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Hurricane Sandy

October 30, 2012

Dear Everyone,

I’ve been hearing from readers who were affected by Hurricane Sandy. The devastation is incredible.

I hope that you, your family and friends are safe.

As we look toward the clean up process, there are a number of charities that can help. First, the Red Cross. In addition to providing immediate help to those in need, they are accepting donations and running blood drives. Please consider giving.

Second, the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army is offering emergency disaster services already, including food, shelter, and clothing. They need donations and volunteers. Please consider giving.

Third, Covenant House. I’m including them because their house in Atlantic City, New Jersey had to be evacuated. Covenant House provides a safe place for teens in crisis, many of whom are running from abusive households. If you can, please consider giving to the Atlantic City Covenant House to help them continue to provide a home for their youth.

In addition to these charities, many local governments, faith-based groups, and humanitarian organizations are putting together teams of volunteers to help with disaster relief. Please consider giving of your time. Please consider becoming a sticky little leaf for someone in need.

All the best and thank you,
SR

www.sylvainreynard.com

Extra Credit from The Professor

May 27, 2012

Hi all, Enn here, SR’s Publicist.

I come with an announcement and some prizes…

In case you didn’t see, Gabriel’s Inferno (Kindle copy) is on sale this weekend for only $2.99!

Here’s the contest.

Follow the directions within the Rafflecopter and potentially win great prizes.

All while introducing your friends to The Professor.

On FB or Twitter, post-it note, carrier pigeon, sky-writing, etc. It doesn’t matter as long as you share it and include a little blurb, a passionate sentence or two about why you love Gabriel’s Inferno so much.

Then you email me with a link to your post, or to your tweet, or blog, take a photo of the sky where you’ve written out I <3 Professor Emerson, or if you’ve drawn your love for Gabriel in ink on your arm, take a photo of that and send it to me

Enn@omnificpublishing.com

Any questions email me, 🙂

Good luck!!!

Enn
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Sequel to “Gabriel’s Inferno” – Revealed and Release Date

May 8, 2012

Dear Everyone,

I’m pleased to reveal the title and cover of the sequel to Gabriel’s Inferno.

Gabriel’s Rapture will be released on 22 May 2012. It will be available in both e-book and paperback formats from Amazon sites around the world, Barnes and Noble.com, and my publisher, etc. It should also be available on Chapters.ca and in the Kobo e-book store.

Gabriel’s Inferno (ebook) is on sale on Amazon.com for $4.99. It’s available for $6.99 on BarnesandNoble.com and for $5.59 (Canadian) in the Kobo store.

We’ll be posting a Giveaway on Goodreads that you can enter to win a copy of Gabriel’s Rapture.
I’ll also be announcing the contest on Facebook and Twitter.

I hope you like the cover as much as I do. This sequel is for you, my readers.

All the best and thanks for reading,

https://sylvainreynard.com/

Museum Secrets – Part 2

March 22, 2012

Dear Everyone,

The Professor has a thing for museums. This attraction is described in Gabriel’s Inferno and it will be explored in the sequel.

Last week, I tweeted about some of the great museums of the world. Today, I’d like to provide a link to two of those museums.

The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia is an incredible repository of art and artifacts. It also has an excellent website that provides visitors with a virtual tour.

One of my favourite pieces in the Hermitage is Rembrandt’s The Prodigal Son. (You can read my previous post on this painting here.)

The British Museum in London boasts another incredible collection. My favourite piece is the Rosetta Stone. It enabled researchers to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics because the Egyptian text was also recorded on the stone in Greek. (Parenthetically, it should be noted that the Museum’s elegant gift shop is not above embracing kitsch. I was able to purchase a very nice mouse pad and paperweight of the Rosetta Stone.)

As we approach the end of March, I’m pleased to announce that the cover to the sequel to Gabriel’s Inferno will be revealed soon. We’re still expecting a release date before summer. I’ll be posting more information in the next couple of weeks and there will be opportunities for you to win a copy of the sequel. (You can read a teaser for the book here. A second teaser will be posted on the Bookish Temptations site in April.)

Finally, I want to congratulate my friend E.L. James on the sale of her Fifty Shades Trilogy to Vintage Books and the forthcoming sale of the film rights to those books.

Thank you, readers, for your support of me and my writing.

All the best and thanks for reading,

www.sylvainreynard.com

Interview with The Professor

November 8, 2011

Dear Everyone,

Julie of “A Tale of Many Reviews,” sat down with Professor Gabriel Emerson for this exclusive interview on 4 September 2011:

“(Professor Emerson enters the room, and upon seeing Julie, immediately takes her hand)

Prof. Emerson: Hello, Julie. It’s a pleasure to meet you.

Julie: (trying very hard to maintain eye contact but wanting desperately to visually take in the professor from head to toe) Thank you, it’s a pleasure to meet you. Thank you for agreeing to talk with me. Since you are a man that doesn’t beat around the bush, I hope you don’t mind us starting with a bang? (grins teasingly while directing the Professor to a chair across from hers. He sits smiling)

What do you think about having so many female fans?

Prof. Emerson: (scratches his chin) I have fans? I’ve always had my share of female admirers. (he grins slowly) Of course, they admire me for a specific reason. I’ll leave it to you to guess why. (winks)

Julie: (shifts, recrosses legs, laughs lightly, no guesses needed) What is your biggest fear? (thankful her voice sounds normal)

Prof. Emerson: (chuckling) I see you softened me up with the first question. Like most people, I worry about my own mortality. I know I won’t live forever and there are many things I want to do. (He stares at his hands, a troubled look on his face) I worry about losing that which I love most …

Julie: (sensing that may have been too heavy a question so soon decides to lighten the moment) What makes you laugh out loud?

Prof. Emerson: Monty Python. Have you seen “The Dead Parrot Sketch”?

Julie: (slightly surprised) No, I haven’t, but I will look it up on youtube later since you recommend it. I did enjoy The Search for the Holy Grail though. (pausing and looking thoughtful) This may get a bit personal, if so feel free to not answer. (smiling and starting to feel more at ease around the professor)

When and where were you the happiest?

Prof. Emerson: When I met Beatrice, of course. Nothing in my life comes close to the happiness I experienced at that moment. Meeting her changed my life.

 Julie: (nods in understanding) What then is your greatest regret?

Prof. Emerson: (He frowns) Their name is Legion, for they are many.

Julie: (not wanting to shift the mood to the dark side again decides to accept that and move on) To appease those female fans I referred to earlier, what is the quality you most like in a woman?

Prof. Emerson: (laughing) Do I have to choose just one? Let me see. (His eyes glint mischievously as he leans forward in his chair) Modesty. It’s far more erotic for a woman to be covered rather than naked, for the hiddenness tantalizes the imagination… and it makes the – ah – unwrapping so much more enjoyable, for both partners. Don’t you agree?

 Julie: (stunned into a moment of silence not knowing if the professor is teasing taking note of her black modest dress she purposely wore for this interview. Clearing her throat…) What do you most value in your friends?

Prof. Emerson: Loyalty and truth.

Julie: (gives a crooked grin and a slight nod in his direction) Who is your favorite hero of fiction?

Prof. Emerson: Hector, from Homer’s Iliad. I know that’s cheating, since he was a historical figure. If we were going to be strict about it, I’d say Beowulf. “Beowulf bode in the burg of the Scyldings,  leader beloved, and long he ruled in fame with all folk, since his father had gone away from the world, till awoke an heir…”

 Julie: (having no intelligent response presses on) What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

Prof. Emerson: Ah, that’s a good question.

Julie: (YES! Feeling intelligent again.)

Prof. Emerson: (He stares into space for a moment, thinking) I used to think it was chastity, but I’ve undergone a change of heart. So I’d choose patience.

 Julie: (Damn! but still puffed up from the previous praise) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Prof. Emerson: I’d give up my pride. Pride is the worst of the Seven Deadly Sins, you know. I suppose if I were to rid myself of only one sin that should be it. It’s the sin that fell the angels. Dante buries the prideful in the very pit of Hell.

Julie: (smiling, the words not lost on her, really begins to like the professor besides for his physical attributes) What is your motto?

Prof. Emerson: It’s a line from Dante’s La Vita Nuova: “For what virtue does this heart own so much delight?”

Julie: (setting her pen on top of her notepad, regretting the inevitable end of the interview, looks directly into the professor’s eyes and smiles) Thank you Professor. It has been a pleasure.

Prof. Emerson: And I can say, without question that it’s been a delight to be with you, Julie. Thank you for the invitation.”

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With thanks to Julie and her associates at her book review website. If you’re looking for book reviews, you should take a look at her site.

All the best and thanks for reading,

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