THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE CENSORED BY ITUNES!
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THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE CENSORED BY ITUNES!

CENSORED BY ITUNES

Make my day: I’ve been censored! I’ve arrived as a novelist.

Specifically, the cover of my novel THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE has been censored. iTunesConnect has deemed this cover “inappropriate.” See below.

By the way, if you click on the title, it will take you to the Amazon sales page.

Here was my initial response:

To my surprise, there is a ticket on this title, that the cover art has been deemed inappropriate.

Please note that this cover is from a black-and-white art photograph, and that the nude body has been considered the highest form of art since antiquity. This cover is not at all inappropriate, as there isn’t even any real nudity, just the fleshy part of the derriere. There is nothing really explicit on this cover. Moreover, the cover has been live on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Goodreads since mid-January.”
How fun is this? Is iTunes really this backward and provincial? Is iTunes really going to censor this cover?
STAY (i)TUNED!

 

 

Guest Post on RomanceJunkies & 5 Stars from JustJudyJumbles
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Guest Post on RomanceJunkies & 5 Stars from JustJudyJumbles

 JustJudyJumbles

It’s Day 5 of the BlogTour and things are lively!

Click here to see my guest post on RomanceJunkies–some musings on why I wrote THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE and how algorithms can’t encompass human life.

Here is the posting in which Just Judy Jumbles gave 5 Stars to THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE. She wrote: “Great story. We see it told through Tessa’s eyes in her universe and through Brian’s eyes as to what had happened in the past in his universe. The author did a great job of stirring the emotions with the ending. And there are some surprising twists and turns as well.”

And here is where to follow RomanceJunkies and JudyDV on Twitter.

Meantime, noted reviewer Harriet Klausner gave 5 Stars to THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE, saying “This is an entertaining romantic science fiction frolic… Readers will enjoy their changing relationship as love proves to be the most powerful force in the Slatton multiverse.” Some people have a problem with Klausner, but I have always found her reviews thoughtful and well-written.

To all: JOY OF READING!!

And do remember to listen to David Sklar’s hit song UNIVERSAL LOVE written for THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE.

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UPDATE: February Blog Tour for THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE
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UPDATE: February Blog Tour for THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE

How fun?! I am so happy and excited! I’ll be tweeting and Facebooking these delicious blogspots all month!

2/1: CHICK LIT PLUS (chicklitplus.com) for BOOK REVIEW
2/2: MY FICTION NOOK (http://myfictionnook.com) – for GUEST POST  + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/3: THE BOOKMARK BLOG (http://www.mybookmarkblog.com/) for BOOK REVIEW
+ E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/4: SIMPSON’S PARADOX (http://simpsonsparadox.com) for BOOK REVIEW + EBOOK
GIVEAWAY
2/5: ROMANCE JUNKIES (http://www.romancejunkies.com/rjblog/) for BOOK REVIEW + EBOOK GIVEAWAY
2/6: GIRL WHO READS (http://www.girl-who-reads.com/) for GUEST POST / WRITER WEDNESDAY
2/7: BOOKWORM BRANDEE (http://www.bookwormbrandee.blogspot.com/) for REVIEW + CHARACTER INTERVIEW + E-BOOK
GIVEAWAY
2/8: BOOKS IN REVIEWS (http://booksinreviews.blogspot.com/) for REVIEW + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/9: CLASSY LADIES DIRTY BOOKS (https://www.facebook.com/groups/classyladiesdirtybooks) for AUTHOR INTERVIEW + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/10: TIFFANY TALKS BOOKS (http://tiffanytalksbooks.com/) for BOOK REVIEW+ GUEST
POST + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/11: SALACIOUS READS (http://www.salaciousreads.com/) for AUTHOR INTERVIEW + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/12: TALK SUPE (http://www.talkingsupe.com/) for BOOK REVIEW + AUTHOR
INTERVIEW + GUEST POST + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/13: MY SECRET ROMANCE BOOK REVIEWS
(http://www.mysecretromancebookreviews.com/) for BOOK REVIEW + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/14: BOOK NERD ASH (http://booknerdash.blogspot.com) for BOOK REVIEW +
GUEST POST + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/15: I AM JANETTE MARIE (http://www.iamjanettemarie.com/) for REVIEW + AUTHOR
INTERVIEW + CHARACTER INTERVIEW + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/16: NIGHTSTAND NOVELS (http://nightstandnovels.com/) for BOOK REVIEW +
AUTHOR INTERVIEW + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/17: NETTE’S BOOKSHELF (http://nettesbookshelf.blogspot.com/) for POSSIBLE
REVIEW + GUEST POST (character interview with Tessa & Brian) + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/18: LILY’S REVIEWS (http://lilysreviews.xanga.com/) for BOOK REVIEW + GUEST
POST + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/19: THE WINDY PAGES (http://www.thewindypages.com/) for BOOK REVIEW + EBOOK
GIVEAWAY
2/20: BOOK TO BOOK REVIEWS (http://booktobookreviews.blogspot.co.uk/) for
BOOK REVIEW + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/21: MY HOME AWAY FROM HOME (http://www.officialmhafh.com/) for BOOK
REVIEW + AUTHOR INTERVIEW + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/22: LIVE READ BREATHE (http://livereadbreathe.blogspot.com) for BOOK REVIEW +
GUEST POST + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/23: CHICK LIT CLUB (http://chicklitclub.com/) for GUEST POST
2/24: OPEN
2/25: CHICK LIT CENTRAL (http://www.chicklitcentral.com/) for BOOK REVIEW + EBOOK
GIVEAWAY
2/26: GIRL IN THE STACKS (http://www.girlsinthestacks.com/) for BOOK REVIEW +
GUEST POST + E-BOOK GIVEAWAY
2/27: BOOK LOVING (http://book-loving.blogspot.com/) for BOOK REVIEW + GUEST POST
2/28: ZEE MONODEE (http://zeemonodee.blogspot.com/) for GUEST POST (character
interview)
2/29: OPEN
Great Review on Goodreads of The Love of My (Other) Life
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Great Review on Goodreads of The Love of My (Other) Life

A smart reviewer on Goodreads thoroughly read, understood, and got my new novel, THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE.

Here were some of her observations:

Twenty four hours is how long it took me to read this book. It is really that engrossing.

“From the very beginning, this novel is filled with the promise of interesting entanglements, delightful moments and new favorite literary bits….

This is the story that answers “what if?” Every day we make choices. This is the magic mirror look at what would have happened if certain choices were made…

This is a scrumptious look at love, art, science and the many pieces that link into a helix that sweeps the reader into its orbit. “

Read the review here.
The Love of My (Other) Life
by Traci L. Slatton (Goodreads Author)

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Marcy Peskin-Larkin‘s review

Jan 16, 13
it was amazing
Read in January, 2013


“Five days, fours hours and 22 minutes” is the babbling of a stranger who suddenly appears everywhere in the messy life of Tessa. Twenty four hours is how long it took me to read this book. It is really that engrossing.

Tessa is creative, bohemian, empathetic and in trouble. Brian is floundering, unkempt, confusing and persistent.

You need not believe in parellel universes. You need not understand physics. You need not appreciate fine art. You need not ever been part of the audience at a classical music recital. If you relate to any of these, you may find yourself connecting to a specific moment, a mention, a scene. Perhaps a passing mention of Blue Oyster Cult is where your connecting moment comes. Whenever it happens, is up to individual experience. From the very beginning, this novel is filled with the promise of interesting entanglements, delightful moments and new favorite literary bits.

Tessa, in today’s world, is struggling to keep her co-op after her husband has left her. She works for an elder-care program based out of a church. She has a strong affinity for the church which is suffering its’ own struggles. Money would solve both of their problems. Tessa connects to her seniors but in particular we learn about her relationship with Mrs. Leibowitz. Tessa has another task of adversity. She is an artist who has been in a blocked period. She has been unable to paint.

She collides with Brian on the sidewalk. He does not make sense. He seems to be suffering delusions. And his mutterings of “five days, four hours and twenty two minutes” is doing nothing to convince her of his sincerity. But since meeting him she keeps seeing potential paintings as she goes through the day. Incredibly no matter where she goes, he is there. More outlandish than his perpetual appearances, is his claims to be part of a parellel universe where he and she are more than just casually acquainted.

Tessa is skeptical of everything Brian has to say. She is more concerned with paying her back co-op fees, helping the church and reclaiming her art. But beneath her cynicism. or perhaps parellel to it, is interest. How does he know about her birthmark? How is it that he feels to be more familiar than a threat? How is it that he has unlocked her passion for creating art?

There are wonderful moments where words open up Tessa to believing. When she is spending time with Mrs. Leibowitz, the elderly woman says “Doing what you want is the prerogative of the dying. Should be the prerogative of the living, too, but it doesn’t always work out that way.” Then Brian “You always think you have forever, then you find it over before you realize.”

This is the story that answers “what if?” Every day we make choices. This is the magic mirror look at what would have happened if certain choices were made.

There are interesting secondary characters that fill the story and make it meatier. A flamboyant gallery owner, a professor’s dedicated assistant, a best friend off on a yoga retreat, a hooker with a defined adam’s apple, today’s Dr. Brian Tennyson, a black market art dealer, a dedicated clergyman, Apple Geniuses and more cluster around Brian and Tessa. In the span of five days, four hours and twenty two minutes there is adventure, guilt, passion, soul searching, kindness, death, rebirth and so much more. It is your prerogative as the reader whether you believe in the possibility of paralel universes. You will learn a bit about physics in the process of reading this book; “reality is non-local, and once two particles have interacted, they’re forever intimately connected in some way”. You need not be familiar with New York City to appreciate the locations referred to throughout. However, if you are, then the marble plaza at Lincoln Center is a fabulous setting for Tessa and Brian to explore the what if conversation. I find part of the scene there to be silly but the background of the spirits of symphonies, operas and ballets is perfect.

I refuse to be any more detailed than this in my review. I care not to throw in spoilers. Read and experience it all for yourself.

 
And remember there’s a Goodreads giveaway going on!
 
 
 
 

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Love of My (Other) Life by Traci L. Slatton

The Love of My (Other) Life

by Traci L. Slatton

Giveaway ends January 31, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

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