{"id":1599,"date":"2014-08-03T14:10:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T14:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lindaholeman.com\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2015-03-11T11:17:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T11:17:09","slug":"june-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lindaholeman.com\/?p=1599","title":{"rendered":"June 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a whirlwind month! With <i>The Devil on Her Tongue<\/i> being launched June 24th, I was talked into tweeting \u2013 against my wishes \u2013 and I\u2019m still not convinced that I\u2019m the right kind of person to be on Twitter. Hopefully I\u2019ll improve both my skills and my attitude! On a more positive note (for me) I had a great time reading and answering questions onstage at Harbourfront with the talented Emma Healey and Tom Rachman. The International Festival of Authors does a blog post with participating authors;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a title=\"International Festival of Authors\" href=\"http:\/\/ifoa.org\/2014\/by-ifoa-authors\/five-questions-linda-holeman\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here\u2019s mine<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>I took part in Open Book Ontario, in the Fiction Craft category. Shaun Smith\u2019s question this month was \u201cHow do you know if there is a novel in a story idea?\u201d My answer looked<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a title=\"Open Book Ontario - Fiction Craft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openbookontario.com\/news\/fiction_craft_shaun_smith_et_al_26\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">like this<\/span><\/a><\/span>. (Please scroll down to see my response)<\/p>\n<p>Random House Canada has a fluid and entertaining site, called Retreat by Random House. They asked me to talk about and illustrate, through photos, how I was inspired to write <i>The Devil on Her Tongue<\/i>, then they posted it<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a title=\"Retreat by Random House\" href=\"http:\/\/www.retreatbyrandomhouse.ca\/2014\/06\/guest-post-linda-holeman-shares-inspired-write-the-devil-her-tongue\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was the good time of signing copies of <i>The Devil on Her Tongue<\/i> at Indigo Bookstores, as well as Book City, around Toronto, escorted by the charming Rachel and Jennifer from Random House. I\u2019ve always wanted to sign a book on a grand piano!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lindaholeman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/June2014_post.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1600\" src=\"https:\/\/lindaholeman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/June2014_post.jpg\" alt=\"June2014_post\" width=\"460\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lindaholeman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/June2014_post.jpg 460w, https:\/\/lindaholeman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/June2014_post-50x36.jpg 50w, https:\/\/lindaholeman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/June2014_post-447x322.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What a whirlwind month! With The Devil on Her Tongue being launched June 24th, I was talked into tweeting \u2013 against my wishes \u2013 and I\u2019m still not convinced that I\u2019m the right kind of person to be on Twitter. Hopefully I\u2019ll improve both my skills and my attitude! 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