Donna Van Cleve: Triplets - From One Blog to Three!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Triplets - From One Blog to Three!

For the four of you who occasionally follow this sporadic blog, I'm dividing it into three blogs:

Donna Van Cleve - the blog connected to my Web site that will be related to my books and writing in general. I may put in my two cents about anything here, but the focus will be on writing: http://blog.donnavancleve.com/
Shelf Mouse - will have library-related entries from now on. I'll start with the current display on both blogs, but will post future displays and library-related articles on Shelf Mouse: http://shelfmouse.blogspot.com/
Sisterhood of the Comfy Socks - a blog that will eventually have postings by a group of five special gals: http://comfy-socks.blogspot.com/

More to Come!

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MARC Records for Books

Librarians, you can download the MARC records from the Library of Texas http://www.libraryoftexas.org/ or the Library of Congress http://loc.gov 1. Type in the search box any title: Grace Falling Like Rain, Mercy's Face, or Torn Asunder or Anchor Point or The Last Key & click the Search box, which will bring up the titles. 2. Click on the book title link to open up the record. At the bottom, click the "Download MARC" box, which will allow you to save the record to your computer and import it into your circulation software.

Reader Comments: Grace Falling Like Rain

I had been writing this story for some time but was a little hesitant about sharing it at first, although I loved the story and the characters. My niece came to visit and insisted on reading it while she was here, so I began printing out the story chapter by chapter. I could hardly keep up with Jenna asking for the next chapter, which made me realize I might have something special here. I began printing copies for family and friends around Texas, and they passed them on to their families and friends. It has been so exciting to hear the responses to this story that readers have shared with me. The following are just a few of the comments of some of my first readers:

“Just finished the book about two hours ago. Have to tell you, I was all prepared to be only ‘proofreader- interested’ in it since it’s not my usual preference in fiction and all. But Donna, I found myself being eager to get back to it when I had to leave it! I liked the story, and I liked the morals, and it flowed, and it had humor, and it sounded real… I found a wonderful turn of phrase that you wrote that just made me see what is really an abstract idea. Loved it! After having been with the Indians for a few days, you wrote about ‘how fragile the line was from hand to mouth.’ Awesome. Phrases and images like this are one of the reasons I read a lot.” --Clara Jo Horton, Cotulla, TX

“My daughter gave me your book Grace Falling Like Rain for my birthday, and I started reading it after a football game on Friday. I did sleep for a few hours and just finished this morning (Saturday). What a marvelous expression of God's grace! Such a compelling and understandable way of showing readers what God's grace is in real life! I love that period of our country's history. Always kind of thought I was 150 years too late but God always knows best. I’m eagerly waiting for your sequel. God bless your continued writing about His love.” --Pat Howard, Georgetown, TX

The book makes me think of Donna’s writing as a female Elmer Kelton.
--Bill Cotulla, South Texas rancher

“It was awesome, truly awesome! A real page turner…”
-- Carmen Oliver, Round Rock, TX

“I was hooked from chapter one and couldn’t stop reading excerpts to my husband, Robert, who grew up cowboyin’.” --Mary Jan Jenkins, Alice, TX

“I loved the book and my husband asked if he could read it, too. Would you believe I caught him reading it during one of the Astros play-off games? And we’re huge Astros fans!” --Karen Thomison, Hutto, TX

"This is a great book! Once I started reading it, I found it was hard to put down. I enjoyed it immensely and I could almost visualize the area and the characters, as if I was watching a movie. I believe a movie should be made from this book. I'm looking forward to the next sequel."
--Lydia Alexander, Georgetown, TX

“You made me miss my nap today because I couldn’t put your book down!” --Rita Beights, Pilot Point, TX

"I have just finished reading Mercy's Face, and it's every bit as good as Grace Falling Like Rain. Your writing is superb. Our patrons have been anxiously awaiting this book, so we have a reserve list for it." --Willa Bose, Librarian, Waskom, TX

Donna Van Cleve

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Triplets - From One Blog to Three!

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