Charles Degelman's Blog - Posts Tagged "excerpt"
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
