I'm celebrating hitting 100 followers by giving away a bunch of books. All you need to do to qualify is click the "follow" button on ethandezotelle.com or add your email address in the appropriate field below that button. What could you win? Books up for grabs include The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters, Kindredby Octavia E. Butler, The …
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Contest Time!!!
WHO WANTS TO WIN SOME BOOKS?!?!?! This very blog, ethandezotelle.com, got its 100th follower today, less than nine months after I started posting work online. That might not seem impressive to some – or maybe even to most – but it's a big deal to me. I started from zero, and I didn't think I'd …
I Am Groot
I haven’t written much over the past two-and-a-half weeks. A few personal journal entries, but that’s about it. It’s fairly easy to connect that lack of writing to a two-fisted bout of anxiety and depression. I keep ping-ponging between the two, with occasional bits of focus on the present. I’m managing it all way better …
Smaller is Bigger: Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day
It’s the last Saturday in April. And if you’re a lover of books, supporting local businesses, and building community, that means one thing. It’s Independent Book Store Day. A day for celebrating the incredible gift of storytelling at indie bookstores that keep the money your spending close to home. A chance to meet and talk …
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Deep Cut
I’m on vacation this week, and one of my goals is sorting through various writing projects – all in various stages of completion – and refocusing my efforts as I head into summer and getting my first novel ready for an editor’s eyes.The piece I’m sharing here was written four years ago tomorrow, which is …
T.S. Eliot Was Right
April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain.Winter kept us warm, coveringEarth in forgetful snow, feedingA little life with dried tubers. – T.S. Eliot, fromThe Waste Land One of the great follies of mankind is putting too much stock in the future. “Things will …
Thanks for a Great Week!
Holy cats! I just had the busiest week so far at ethandezotelle.com, and April is already looking like the best month to date, as well. I owe it all to you wonderful readers. Your support and dedication are appreciated more than you'll ever know. I'm working on the blog in the midst of family stuff, …
