Holly Weiss's Blog: News from Crestmont author

I am part of a blog tour to launch A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London's Flower Sellers by Hazel Gaynor, author of The Girl Who Came Home via Rafflecopter here...

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I am co-authoring a memoir entitled
"Makayla's Heart: Moment by Moment with Dell Hyssong.

Three days after Dell Hyssong’s granddaughter, Makayla, was born the doctors told the family she wouldn’t survive. The Hyssongs were stunned to learn that she had multiple tumors in her heart, one blocking the aorta 75%. Dell tells the story from his viewpoint as Makayla’s grandfather. I am the writer.

Given this diagnosis, The Hyssongs, a renowned singing trio of Dell, his wife, Susan, and their son, Richard (Makayla’s father) had to decide whether or not to continue their extensive traveling music ministry. The book chronicles their journey through four years subsequent to her diagnosis. If Makayla survived, would she be a special needs child? Would they have the money to cover exorbitant medical costs? How did their faith in God carry them through? In addition to examining their journey through this crisis, the book is peppered with the humor, which is a trademark of their onstage persona.

Expected publication April 2015

I'm honored to be speaking at the Belden Cromwell Library on Thursday, March 7 at 6:30. My talk is usually called "One Voice Led to Another," because when I had to retire from singing for health reasons, I turned to writing. Crestmont was born. The irony is that I have returned to singing, I am happy to say. Does that mean I should name the talk "One Voice Led to Another and Another"?

Here is a nice press release the library sent out.

http://www.courant.com/community/hcrs...Crestmont

3 copies of Crestmont are listed as a giveaway until May 1st. Step into the lives and loves of the staff at a 1920s bustling summer inn.

Here is the giveaway link
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Hope you'll put your name in!

I'd like to thank all of the people who came together for the Greater Symphony Orchestra Children's concert. Here's what the media had to say...

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs...

Holly Weiss, author of Crestmont, has been commissioned by the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra to write verses for a work played by the symphony. Weiss will compose narration to accompany a performance of Bizet's Children's Verses. The concert is 3 pm, Saturday, January 14, 2012.

Following the concert, Weiss will be hosted by the orchestra in a "Meet the Author" book signing in Aquinas Hall, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh, New York.

Please see the orchestra's website for further information. http://www.newburghsymphony.org/sched...

Visit the author at http://www.hollyweiss.com

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!

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.

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.

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