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Karen Gonzalez

Karen Gonzalez

About

Karen has been interested in folktales and folklore for more than three decades and has facilitated writing classes and workshops for more than twenty years .

Her poetry chapbooks include True North (Origami Poems Project), Coyote in the Basket of My Ribs (Kelsay Books) and forthcoming Down River with Li Po (Black Cat Poetry Press).

An award-winning fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writer, she has earned awards from Farmhouse Magazine, National League of American Pen Women, California Writers Association, and has been nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.

Her work has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, North Bay Biz Journal, Australian Trade Community Journal, Verde, Potato Soup Journal, Sonoma Mandala, Big Blend Magazine, and Twisted in Time, Visual Verse, Zahir Tales as well as other magazines and newspapers.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Creative Writing and Anthropological Linguistics/Folklore from Sonoma State University in California, and her folklore research credits include “Sonoma County Scarecrows: Scarecrows as Folk Art,” which was presented to the California Folklore Society.

She is also an assemblage artist who was National Arts Program Featured Artist in 2022. Her work has appeared on the cover of several literary magazines and been displayed in several art galleries.

She lives in Northern California.

 

 
 

The Seekers: The Children of Darkness (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 1)

The Seekers: The Children of Darkness (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 1)

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<p>New from the author of the multiple award-winning fantasy saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em>, winner of the <strong>Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2014 - Best Book in the Category of FANTASY</strong>....</p><h1><strong><em>The Children of Darkness</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the first book in the new dystopian series <em>The Seekers</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>[Dystopian, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Religion]</strong></h2><p><em>“But what are we without dreams?”</em></p><p>A thousand years ago the Darkness came—a terrible time of violence, fear, and social collapse when technology ran rampant. But the vicars of the Temple of Light brought peace, ushering in an era of blessed simplicity. For ten centuries they have kept the madness at bay with “temple magic,” and by eliminating forever the rush of progress that nearly caused the destruction of everything.</p><p>Childhood friends, Orah and Nathaniel, have always lived in the tiny village of Little Pond, longing for more from life but unwilling to challenge the rigid status quo. When their friend Thomas returns from the Temple after his “teaching”—the secret coming-of-age ritual that binds young men and women eternally to the Light—they barely recognize the broken and brooding young man the boy has become. Then when Orah is summoned as well, Nathaniel follows in a foolhardy attempt to save her.</p><p>In the prisons of Temple City, they discover a terrible secret that launches the three on a journey to find the forbidden keep, placing their lives in jeopardy, for a truth from the past awaits that threatens the foundation of the Temple. If they reveal that truth, they might once again release the potential of their people.</p><p>Yet they would also incur the Temple’s wrath as it is written: “If there comes among you a prophet saying, ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the Light.”</p><p><strong>Be sure to read the second book in this series, <em>The Stuff of Stars</em>, due to release November 30, 2015. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></strong></p>

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This book looks at the bond between seaweed and sea otters. It is a celebration of that long-established relationship and includes facts and folklore.

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<div class="separator" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;font-size:15.4px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242);clear:both;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia;"><i>I am in love with the gentle rocking waves of song and delightful images that fill the pages of this sweet book.  </i></span><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia;">A mother’s lullaby sung from ancient seaweed embraces the understanding that we are all interconnected. The chain of survival continues to link all life. </i></div> <div class="separator" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;font-size:15.4px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242);clear:both;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia;text-align:right;"><i>Karen's </i><i>warm voice and soothing rhythm enhances the Seaweed Song’s magical hold for people of all ages in the most primal way. </i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia;text-align:right;">   </span></div> <div style="font-family:Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;font-size:15.4px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242);color:rgb(34,34,34);"> <div style="text-align:right;"><span style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243);font-family:georgia;">Tina Deason, <em>La Bona Dea, Journal of Everyday Magic</em></span></div> </div>