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Day: November 24, 2024

The Sunflower House, The Writing Process, Uncategorized, Writing Inspiration

A Playlist for The Sunflower House

November 24, 2024

I used dozens of pieces of music to write The Sunflower House, since music is a huge part of my creative process. Music always get the words flowing because it helps me get into character.

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  • A Playlist for The Sunflower House
  • How U.S. Eugenics Policies and Racial Laws Inspired Adolf Hitler
  • Finding Light in the Darkness
  • Writing About Hope
  • What’s Your Muse?

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THE SUNFLOWER HOUSE @stmartinspress ORDER AT LINKS BELOW 📚 author, book lover, cat mama, optimist, she/her. Repped by @victresslizz

Day 124 ❤️ Today's inspiration from Harper Lee Day 124 ❤️ Today's inspiration from Harper Lee. Be true to yourself. 💫
1 week from today! Thrilled to present at my loca 1 week from today!  Thrilled to present at my local library, the Chandler Hamilton Library, for an author talk about The Sunflower House next Saturday, May 10. 

We will discuss:

🌻 Himmler’s ruthless eugenics program and the research that went into The Sunflower House
🌻 The roles that women played in the Lebensborn Program
🌻 Themes in this book and how they pertain to the world today
🌻My 25-year road to publication

This will be an interactive session with plenty of time for questions. I'll also have resources available, including multimedia.

If you have a copy of The Sunflower House and would like it signed, please  bring it! We'll have signed bookplates available and all attendees can enter a free raffle for a chance to win an autographed copy. 🌻

If you're in the Phoenix area, I hope you'll mark your calendar!

More info about this event:

adriana-allegri.com/events/

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Day 123 ❤️ Today's inspiration from Kurt Vonne Day 123 ❤️ Today's inspiration from Kurt Vonnegut. Whatever you create today, in any way, I hope you find joy in the creating.
My Friday read -- Careless People -- and an incred My Friday read -- Careless People -- and an incredible Iced Dubai Chocolate Latte at @momenttocoffeeandtea.
A nifty interview with Voyage Phoenix this week. L A nifty interview with Voyage Phoenix this week. Loved their questions about the journey...

Interview here:

http://bit.ly/4lRlihD

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Had a truly stimulating discussion about The Sunfl Had a truly stimulating discussion about The Sunflower House with readers last weekend in the Portland area! Many in the group were doctors and it was wonderful to get their perspectives on Hochland Home rules. Many thanks to the fabulous @j.a.nielsen.author for facilitating this get together. ❤️

I love book clubs and speaking with readers. For more info on how to invite me to yours, visit 

adriana-allegri.com/book-clubs/

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Day 121 ❤️ Today's inspiration from Maya Angel Day 121 ❤️ Today's inspiration from Maya Angelou, and a reminder that it's a marathon, not a sprint. Courage and perseverance are necessary.
Day 119 ❤️ Today's inspiration. 😘 Day 119 ❤️ Today's inspiration. 😘
Absolutely thrilled to receive such high praise fr Absolutely thrilled to receive such high praise from The Reporter, a publication of The Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton. This insightful review means the world to me. 

Full review is at this link on their website:

https://bit.ly/4joByEV

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Family secrets come to light as a young woman fights to save herself, and others, in a Nazi-run baby factory―a real-life Handmaid’s Tale―during World War II.

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Day 118. ❤️ Inspiration for the day -- hope. W Day 118. ❤️ Inspiration for the day -- hope. Work towards the good and to your dreams. Don't give into despair.  I'm sorry I don't know the OP of this beautiful artwork!
Day 116 ❤️ Today's inspiration from Margaret A Day 116 ❤️ Today's inspiration from Margaret Atwood, and a great reminder that perfection doesn't exist, in writing or anything else. Get started, keep going, and push through. 

Life, like the pottery in the slide, doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. 

Kintsugi is a Japanese art form that involves repairing broken pottery with precious metals. The word literally translates to "to join with gold". The technique highlights the repairs instead of hiding them, emphasizing the imperfections as a unique part of the piece's design. 

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https://bit.ly/4iABG34 This updated blog is about https://bit.ly/4iABG34

This updated blog is about the past but also pertains to the present. Humans have an unfortunate pattern of repeating history when we don't learn from it.

In the United States, we think of ourselves as a country of patriots devoted to democratic principles who helped win World War II. It’s certainly true our efforts helped turn the tide when we entered the war in 1941.

What we often fail to acknowledge is that U.S. policies and laws influenced Adolf Hitler:

* The Jim Crow laws of the early 20th century inspired Hitler, who tasked his lawyers to "perfect" them into what became the Nuremberg Laws, which laid the legal groundwork for the persecution of Jewish people during the Holocaust.

* Hitler was an ardent fan of the efforts of U.S. eugenicists and their work helped shape Nazi policy.

Another forgotten fact: Fascism and Nazism were on the rise here in the U.S. before we entered the war.

This blog provides additional resources -- including ones on White Christian Nationalism, which is nothing new to the United States, and the opposite of what I believe Christianity to be. There are disturbing similarities to German Nationalism in Nazi Germany, as many Christian church leaders became convinced their beliefs aligned with Nazi philosophy.

The blog is fairly short. It's the resources at the bottom that are truly important. I hope you find them of interest.

We must not forget that during World War II, too many paid the price before we turned against fascism and Nazism. Six million Jews and millions of others - including Black people who lived in Germany, Poles, the Romani, the disabled, homosexual men, political opponents (labeled as communists), and Jehovah's Witnesses, among others - perished while others cast their eyes aside. 

U.S. policies and laws inspired Adolf Hitler, and the sentiments behind those policies persist to this day.

In the face of rising antisemitism, racism, fascism, extreme nationalism, and the hatred of people of different ideologies and lifestyles, it's important to recognize our own thoughts and prejudices - and to act to help those who are in harm's way. 

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