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Bidding starts August 20 at $0.99 for an autographed copy of Crestmont by Holly Weiss.

A big thank you to Erdajean, who posted this 5 star review of Crestmont on Amazon, August 24, 2010.

"Needed: an Adirondack chair, a cool, tall glass, and a transporting story, like this one, to leave the current age of tabloid trash and in-your-face dysfunction far behind.

Holly Weiss does not quite tell us why hopeful young singer Grace Antes was an unhappy girl, in her small-town Pennsylvania home. Or why her family, devout Moravians, seemed to care so little about her that no one went looking, when, with no adieu, she set out in search of a better life.

What Ms. Weiss does is to plant her gentle heroine in an excellently-drawn era of social stoicism, when "a family's business stays at home!" Any intimation of pain, personal angst (or ecstacy!) was considered Vulgar. Jerry Springer and Oprah would have found the well dry, in that time, when polite ladies still addressed their closest friends as Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jones, and husbands were "The Mister."

It is a major act of daring when, once liberated, Grace bobs her hair, in timely flapper fashion, and then renames herself "Gracie," maybe the first frivolous thing she's ever done.

It becomes, increasingly, a joy to watch from the lakeside shadows as this lovely, innocent and gutsy young woman takes on the world, in the milieu of an old-time,upper-class resort, where she is maid, confidante, unwitting rival and, increasingly, object of affections.

The aura of the staid, class-conscious and studiedly non-intimate society holds well, throughout. There are things the reader would have loved to be privy to, along the way, and a few loose strands dangling, at the end. What really became of nemesis Bessie -- who WAS vulgar? And what happened to the men Gracie loved, but could not, would not marry?

Oh well -- that's the way it was, in that time -- it was just thought too coarse and common to let it all hang out!

A really good read, and recommended."

Thank you, Erdajean.

Holly Weiss

I invite you to join me for the interview conducted by Feathered Quill on my historical fiction novel, Crestmont.
Interesting questions and a behind the scenes look at the writing/researching experience and the summer inn for which the novel was named.
http://bit.ly/99qjUE

I was so happy to film this on the porch of The Crestmont Inn, where my novel is set. It's about two minutes long.
Hope you enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0fwyh...

Crestmont

I'd love it if you would pop in on my Question and Answer Group about Crestmont and how I came to write it. The group is open to all and runs from December 5 - 22.
Just follow this link http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/4...

I hope to talk to many of you there!

When post polio syndrome forced me to retire from singing, I turned to writing. Crestmont was born.

Here is a two minute clip with some of my thoughts. Hope you enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILVd6M...

http://www.hollyweiss.com

Hear ye, hear ye!

Crestmont
is available in all ebook formats for
$2.99.

Kindle - http://amzn.to/ev52aR

Nook - http://bit.ly/hkoHk2

Other formats - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view....

Win a paperback to hold in your hands in the Goodreads giveaway running until February 24th. http://bit.ly/dFVQT5

Crestmont was awarded first place in the Reader Views 2010 Literary Awards for the Mid-Atlantic region. The novel is set in the 1920s in Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania. Regional and Global winners were announced on February 25, 2011.

I’m honored to be a guest at The Sunny Room Studio http://www.sunnyroomstudio.com/2011/0...

Please visit the blog for my story of ending a thirty-year singing career and moving into writing. Changing from one form of creative expression felt like the old axiom, "Barn burned down, now I can see the moon." The challenges of post-polio syndrome turned into a blessing - One voice led to another.

Crestmont, my historical fiction novel set in the 1920s was born. http://amzn.to/kmMq4P.

I hope you'll visit the post and leave a comment.

Last night I did my first Skype/Webcam presentation of Crestmont. The Montgomery House Library in McEwensville, PA, graciously invited me to do a talk about the book and my experience of "One Voice Led to Another" (my transition from singing to writing.
They were a receptive and enthusiastic group. I was pleased to chat with an 80- year-old man who lived in Eagles Mere and had worked at the old Crestmont.

Technology is great! I couldn't have made the trip down there to do the presentation in person. Good to learn new things.

Thank you, Montgomery House Library!