Shooting holiday promos for my books
While my bedroom is normally picked up every day, today it's chaotic as I set things up to shoot a promo for Becca's Kiss.
My ACX Narrator is done
... done recording my Kindle short story, WATER, that is.What a wonderful job this young man has done with this story. Bravo, Kyle, for all your hard work.
Narrator for WATER hard at work
I've just learned that an ACX narrator, Kyle Snyder, is working on my short story WATER. It should be out for the holidays.
MARY’S HEART now on ACX
I'm thrilled to say that my book 4,MARY'S HEART is now available in ACX format on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DMTR12LIt's wonderful to have all my works selling as a Kindle, paperback…
November 9 Author Signing at the Tiverton Public Library
The Tiverton Public Library is an impressive, brand new facility that defies beauty. I was welcomed by the Director, Deb Estrata and spoke about my novel, the long shot ,…
FAMILY PHOTOS
FAMILY PHOTOS AND OLD DOCUMENTS TELL THE STORY When Joyce Derenas inherited her mother’s family photo collection from the early 1900s, she pushed them aside. But once she retired, these…
Biography
Joyce Derenas received her B.A. in English with a Concentration in Writing from Worcester State College. While there, Joyce wrote her first, short biography of Ichabod Washburn, a steel magnate…
1920 – Coventry, Vermont
Moving from Quebec to Coventry, Vermont in the 1920s gave rise to many challenges. Raoul Poulin and his family had to learn a new language and deal with a different currency.…