Carmela A. Martino

Congratulations to the winner of
the Bag and Swag Giveaway in honor of Women's History Month: Carolyn P. of Pennsylvania.
I'll be getting the prize out to her later this week.

 

Thursday evening, April 5, I'll be speaking to the SCBWI Chicago Network on the topic of
Working with Small Presses. That presentation will be based on research I did for one of my articles in the 2018 Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market. I plan to share some online resources related to the topic with the attendees. You can find links to those resources here on my website.

 

 

     For the month of March, I'm hosting a giveaway in honor of Women's History Month because Playing by Heart was inspired by two notable women of history: composer Maria Teresa Agnesi (pictured above) and her sister, linguist and mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi. (To read more about the sisters, see this website I created in their honor.) March is also the six-month anniversary of the release of Playing by Heart. It's hard to believe the book has already been out six months!

 

     The giveaway prize is pictured above. It includes a limited-edition zippered book bag featuring the cover of Playing by Heart on the outside pocket, with some "swag" tucked inside the two pockets: bookplates that I'll autograph especially for you, and some bookmarks. I use one of these bags myself and love it! 

 

     You must subscribe to my Creativity Newsletter to participate in the giveaway. All subscribers are welcome to download a free PDF excerpt of Playing by Heart.  Go to this page and click on "Download Now."  

 

Giveaway Instructions:

Use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter 1, 2, or all 3 ways:

1. You must subscribe to my Creativity Newsletter to enter.
   Current subscribers: simply enter your subscription email address in the first option of the widget below.
   New subscribers: provide the email address you'd like to use to subscribe and you'll be automatically added to the mailing list.
2. Post a picture on Instagram of someone reading Playing by Heart.
   Be sure to tag @cmartinoauthor (my Instagram handle) and use #PlayingbyHeart
3. Tweet a picture of someone reading Playing by Heart. Please provide the URL of your tweet and tag @carmelamartino (my Twitter handle). If possible, include #PlayingbyHeart

If you have any problems entering, email me via the Contact page. Contest runs through March 1-31. Winners will be notified via email.

 

Open to those 18 and over only. You must have a U.S. mailing address to receive the prize. Good luck!

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Here's a list of the online reviews of Playing by Heart so far, mostly by bloggers. If I've missed any, do let me know.

• 9/6/17   Booklist review of Playing by Heart 
• 9/29/17 Review of Playing by Heart On Barb's Bookshelf
• 10/3/17 Blogger and author of adult suspense novels H. Schussman's 5-star review 
• 10/9/17  Review by A.J. Cattapan, author of middle-grade and young-adult novels
• 10/12/17  Carolyn Astfalk, author of novels for young adults and adults, shares her review of Playing by Heart here
• 11/6/17 Fantasy author Katy Huth Jones's 5-star review
• 12/15/17 Leslie Lindsay's review and interview
• 2/1/18  Review in the February 2018 edition of The Historical Novels Review
• 5/16/18 Review at Today's Catholic Homeschooling
• 9/14/18 Review at Catholic Reads
• 9/24/18 Review by Catholic speaker and inspirational author Virginia Lieto
• 11/24/18 Review by Michelle Lynn at YA Books Central (YABC)
• 1/27/19 Review by Leslea Wahl at Catholic365.com
• 2/2019 Review by Vince Piro for the Italian Catholic Federation Bollettino February issue (p. 7)