The following review of From Mountains of Ice appeared this week on Goodreads, by author Steven Buechler. This stave of yew was something he knew. This he could coerce, cajole into something of beauty and value to his village and himself. Once he had encompassed more, shouldered more, had the weight of command and government and actions that dealt in very real human lives, and very real human deaths. Once. Not so long ago. With…
As part of Robert Chute’s author profile series at Chazz Writes, he interviewed Lorina Stephens. That interview is reprinted here with Robert’s permission. ABOUT LORINA STEPHENS In 1980 Lorina Stephens picked up the pen professionally and never looked back. She has worked as editor, freelance journalist for national and regional print media, is author of six books both fiction and non-fiction. She has been a festival organizer, publicist, lectures on many topics from historical textiles…
From Mountains of Ice, by Lorina Stephens has received another glowing review, this time from the Little Red Reviewer. An excerpt from that review is reposted here. Along with natural sounding and witty dialogue, Stephens presents a renaissance Italianesque world populated by a unique ancestor worshipping population. You can’t help but love Sylvio and Aletta, this is a mature and intelligent couple who has been together for decades. They trust each other implicity, and know when they…
Exclusively at Goodreads, all of Five Rivers eBooks are available from now until January 1, 2011 for a mere $1.00. It’s our way of saying thank you to all the people who support and believe in indie presses, and who love interesting and eclectic books. The eBooks are all in ePub format, and so easily read on most readers and computers. If you do avail yourself of this special offer, we’d love to read your…
In our continuing efforts to allow fans and readers access to our authors, we decided to open another discussion on Facebook with the woman who started it all here at Five Rivers, author and publisher, Lorina Stephens. Here’s your opportunity to query Lorina about any of her books, the writing process, and publishing. The discussion will be ongoing. However, three participants will receive a copy of one of her books, in either print or digital…