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Press Releases:
Press Release for In Between Goodbyes
January 2009
In
Between Goodbyes, life and
love on a Broadway Stage
Hope Moran had fashioned for
herself a life of safety: love without commitment, caring without intimacy,
compassion without investment. As a priest, she ministered to the masses and
gave time and effort to the homeless. As a dresser on Broadway, she ministered
to her charges, stage stars in need of a steady, guiding hand. Always tending
the needy, and always at arm's length. Until Ian, a broken actor more deeply
troubled than she could have imagined slipped into her life and crossed the
forbidden boundary into her heart. At the wrong time in his life. At the right
time in hers.
What is in the heart of a woman
who has, her whole life been alone? What
happens when her world is turned upside down?
Author Christina Wible answers
these questions and more in In Between
Goodbyes (266 pp., $14.99), her first novel.
Chris is a Hunterdon County
resident of nearly 40 years who is finally pursuing her dream as a novelist
after years writing corporate drivel, which in some universes might be
considered fiction. Despite a degree in
Political Science and two postgraduate degrees in Religion, her heart has been in
fiction writing since her first attempt at age 14. In this finished novel, she draws on a
lifetime of experiences attending Broadway shows and an eternal love affair
with the City of New York.
About In Between Goodbyes
Clarion Forward Reviews writes:
“Strong characters carrying
heavy psychological baggage feature in this insider’s look at life in New
York’s theater district. A touch of
mystery makes In Between Goodbyes a
fascinating contemporary romantic tale…In
Between Goodbyes will be enjoyed by readers who like a good-hearted
heroine, a worthy man who stays true to his love and the smell of greasepaint.”
Reviewer A.R. Jackson Writes:
“This is the story of Hope
Moran, a complex woman whose deeply loving nature is masked by layers of
efficiency, professionalism, and a carefully honed emotional distance from
others. As Hope's story unfolds, Wible skillfully draws the reader into Hope's
internal fight for strength in the face of tragedy and love in the face of
adversity. We want Hope to win the battle, and we cheer and cry for her in turn
as her life takes her into ever more joyful highs and sorrowful lows.
At the center of it all, though, Hope stands like a beacon of strength. She is at once fragile and heroic, and she will stay with you long after you have closed the book on the final page.”
At the center of it all, though, Hope stands like a beacon of strength. She is at once fragile and heroic, and she will stay with you long after you have closed the book on the final page.”
Chris is currently working on a
romance novel set right here in Hunterdon County and another New York theater
novel that is lying in shreds all over her den in the throws of trying to
decide what it is.
Press Release for In Season
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Christina Wible
Email Address: author@christinawible.com
Website URL: www.christinawible.com
SECOND NOVEL BY CHRISTINA WIBLE RELEASED THIS MONTH
Clinton, NJ, August 8, 2011-- IN SEASON, the latest novel by Christina
Wible has been released. It is available in paperback, Kindle and Nook formats.
The release of IN SEASON kicks off a three-month-long promotional tour that
will include book signings and readings.
IN SEASON is about love, horse breeding, and petty thievery… though not
necessarily in that order. It takes place in the exclusive world of New Jersey
Standardbred horse breeding—a world about which Wible, a long-time rider,
owner, and lover of Morgan horses, offers a rare insider’s peek.
Exclusive it may be, but caring for elite Standardbred horses still
involves plenty of mud, sweat, and determination. Fortunately, Wible’s main
character, FE Booker, is used to mud and sweat, and has determination to spare.
Sure, she has a habit of keeping people at arm’s length, especially her aunt,
who is both her bookkeeper and the only family FE has left, and her new vet,
whom she initially mistakes for an effete New York model.
“IN SEASON’s author
obviously knows horses, but she doesn’t let her knowledge get in the way of a
good yarn. Just when you think you can predict what will happen next in this
fast-paced tale, Ms. Wible gives her yarn a twist, and there you go, turning
pages and laughing out loud as the story gallops on with the reader in hot
pursuit. So this is not the beautiful
book about rolling hills and gleaming boots and horsehide that glistens in the
autumn sunshine. This is not the horsey dream: it is the dream after reality
has ridden roughshod all over it, when the dream plucks itself out of the muck
and beckons, ‘C’mon, follow me, I’m worth it.’” (Reviewer: Celine Nisaragi)
IN SEASON also offers trademark Wible facets such as strong female
characters, troubled relationships, dry humor, and a
touch of slapstick. Readers of romance, epic dramas, comedic women’s
literature, and even Westerns will be drawn to this book, which incorporates
elements of many genres and is, above all, about how one independent woman
learns how to live and love within a community that supports her more than she
could ever have imagined.
ABOUT
Christina Wible is a long-time horse lover who lives and writes in
Western New Jersey. She has worked in both the horse breeding business and with
non-profit therapeutic riding
organizations. Chris recently took the plunge and quit her day job, and is now
a full-time writer. She embraces the freedom and control of self-publication,
and is already in the editing stages on her third novel. She is available for signings and for talks
on writing and on getting started in publishing.
For more information, contact Christina Wible at the above contact
numbers and addresses.
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Press Release for The Shepherd's Image
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Christina Wible
Website URL: www.christinawible.com
AN ARTIST’S VISION, AN ALTERED CALLING PRODUCES A TRANSFORMED IMAGE OF
CHURCH
Clinton, NJ, August 8, 2011—THE SHEPHERD’S IMAGE, the latest novel by
Christina Wible has been released. It is available in paperback, Kindle and
Nook formats.
In a departure from her most recent novel, IN SEASON which took us to
the horse country of Western NJ, THE SHEPHERD’S IMAGE takes us on a journey inward
to the life of a priest in The Episcopal Church.
When Wall Street takeover star Adelaide Wasserstein wanted something
more in her life than just numbers, she took her father’s sage advice and went
looking for a hobby. What she found was an art teacher who kindled in her an
interest in the mystery of religious experience in a way that her classical
upbringing in languages, in theology and in economics had never done.
Entranced, she followed the artist through the doors of the Episcopal Church and
into the spiritual life she hadn’t known she needed.
Adelaide’s journey from corporate businesswoman to progressive bishop
takes her from the small apartment where her parents dole out comfort and
wisdom in equal measure, to the hallowed streets of Rome, and finally to a rust
belt church with stops along the way to learn patience, silence, trust, and
love. With the knowledge to restructure organizations and the longing to find
out what feeds her soul, Adelaide is a force the church never counted on but quickly
finds it cannot do without.
Celine Nisaragi writing on Amazon.com says: “This is the only current novel I know that
explores the theme ‘How can a traditional religion stay both relevant and
solvent in our day and age?’ The author uses the Episcopal clergy as her
candidate for a makeover, but any of America's old stalwart religions would do
as well. Sometimes the religious reform soapbox is all too obvious, and the
story morphs into a sermon. But at other times, the author shows symptoms of
genius. Just wait until you hear her describe the image of the Good Shepherd
that graces the wall of the church she invents! Just as the man in the painting
is totally unlike the standard image of a good shepherd, Ms. Wible is showing
herself to be a writer unafraid to veer far and away from standard fiction
themes.”
ABOUT
Christina Wible is a cradle Episcopalian and a graduate of The General
Seminary of the Episcopal Church. Chris recently took the plunge and quit her day job, and is now a
full-time novelist. She embraces the freedom and control of self-publication,
and is now completing her fourth novel. She
teaches a self-publishing course and is available for signings and for talks on
writing and on getting started in self-publishing.
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