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Alma Alexander is the pen name of Alma A. Hromic-Deckert. She first wrote and was published under her own name of Alma Hromic, but changed to Alma Alexander in the early years of the 21st century. Top members (works)RDeck (11), nsblumenfeld (10), Alma_Alexander (10), Scorbet (8), RedQueen (7), sfnovelists (6), Tsana (6), amysisson (5), sturmvogel (5), Keffy (5), Eleal (5), EarlyReviewers (5), TerryWeyna (5), SilverblueDragon (5) — more Recently addedEarlyReviewers (1), ruthmini (1), rlhuizenga32 (1), ZaraD.Garcia-Alvarez (1), parasolofdoom (1), soffitta1 (1), KevinWhitesides (1), Carleny (3), Deborahrs (1) Member favorites
Alma Alexander has 3 past events. (show) CANCELED: VB Writes...Writing Workshop: Worldbuilding 101--The Setting of a Story with Alma Alexander THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO LOW ENROLLMENT. Join local author Alma Alexander as she leads a writing workshop in the conference room of the Fairhaven Village Inn. Just like a piece of jewelry has a shiny stone that is the focus of attention and a setting which keeps it safe and shows it off, so a story (a plot) is your jewel which requires a solid support in order to show its full potential. We'll talk about building up a credible world, both in contemporary realistic and more fantastical settings in this workshop. Registration is $15 per person. Register at the main counter of Village Books or by calling 360-671-2626. This workshop is limited to 20 people. Registration closes Wed., March 19th.
Alma Alexander's life so far has prepared her very well for her chosen career. She was born in a country which no longer exists on the maps, has lived and worked in seven countries on four continents (and in cyberspace!), has climbed mountains, dived in coral reefs, flown small planes, swum with dolphins, touched two-thousand-year-old tiles in a gate out of Babylon. She is a novelist, anthologist and short story writer who currently shares her life between the Pacific Northwest of the USA (where she lives with her husband and two cats) and the wonderful fantasy worlds of her own imagination. You can find out more about Alma on her Website, her Facebook page or her blog.
Location: Street: 1200 10th St Additional: Conference Room of the Fairhaven Village Inn City: Bellingham, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98225-7015 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
 ALMA ALEXANDER, 2012: MIDNIGHT IN SPANISH GARDENS--FANTASY In 2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens by Alma Alexander, five friends are given an extraordinary choice - to live a totally different life or continue in their own. The story opens on the eve of the end of the world, Dec. 20, 2012, when the friends meet in Spanish Gardens, the restaurant where they had celebrated their college graduation 20 years before. They reminisce and reveal long-held and disturbing secrets about their dysfunctional lives.
Each friend in turn is given a curious set of instructions by an enigmatic bartender named Ariel: "Your life is filled with crossroads and you are free to choose one road or another at any time. Stepping through this door takes away all choices except two -- the choice to live a different life, or return to this one.”
All of them pass through the portal and into drastically changed lives. They change occupations and families; one changes gender; a woman falls in love -- with another woman. In the end, four choose to return to their original lives. One doesn't.
Sudden Valley author Alma Alexander was born in Yugoslavia, grew up in Africa, went to school in Wales, and lived in New Zealand before moving to the US. She has published a score of books, including the internationally acclaimed The secrets of Jin-shei, on sale in 14 languages, and the young adult series, Worldweavers, that VOYA suggested for readers suffering from Harry Potter withdrawal.
Location: Street: 1200 11th St City: Bellingham, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98225-7015 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
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| Canonical name | | | Legal name | | | Other names | | | Date of birth | | | Date of death | | | Burial location | | | Gender | | | Nationality | | | Country (for map) | | | Birthplace | | | Place of death | | | Places of residence | | | Education | | | Occupations | | | Relationships | | | Organizations | | | Awards and honors | | | Agents | | | Short biography | Alma Alexander was born on the banks of an ancient river in Yugoslavia, a country which no longer exists. One of her novels, “The Secrets of Jin-shei,” has been published in more than 20 countries and 14 languages. The heroine of her popular Young Adult Worldweavers series is as American as Harry Potter is British.
She is married to a man who wooed her over the Internet and lured her to America.
She likes books, embroidery, music ranging from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to Dvorak's New World Symphony and "La Traviata", animals, coffee, chocolate, snow, velvet -- and, in people, loyalty, kindness and intelligence (and an off-the-wall sense of humor helps).
She is a punaholic, a chronic worrier, sometimes honest to the point of being tactless. She is sentimental and has an incredible memory for detailed trivia like dates and old song lyric.
She was born on the fifth day of July, six years before man walked on the moon, which makes her a cancer according to the Western horoscope and a water rabbit according to the Chinese one.  Alma was a teenage novelist -- 30 years ago. Now she is exposing her first efforts online. When she was 14, wrote a 200,000 word novel in longhand, in pencil, three years after learning English. Alma is posting that early novel in a blog online, one chapter at a time, and it is being rewritten with the commentary and suggestions of a panel of teen advisers. "We will continue doing this, chapter by chapter, until the novel is done," she says. The book project blog is at: http://heritageofclan.wordpress.com/ | |
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Alma Alexander chatted with LibraryThing members from Nov 2, 2009 to Nov 13, 2009. Read the chat.
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