Philippa Rees's Blog
November 17, 2013
Gateways of the Mind-
Gateways of the Mind- Re-Learning the Already Known.
I wonder?
I feel like one of those street artists whose flamboyant chutzpah will draw a crowd only to watch him fall on his face or make his name by buying his painting, basket, or beaded necklace and getting themselves photographed with the ‘fellow they stumbled across’. WOW!
I want to weave an argument with only the reclamation that blew into the gutter over the past week.
Some scraps washed down:-
First: the publicist to whom my entire fortune has been paid departed with a wave of the ‘campaign’ hand. Over fifty two review books posted, not one review, not a single interview scheduled happened, and of those still ‘in the pipeline and due to deliver’ not one has. Nor have they even confirmed that they exist. Every email unanswered. Colour? Sludge green I’d say.
Second: a presumptive apology from a blogger I follow, who seemed to fear that she would not be able to put her two hours a day into feeding a poem to the seals waiting at noon. They might read less and less often. Well, this is a ‘zoo keeper’ who without fail posts a poem every day. What struck me was her feeling that she needed to apologize! Suddenly a gift becomes an expectation. That lends a purplish hue, like a bruise.
To read more go here http://bit.ly/GateBlog
P.S. If Amazon has got their 'Matchbook' together then Involution is available as ebook at $1.99 if you buy the print book as well, so you can give away what you really want to keep! That's what I always find myself doing at Christmas.
I wonder?
I feel like one of those street artists whose flamboyant chutzpah will draw a crowd only to watch him fall on his face or make his name by buying his painting, basket, or beaded necklace and getting themselves photographed with the ‘fellow they stumbled across’. WOW!
I want to weave an argument with only the reclamation that blew into the gutter over the past week.
Some scraps washed down:-
First: the publicist to whom my entire fortune has been paid departed with a wave of the ‘campaign’ hand. Over fifty two review books posted, not one review, not a single interview scheduled happened, and of those still ‘in the pipeline and due to deliver’ not one has. Nor have they even confirmed that they exist. Every email unanswered. Colour? Sludge green I’d say.
Second: a presumptive apology from a blogger I follow, who seemed to fear that she would not be able to put her two hours a day into feeding a poem to the seals waiting at noon. They might read less and less often. Well, this is a ‘zoo keeper’ who without fail posts a poem every day. What struck me was her feeling that she needed to apologize! Suddenly a gift becomes an expectation. That lends a purplish hue, like a bruise.
To read more go here http://bit.ly/GateBlog
P.S. If Amazon has got their 'Matchbook' together then Involution is available as ebook at $1.99 if you buy the print book as well, so you can give away what you really want to keep! That's what I always find myself doing at Christmas.
October 3, 2013
Are You Mad?
This is a guest post hosted, very generously, by the Story Reading Ape on his Featured 'New(to me) Author Page. It begins like this:-
Are You Mad? Involution and the Case for the Defence. by Author Philippa Rees
First off I must thank The Story Reading Ape for spreading a canopy in his Great Rift Valley in which to rest from the marketplace. Explaining this mad book and its genesis is a tall order. So this is a most appropriate venue, within sight of Kilimanjaro, since the book prompting this invitation, originally called ‘Full Circle’, begins and ends here. It is the story of the human Odyssey.
(In obedience to received opinion that non-fiction should ‘say what it is on the tin’, the book was rechristened ‘Involution’, with slightly gritted teeth.) I am here not so much about the book itself but to prepare my defence for thinking it might have legs, or writing it at all. Up to now, on my blog, ‘Careless Talk’ I have skirted round doing this for fear of being mistaken for a peddler- who needs philosophy? Instead I told stories by a fountain in Marrakech and made futile attempts to master the sleight of hand- the soft sell that slips down without swallowing. The ‘Book that wrote the Life’ is my umbrella, but as a guest of the Story Reading Ape I will now come clean and expose the entrails;Read more by knocking on his tree here ... http://bit.ly/19jqLq7
Are You Mad? Involution and the Case for the Defence. by Author Philippa Rees
First off I must thank The Story Reading Ape for spreading a canopy in his Great Rift Valley in which to rest from the marketplace. Explaining this mad book and its genesis is a tall order. So this is a most appropriate venue, within sight of Kilimanjaro, since the book prompting this invitation, originally called ‘Full Circle’, begins and ends here. It is the story of the human Odyssey.
(In obedience to received opinion that non-fiction should ‘say what it is on the tin’, the book was rechristened ‘Involution’, with slightly gritted teeth.) I am here not so much about the book itself but to prepare my defence for thinking it might have legs, or writing it at all. Up to now, on my blog, ‘Careless Talk’ I have skirted round doing this for fear of being mistaken for a peddler- who needs philosophy? Instead I told stories by a fountain in Marrakech and made futile attempts to master the sleight of hand- the soft sell that slips down without swallowing. The ‘Book that wrote the Life’ is my umbrella, but as a guest of the Story Reading Ape I will now come clean and expose the entrails;Read more by knocking on his tree here ... http://bit.ly/19jqLq7
September 30, 2013
October Giveaway-Involution
Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God is on Goodreads Giveaway during October. I have asked for GR to please use the beautiful award winning cover but the link is here http://bit.ly/1bWIyEn
There are a few reviews on GR , more on Amazon http://amzn.to/14LEZyy ,
and the book website gives Excerpts and readings here http://involution-odyssey.com/ ( as well as mad author interview!
There are a few reviews on GR , more on Amazon http://amzn.to/14LEZyy ,
and the book website gives Excerpts and readings here http://involution-odyssey.com/ ( as well as mad author interview!
June 19, 2013
Such Varied Reviews of a single work!
Four reviews of Involution have been posted on its Amazon page. Apart from the generosity of readers ( and reading friends) the variation of emphasis thrills me because I wanted the Odyssey to be just that- a journey through yourself ( as reader) and in that it seems a small success.
Getting a bit above itself the book has taken over and now writes my blog...the Book that Wrote the Life has relieved the author of responsibilities and has much better stories to tell. Do visit and join the conversation.Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God
The others are on Amazon. The book blog is Careless Talk and can be followed on the site of the book's name www.involution-odyssey.com
Getting a bit above itself the book has taken over and now writes my blog...the Book that Wrote the Life has relieved the author of responsibilities and has much better stories to tell. Do visit and join the conversation.Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God
The others are on Amazon. The book blog is Careless Talk and can be followed on the site of the book's name www.involution-odyssey.com
