Pleased New Yr everybody with a tremendous adorable image that one particular of you despatched me (thank you!), and the greatest want meme (writer anon) I arrived across on FB.
I hope you are performing very well -or at the very least not awful- and that the initially two weeks and the again-to-university days have been Ok. Right here COVID is on the increase again with several infections all over us and amongst the kids’ classmates, but as a household device, we’re doing well so much. I know you should be tremendous busy with do the job and family members obligations so all the news down underneath is segmented for each subject matter so you can skim via the information and browse only the sections that desire you. If you’d like to get in touch afterward, I’d enjoy to listen to back from you.
1) Giveaway
During the holiday seasons, I noticed that a language teacher who was not among my acquaintances, K. Wyatt Reguera, selected to function my publications on her Instagram. It was a charming surprise, and spontaneously in order to thank her, I offered her as a gift a single of my publications and one for her followers. You can study a lot more and take part in this e-book giveaway until Sunday the 23rd of January right here. Excellent luck!
2) Amazing memories and energized about 2022
Two decades back, and correct ahead of the pandemic started, “The place am I from?” was just about to get revealed, and I was scheduling my “back home” trip to Malta for the book start. This publish came up as a memory reminder on FB with the artist Platon and his previous graffiti painted for this e-book. A enjoyment -or not so entertaining- simple fact is that all my posted publications came out throughout the pandemic! Also, it is all through the pandemic, now in 2022, that I’m getting the leap of faith and will check out to make it do the job as a complete-time writer. Factors have been going fantastic on that entrance, and about 1,800 books located a for good house in a child’s library in December only!
3) College of Liverpool 2022 Alumni Award nomination
An additional attractive surprise to wake up to yesterday was this one. An aged classmate of mine nominated me this 12 months, and tagged me in a private uni group, for the College of Liverpool 2022 Alumni Award. I had no notion there was these types of an award, and as it’s been various a long time considering the fact that I graduated -it will have to have been 2011 or 2012- so you can imagine how thoroughly unpredicted this is. A different enjoyable truth, this time about languages, I researched in French for my to start with diploma and in English for my second. Greek is my indigenous language, and Norwegian is my husband’s indigenous a person and our children’s strongest.
4) With each other They Blossomed coming very quickly in bilingual editions
I’m finding prepared now for the experiment I outlined a although back again, to translate and publish “Together They Blossomed” as a bilingual e book for older people, a e book to reward to the a person we appreciate in their indigenous/psychological language + English. I can’t wait around to share with you all the English-French, English-Spanish, English-Italian, and English-Greek editions in the coming days. If it goes well, I will consider far more languages. Any person in this article who could possibly want to examine it in any of these language combos once the files are completely ready and right before publication? The French one is prepared.
Here’s an aged video clip I obtained from Sandra Rogers Photography when she opened the box with her English edition printed copies 
. Click below to check out it.
5) Happiness Road is now readily available in English-Danish
You can find it on all Amazon stores. In this article‘s the US a person.
6) Additional editions in Greek
“Happiness Street” and “Cousins Forever” are now available in Greek-English, Greek-French, Greek-Swedish, Greek-Portuguese, Greek-Spanish, Greek-German, Greek-Dutch, and Greek-Italian (additional language combos are out there upon request). You can uncover them on all Amazon stores, and exclusively through the bookstore Paper Kittens FB page / eshop in Greece.
7) New children’s book “Sunny’s Magical Headband”
No information nonetheless when it will come to its publication. As mentioned before, publishing textbooks all through the pandemic can be a little bit unpredictable, and it does present some road blocks, specifically for standard publishing. I’ll enable you know as soon as I know far more. This is a photo from the early levels of e book generation when the artist Eva Rodríguez was painting with classic signifies all the diverse illustrations. This is a reserve I really like dearly and I hope it will go in print and be shared with you all extremely quickly. It will be published by Faraxa Publishing in Malta, EU.
8) Free eBooks each and every 1st of the month throughout 2022. Yay or Nay?
I guess you try to remember the promotion I place jointly final calendar year that lasted 6 months where on the 1st of each and every thirty day period audience could download any of my eBooks + eBooks from many other authors for no cost? I’m thinking of carrying out the exact this year as very well, but just myself this time, and give all of the E-book editions of my independently posted textbooks for absolutely free every 1st of the month. What do you think? Need to I go forward? I’ll be choosing during this 7 days.
For the kinds who are new in this article and have no concept about who I am and/or seem like, here’s a modern photo that was taken by our 5-12 months-aged daughter, who loves getting photographs, all through our Christmas holiday break in Gran Canaria, Spain :).
And here’s the cutest snowman ever that the young ones produced once we came again to Norway… Considering the fact that then we have had tons of snow yet again which has now alost totally melted.
Till following time, take care.
//Elisavet (aka Liza)
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