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 Paul Elwork's Profile |
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The girl who would speak for the dead stood alone on the cobblestone drive after the rain. |
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| Age: | 36 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Country: |  United States |
| Height: | 5' 11" |
| Zodiac: |  Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20) |
| Last Login: | Oct 13, 2008 (447 days back) |
| I am Here For Friends and Networking. | |
About Me |
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| I'm a writer in Philadelphia and my first novel THE TEA HOUSE is available October 1, 2007 from Casperian Books. Here's a brief synopsis: During the summer of 1925, on a riverfront estate in Philadelphia, a twin brother and sister pretend to contact the dead through ghostly knocking sounds (actually created in the sister's ankle). The twins start by fooling the other children in the neighborhood; when adults get involved, the stakes go up, and the game ventures from chills of the unknown into the raw, uncertain territory of human grief. (Based very loosely on the true story of the Fox sisters.) "In THE TEA HOUSE, Paul Elwork reaches into the past and pulls out a mysterious little gem." -Dan Pope, author of IN THE CHERRY TREE "Overall, THE TEA HOUSE is an enchanting, engaging read, and Paul Elwork is a sublimely sensitive storyteller with an ear for character and setting. If this novel is a sign of things to come, we can certainly expect to be both charmed and captivated by Elwork in the future." -Marc Schuster, SMALL PRESS REVIEWS "THE TEA HOUSE is a quietly lovely coming-of-age story set in that breathless moment between the two world wars; the veil that Emily draws back with her talent is not so much the one that lies between this world and the next as the one that lies between the oblivious innocence of childhood and the regretful wisdom of adulthood." -Dru Pagliassotti, THE HARROW "Beneath the story of the twins lies an amazing story of people... I found myself actually concerned about most of the characters... Several days have passed since I finished this book, and I am still pondering the characters and their personalities, wishing I knew all of their little secrets." -Wendy Hines, ARMCHAIR INTERVIEWS Take a closer look at www.casperianbooks.com and check out my Web site for other info on me and story links: www.paulelwork.com If you've got some time to kill and like backstories, take a look at my blog at LiveJournal: http://paulelwork.livejournal.com/ MySpace Layouts MySpace Layouts MySpace Codes MySpace Backgrounds |
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My Interests |
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| Writing, reading, music (playing guitar, once in a great while), movies, theatre, history, science, mythology, geek culture (sci-fi, super heroes, campy aliens, vampire slayers), the human heart in conflict with itself (thank you, Faulkner), etc., etc | |
I'd like to meet:Writers, artists, musicians, pop-culture geeks, character assassins... no prerequisites apply. Anybody trying to puzzle out the human condition and willing to crack wise about it. |
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Books:In no particular order:Slaughterhouse Five, My Antonia, The Great Gatsby, Light Years, The World According to Garp, Crime and Punishment, All the King's Men, The God of Small Things, Great Expectations, Of Mice and Men, The Scarlet Letter, The Shining, The Sound and the Fury, Where I'm Calling From, The Sun Also Rises, The Road, etc., etc., etc. |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Philly |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Education: | Grad / professional school |
| Occupation: | Writer, Editor |
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My Blog |
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Magic words |
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| Last week, my five-year-old son Elias and I found ourselves waiting for his mother and two-year-old brother Gabriel to join us for our nightly ritual of reading stories together. Gabe was still i... Posted by Paul Elwork on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:05:00 PST |
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Review of Into the Desperate Country by Jeff Vande Zande |
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| Jeff Vande Zande's novel Into the Desperate Country (March Street Press) is a book about a man on the run. The first line introduces a main character trying to locate his place in the w... Posted by Paul Elwork on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:24:00 PST |
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Sweet, morbid bird of youth |
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| Today, on the way back from a doctor's appointment for my sons Eli and Gabe (five and two), we stopped at a cemetery. My father-in-law had come along to help, and it was his suggestion. Some people in... Posted by Paul Elwork on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:05:00 PST |
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Getting my geek on and reviewing Iron Man |
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| I'm really just a big kid. Yesterday, my wife and I went out to a movie; it was my birthday, and so I got to pick. Going to the movies is a rare treat, as anyone with young children can tell you. The ... Posted by Paul Elwork on Tue, 06 May 2008 07:29:00 PST |
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New story, "Innisfree," posted on Word Riot |
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| The February issue of Word Riot includes a short story I wrote entitled "Innisfree." It's about a non-believing religion professor who creates his own personal resurrection myth. Take a look, if you'r... Posted by Paul Elwork on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:56:00 PST |
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The Next Novel |
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| I'm on the verge of starting my next novel.* I've been chewing around the edges of it, stalling in actually getting it down on paper. I've been afraid, frankly. Afraid that if I caught any proverbial ... Posted by Paul Elwork on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:27:00 PST |
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Article in the Northeast Times |
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| A Philadelphia neighborhood paper, the Northeast Times, has published an article about The Tea House and Glen Foerd on the Delaware, the riverfront estate that inspired my fictional one in the novel. ... Posted by Paul Elwork on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:57:00 PST |
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More positive reviews of The Tea House |
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| January has been a good month for Tea House reviews, so far. Dru Pagliassotti at The Harrow gave it a strong endorsement; Marc Schuster at Small Press Reviews also weighed in heavily on the positive ... Posted by Paul Elwork on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:37:00 PST |
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Should old acquaintance be forgot... |
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| At midnight, in the first moments of 2008, I played a version of "Auld Lang Syne" recorded by a band called Die Toten Hosen (an old acquaintance of mine made me familiar with it, years ago). It'... Posted by Paul Elwork on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:11:00 PST |
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Big Blue Marble Bookstore and Philadelphia Ink at Robin’s Bookstore |
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| I should put a prologue in here about my long absence from this blog, despite two nudges from a close friend (see comments on my last entry). Yes, I need to get better at this. And I me... Posted by Paul Elwork on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:36:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Chick with Sticks, Anthony Marais, Johnny From Bristol, William Walsh, Jeni, craig, Casperian Books, Nita, Craig Smith, Kitty, James Randi, Official Myspace: A Place for Books, peter, A.F. Rützy, Josephine Damian, Tom, Zinta, The Smoking Poet, letitia, Sebastian Brück, Amy Guth, Post Road, Caketrain, Kirk Carter, Brian, Bernie, Matthew G. Scarsbrook, Rebecca, The Memoirists Collective, D. H. Dublin, a.k.a. Jon McGoran, Wendy, Rachel, Philly Fiction, joseph, Mindspand Art, Literate Machine, Slade, C.R. Moss, Red Shuttleworth, AngelLesa, Freezer Burn, in bookstores everywhere!, Claudia Jessie Music, Thomas Greanias, Liquid, Mr. Kite, Right?, Heather Louise, ADAMS (author of Toilet Bowl Soup), Rachael, T, Maria - Horror Writer & Poet, andrea, Lelia Broussard, Heather Fowler, Claire Cameron, Authors on the Rise, Leslie, Christine, Tilt, Esmaa Self, Big Bang Film Festival, Anne Frasier, Shari
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