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A Bowl Full of Nails — A very, very brief author excerpt
A Bowl Full of Nails
Ever get asked to distill the essence of your novel down to an 85-second audio blurb? I did.
Peter Johnson, producer extraordinaire at The Authors Corner gives authors 85 seconds to "make an impression, paint a vivid image, the most poignant..."
Eighty-five seconds? It was fun, exciting, and a huge challenge. Here's the resulting excerpt from my new 'resistance' novel, A Bowl Full of Nails.
Just click on The Author's Corner and scroll down...
Ever get asked to distill the essence of your novel down to an 85-second audio blurb? I did. Peter Johnson, producer extraordinaire at The Authors Corner gives authors 85 seconds to "make an impression, paint a vivid image, the most poignant..."
Eighty-five seconds? It was fun, exciting, and a huge challenge. Here's the resulting excerpt from my new 'resistance' novel, A Bowl Full of Nails.
Just click on The Author's Corner and scroll down...
Author Degelman divulges ALL in last-ditch, 2014 interview
Bookpleasures welcomes as our guest today, writer & editor, Charles Degelman. Charles currently teaches narrative and dramatic writing at California State University, Los Angeles.
Previously, he served as staff writer and editor at a Los Angeles based educational organization while he produced original work for the stage and wrote fiction, screenplays, and political commentary.
In 2010, Charles edited A Voice From the Planet, an award-winning collection of international short fiction, published by Harvard Square Editions.
Recent work includes Gates of Eden, a '60s tale of resistance, rebellion, and love. Gates garnered a silver medal from the 2012 Independent Publishers Book Awards. A Bowl Full of Nails, set in the counterculture of the 1970s, was a finalist in the PEN/ Bellwether Competition and will be published by Harvard Square Editions in February, 2015.
Read interview...
Charles Degelman
Previously, he served as staff writer and editor at a Los Angeles based educational organization while he produced original work for the stage and wrote fiction, screenplays, and political commentary.
In 2010, Charles edited A Voice From the Planet, an award-winning collection of international short fiction, published by Harvard Square Editions.
Recent work includes Gates of Eden, a '60s tale of resistance, rebellion, and love. Gates garnered a silver medal from the 2012 Independent Publishers Book Awards. A Bowl Full of Nails, set in the counterculture of the 1970s, was a finalist in the PEN/ Bellwether Competition and will be published by Harvard Square Editions in February, 2015.
Read interview...
Charles Degelman
Cal State LA journalist covers 1960s antiwar efforts via prof's novel
Yes, book reviews can be helpful to an author, but I was especially thrilled when a student journalist from one of my writing classes interviewed me to write this Cal State LA University Times article. Excerpt and link below:"A Bowl Full of Nails, like my first novel Gates of Eden, has been part of an effort to set the record straight about how ingenious and successful the resistance and alternative-lifestyle movements of the 1960s really were," he says. "Those were important times, not only for me, but for the entire nation. And much of this significance came from the energy, idealism, and action of students on campuses who protested the Vietnam War, including '60s war resistors on our own Cal State LA campus!" [read more]
Charles Degelman’s A BOWL FULL OF NAILS wins a bronze medal
A bowl full of bronze nails for author Charles Degelman — his new novel collected a bronze medal from the Independent Publishers Book Awards. The awards, known as “IPPYs” are intended to recognize and honor exemplary independent and university titles published each year.
This year's IPPY Bronze is the second kudo for Degelman's 60s tale of resistance rebellion and love. Earlier, A Bowl Full of Nails rose to finalist in the Bellwether Competition, sponsored by Barbara Kingsolver.
Published by Harvard Square Editions
