submitted by Clayton...
Measured Words, an anthology, invites you into its pages to savour a cultural banquet of delightful stories, poems, photos, illustrations, and recipes that allow you to experience memorable moments; visual snapshots of people, places, and events; some funny, others poignant; some past, others present; some real, others imagined. An enchanting read, beginning to end, you will love these tantalising glimpses of other’s lives. So, come sit around the table and sample the diverse, authentic voices of Manitoba writers sharing special memories.
Late last year Jenn and I had our submissions published in a wonderful book that I've read now has a cult following. These two have been to all of our book launches, so it must be true...
Jenn's story "Reflections" is written about a mother reflecting on the fear involved with parenting while watching her daughter play in the backyard.
My story is called "Princess Kadence in Giant Trouble" and is a children's story about a princess captured by a pair of Giants.
There are 18 authors who have submitted all sorts of stories and recipies for this anthology - and each one alone is worth the cover price!
You can purchase this book from Jenn and I or through the following links;
The book has been reviewed by both Lifestyle 55 magazine and The Metro. Here is a link to the review the Metro did of our book with a great picture of Barbara Becker, Elizabeth Hunter and Glynis Morris;
The Metro Review at winnipegfreepress.com
We held 3 book launches for this release. All were very successful in a variety of ways; visiting with the other authors, signing books and meeting the people that enjoyed our stories, meeting the on-sight staff and of course selling a few books.
The McNally Launch was our biggest and put us on their best-seller list for a couple of weeks before Christmas (we reached number 2!) This really was a great event and all the credit goes to Barb and Ted for all the work they did to pull this off. Taking pictures with 2 children in tow was a bit off a tall order, but Jenn did manage to take photos of some of the authors that read that night.
It's been a really fun ride! It is a trip to have something in the public record...
Clayton
Whoops! I realized in my attempt to correct some mysterious font that appeared in the beginning of this post, I inadvertently made copies of 2 paragraphs, so that you may have had a sense of De Ja Vu while reading the copies of 2 paragraphs, that I inadvertently made copies of 2 paragraphs, so that you may have had a sense of De Ja Vu while reading the mystery font that I realized I saw written on a fence post at camp once. Whoah! That was weird. C'mon gang; To the Mystery Machine!
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