Dr. Charles F. French
March 2023 Self-Promotion Party!
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Hello to everyone! We are now in Spring, and I thought it would be a good time to share what you have been writing and what you have written. I want once again to offer an opportunity for all writers who follow this blog to share information on their books. It can be very difficult to generate publicity for our writing, so I thought this little effort might help. All books may be mentioned, and there is no restriction on genre. This includes poetry and non-fiction.
To participate, simply give your name, your book, information about it, and where to purchase it in the comments section. Then please be willing to reblog and/or tweet this post. The more people that see it, the more publicity we can generate for everyone’s books.
Thank you for participating!
Keep on writing!
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Celebrate and promote your writing! Shout it out to the world! Let everyone know about your work!
Don’t be shy. Be your own best promoter and publicist!
Feel free to promote a new or an older book!
I hope this idea is successful, and I hope many people share information on their books!
Available on Amazon
Get The Draft Done! is available here: Amazon.com
Gallows Hill can be found here in ebook.
Gallows Hill in paperback can be found here.
An interview about Gallows Hill can be found here.
Please follow the following links to find my novel:
Thank you!
My radio interview:
Libraries of the Lehigh Valley, PA: Trexler Library of Muhlenberg College
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The next entry in my series on libraries in the Lehigh Valley, PA is Trexler Library of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. We, in this area, are extremely fortunate to have not only several city public libraries, but also we have small town libraries and those in six private colleges and universities, and in an extension campus of Penn State University, and two community colleges. This section of Pennsylvania is truly blessed with an abundance of knowledge and resources from these numerous institutions.
This building has a fascinating design, with three floors that descend. The top floor is the area with the checkout desks, information areas, talking sections, and the valuable writing center. Down the next two floors are the stacks with books, and these are quiet areas.
Not only does this building hold many volumes of books, music, and films, but it also has a rare books room, in which displays of unusual and often unseen items are put on display.
I was delighted to find that Trexler Library has in its collection several example of cuneiform tablets, dating probably from circa 2500-3000 B.C. as well as several ancient parchments. Here are some examples:
I also want to mention that I am proud that two of my novels, Maledicus, The Investigative Paranormal Society, Book 1 and Gallows Hill, The Investigative Paranormal Society, Book 2 are in the library’s collection!Â
Lastly, I apologize for the blurred photographs. Clearly, photography is not one of my talents.
Quotations On Censorship
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“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”
                                                                  Henry Louis Gates Jr.
“Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you’re going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book…”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.”
                                                                   Judy Blume
( By Moritz Daniel Oppenheim)
“Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.”
                                   Heinrich Heine
“In our current political climate, in which some politicians openly state their plans to ban books, it is time for those of us who love books and who honor and cherish the freedom to choose our reading, to oppose their censorship. Let our voices be heard. Stand up against censorship. Always remember that book banning is the act of a tyrant or someone who would be a tyrant.”
                                Charles F. French
Creativity Quotations
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“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
                                           Maya Angelou
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“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”
                                          Albert Einstein
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“Creativity takes courage.”
                                          Henri Matisse
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“Creativity is the expression of the human soul in the form of art. It brings meaning to our lives; creativity is essential to experiencing life in its fullest.”
                                             Charles F. French
February 2023 Self-Promotion Party
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Hello to everyone!
We are making our way towards the end of winter, and I thought it would be a good time to share what you have been writing and what you have written. I want once again to offer an opportunity for all writers who follow this blog to share information on their books. It can be very difficult to generate publicity for our writing, so I thought this little effort might help. All books may be mentioned, and there is no restriction on genre. This includes poetry and non-fiction.
To participate, simply give your name, your book, information about it, and where to purchase it in the comments section. Then please be willing to reblog and/or tweet this post. The more people that see it, the more publicity we can generate for everyone’s books.
Thank you for joining the publicity soiree!
Keep on writing!
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Celebrate and promote your writing! Shout it out to the world! Let everyone know about your work!
Feel free to promote a new or an older book!
I hope this idea is successful and many people share information on their books!
I will continue to have this party every few weeks.
Available on Amazon
Get The Draft Done! is available here: Amazon.com
Gallows Hill can be found here in ebook.
Gallows Hill in paperback can be found here.
An interview about Gallows Hill can be found here.
Please follow the following links to find my novel:
Thank you!
My radio interview:
A Few Thoughts on Reading!
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“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
                                                                  Confucius
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
                                                                   Frederick Douglass
“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.”
                                                         Jacqueline Kennedy
“Reading is the essential food to the nourishment of the human spirit.”
                                       Charles F. French
Remember to keep reading!
A Writing Check-In
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Now, as we enter the middle of February, seems like a good time to do a check-in and see how everyone is doing with their writing. I am well on my way to finishing a first draft, and then I hope to do a second draft of a previously drafted novel in March and April, and another second draft of yet another first draft of a different novel in May and June. Along the way, I will work on writing another first draft that is bouncing around in my imagination.
By the way, if you are wondering how I manage to do this, check out my book Get The Draft Done! Helping Writers Finish Their First Draft — how’s that for a bit of shameless self-promotion?!
So, I ask all of you: how is your writing going?
Available on Amazon
Get The Draft Done! is available here: Amazon.com
Gallows Hill can be found here in ebook.
Gallows Hill in paperback can be found here.
An interview about Gallows Hill can be found here.
Please follow the following links to find my novel:
Thank you!
My radio interview:
Quotations On Libraries
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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
                                                                             Jose Luis Borges
“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”
                                                                                 Albert Einstein
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“A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library today.”
                                                                                Stephen King
“Libraries are the democratization of knowledge. With only the need for a library card, anyone can access the information of the world.”
                                                                        Charles F. French
The Beginning of 2023 Self-Promotion Party!
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I thought it would be interesting to do a book promotion party by giving not only the name of your book and what it is about but also a quotation from your book, from anywhere in the text.
I offer the following from Maledicus: The Investigative Paranormal Society Book 1 by Charles F. French, which is as much a love story as it is a horror novel:
“As he did every morning, Roosevelt woke up and reached for Sarah, only to be dismayed when he realized she wasn’t there, that she was, indeed, gone, and he would have to make it through another day without her. That was the worst part of every day, having to face another waking period without Sarah” (18).
So, if you would like to join the party and promote your book, please offer a quotation!
Have fun, promote your book, and please share this post.
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Available on Amazon
Get The Draft Done! is available here: Amazon.com
Gallows Hill can be found here in ebook.
Gallows Hill in paperback can be found here.
An interview about Gallows Hill can be found here.
Please follow the following links to find my novel:
Thank you!
The book trailer:
Maledicus:Investigative Paranormal Society Book I
My radio interview:
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