Heart & Soul Conversation # 6 Quarantines, Grounded and Writing a Book

March 23rd

A new week, a long weekend of more updates, mandatory shutdowns and home stays.

As I listened and thought, I realized all of it felt a lot like when I was kid and got grounded for doing some silly thing. Also, as an author, what it takes and what it’s like to write a book.

 

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Christina M. Abt is an accomplished author, newspaper columnist and radio broadcaster with four books to her credit:

1,) Chicken Wing Wisdom: Western New York Stories of Family, Life and Food Shared Around the Table—a regional best-seller.
2.) Crown Hill, A Novel of Love, Life and The Afterlife: Christina’s first work of historical fiction that continues to earn five-star Amazon reviews.
3.)Heart & Soul, The Best Years of My Op-Ed Life: A collection of essays chronicling Christina’s long-running newspaper and NPR Affiliate/WBFO Radio commentary career.
4.) Beauty & Grace: a work of historical fiction earning five star reviews on Amazon and praise from readers across America. B&G Presentations have included the South Dakota Women’s Prison Book Club and the South Dakota Festival of Books as well as The Cell Theater in Manhattan.
5.) Money or Love, is her newest book, a novel about internet dating from the far
side of 40, which will publish in June.

Christina is a bred and born Buffalo Gal, the proud mother of two
and the blessed Nana of one perfect grandson and one darling granddaughter.

 

 

 

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