Celebrating Our 3rd Anniversary

Our pubco, The Reed Edwards Company is celebrating its 3rd year in business. As a thank you to all of your who helped us reached this milestone we are offering a 30% savings on our books when you order direct from us at www.reededwards.com.

We love to hear that you've enjoyed our books and recommend them to others. So why not give someone an inexpensive gift of a good story? You know our motto: Recommend, don't lend! Book sales put dollars in authors pockets and give us the capital to publish more new writers.

And speaking of new writers... As we move into our next year we hope to bring you two, new exciting and compelling authors.
(More on them at a later date!)

So if you've enjoyed Painting The Invisible Man, Sweet Bitter Love, and Far East Of The Sun, I hope you'll consider giving a copy to someone as a gift.

Just visit www.reededwards.com. We accept credit cards via PayPal...so your payment is safe and secure.

PS. Check out our inspirational refrigerator magnets!
PPS. Feel free to pass this sale notice to your friends and family!

Join Us Today 9/24 Multi-Author Book Fair

Join me and a few dozen more authors today at the Hamilton-Wenham Public Library, 14 Union Street, for a terrific book expo. A chance to talk with authors about their work, pick up books for your reading pleasure, holiday gifts, etc. Event begins at 3:00 p.m. I'll be signing both Sweet Bitter Love and Painting the Invisible Man.

Stay for the reception for the keynote speaker -- which just happens to be me, ;-) -- at 6:45 p.m.
The keynote address begins at 7:30 p.m. Hope to see you there! Hamilton-Wenham Public Library, 14 Union Street, S. Hamilton, MA,

A Slew Of New Reviews!

It's been an exciting few weeks...A number of blogs and Internet book review sites have featured/reviewed my books.

Feature article on Chic Galleria:
Book Talk With J & J:
Review on BestsellersWorld
Review on ReviewYourBook.com
Even Sweet Bitter Love picked up a review after 12 years on the market on Wyns Reading Books!

April 8: Today on "Talk To Me..."

Tune In Today!
4:30 p.m. Eastern!
www.blogtalkradio.com/rita

Today on "Talk To Me...Conversations With Creative, Unconventional People"

My guest today is psychologist and author Dr. Ron Breazeale. Ron is the author of Reaching Home and Duct Tape Isn't Enough. We'll be talking about the politics of fear versus the politics of hope, the role of resilience, and his work with the Maine Resilience Project.

Tune in, Call in, Live! 347-327-9158 and Talk to me...and Ron Breazeale!

Can't tune in today? The show will be available in the archives. Simply go to Talk To Me...Conversations With Creative, Unconventional People. www.blogtalkradio.com/rita

Reader asks: Seems like you jumped ship...

Rainbowgirl asks: I really liked your first novel, Sweet Bitter Love. But this new one, I don't know, seems like you jumped ship. No more lesbian books?

Well, Rainbowgirl, (cute name, by the way), I really don't feel I "jumped ship." Publishers set the genres -- fiction, thriller, suspense, etc. My first book was labeled lesbian/gay studies/romance—I thought it was fiction. Just like the new book, Painting The Invisible Man, is fiction. (Although it is labeled contemporary historical fiction because it is a fictional account of a true event.)

I would hope most readers would enjoy reading my work. The lesbian genre label dropped me into a narrow category. Now, please don't misinterpret this and think I am embarrassed or closeted or whatever label may come to mind; I simply see myself as fiction writer.

I think anyone can relate to the story of Jenny and Susan (Sweet Bitter Love). Relationships are universal...and all alcoholic relationships deal with the same types of issues. I felt the sexuality of the characters was not central to the story.

Anna's experiences in Painting The Invisible Man, that is, growing up in a family on the fringes of the Mafia, may be unique to her. Yet, I believe the themes of forgiveness, redemption, and atonement are universal.

More Sweet Bitter Love

The reader sees the relationship from Jenny's point of view, from her beginning fascination with Susan, through to the end. It is an interesting look into the highs and lows of life with an alcoholic...This is not an easy subject ...It is, however, a situation common to many. Schiano has opened the door to an important subject that few want to discuss.

- R. Lynne Watson, Mega Scene, Palm Springs, Vol. #14
www.sweetbitterlove.com