Millions of citizens have become mobilized. Protests every day, major country wide ones twice this month. Even SCOTUS has acted on the side of the law, but still the administration acts as though no one has any rights but them. No one, especially if you’re an immigrant, [...]
Every year I say “Boy this year flew by in the blink of an eye.” By now you’d think I’d have something new, more profound, but no, the year did fly by. It was each day that sometimes dragged on. The election didn’t help, the world is [...]
So the election didn’t go the way we wanted, at least the way I wanted. So no matter all the analysis, I still can’t really understand choosing a felon-liar-cheat over a competent, experienced woman, but it happened. I still have lots to be thankful for, friends who [...]
Everyone has something to say about the upcoming election. I’m no different. I rant and rave, my stress level is high, and I worry our country will go down the drain if trumf gets in. It is absolutely unbelievable that anyone hearing this person and his never-ending [...]
The year is more than half over, it’s almost election time and my creative juices were starting to dry up. But ever the optimist, well almost one, I’ve joined a writing class hopeful it will help me replenish those juices. The election is front and center at [...]
It's a big decision to relaunch a book, yet it really made sense. If not now when? I felt the book deserved another chance, sort of a last hurrah, although neither the novel or I plan on going anywhere. The story is still relevant today, about a [...]
This poem was published by the Muddy River Poetry Review in their Spring Issue JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE A flash, an explosion and the trip begins. Off to find the morning of the universe, when the world was diapered against exploding stars. Black holes filled with empty [...]
We need to be thankful to make our day complete Many big things are often mentioned health, family, friends But so many people don't have these for what should they give thanks? A walk in a neighborhood where there is no gunshot speaking a grievance that [...]
I can't believe all the wars I've been alive for ( I did miss the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, but not too many others). We're always thinking of our vets on November 11, but what about the other 364 days of the year? There's [...]
This is a blog about life and writing but it's impossible to ignore world events. Nobody is going to be able to explain away the chaos happening now with the evacuations. Leaving was not an easy decision and the consequences are even harder, but I agree and [...]
In Jack Grapes' Method of Writing class, taking a car wash has nothing to do with your automobile, It refers to reading the work of a writer or poet and letting their words wash over you, steeping yourself in their ideas and essence. Then you do your [...]
It's been a long hard year and a half. I got through it all by watching Schitt's Creek and writing poetry. Not at the same time of course. But the two occupations fed my funnybone and my creative juices. Poetry, for me, is more direct and spontaneous [...]
10/19/19 He sits in his office, looking down at the world, grunting orders, hearing nothing He sits in his office, ignoring the cries of the world, scarfing burgers, feeling nothing He sits in his office, surfing the dials, understanding nothing What is this, not a man, not [...]
So much has happened to my writing since my last blog, it's almost like starting over. Last fall I began a writing class with Jack Grapes and his Method of Writing. I was in his class nine years ago but this time around it was much more [...]
When your mind is blank, your juice is dried up and yet you still yearn to write, it's time to go back to basics. Back to a writing class, one that's a bit off the wall, but solid on process. There's a progression of processes you must [...]
Do other writers have the same problem? I’ve written my novel, launched it, watch it go up and down in sales, get a great response from reviewers and readers and now - nothing. I feel like an empty vessel. Nothing more to say, at least in the [...]
For the last month I’ve been volunteering in the most fun program called Young Story Tellers for kids in an elementary school. I’m partnered with a young girl and my job is to encourage and mentor her to create a five page script from her own original [...]
The review for Where Do I Go The book received 3.5 stars. After the persecution her family suffered and the death of her husband in her homeland of Russia, Leah and her two young boys hope to find a new life in the United States. With the [...]
Wow! A friend suggested doing podcasts as a way of promoting myself and my books, referring me to someone who books podcasts. She did mainly non-fiction and business so she in turn referred me to someone else. This person thought the books sounded great, I was [...]
Writing Inspiration/Beverly Magid January, 2018 All three of my novels feature female protagonists, ordinary women in extraordinary circumstances. That’s my overall general inspiration, but of course each of the books had their specific, particular moment when I decided to write them. Starting out years ago as a [...]
Women seem to be at the forefront of current events. The #MeToo movement is just one aspect, but very vocal and evident. Women want to be heard, they refuse to be dismissed or discounted. They’re marching, voting, organizing, reporting, running for office. The word “feminist” became the [...]
A virtual blog tour was something that was totally new for me in connection with my new book, WHERE DO I GO. It was like sending your baby out on a trip all by herself before she has learned to walk. Will she end up crawling back [...]
When it comes to Jewish lives and immigration, the only event that dares to pop up is Holocaust. I'm not against Holocaust novels, but often times I wish to see more aspects beyond that event to be represented in Jewish fiction, and this book is an answer [...]
4.0 out of 5 starsWhere do I go? Straight to Ms Magid's next book! ByLuAnn Braleyon January 29, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition I need to keep this book around anytime I feel like my life is 'rough'. I got to marry for love. Leah met her future [...]
Review: January 28, 2018 My original interest was piqued in this book since I love historical fiction. I haven’t read too many novels focusing on immigrants in the 1900s and the synopsis intrigued me. The novel is set in the early 1900s on the Lower East Side [...]
"Where Do I Go is a fabulous follow up to Beverly Magid’s Sown in Tears. I enjoyed this one so much more. I loved the strength that Leah had and admired her. I found it intriguing getting a glimpse of what life was like for those living [...]
WHERE DO I GO By Beverly Magid January, 2018 MY REVIEW from Donnasbookblog.wordpress.com I am a massive fan of historical fiction and this book really had me gripped. It is a poignant book that really tugged on my heartstrings, it is a lovely book to [...]
A new year is another chance to get it right, to overcome last year's problems, to do better. After surviving an auto accident, I'm ready for a better year. And having published my third novel, WHERE DO I GO, at the end of the year,I'm also ready [...]
Well, right away I have to say it may be impossible. After all a writer is supposed to be in tune with the world, sensitive to its nuances, its changes, the imperceptible whims of the world. We might not understand them but we're hip to them happening. [...]
When the book is finished, all you want to do is talk about it, blog about it, write about it. It's been the focus of your mind for so long, now you want to share it. But how much is too much? It can't be all you [...]
Where Do I Go Since my three novels are all historical fiction, the first project is always research. I love it, I could stay with the past forever. It's there to be figured out, to be understood in a comprehensive way. The present is too [...]
Once the book is done, now the hard work begins. Promoting, marketing, publicity, press release, signings, readings. All necessary, getting it started takes lots of time and energy. The problem in today's world is, so much of it is on-line. No human contact. Emails, tweets, facebook, voice [...]
Along with the California wildfires, there's been a conflagration of sharing by women regarding their experiences of sexual harassment and assault. It seems that no female has gone unscathed in their lifetime. I added some of mine, starting as a young ten year old, who had matured [...]
