Ellen Brazer's Blog - Posts Tagged "holocaust"
WHY HEARTS OF FIRE IS BEING REBORN
My hands are trembling as I write this blog. It seems so surreal that after so many years, I am making Hearts of Fire, my first book, available as a re-edited e-book.
I AM GIVING AWAY 100 E-BOOKS ON GOODREADS. REGISTER TO WIN FROM JANUARY 31, 2021 THRU FEBRUARY 25, 2021
This book took ten years to write, even though it spent much of that time under my bed. Agents sent me detailed rejection letters, praising the book as they pointed out that in the year 2000 the book was too long, 518 pages, and that people were no longer interested in Holocaust novels. Never mind that it was a backstory of that period. Heartbroken, I dusted myself off and decided to self-publish in a print version only. I began doing speaking engagements and to my delight, I actually sold books. An agent suggested that I do a rewrite, using the same storyline, but focusing on a different time period and a different character. I am proud an honored to say that the book I wrote, Clouds Across the Sun became an award-winning novel soon to be a major motion picture. Because of its similarity to Hearts of Fire, I decided to take Hearts out of publication. Recently a professor friend, that I highly respect, read Hearts of Fire and encouraged me to bring it back into publication. And so, I have! For the first time, the book is now available on Amazon for $6.95:
The print version will follow soon.
Summary: Shadowing the lives of two families, Hearts of Fire begins with the Milch Twins. Raised in Berlin, Germany, they are classic products of poverty and abuse. Brilliant, handsome and despotic, one twin maneuvers his way into the twisted bowels of the Nazi inner circle. Simultaneously, we follow the life of a girl born into a pious Jewish family in Vilna, Poland. Gifted, beautiful and determined to become an actress, she makes the momentous decision to break with the traditions of her faith to pursue her dream. From pre-war Paris to post-war Russia, from the malaria-infested swamps of Israel to the greed-filled corridors of modern Washington, this historical saga is a story of duplicity and outrage, courage, termination, love and triumph.
Hearts of Fire is available on Amazon in an e-book
Clouds Across the Sun is available on Amazon in e-book and print
I AM GIVING AWAY 100 E-BOOKS ON GOODREADS. REGISTER TO WIN FROM JANUARY 31, 2021 THRU FEBRUARY 25, 2021
This book took ten years to write, even though it spent much of that time under my bed. Agents sent me detailed rejection letters, praising the book as they pointed out that in the year 2000 the book was too long, 518 pages, and that people were no longer interested in Holocaust novels. Never mind that it was a backstory of that period. Heartbroken, I dusted myself off and decided to self-publish in a print version only. I began doing speaking engagements and to my delight, I actually sold books. An agent suggested that I do a rewrite, using the same storyline, but focusing on a different time period and a different character. I am proud an honored to say that the book I wrote, Clouds Across the Sun became an award-winning novel soon to be a major motion picture. Because of its similarity to Hearts of Fire, I decided to take Hearts out of publication. Recently a professor friend, that I highly respect, read Hearts of Fire and encouraged me to bring it back into publication. And so, I have! For the first time, the book is now available on Amazon for $6.95:
The print version will follow soon.
Summary: Shadowing the lives of two families, Hearts of Fire begins with the Milch Twins. Raised in Berlin, Germany, they are classic products of poverty and abuse. Brilliant, handsome and despotic, one twin maneuvers his way into the twisted bowels of the Nazi inner circle. Simultaneously, we follow the life of a girl born into a pious Jewish family in Vilna, Poland. Gifted, beautiful and determined to become an actress, she makes the momentous decision to break with the traditions of her faith to pursue her dream. From pre-war Paris to post-war Russia, from the malaria-infested swamps of Israel to the greed-filled corridors of modern Washington, this historical saga is a story of duplicity and outrage, courage, termination, love and triumph.
Hearts of Fire is available on Amazon in an e-book
Clouds Across the Sun is available on Amazon in e-book and print
