Happy Holidays––and All the News Worth Sharing. I've got two new Books, an International Rights Agent; Numenon is a Book Club Selection; New Book Awards. An Invitation and a gift.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU 
I was putting this newsletter together and realized that, in all probability, we don’t know each other. I’m close to some of you–my friends and family. Others I know a little bit–neighbors and fans. The rest of you probably have a very sketchy connection with me, based on typing an email address into a box.

For many of you, this newsletter may seem like another pitch from one of the bazillion authors trying to get you to buy their books.

That isn’t what I’m about. Let’s clear that up right now. Please take a moment and listen to my most recent radio interview, linked below.

  Sandy Nathan

The book club is part of the Depth Psychology Alliance,  an on-line, global gathering place for those interested in the field of depth psychology.

Depth Insights Book Club

Their motto is, “Seeing the World with Soul.” Depth Psychology explores the highest and deepest aspects of humanity. And the richest, may I add. When I was a graduate student in counseling, these areas of study ignited my being.

I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU JOINED ME FOR THE BOOK CLUB IN JANUARY!

Membership in the Alliance is FREE and so is the new book club. Join the Alliance through the link above and sign up for the book club. You don’t have to be a therapist or professor. All you need to join is an interest in Depth Psychology.  Email me for more details.  The group will be reading my book, Numenon: A Tale of Mysticism & Money.

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The link will take you to Numenon’s page on the Depth Psychology Alliance’s web site. Check it out. They have an incredible web site.  I love their bee icon.

I’m looking forward to finding out how the club members see Will Duane, my brilliant, tortured hero.

Let the games begin! I’m excited

 

THE REALLY BIG NEWS: I’VE GOT TWO NEW BOOKS COMING OUT IN EARLY 2012! The Tales from Earth’s End Series continues with sequels to The Angel & the Brown-Eyed Boy.

Lady Grace Is what happens next. Thousands of years have passed since the end of The Angel. Radiation levels are safe at last. A few survivors straggle back to the Piermont estate in Connecticut.

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What do they find? You won’t believe it.

Lady Grace is a thriller and sci-fi, a fantasy like you can’t imagine. And a tender love story. With visitors from another time and place. It’s Book Two of the Tales from Earth’s End Series.

Sam & Emily: A Romance from the Underground, the third book in the Tales from Earth’s End Series, will be launched
shortly after Lady Grace. Sam & Emily is a love story between two characters introduced in  The Angel. Sam & Emily is about a passion that creates joy and ecstasy, as well as deepest anguish. It’s a passion that lasts a lifetime. And it’s not your ordinary romance.

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Here’s a blog article about the rules of romance and how I break them.

The romance industry has rules about how a romance must go. What those involved must be like. And the mandatory happy ending. I don’t believe in mandatory happy endings. Is that how life is? Always happy at the end? I’m not saying my book’s a tragedy, but . . . a guaranteed happy ending? You’ll have to read Sam & Emily to see what I mean. Unlike the sex in most romances, the intimacy in Sam & Emily isn’t particularly graphic, certainly relative to what I’ve seen in samples of other people’s work offered on the social media. My husband described it as “inspiring.”

The two new volumes in the Tales from Earth’s End Series  

are poised for release. They’re at my designer’s being polished. We had hoped to get them out for the 2011 holidays–but that was not to be. So I’ll send another newsletter around when they come out.

Or watch the Tales blog, or my website. Or my Facebook Author page. “Like” me, you’ll find out when the new books are released right away.

The first book, The Angel & the Brown-eyed Boy takes place on the eve of nuclear Armageddon in the late 22nd century––or thereabouts. The United States has degenerated into a police state. Two people carry the keys to survival: Jeremy Edgarton, a 16-year-old, tech genius and revolutionary;

Buy The Angel on Amazon (Kindle

and Eliana, the angelic, off-world traveler sent to Earth on a mission to prevent her planet’s demise. The Angel is a sci-fi thriller set in a 1984-like setting. It’s the first book of the Tales from Earth’s End Series. 

Buy Tecolote on Amazon

This book is a child’s book–44 pages–that can be enjoyed by adults. It’s a sweet lovely tale. Tecolote is an Amazon Bestselling book. It’s available on Amazon as a print book and Kindle book.

If you’re interested, I would strongly recommend buying the print book version. The Amazon Kindle version is fine: It has all the pictures and tells the story. It’s only 99 cents. The print version is beautiful, has a color interior and is a great size for children to read: 8″ X 10″.

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• Juvenile Non-fiction

It’s been a banner year for me, with new books and literary awards. To cap it off, I’ve signed with the Montse Cortazar Literary Agency for exclusive representation of the international rights to my books. I was honored to be chosen by Montse. When Montse wrote to accept me she said, “My main motivation as a literary agent is to support those authors and publishers who work for the collective awareness, and I truly feel your work is really special and goes in that direction.” Yep. That’s why I write.  I’m looking forward to what the future brings. Perhaps The Angel, Tecolote, Numenon and all the rest will be read worldwide!

Happy holidays, once again. We offer those of you who have eBook readers a special gift in the coupon below.
(If you don’t have an eReader, you can buy an inscribed, autographed hardback first edition of my Numenon: A Tale of Mysticism & Money for $9.50 plus shipping (and sales tax if you live in CA).  It’s a $24.95 retail value. Click here to buy. Please specify what inscription you’d like.  Contact Barry Nathan for quantity orders.)