tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36907310913635634902024-02-07T18:03:57.263-08:00Postcards from Jekyll IslandPamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-74102700117886777462012-05-10T14:41:00.000-07:002012-05-10T14:41:28.479-07:00MAY 2012<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Oh My!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can this be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My first <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">BLOG</span></b> entry in 2012???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess that’s what a full life will do to
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We’ve been constantly on the road introducing our South
Carolinian book, “Water To My Soul: The Story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s an incredible colonial woman, and I
have wanted to give her due time and energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I even postponed the research of my next novel for about eight months, but
now I’m ready to move on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, we
continue to do book tours for Eliza, and are so proud to announce that she’s
already won two national awards.</div>
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<span class="messagebody"></span>Normally, we do not submit our books for awards until the
year after they are launched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we sent
“Water To My Soul: The Story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney” in for consideration to
two competitions on the west coast that accepted early 2012 releases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much to our surprise and delight, we placed
in both of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Water To My Soul” was
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WINNER </b>in the Wild Card category
for the national <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Green Book Awards.</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
same title won <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HONORABLE MENTION</b> in
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">San
Francisco Book Awards.</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a
huge blessing for our Eliza Lucas Pinckney in her first few months out of the
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #351c75;">OUR EXCITING NEWS:</span><span class="messagebody"> </span></b><span class="messagebody">We've just sold the Japanese language translation rights for
"Hello, Goodbye, I Love You" to Sanyo Shuppan in Tokyo. This was due,
in part, to our friendship with Michael Hingson, author of “Thunder Dog,” about
his journey coming down from the 78<sup>th</sup> floor of the World Trade
Center after the explosion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His guide
dog, Roselle, led him to safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael
had asked me to write his story, but we decided that we didn’t have the time to
do it properly in his time frame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still,
he attributed our title “Hello, Goodbye, I Love You” at the end of his book as
an amazing story. The Japanese publishers read it and offered us a
contract.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Very exciting for our independent micro-press!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Thank you Michael Hingson!</span></div>
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Most authors do not like to discuss upcoming
research or book subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some think it’s
bad luck; others don’t want writers to “steal” ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I subscribe to neither of these theories, but
don’t always make the final decision until I’m deep into my research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So let me tease you with this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The subject I’ve tentatively chosen (with the
working title of “Unveiled”) grew up in the northeast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve just spoken on the phone with the
great-great-great-great-nephew of her husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is 82 and has information that would truly help me in my research,
including pictures of the home in the 1700’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By the way, this man lives in the house where this Revolutionary War hero
was born!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guesses, anyone?</div>
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Be well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enjoy
your summer!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stay cool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More news in the fall!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or sooner, if I can get to it!</div>
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Pamela </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>Pamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-84900632905279913532011-12-11T13:01:00.000-08:002011-12-11T13:01:46.135-08:00MERRY CHRISTMAS 2011!<!--[if !mso]> <style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">MERRY CHRISTMAS to each one of you!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael and I feel so blessed to approach this loving season with good health and hearts overflowing with joy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is the Reason for the season.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We’ve spent a great deal of the year traveling for book promotions, but our favorite trip was going “Down Under” to visit youngest daughter Ticiana and her family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They live in Melbourne, Australia and so we added on a week’s trip to Tasmania just for fun!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What an amazing place: we saw all the unusual animals that dwell down there, including the Tasmanian Devil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you would like pictures, just email us and we’ll send them off.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We will not be sending out a Christmas letter (again) this year, but we hope you will follow us through our <b style="color: #f1c232;">BLOGS</b> to keep up with our busy lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our newest child: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Water To My Soul: The Story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, </i></b>has just been released, and has been well-received through early reviews and book sales!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy66ZrBi-7M5RSjydnjp6mKdem25RRjk8LZkYYBf_PdiV1BKqnwtPxYhvPC9bGIjoqHpjFRzeIZLK3kuO2GbR29-IeHD85j-hRoJE_2vvidK9lyjbQSbhuLpxjg0WBNzG87Poss5gFSvA/s1600/water+front+cover+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy66ZrBi-7M5RSjydnjp6mKdem25RRjk8LZkYYBf_PdiV1BKqnwtPxYhvPC9bGIjoqHpjFRzeIZLK3kuO2GbR29-IeHD85j-hRoJE_2vvidK9lyjbQSbhuLpxjg0WBNzG87Poss5gFSvA/s320/water+front+cover+low+res.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Below are several reviews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will find more on our home page: <a href="http://www.pinatapub.com/">www.pinatapub.com</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not only is it rich in dialogue that carries the story along, it is also an engaging "period piece" of our colonial history. This fascinating true-life drama, wonderfully fluid in its pace and written with warm and sensitive intelligence and attention to detail, draws us into Eliza’s personal journey in southern colonial America. As I came to the last pages of <b><i>Water to My Soul</i></b>, I felt appreciation for the sheer pleasure of reading it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I highly recommend Pamela Bauer Mueller's <b><i>Water To My Soul</i></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Meg Cunningham</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Your new book is so wonderful! I have read many books, notes, etc. speaking of Eliza Lucas Pinckney but yours has captured her entire life in such a beautiful manner. <b>Johnie Rivers/historian</b><b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b> </b> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Water To My Soul</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is your best ever!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I LOVE it! This book should really put you in another category as an historical novelist. You amaze me that with your west coast origin via Mexico & Canada that you are able to capture the history & feelings of the south. <b>Louise Hooper</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eliza helps me have perspective on my own life. Her many loses remind me of my many blessings. Your writing has captured her beauty!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Kim Belt</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b> </b> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I loved the triumphs and stories of Eliza's life. I marvel at how well she dealt with all of life's challenges and how she provides a wonderful perspective for how we should view our lives. Your knowledge and detail for that time in our country’s history is amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Cassandra Coveney</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Summer is streaming away, and I’m 2 months behind on my <b style="color: orange;">BLOG.</b><span> </span>Ay yi yi!!<span> </span>At least they’ve been two fun-filled, enjoyable months.<span> </span>Trips to San Diego, Florida and South Carolina, a week visit from our 12 year old granddaughter, a presentation at the <i>Historical Novel Society</i> <i>Convention,</i> where we met some great writers and made new friends, and adding the final touches to <b><i>Water To My Soul: The Story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney: </i></b>my new historical novel <span> </span>soon to be launched, just took up more time than I expected!<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As all writers know, the birthing of a book is a very traumatic experience.<span> </span>Is it good enough?<span> </span>Will people like it as much as my other titles?<span> </span>Are there any mistakes that my various editors missed?<span> </span>And finally, did I do the best job I could to tell my protagonist’s story? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Yet once we hold our new baby in our hands, we breathe a sigh of relief and the joy returns.<span> </span><b><i>Water To My Soul</i></b> is my ninth baby, and we’re ready for her arrival!<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Eliza Lucas Pinckney was an incredible <i>Renaissance </i>woman who lived in South Carolina during the colonial period.<span> </span>She was born in the West Indies, schooled in finishing schools in London, and then brought by her military father to Charles Town, South Carolina when she was just fifteen, where they settled on one of the three plantations her father had inherited.<span> </span>After only <span> </span>two years, he was called back to military service to fight against the Spanish.<span> </span>Leaving Eliza to care for her invalid mother, younger sister and to run the three plantations, he impressed on her the need to find a cash crop to cultivate in order to help out Mother England as well as free their lands from mortgage.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She chose indigo: against all odds.<span> </span>She was told it would never grow in the New World.<span> </span>Yet with true grit and strong will she proved everyone wrong.<span> </span>This book tells the story of how she made a better future for herself, her family, her society and our fledgling democracy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My good friend Buddy Sullivan, an award winning Coastal Georgia Historian, penned these words for me as his endorsement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Palatino-Bold; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Once again, with keenness of insight and perception previously unrevealed in historical novels of this period, Pamela Bauer Mueller provides us with an enlightening glimpse into the world of an exceptional woman in colonial America. Eliza Lucas Pinckney’s story offers an illuminating awareness of the unique culture of indigo planting, while also presenting an intimate perspective of everyday life in colonial Charles Town and its low country environs. Not only is this an educational story of a remarkable 18th century woman with extraordinary courage, skill and grit, but it is also an absolute delight to read!”</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I think with that, dear readers, you will be excited and eager to delve into this new historical novel, which we are expecting to make its appearance around the end of the year.<span> </span>Stay tuned!<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pamela</span></div>Pamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-69614879155210545952011-03-31T14:18:00.000-07:002011-03-31T14:38:03.137-07:00APRIL 2011<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Oh my! Reading over my last BLOG, I discover it’s been three months since I’ve written! My excuse is that this has been a busy time of writing and travel. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">After finishing the first draft of “Water To My Soul,” I escaped all work involving writing/marketing for a Girls’ Weekend (with 20 of my closest friends who shared life with me in Mexico) to Cuernavaca, Mexico: a beautiful weekend resort an hour from Mexico City. Mimi Mulligan and I met in TX, flew to Acapulco together for a 4 day rest, and joined the others in Cuernavaca for a long weekend, at the hacienda of my dear friend Oliver Araiz. I hadn’t seen some of these ladies in 25 years! But we picked right back up as if it were yesterday. Friendships are so precious!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“Splendid Isolation” has garnered another accolade: it is a finalist in the <a href="http://www.bookoftheyearawards.com/finalists/2010/category/fiction-historical/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: maroon;">2010 F</span></b></a><a href="http://www.bookoftheyearawards.com/finalists/2010/category/fiction-historical/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: maroon;">oreWord Reviews Book of the Year Finalist</span></b></a><b> </b>in the <b>Fiction-Historical</b> category. The results will be announced in May at the ALA/BEA convention. Keeping our fingers crossed… </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The new manuscript is in the hands of my New York editor. Soon I will know what and how many changes she recommends. I find that the more suggestions of hers that I follow, the better the book. Amazing, eh? She truly knows her business.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Michael and I will travel a great deal in the upcoming months for conventions, art shows, and presentations. One of the highly anticipated events is the <a href="http://hns-conference.org/speakers-panelists/" target="><span style="><i><b><span style="color: navy;">2011 Historical Novel Society Conference </span></b></i></a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> in</span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: navy;"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">San Diego, CA</span></b><b> </b>on <b><span style="font-weight: normal;">June 17-19, 2011, where I’ll be a speaker and panelist. The best news is that my daughter, Cassandra Coveney, and her family live there, so we’ll spend extra days with the grand kids! </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">You can follow our comings and goings on <a href="http://www.pinatapub.com/">www.pinatapub.com</a>. My husband is such an integral part of our publishing business, and I thank God for his love and willing partnership every day.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Stay tuned! Hopefully, we’ll chat before three more months evaporate!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Blessings,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Pamela</span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">New opportunities, new challenges!<span> </span>I love the beginning of each year!<span> </span>Ours started out in Cartagena, Colombia, where Mike and I were traveling with my brother and his wife.<span> </span>We spent two wonderful weeks in Colombia, accompanied most of the time by a local young lady and her family!<span> </span>Paola Leon had lived in Oregon for a year with my brother Jack as an exchange student, and was now sharing her amazing country with us.<span> </span>What a perfect way to begin our new year!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Work on the next novel, tentatively titled <b><i>Water to my Soul,</i></b> is coming along well.<span> </span>I feel I’m three-fourths through the initial writing.<span> </span>I’ve booked six days away for my “hermit” break at an undisclosed location to write 8-10 hours a day, after which I expect to bring home a nearly-finished “first draft.”<span> </span>I feel another trip to Charleston, S.C. may be helpful to answer any questions I may have.<span> </span>After the first draft comes the cosmetic surgery on the novel! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sales of <b><i>Splendid Isolation</i></b> continue to amaze us, for which we give thanks to the Lord.<span> </span>Kindle sales of the book are rising rapidly, as well as Book Nook purchases.<span> </span>We understand this is the way of the future, and we embrace it but still love to hold our books in our hands.<span> </span>I haven’t even been tempted yet to buy an e-book reader.<span> </span>Let’s see how long that lasts.<span> </span><span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Splendid Isolation</i></b> has picked up two national awards so far: runner-up in the Wild Card category in the <i>New England Book Festival</i> and a finalist in the <i>2010 U.S.A. Best Books</i> awards contest in the Biography/History division.<span> </span>We have entered the book in several other award contests, and are keeping our fingers crossed.<span> </span>Stay tuned.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Our events have led us to so many interesting places!<span> </span>The most exciting part of marketing our books is the people we meet.<span> </span>Please visit our website: <a href="http://www.pinatapub.com/">www.pinatapub.com</a> to see where we’ll be in the upcoming months.<span> </span>Let us know if we are in your area and we’ll try to meet you.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Be blessed, and enjoy your 2011,</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pamela</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Where has summer/early autumn gone?<span> </span>It’s almost November and there are so many upcoming activities that it’s hard to concentrate on my writing.<span> </span>For the next 7 weekends, we’re participating in art shows, literary conferences or book signings.<span> </span>And then there’s a major election just 3 days away!<span> </span>Ay Yi Yi!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Piñata Publishing now has a strong E-pub presence.<span> </span>Mike has placed our titles on Kindle and also on the Barnes & Noble Nook.<span> </span>We’re very pleased about customer sales through that medium.<span> </span>I, personally, have still not gone that route, but certainly understand why others do.<span> </span>I just love the feel and smell of physical books.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’m rolling now on the writing of the <i>Eliza Pinckney</i> story, as yet untitled.<span> </span>I think perhaps I’ve written close to one-third of the book.<span> </span>Of course I’ll be re-writing, editing, writing again, etc. but it feels good to finally be inside her head.<span> </span>I’d love to have more time to spend on just writing, and know that it will come.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Our last title, “Splendid Isolation” was selected as a finalist for the <b><i>2010 USA Book News’ Best Book</i></b> <b><i>Awards</i></b> in the Biography: Historical division.<span> </span>We are so happy about being chosen for this award.<span> </span>It’s a national honor where we competed against traditional publishers as well as independents and small presses.<span> </span>Mike and I are always delighted when small and independent publishers are award winners.<span> </span>We strongly support them, as we support independent films and bookstores.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A lot of traveling in our imminent future.<span> </span>Please check out our Event Calendar on <a href="http://www.pinatapub.com/">www.pinatapub.com</a> to follow our journeys.<span> </span>We’d love to visit with you in the venues near your homes.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Enjoy your fall season and the start of winter.<span> </span>Be safe in your travels.<span> </span>And have a very blessed holiday season!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Warm wishes,</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pamela</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Pamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-69679141977563216152010-09-01T14:45:00.000-07:002010-09-11T11:15:24.922-07:00<span style="color: white; font-weight: bold;">SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER UPDATE</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">It’s September 1, and I’m writing my</span> <span style="color: #ff6666; font-weight: bold;">BLOG</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: white;">on time! I think this may be a first! Summer is fading into a cooler fall here in coastal Georgia and we’re so ready for that! Wonderful things have taken place during the summer months as our business and book sales grew proportionately. Three of our books are now being distributed in France by an <span style="color: white;">American/European press. We feel so grateful for our many blessings!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: white;">We’re also grateful to be living on Jekyll Island. Found a wonderful <a href="http://jekyllislandweather.phanfare.com/4735419" style="color: navy;" target="><span style="><i>song/slideshow</i></a> that expresses what we feel.</span></span><span style="color: white;"> See what we mean and enjoy! </span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Mr. Richard Freeland from Suite 101 wrote an interesting review on <span style="font-style: italic;">Splendid Isolation</span> coining a word I particularly liked in describing the writing style.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"> “</span><span style="color: white; font-style: italic;">Splendid Isolation</span><span style="color: white;"> weaves a spell centered around the Jekyll Island of the late 1800's and early 1900's. You could call it "faction", a historical novel told from the perspective of the Jekyll Island Club employees, and how they perceived their employers - men like Rockefeller, Goodyear, Pulitzer and Morgan, who met on Jekyll Island every year for some down time from their empires. Their actions while on the island were instrumental in creating history - notably the Federal Reserve. </span><span style="color: white; font-weight: bold;">A great read that will open your eyes to how actions from the past impact the future. One of the best Jekyll Island books on the list.</span><span style="color: white;">” </span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">So would you say a “faction” is historical fiction with action? Or factual historical events? Either way, I like it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">I spent about two weeks over the summer in Charleston, S.C. researching my next book on Eliza Lucas Pinckney. The South Carolina Historical Museum has an amazing library with wonderful people eager to help me find what I needed. I also visited the home where Eliza lived at the end of her life: Hampton Plantation. It was there that she and her daughter Harriott Horry entertained President George Washington for breakfast in 1791. How fascinating to actually stand on the porch where he stood! It gave me goose bumps! I shall include photos of this house in the book.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-weight: bold;">Next step:</span><span style="color: white;"> begin the writing process. Most of the organization is done, so I’ll take a deep breath and plunge in. This is always a leap of faith for authors. We tend to deliberate too long, rationalize why we are not ready to go but we’re really just scared to get the ball rolling. Since it IS my birthday month, I’ve decided to go for it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Wish me well and stay tuned,</span><br />
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around.<span style=""> </span>Nevertheless, the Lord has blessed Piñata Publishing with our new book!<span style=""> </span>We’re ready to print 5,000 more copies of <b style=""><i style="">Splendid Isolation!<span style=""> </span></i></b><span style=""> </span>This has never happened with any of our previous seven books, so we are joyfully giving <b style="">Him</b> <b style="">ALL</b> the glory! <span style=""> </span>Much to our delight, this book has been a local favorite since it launched January 2010.<span style=""> </span>We don’t really understand it, but we’ll gratefully take it!<span style=""> </span>It seems the tourists on Jekyll Island truly have a hunger to read about the history of this island through the novel form, and we’ve been the fortunate ones to offer it to them!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Book signings, school visits, and conferences have kept us very busy up to the summer months, and now we’re finally taking a necessary break to travel and enjoy our time together. Family is </span><b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">extremely</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> important to us, and Mom’s</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> </span><b style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">90<sup>th</sup> Birthday Party</b> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">in July is a much-anticipated celebration. We’ll join the rest of her five kids, all of her grandkids, and most of the great-grandkids on the west coast for this cherished event! By the way, Mom, </span><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">thank you for being one of my greatest book critics and customers!</span><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I know I said I would be “resting” and “marketing” this year, and would </span><b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">NOT </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">be</span><b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">entertaining ideas for my next book project. However, fate has intervened. My dear friend Betty Smith of Jekyll Island suggested what she thought my next subject should be. </span><i style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">And she was correct! </i><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Once she told me about Eliza Lucas Pinckney, I was hooked. So I’ve already begun research on her (an 18</span><sup style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">th</sup><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> century very independent South Carolinian woman) and am very excited to eventually tell her story. Stay tuned for more details on her life, and</span> <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">thank you Betty!</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal">Stay cool, keep reading, and enjoy your summer!<span style=""> </span>All too soon it will be winter!!!<span style=""> </span>That will be a GOOD THING!</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal">Blessings,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pamela</span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> Pamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-20509898310272230132010-05-02T11:34:00.000-07:002010-05-02T11:43:15.002-07:00May/June<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Whew! Once again the days are rushing by in a whirlwind of activities. </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> It’s all good!</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> (our slogan on Jekyll Island) and we’re giving thanks for all our blessings! Besides our book business--writing and marketing--we wear another smaller business hat. We started renting out the loft above our home: </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ALOFT</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and now that Spring is here and Summer’s on its way, we find ourselves busy with book keeping, cleaning and meeting new guests. If you’re interested, visit </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">www.vrbo.com</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">and type in 259282.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We have all our books as ebooks with Kindle, with the exception of </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Kiska Trilogy.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> We’ve also put </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Splendid Isolation</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> on Smashwords and other ebook formats. I encourage my author friends to get your books into digital formats: the growing trend in publishing. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Splendid Isolation</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> continues to astound us with amazing sales and great reviews. Right out of the gate its sales and interest have certainly surpassed the other seven books I’ve written. We’ve re-printed 3,000 books for the “first print,” and if it continues selling at this rate, we’ll be printing the second print by Fall. It is featured this week on </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">www.authorsroundthesouth.com,</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance affiliation, as “Her Ladyship’s Pick of the Week.” A great deal of its success is due to the </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">independent bookstores</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and their wonderful employees who hand sell it. Thank you so much to each one of you!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The month of May will wrap up school author visits for me with a three-day presentation at Corner Lake Middle School in Orlando, FL. June, July and August will fill up with book signings at both independent and large bookstores. We are booked in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida at this time, and will look into several signings in North Carolina as well. Mike and I love to travel, so this is a great way to combine business with exploration of new areas!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, I’m not yet researching the next book. I really </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">am</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> taking this year off from researching and writing. The primary activity for Piñata Publishing this year is </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Marketing.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> You writers know how important that is, and you know that you are the best one to market your work, so we’re following the advice we give you. But </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">yes, </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I will begin to read more stories of the south, so that by next year, I’ll have a better idea of what area I want to explore in my next novel. There are so many stories out there, and I’m looking forward to becoming passionate about someone else and his/her life journeys.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Have a blessed Summer,</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pamela </span>Pamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-23258951370018127082010-03-28T12:59:00.000-07:002010-03-28T14:32:01.093-07:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">MARCH/APRIL:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Friends, please believe me when I tell you how blessed we are to have received our newest shipment of books! In the last </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">BLOG</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I mentioned that we had ordered 3,000 more before 2009 had even ended, (when we were down to 800 books) but ALAS: it was too late. We’ve sweated blood and tears for the past 3 weeks waiting for the books to arrive! The local bookstores have graciously ordered from our distributor and Ingrams so they could continue to sell, and I beat myself up remembering that Mike had suggested we re-order at 1,000 books in the garage. But no…I thought 800 would be close enough!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">What happened? They arrived in New York and a bitter devastating cold front moved in so the containers could not be examined for 10 days or so. Finally, ours was opened up and released by U.S. Customs but then had to wait 48 hours for another clearing, and then 4 more days until the boxes of books could be sent to Savannah. We grumbled, pleaded and prayed, and finally, 3 weeks after arriving in the U.S.A., our new shipment of</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Splendid Isolation</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">is in our garage! We are beyond grateful!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">People continue to ask me if I’m working on a new book. The answer is NO, not yet. I tell them that I’m resting this year: no research, no writing. But I’m not really resting. Marketing </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Splendid Isolation</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">has taken up a very large portion of each week. But I’m certainly not complaining, as this book has reached heights we’ve never seen in any of my other titles. However, I have blocked out 2 weeks this month to spend with my 89 (90 in April) year old Mom, who will spend 3 weeks with us here on Jekyll Island. I’ll be taking her back to some old “stomping” grounds at Duke University and Raleigh, N.C. It’s such a pleasure to have these special moments with my mother Phyllis, to whom I’ve dedicated </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Splendid Isolation</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Isn’t it awesome to see how much we learn from our parents?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I would love to hear from you on the</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">BLOG</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, or Facebook, or on our website at www.pinatapub.com. Or if you are in the area, please let me know and we’ll find an opportunity to get together.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">All the Best,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pamela</span>Pamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-73688408379672531972010-01-04T17:11:00.000-08:002010-01-04T17:22:21.286-08:00NEW YEAR/NEW DECADE/NEW PLANS!<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I truly love beginning a new decade! So much promise and anticipation for things to come. My resolution for this decade is: “</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">more rest, less stress.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">” I will pass my worries over to God, who promised to carry them for me. My keyword for this decade is “service,” and I hope to share with others the abundant joy I have because of my relationship with Him.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I am also planning on more family time this year. Mike and I leave next week to spend a few days with his mother in Wisconsin. Then, my girlfriends, sisters, daughter, grand-daughter and I have planned a “Girls’ Weekend” for February in Palm Springs, CA. My mother is almost 90; a treasure of a woman who is still going strong and walking a mile a day. I’ll go visit her in Oregon in March and fly her back here to spend a few weeks with us in Georgia. All of our family will unite to celebrate her 90th birthday in July. I believe I’m off to a good start with plans for friends and family! </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Work wise:</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">January 1 was the national launch of</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Splendid Isolation</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">,</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> although we released her here in coastal Georgia in late November. This book has certainly been an enigma to Mike and me: it’s our only title that recouped expenses in just six weeks! Much to our surprise, we had to place an order for another print of 3,000 copies before 2010 even arrived! We are stunned and grateful for the public’s support, and wish to thank all our local bookstores for hand-selling the book. They know who they are!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Now we’ll sit back and see where this book takes us. Mike and I want to enjoy its journey. It’s book number 8 and because I’ve written 8 in ten years, I’ve resolved to enjoy them all this year and not even look for another topic until 2011. Many of my friends question whether I’ll be able to do this, so we’ll just have to wait and see. I am content with that resolution.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I hope you are blessed with peace, love and joy!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pamela </span>Pamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-79463166684790031702009-12-01T15:40:00.000-08:002009-12-05T06:54:17.690-08:00DECEMBER 2009<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">WHEW! Where has this year gone? Last time I wrote on this</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">BLOG,</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">t</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">he book was finished writing and going into print. Now we have several thousand copies o<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">f</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;">Splendid Isolation,</span> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">and more book events to attend than I can count on all toes and fingers. Hallelujah! It’s all wonderful!</span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">I’ve thanked many of the people who helped me throughout the process of book writing and editing, but I’ve failed to thank those of you who have supported me as family, friends and fellow readers.<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>It warms my heart to see that you care about me, my characters and this awesome island, Jekyll.<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>So many of you have stopped what you were doing to let me know that.<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>The words “thank you” seem so insipid, but I cannot find a better way to truly express my gratitude.<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>Just know that you are appreciated.<span style="font-size:0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Great things are happening to us and the book!<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>We’ve been on television and in newspapers already, attended two HUGE book signings (we’re doing pre-release sales in our neck of the woods as the book is a 2010 release nationwide).<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>We’ve also brought on board Mr. Albert Carter from the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Coastal Georgia</st1:placename></st1:place>, whose initiative and technical skills are broadly expanding our horizons!</p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">We’re definitely feeling the Christmas spirit as we sign at Christmas shows and holiday events.<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>Check our calendar for events near you.<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>Praise God for all these blessings!</p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Please follow us on <i>Facebook </i>and<i> LinkedIn.</i><span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>We would love you to become fans as well!<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>Also, you can check out our activities on <i>BookTour.com</i>.</p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">As always, I’m happy to answer questions and work with you in this intriguing world of writing and publishing.<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>Our virtual door is always open!</p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Have a very merry Christmas, peaceful holiday season and a blessed New Year.</p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Warmest Blessings,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pamela</span></div>Pamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-11521476821363657082009-06-24T16:21:00.000-07:002009-06-24T16:31:29.959-07:00Book is written!July/August<br /><br />Just as I’m finishing up another book (#8), we receive the glorious news that our last book, <strong>Aloha Crossing,</strong> handed me the title of the <em>2009 Georgia of the Year for Middle Readers!</em> As if that were not enough to send us over the moon, that same week we were notified by the <em>Independent Publisher Book Awards</em> that <strong>Aloha Crossing</strong> won the <em>Gold medal</em> for the <em>Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction </em>category. You can imagine our joy and delight at that news!<br /><br />As all writers know, there’s a long lonely trail from writing at home to picking up your book in a store. And it’s a hard, stressed and often crazy journey to reach the end, but we all know it’s worth the pain.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Splendid Isolation: The Jekyll Island Millionaires’ Club, 1888-1942</span></strong> is nearing the end of her gestation period and will soon be born. Like those before her, she will consume my energy and a huge part of my time for the next year or so. She will also be my most beloved for a short while. Her seven siblings understand, because they too, experienced all of this with me.<br /><br />I want to share another passage of this book with you, hoping to animate my readers and give you something to look forward to.<br /><br /><em>Anyone approaching the island from the river is greeted by thousands of Spanish moss-draped ancient oak trees competing for space with the palmettos and magnolia trees. After the blinding light and heat of the coastal plain, it’s like waking up in another world. The circular turret of the imposing Club House, lit so that its cream brick glows against the dusk, is topped by a slip of a flag that ripples in the wind. Behind it, a picturesque windmill water tower rises before the dense pine forest. My eyes sweep over the dark brown shades of the monstrous old live oaks and their silvery curtains of moss. In the background I see some of the island’s seasonal</em> <em>mansions, referred to as “cottages” by their owners, and their perfect dark green velvet lawns. Colored men searching for oysters stand waist-high in the river as we draw near the dock. I even see two brilliant cardinals flying overhead!<br /></em><br /><em>We’ve arrived at this magical little island they call Jekyl – a most delightful spot, with a diversified beauty of trees and beaches. It is quite unlike any other place I’ve seen; a tiny paradise, I should think.<br /></em><br /><em>A fairy scene opens out in wide prospect beyond. The foreground, south, west and north is one mass of verdure wall, dotted with semi-tropical plants and flowers. On the Atlantic side, the island is blessed with miles of wide, gently sloping white beaches. The grey-blue Atlantic Ocean glitters under the high sun, as if sprinkled with diamond dust. The very hard packed sand invites the islanders to bicycle and ride horses and drive automobiles over them.<br /><br /></em>Stay cool, enjoy summer, and stay tuned for the September BLOG.<br />Cheers!<br />PamelaPamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-48953143655983355992009-05-07T05:10:00.000-07:002009-05-07T05:26:51.696-07:00MAY/JUNE<div align="justify">Whew! I’ve finished the book on Jekyll Island: <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Splendid Isolation!</span></strong> At least the first draft, which is now in the hands of my editor. That has kept me so busy I’ve neglected my <strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">BLOGS,</span></strong> for which I apologize.<br /><br />So, rather than asking questions about the Gilded Age, Great Depression, etc. to my <strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">BLOG </span></strong>readers, I would like to share with you a small section of the Jekyll Island story. Hopefully, this will whet your appetite for the book to come!<br /><br /><strong>None of the Millionaires escaped the scathing editorials in Mr. Pulitzer’s newspapers, and all reluctantly admitted that there was some truth to them. Nevertheless, they respected Mr. Pulitzer’s keen mind and even more, his integrity. Joseph Pulitzer also provided entertaining comments at any social event, and was known to be charming if he wanted to be. Club President Lanier decided to seat him next to the guest of honor, Andrew Carnegie. </strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><br />“Are you enjoying your stay at the Dungeness with Miss Lucy?” asked Mr. Pulitzer, gingerly spooning small portions of steaming squash soup into his mouth. He had heard occasional rumors from other members that Andrew Carnegie and his sister-in-law Lucy did not get on very well. </strong></div><strong><div align="justify"><br />“Not particularly Sir,” Andrew replied with a grin and a shrug. “Print that if you like.” </div><div align="justify"><br />“Not a bad idea.” Mr. Pulitzer offered him a sly smile. “This seems to be a slow news week. Perhaps I’ll send it out tomorrow.” Across the dark dinner table he could feel rather than see the frown on Mr. J.P. Morgan’s face. </div><div align="justify"><br />During the third course of the dinner, Joseph Pulitzer posed another question.<br />“Andrew, we’re about the same age, more or less. I believe we have some commonalities in our backgrounds as well. Weren’t you born in Europe and emigrated to America at a young age?” </div><div align="justify"><br />Mr. Carnegie contemplated him for a long moment. He knew that Joseph Pulitzer did his homework and seldom made polite conversation. </div><div align="justify"><br />“I came over with my Scottish family when I was thirteen, and got my first job working in a textile mill that same year,” he replied, swirling brandy in his amber Belgium snifter. </div><div align="justify"><br />“I see. And I was an impoverished seventeen-year-old Jewish boy in Hungary when my family sailed for America.” Mr. Pulitzer rubbed his long fingers over his eyes. “Even then, I had poor health and eyesight, and the Austrian Army wouldn’t take me.” </div><div align="justify"><br />Andrew Carnegie placed his hand on Joseph Pulitzer’s arm. “And now we’ve both made more money than we can ever spend. And all we can do is give it to the less fortunate,” he whispered reflectively. “I pray that’s enough.” </div><div align="justify"><br />Neither man spoke for several moments. Leaning down to retrieve his linen serviette, Mr. Pulitzer asked casually, “Tell me something, Andrew. Did your brother Thomas and Lucy build Dungeness over at Cumberland Island because the Millionaires Club didn’t invite the two of you to join?” </div><div align="justify"><br />Mr. Carnegie whirled around to stare at Mr. Pulitzer. Then his face softened and he threw his head back and roared. </div><div align="justify"><br />“You old coot! You know very well they had already begun construction on Dungeness several years before your <em>Millionaires Club</em> came into being!” </div><div align="justify"><br />Joseph Pulitzer grinned, his blue eyes sparkling with mischief. “So true. And by the by, they only asked me to join them so they could keep their enemy close. And even with that, they’ve not been able to quash the truths I publish about them in <em>The World.”</em> He lowered his voice and leaned forward to whisper in Mr. Carnegie’s ear. “I don’t think Jay Gould has ever forgiven me for buying his paper out from under him and then turning it into a big money-maker.”<br /><br /></strong>Enjoy your summer!<br />Pamela </div>Pamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-83944230625575693862009-01-21T18:18:00.000-08:002009-01-22T16:09:29.838-08:00January/February 2009At the beginning of each new year, many of us like to reflect on what we accomplished last year and project our goals for the upcoming one. I’ve made just one resolution: to complete the writing of the Jekyll Island Millionaires Club story!<br /><br />You may have discovered in my past <span style="color:#ff6600;">BLOGS</span> that Joseph Pulitzer is one of my “favorite” Millionaires. His “rags to riches” life story is compelling. Yet I consider his philanthropic tendencies to champion worthy causes praiseworthy.<br /><br />Joseph Pulitzer, one of the original members of the Jekyll Island Club, was a Hungarian immigrant who fought in the Civil War and became a successful American journalist. In 1883 he bought a financial newspaper called the <span style="color:#ffffff;">World</span>; he already owned the <span style="color:#ffffff;">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</span>. A staunch Democrat who vehemently opposed the “aristocracy of wealth” in the pages of his liberal newspapers, he must have greatly annoyed his fellow Millionaires with his accusatory tirades.<br /><br />When France offered to gift The Statue of Liberty to America, a pedestal fund campaign was launched to build a base in the New York Harbor. After several years of fund-raising, only $182,491 had been collected and $179,624 had been spent. <em><span style="color:#cc66cc;"><strong>Enter Joseph Pulitzer and the power of his newspapers!<br /></strong></span></em><br />He conducted a whirlwind public subscription to raise the rest of the funds. He asked his fellow Jekyll Island Club members to help out, and was furious with their responses. Pierre Lorillard gave $1000. A few others donated much less.<br /><br />So he reached out to the ordinary people, setting the goal of the <span style="color:#ffffff;">World</span> at $100,000. He taunted the rich (thereby increasing the paper’s appeal among working-class people) and promised to publish the name of every single contributor, no matter how small the contribution. He wrote:<br /><br />“It would be an irrevocable disgrace to New York City and the American Republic to have France send us this splendid gift without our having provided even so much as a landing place for it…we must raise the money. The $250,000 that the statue cost was paid by the masses of French people—by the working men, the tradesmen, the shop girls, the artisans. Let us not wait for the millionaires to give this money. It is not a gift from the millionaires of France to the millionaires of American, but a gift of the whole country of France to the whole American people. Give something, however little. Let us hear from the people!”<br /><br />The campaign took on the character of a popular crusade. The press of many other cities rallied to the cause and contributions came from as far away as California, Colorado, Florida and Louisiana. By August 11, less than 5 months after it had launched its latest fund drive, the <span style="color:#ffffff;">World </span>announced that the pedestal fund had been completed, and the placing of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe’s Island was assured.<br /><br />The Statue of Liberty arrived at New York Harbor on June 19, 1885. Joseph Pulitzer met his goal.Pamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-50176690358013241592008-11-16T08:13:00.000-08:002008-11-16T17:13:38.671-08:00November/December 2008It’s the holiday season already! November is the busiest month of the year for us at Piñata Publishing, and December follows closely behind. Each November we participate in several "Christmas Made In The South" shows, and this year we’ll return to exhibit in both Savannah and Jacksonville. Our <span style="color:#cc66cc;">Event Calendar</span> has those dates so please join us .<br /><br />I’m delighted to report that after months of researching for the Jekyll Island Millionaires book, I’ve finally begun writing! Due to many school author visits, art shows, and book festivals these past few weeks, I’ve had to write in “bits and spurts.” When I wrote the last few chapters of <span style="color:#ffffff;">An </span><span style="color:#ffffff;">Angry Drum Echoed</span>, I went to Tybee Island and hibernated for two weeks, so I could write undisturbed for ten hours a day! Now I’m happy with two uninterrupted hours to write. I’m trying not to give myself an unrealistic deadline for this huge historical saga, so that I can be fair to the characters and the stories.<br /><br />In the last <span style="color:#cc66cc;">BLOG</span> I asked if anyone knew how many times Louis Comfort Tiffany visited Jekyll Island. For those who haven’t been here, one of the most beautiful stained-glass windows made by Mr. Tiffany, portraying the theme “David Set Singers Before the Lord,” is here on Jekyll. It was installed in Faith Chapel on March 27, 1921. There has been some question as to whether Mr. Tiffany himself installed the window, but we do know that he was here at least once before that. Only one person attempted to answer the question, so I will leave it on the <span style="color:#cc66cc;">BLOG </span>for a while longer to see if anyone else can answer. And again, I’ll send the “winner” a copy of one of my seven books.<br /><br />I’m still looking for interesting anecdotes on Joseph Pulitzer and J.P Morgan. Both characters will be featured throughout the book, and I’m searching for unusual or virtually unknown stories about them. Please share and I’ll give you credit in the Resource Pages in the back of the book.<br /><br />This month’s <span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="color:#cc66cc;">tidbit</span> </span>about the Millionaires: During the era of the Big Apple dance craze, the Millionaires decided to have a dance on Jekyll but realized they didn’t know how to dance it. Earl Hill, son of Charlie Hill who worked years for the Maurice family, was talked into inviting twelve black couples to the island to teach them. The Jekyll Island Club members bought new tuxedos for the men and gowns for the ladies, and they were brought over to teach the Millionaires how to dance the Big Apple. The Club employees made up the band, led by “Washboard” Robert Ivory, who later became a professional musician. The band struck up a lively tune and the dancing began. The twelve couples showed how the dance was done, and then the Millionaires tried it, but just couldn’t get the hang of it. So, the couples split up and each danced with one of the Millionaires. Now these twenty-four dancers could rightfully say they had danced with a Millionaire!<br /><br />Mike and I wish you a loving, peaceful holiday season.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Blessings throughout 2009!<br /></span><br />PamelaPamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-63209607493702268242008-10-01T12:11:00.000-07:002008-10-01T12:53:16.914-07:00October 2008Hello again!<br /><br />Fall is slowly working its way to Jekyll Island, Georgia. The cooler sea breezes sweep over the islands and refresh us on bike rides and beach walks. It’s amazing to think back on that happy day, eight years ago next week, when we pulled into our rental cottage on St. Simons Island with two cats and lots of dreams. We’re just as delighted with the Golden Isles today as we were the first time we saw them in 1988!<br /><br />Our Greece/Turkey holiday was amazing and intriguing and filled with beauty! After recovering from jet lag, we’re now refreshed and ready to get back to work. If you would like to see our “Kodak Gallery,” we’re happy to share the slideshow with you.<br /><br />I have found the answer as to whether Thomas Edison personally installed the electric power plant for the Millionaires on Jekyll Island. <strong><span style="color:#ff9966;">He did not!</span></strong> “In spite of the fact that several Jekyl members backed Edison’s enterprises, no evidence exists to show that he ever set foot on the island. On the contrary, the George A. Williams Company was contracted in 1902 to build the plant for $36,100. In the end, it would cost $39,500, which was paid, as were most improvements, by private subscription.”<br /><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">The Jekyll Island Club</span></strong> by <em><span style="color:#ffffff;">William Barton McCash and June Hall McCash</span></em><br /><br />October will find us attending and making presentations at book festivals, art shows and school visits in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. You can check the <strong><em><span style="color:#ff9900;">Event Calendar</span></em></strong> on the website to see if we’ll be in your area. If so, please let us know! It’s always fun to combine work trips with visiting friends and family.<br /><br />This month’s <strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc00;">tidbit</span></em></strong> about the Millionaires: Did you know that Joseph Pulitzer loved Jekyll Island so much that he wanted to spend his last days in unlimited privacy? Sadly, he died on his yacht, <strong><em><span style="color:#ffffff;">Liberty</span></em></strong>, in the harbor of Charleston, S.C., desperately hoping to reach his Jekyll Island cottage. You’ll learn more about his eccentric character and personality in the book.<br /><br />Does anyone have any “difficult to unearth” information on Joseph Pulitzer or J.P Morgan that you would like to share? Or, you could send me questions about them to see if I’ve researched enough to get the correct answer!<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#ffffff;">Question of the month</span></em>: How many times did Louis Comfort Tiffany visit Jekyll Island? If you know, I’ll send you a copy of your choice of my seven books! I’ll reveal the answer next month.<br /><br />October is so beautiful in the Golden Isles. Please come on down and let us show you around!<br /><br />All the Best,<br />PamelaPamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-2771078486252990782008-09-01T14:25:00.000-07:002008-09-02T14:33:19.074-07:00September 2008Warm greetings!<br /><br />September is here already! This is the month where Americans celebrate Labor Day, a day dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. Labor Day is an annual tribute paid to all workers for their contributions in making this country a better place in which to live and work.<br /><br />Joseph Pulitzer, one of the characters in my upcoming book, (working title:<strong><span style="color:#ffffff;"> <em>Splendid Isolation:</em> <em>The Jekyl Island Millionaire’s Club</em>), </span></strong>was a strong advocate of the working class in the early 1900’s. His newspaper, <strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">The World,</span></strong> which he purchased in 1883 from Jay Gould (father of two Jekyl Island Club members), was the cutting edge of reform. Pulitzer used his power to promote ideals of justice, giving the lower classes visions of the possibility of democracy.<br /><br /><em><strong><span style="color:#cc66cc;">The above spelling of Jekyl Island is intentionally misspelled.</span></strong></em> At the inception of the Millionaire’s Club in 1886, the charter members misspelled Sir Joseph Jekyll’s name. Sir Joseph Jekyll was one of the original British financial brokers for the 13th American colony, Georgia. General James Oglethorpe named this small barrier island on Georgia after Sir Joseph Jekyll. Unfortunately, the charter members of the Jekyl Island Club (northerners, mostly) did not know the correct spelling of his name.<br /><br />Through correspondence with the Jekyll family, the spelling error was discovered. Club members agitated for the name of the island to be corrected. On July 31, 1929, the Georgia State Legislature passed a resolution to change the spelling of “Jekyl Island,” declaring “the correct and legal spelling of the name of said island is and shall be Jekyll Island.” Thus, 191 years after his death, the name of Sir Joseph Jekyll was corrected in every piece of legal correspondence in Georgia. This seems to be a fitting end to the tale of a lawyer, judge, and politician.<br /><br />On my <strong><span style="color:#cc66cc;">August BLOG,</span></strong> I asked if anyone knew whether Sir Winston Churchill had ever set foot on Jekyll Island. Several of you wrote that he had not; one of you stated that he never received an invitation from the Millionaires to visit.<br /><br />No one has yet answered the question of whether Thomas Edison came to Jekyll Island personally to establish the electrical plant. Maybe we’ll find that out this month!<br /><br />For a refreshing and unique view of Jekyll Island, please click on the second link to this <span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong><span style="color:#cc66cc;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">BLOG</span>:</span></strong> <strong><em><span style="color:#cc66cc;">Memories of Jekyll Island</span>.</em></strong></span> Enjoy the music and exquisite photos of the island.<br /><br />Michael and I will travel this month to Greece and Turkey, retracing the footprints of some of the Bible’s greatest writers. We should return refreshed and exhilarated. I believe I’ll be ready to buckle down and start writing!<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Pamela Bauer MuellerPamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690731091363563490.post-54134579864384792142008-08-01T19:36:00.000-07:002010-09-01T15:17:06.398-07:00August 2008<span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Hello friends!<br /><br />We’ve updated and revised our website, and this is our first <strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">BLOG!</span></strong> Our webmaster, Tracy Johnson, has done a marvelous job, and now it’s my turn to make this <strong>educational </strong>and <strong>entertaining</strong>. <em><strong>Here goes…<br /></strong></em><br />Summer has been an exciting time for <strong><em>Piñata Publishing.</em></strong> In June, <strong><em>An Angry Drum</em> <em>Echoed</em></strong> brought me the <em><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">2008 Georgia Author of the Year Award</span></strong></em> for Young Adult books. In July, our newest title, <strong><em>Aloha Crossing</em></strong>, was launched. This middle reader/young adult novel is the sequel to <em><strong>Hello, Goodbye, I Love You</strong>,</em> the story of raising a guide puppy for the blind. In <strong><em>Aloha Crossing</em></strong>, Aloha’s puppy raiser, teenager Diego Escobár, is invited to Georgia to spend two weeks with his beloved dog. Kimberly Louise, Aloha’s blind partner, Diego and Aloha experience new adventures, including a treacherous hurricane and a rattlesnake bite! <strong><em>Aloha</em> <em>Crossing</em></strong> is now available in your favorite bookstore, Amazon.com or on our website!<br /><br />I’ve been busily researching my next novel, which will take us inside the lives of the famed <strong>Jekyll Island Millionaires Club.</strong> Did you know that from 1888 to 1942, about 100 of the nation’s most powerful millionaires lived on Jekyll Island, GA during three months of the year? This exclusive club mandated that you could only step foot on the island as a member or an “invited stranger.” Every year one-sixth of the world’s wealth co-existed on this tiny barrier island, where they spent carefree hours hunting, fishing, riding, and exchanging ideas. They debated politics, discussed wars, families, and world news issues. Joseph Pulitzer was invited to join the club <strong><em>only</em></strong> so he wouldn’t write badly about the rest!<br /><br />My idea is to write the story from the viewpoint of the employees. I will try to pick four of five of the many employees and have each one cover a decade or so. (I think I can better identify with the employees’ minds than I could possibly understand the millionaires’ perspectives.)<br /><br />By the way, did you know that after New York City and Philadelphia, Jekyll Island was the third “city” to get electricity? <strong>Can you imagine why?<br /></strong><br />And while I’m discussing Jekyll Island, I’m hoping that one of my readers can answer a question for me: </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><strong>Did Thomas Edison actually come to Jekyll Island to establish the electrical plant?<br /></strong><br />And here’s another one I’ve not found the answer to yet:<br /><br /><strong>Did Winston Churchill ever visit Jekyll Island?</strong> I have read sources that claim he did, and others that said he never felt the Jekyll Island sand between his toes.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><em><strong>So, if anyone can answer these questions, we’ll share the news next month.</strong><br /></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Please stay tuned to more updates</span> in September. We wish you a very happy last month of summer!<br /><br />Cheers!<br />Pamela Bauer Mueller</span>Pamela Bauer Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702055201627068913noreply@blogger.com2