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Advance Reader Copy

February 6, 2016 By Melissa Rea 1 Comment

They are finally piled gingerly on my dining room table, my Advanced Reader Copies of Conjuring Casanova. This is a little exciting because this is the first time my story, begun five years ago, is really a book. Before this it has been available as a PDF and even some home made copy and bind editions. But very soon, June 7th, it will be available to share with you. The story of an ER physician who learns about love and life from eighteenth-century libertine Giacomo Casanova, back from the past. In  2016 Casanova is still Casanova and a fun read can be had by all.

Available for pre-order on Amazon Books and Barnes and Noble. You could be the first of your friends to have one as early orders are often mailed before the actual publishing date. You know you want to, you little trend setter.

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Do Smart Girls Make Better Lovers?#loverherbrain

January 29, 2016 By Melissa Rea Leave a Comment

 

Do smart girls make better lovers, one might ask? Giacomo Casanova certainly thought so. This eighteenth century libertine had well over a hundred lovers. He would certainly go for the quick hook-up but always preferred to be in love. The few women he found that, in his words, “would have made me constant,” were always intelligent.

It takes more than just an education to make a smart girl. She needs a passion for the finer things, like art, music, literature and countless others. Casanova would often meet a woman he did not at first find attractive. When he discovered she read his favorite poets better than he did, he burned with love. One of his true loves once brought him to tears playing the cello and he was not much of a music fan.

What would he think of today’s modern smart girls? Wouldn’t it be fun to find out? Well you might want to read my novel CONJURING CASANOVA. The notorious gentleman comes to 2016 in a fun romp. The smart girl and the playboy both learn life changing lessons.

 

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Available for pre-order on Amazon Books and Barnes and Noble.

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A New Week, A New Challenge

January 24, 2016 By Melissa Rea Leave a Comment

It’s Sunday night and I don’t know about you but I always get excited. Tomorrow a new week will start and all bets are off on the old one. I feel like every Monday the world starts all over new. This week I approved the front and back cover and copy to print Advanced Reader’s Copies. That is where my little story becomes a real book for the first time. These will be used to secure reviews and sales.  So my friends, rise to the challenge. Who knows what wonders await this week for us.

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To Write is to Beg

January 18, 2016 By Melissa Rea 1 Comment

When you choose a book, you look at the endorsements, right? Well I have a doozy for the back of my cover.

 

“Casanova got a bad rep for about three centuries. He was confused with Don Juan, he was censored until 1960, he was dismissed as a writer, and he was lumped together with famous misogynists. After the true text of the “Story of my Life” appeared in 1960, his admirers hastened to rescue the famous 18th century lover and illuminist from ignorance and neglect. Melissa Rea has brought him to life in our time. He was hard to resist in his lifetime and as this novel makes it clear he’s just as seductive now”

Andrei Codrescu, author of “Casanova in Bohemia”

 

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Lets Get This Party Started

December 27, 2015 By Melissa Rea Leave a Comment

I don’t know about you but I am on fire to get 2016 started. This is the year Conjuring Casanova when be published in June. This year the stories in my head will finally have a chance to work their way into to yours. That is why I write, to share my stories. I hope you like them

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Behind Conjuring Casanova

July 21, 2015 By Admin Leave a Comment

I have been making up stories and turning them into books for a while now. For one particularly saucy bit, I needed detailed information on women’s underwear in the eighteenth century.

Working the Google algorithm, I found: “For the details of eighteenth century life, the memoir of Giacomo Casanova cannot be beaten.” I ordered the first of six volumes. You can guess what happened. Just like Lizzy Hillman, the heroine of Conjuring Casanova, I was hooked.

I will share more with you about this journey in my blog.

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