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Another Review: Boundaries: A Love Story

Here is a wonderful, in-depth new review of my new novel, BOUNDARIES: A LOVE  STORY: Lloyd Russell, reviewer,  http://booksage.blogspot.com/ “Saturday, October 11, 2014 Boundaries, A Love Story, by Christine Z. Mason, ANOTHER Local Author I want to start this post by

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Joint Book Tour Planned

I’m happy to announce that my colleague and friend, G. Elizabeth Kretchmer, will be doing a book tour in northern California with me at the end of October. Gail Kretchmer’s debut novel, The Damnable Legacy of A Minister’s Wife, has

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New Review for Boundaries: A Love Story

A new review of Boundaries: A Love Story has just been published by the Times Publishing Group, Inc. (July 15, 2014). Please note that the novel is also available now in paperback and ebook from Amazon.com,  http://tinyurl.com/omwhsuh Barnes and Noble,http://tinyurl.com/p5yxdty  

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“Downton Abbey”: kissing cousins

Washington Post columnist George F. Will has hit it on the head, as far as Downton Abbey goes! A few discerning viewers, he says, cheered when Lord Grantham lost his fortune in Canadian railway stock. Why doesn’t he just get

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Feb. 4 radio talk with Christine Z. Mason: building an author’s platform

On February 4, 2014, I will be interviewed on KSCO 1080AM during two radio shows: at 7:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. (two separate interviews). I will be talking about my new novel, Boundaries: A Love Story with David Harken, SCORE advisor, and

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KIRKUS REVIEWS LIKES BOUNDARIES: A LOVE STORY

I’m thrilled that KIRKUS REVIEWS has just published a review of BOUNDARIES: A LOVE STORY ! Here it is in part; read the rest on the Kirkus website and let me know if you think it fits the story. (But beware of spoiler in

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BOUNDARIES: A LOVE STORY OUT ON EBOOK

My new novel, Boundaries: A Love Story, is now available on ebook from www.Amazon.com !   Take a look at the new cover design and let me know what you think. 

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Psychological Fiction and Intra-Family Relationships

Are you interested in psychological fiction involving boundaries in relationships between people, especially intra-family relationships? In my new novel, Boundaries: A Love Story, the subject of boundaries between people and those imposed by society is explored. This fence photograph is

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Revisiting Berkeley Scenes from Boundaries: A Love Story

I recently strolled around north Berkeley with my friend Lois on a sunny Saturday afternoon, revisiting a neighborhood where I lived several years ago. I took photos of some of the places that became settings for a number of scenes in my debut

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Burial Rites: a new novel about murder and capital punishment in 19th century Iceland

Burial Rites is brilliantly written by  Hannah Kent, a 27-year-old Australian author who lived in Iceland as a 17-year-old and later returned to Iceland to research the historical subject matter of the book. It’s the story of an Icelandic woman

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