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Pierre Montant – Exhibition – 19-29 Oct 2017, La Cave, Geneva CH

10 Tuesday Oct 2017

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If you are in the Geneva (Switzerland) area, I invite you to come and see my husband’s exhibition. This is the 10th straight year he has had an exhibition at La Cave. Opening night is 19th October from 5 p.m. Other details are on the invitation.

I’ve a few of his paintings for the exhibition, and they are beautiful. Quite a few of his earlier works are centered around Varigotti, the site of my book Il Molo.

Si vous êtes dans la région de Genève (Suisse), je vous invite à venir voir l’exposition de peinture de mon mari. C’est la dixième année consécutive qu’il a eu une exposition à La Cave. La soirée d’ouverture aura lieu le 19 octobre à partir de 17h00. D’autres détails sont sur l’invitation.

J’ai quelques-unes de ses peintures pour l’exposition, et elles sont belles. Un certain nombre de ses travaux antérieurs sont centrés autour de Varigotti, le site de la version française d’Il Molo.

Website / Son site web: http://www.pierremontant.com/

 

Il Molo – a reader’s visit and a compliment

05 Thursday May 2016

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One of the most rewarding compliments for me concerning my first book, “Il Molo”  was receiving a postcard from a reader who visited the setting of the book. The postcard shown below was sent to me in October 2015 from two musician friends who actually visited Varigotti, it’s beach and “the scene of the crime”. I was really excited when I received it. You can click on the message to read it.

Postcard - Varigotti Postcard - Varigotti - back

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you the E. O’Donovan!!

Happy and Prosperous 2016!

29 Tuesday Dec 2015

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champagneTo all my followers and especially those who commented on my various blog posts, I wish you and yours a healthy and prosperous 2016.

As of January 1st I join the retirement crowd. If things go as planned, I will publish one new book and the French translation of Il Molo in 2016. I will also have more time to blog and in general do a lot of things I couldn’t do before due to lack of time.

My sincere wish for 2016 is that the world will find itself at peace, or at least find itself on the road to peace. Given the adverse forces that we are faced with – the violent and hateful responses to those with other ideologies, the general disrespect of other human beings, the senseless killings of so many – my wish may be unrealistic. In spite of this, I sincerely hope that 2016 is a much more peaceful year.

 

Happy Halloween!!

31 Saturday Oct 2015

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creaking stairsI opened my eyes and looked around the dark room. The curtains over the windows were drawn, but there was still the faint glow of the street lamp filtering through the fabric. Then I heard a creaking noise on the steps. That’s what must have wakened me. My sister who shared the room with me was away at college. So I couldn’t wake her up to ask if she’d heard anything nor solicit her assurance that it was nothing. I was there all by myself.

Read the full story Creaks in the Night on the Short Stories page

State of the union…

04 Friday Sep 2015

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I surprised myself when I saw that my last blog post was in June!

Of course, I do have some excuses: training my replacement at work (takes time), on vacation in the US (saw lots of family and friends) and Italy (relaxed on the beach which you see above in the pictures), and nothing much to report except…I’m working on a new book and the translation by a friend-translator of “Il Molo” into French.

I continue to manage three FB pages plus two websites – one for indie authors www.literaryselfies.com, and one for my painter husband www.pierremontant.com. Take a look at both of these if you have a moment.

My time constraints will be greatly eased when I (finally) take my retirement at the end of the year. I will have more time to do all of the above plus blogging more frequently and more time to do nothing, if I so choose.

 

 

 

 

Jon Stewart video

20 Saturday Jun 2015

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Interesting development. Apparently the video in my previous post has been blacked out for copyright issues. Don’t understand – maybe it’s a WordPress problem. This morning the same video is all over Facebook and I see it’s still available on YouTube. Go figure. I’ve edited it out of my previous post.

So if you wish to see it, go direct to YouTube Jon Stewart and you’ll find it –

An Emotional Jon Stewart Drops the Comedy to Talk Charleston: ‘We Still Won’t Do ….’

It’s a must watch.

 

Indie authors – please proofread!!!

03 Tuesday Feb 2015

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My 2015 New Year’s resolution, and the only one, is to post at least four times a month. I’d thought about committing to once a week, but that would be too restrictive for me. I can commit to four times a month.

So here we go….my message to indie authors – please proofread!!!

I have read completely or partially three indie novels which I downloaded to my Kindle. By the way, I prefer books with real paper and gorgeous covers. I am appalled at the incorrect punctuation and formatting to the point that I needed to write this post.

Proofreading is very important!!! It should be done by people who know how to proofread or copy edit. Not the next door neighbor, not one of your siblings, not your friends – unless of course they’ve had proofreading or copy editing experience.

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