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Stoop sitting at the New York Botanical Garden's annual Orchid Show. Photo by Raj Moorjani; all other photos by Yours Truly.
Hi Friends,
April here on the east coast saw winter holding on with a vengeance though we did have one week of beautiful, sunshiny reprieve during which the Hubs and I seized our chance to check out the annual orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden. This year's program was Mr. Flower Fantastic’s Concrete Jungle — installation art with flowers, mainly orchids, as the medium. Immersive and breathtaking, clever and whimsical, the show was a love note to New York City and the Queens neighborhood where the anonymous creator, who styles himself Mr. Flower Fantastic, grew up. Alas, the show wrapped April 26th. If you didn't have the chance to go, I hope you enjoy these pictures.
The humble laundromat gets a makeover.
Za! A New York pizza shop, one of several iconic city scenes in this year's orchid show.
I also learned "stuff" like there are nearly 30,000 species of orchids, some of which do not look very... orchid-like.
When I wasn't outside soaking up every drop of available sunshine, I was at my desk dutifully writing. This month, I was super honored to be asked to guest blog on the Historical Novel Society of North America's website.
My post, "Writing the Historical Saga" is condensed from my presentation at HNS's national conference last summer in Las Vegas. If you're interested in writing a saga, or historical fiction of any kind, give it a read.
Win the IRISH EYES Audiobook
Hard to believe, but it's one month since the IRISH EYES audiobook launched! To keep the party going, I'm giving away three copies on Spotify. To be entered to win, hop on over to Substack and sign up for my History With Hope newsletter -- it's free and about one email a month. Contest closes 12 midnight EDT tonight (5/1), so don't delay!
Mother's Day is Sunday, May 10th and books make great gifts! Below is the shortlist of where to get mine, including signed copies.
STARDUST is available wherever books are sold, including:
Hope C. Tarr, Author of the American Songbook Series: IRISH EYES and STARDUST.
Welcome to my monthly author newsletter. Subscribing is a great way to stay in touch with all my news, including giveaways, publisher flash sales and in-person and online events.
What's On... View this newsletter in your browser. Reenactment of the 1778 Battle of Monmouth at Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, New Jersey. Hi Friends, June sped by, my free time spent packing in as many New Jersey state parks as possible and powering through Ken Burns' The American Revolution. And yet somehow July sneaked up on me, hence this newsletter going out later in the day. As we're all ramping up to ring in America's 250th birthday, I'll keep things brief. On Thursday,...
What's On... View this newsletter in your browser. From left to right, Raj Moorjani, Yours Truly, Finola Austin and Richard Huddleson. Hi Friends, May was mostly a writing month for me punctuated by reading and Netflix. I absolutely adored The Widows of Malabar Hill, the launch of Sujata Massey's "Perveen Mistry" mystery series set in 1920s Bombay and centered on a lady lawyer-cum-sleuth. Further to female lawyers in history, I binged all three seasons of "The Law According to Lydia Poët," a...
What's On... View this newsletter in your browser. Hi Friends, Today is the audio book birthday for IRISH EYES! Narrated by Galway born Jade Yourell, the audiobook is available for purchase on Apple, Audible, Barnes & Noble, Google, Libro.fm and Spotify. For the full list of buy links, click here. Book Club Love One of the adorable rescue cats available for adoption at Catsbury Park in Asbury, NJ. When you bring book lovers and cat lovers together in the same room, it's bound to be a...
