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Magdalena Ball
Magdalena Ball runs
The Compulsive Reader:
Reviews of books by some of the hottest writers working today,
exclusive author interviews, literary news, criticism, a free
newsletter, tons of giveaways and more. It's a haven for book
lovers.
She is the author of
Sleep Before Evening,
The Art of Assessment,
Quark Soup, and, in collaboration with Carolyn Howard-Johnson,
Cherished Pulse and
She Wore Emerald Then. She runs a monthly radio program podcast
www.blogtalkradio.com/compulsivereader.
"Reviews of
books by some of the hottest writers working today, exclusive author
interviews, literary news, criticism, a free newsletter, tons of
giveways and more. It's a haven for book lovers"
Books
Sleep Before Evening
BeWrite Books
Paperback: 296 pages, ISBN-10: 1904492967, ISBN-13:
978-1904492962
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Marianne is teetering at the edge of reason. A death in the family
sends her brilliant academic career and promising future
spiraling out of control until resentment towards those who
shaped her past leads her on a wild and desperate search for
the truth about herself. On the seedy side of New York, she
meets Miles, a hip musician busking the streets and playing
low-rent venues in a muddled bid to make his own dreams come
true. In her new life, she finds anarchic squalor, home
grown music and poetry, booze, drugs, sex, violence, love,
loss … and, above all, exhilarating freedom on her troubled
journey from sleep to awakening.
This gritty, relentless story unfolds with the same cool
detachment that motivates the central character to peel back
the layers of her life and expose the painful scalding
within.
"This is a beautifully written novel. While the subject
matter is dark and unflinching (namely grief, depression and
drug addiction) Magdalena Ball's prose is always smooth and
lyrical. Her characters are well drawn and memorable, set
against a series of contrasting backdrops - suburban
America; high school; the wild freedom of the coast and the
seedy underside of New York life lurking just beneath the
cosmopolitan coffee-bar surface. A joy to read." J Moore,
Writelink.co.uk
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Quark Soup
Picaro Press, ISBN 1-920957-23-5
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Quark Soup contains
twenty eight poems which muse on topics like what it means
to be human, love, loss, fear, longing, and transcendence.
Avoiding cliché and the mundane, the poetry in this
collection is accessible to the common reader, with a
powerful intellectual edge and playful wit. As all good
poetry should, this work uses sound, sense, and strong
imagery to deal with everyday topics like depression, birth,
growing old, love and death, all moving towards a large
universal picture.
As the title suggests, there is a strong astrophysical theme
running through the poems. Most of the poetry in this
collection has been published individually, in well known
literary journals, as well as online in a number of
respected international venues. The appeal of this work is
broad, and aimed towards a wide market of both sophisticated
poetry readers, and those who feel that poetry is too
highbrow or inaccessible for their tastes.
"An exquisite infinity
of poetic stars."
Geoff Nelder, author of Escaping Reality
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The Art of Assessment:
How to Review Anything
Mountain Mist Productions, ISBN
1-920913-10-6
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 The Art of Assessment is a complete guide to the
review process, from how to write good reviews, how to use
interviews to add depth to your reviews, obtaining review
copies, marketing your reviews, and plenty of examples and
references to help you become a working reviewer.
Everything for sale is open to review, and reviews are in
hot demand.
The combination of free review material, and the opportunity
to get paid for your opinions has made reviewing a very
sought after career option.
However it isn't as easy to write a good review as it looks.
The Art of Assessment: How to Review Anything addresses this
market niche.
"If you are serious
about wanting to be a good reviewer this is one book you
will be happy to read." Kim Draper, Book Review Club
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She Wore Emerald Then
Reflections on Motherhood by
Magdalena Ball and Carolyn Howard-Johnson, with original photography
by May Lattanzio |
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Moods of Motherhood:
thirty poems by award-winning poets Magdalena Ball and
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, with original photography by May
Lattanzio. A beautifully presented, tender and strikingly
original gift book, ideal for
Mother's Day or any day when you want to celebrate the
notion of motherhood in its broadest sense. Share this
collection with someone you love.
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Cherished Pulse
Unconventional Love Poetry by Magdalena Ball and Carolyn
Howard-Johnson, with original artwork by Vicki Thomas |
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 Cherished Pulse contains twenty poems which look
at love from a wise, mature, sensitive perspective. Never
sentimental (forget Hallmark), the poems explore love in its
many guises -- cherish, longing, sensuality, and that sacred
place between desire and consumation.
For less
than the cost of a single card, Cherished Pulse makes the
perfect Valentine's Day or Anniversary gift for someone.
This e-book can be sent and read online, or, printed (it's
set up in landscape, two pages per page for easy and
professional looking center stapling). Pair the book with a
rose, and you've got the ideal gift for anyone you love.
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For more information about
Magdalena
and her books, please
visit
her website
Read our interview with
Magdalena!
Read our Reviews
of Quark Soup and
Sleep Before Evening
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