CALLING ALL WHO LOVE FINDING LITERARY FIGURES IN STORIES!
There are several actual historical literary figures in WILD CONVICTION.
They might be mentioned.
Or they might make an appearance.
They might not even be the literary figure we know of when the story takes place, as they are young and haven’t gotten to that part of their life yet.
If they make an appearance, they were actually in the place mentioned by the story.
CONTEST RULES:
Email to me a list of the actual historical literary figures who are mentioned or who appear in WILD CONVICTION. Also, with each name, put a work each wrote or something of significance about each. My email is dezember@marydezember.com.
The FIRST FOUR entries having all the correct figures who send their lists to me will be winners of prizes on this page.
Why the first FOUR? Because four is the square root of what number? Yes! 16.
And as readers of WILD CONVICTION know — Sixteen is Power.
NOTE: Only one gift of each listed will be given, so if you win, but the gift you want has already been selected by someone who submitted their entry earlier, you will need to choose another gift.
Contest ends September 30, 2023 at 11:59 pm MT or whenever the four winning entries occur. Whichever happens first.
Have fun!
If you don’t yet have your copy of WILD CONVICTION, you can buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD8DT5B9
Gifts to choose from by the four contest winners are here: https://www.marydezember.com/gifts-shop-1
Screenshot above taken today, August 28, 2023. Since its release, WILD CONVICTION has often been #1 New Release or Top New Release in one or all of its categories.
About the Blog Author
Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, arts scholar, arts advocate, and a lover of visual, verbal, musical art, and the beauty of language.
She is seen here loving her life as a poet and author. Her novel Wild Conviction (Brilliant Moon Press) was recently published.
Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies.
Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) from August 2000 to May 2021. At New Mexico Tech, she also served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chair of the Department of Communication, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.
She enjoys performing her poetry and advocating the creativity of others. She is a tour guide for Santa Fe Art Tours. She is the founder and host of Creatives in Conversation.
Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles, fiction, and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press.
Her writing examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the internal quest or rite of passage to identity. She aspires to inspire champions to create a new and better day.
Photo by Janet Morrison.