveschallah, Rhett Sutphin, I Don't Know, Maybe., Harold Laudeus, h.koppdelaney, jennaddenda, Harrissa Sunshine, Wesley Fryer, fidalgo_dennis, bark, [cipher], fdecomite, Marcos Kontze, legends2k, optick, pjohnkeane, Kabacchi, Pink Sherbet Photography, h.koppdelaney, alexbrn, Elsie esq., Rafael Acorsi, naitokz, tiffa130, otisarchives4, Sheloya Mystical and Agrimas Gothic, allygirl520, tnarik, Daquella manera, peyri, Patrick Hoesly, Anderson Mancini, Abode of Chaos, joewcampbell, keepitsurreal, Jonas N, David Boyle, Gideon Burton, evmaiden, Mike Willis, ankakay, LadyDragonflyCC -Busy Wedding Week for BF Amy!, Cast a Line, aeneastudio, Lord Jim, hisperati, dbzoomer, Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com, thegardenbuzz, kamshots, AleBonvini, smadden, CarbonNYC