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Bee Balms & Burgundy
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Here's a sample of my writing lessons:
The Writer’s Block
Activate it All
One key to creating powerful text and story is to active your writing. What do
we mean by “activate”? We mean, well, activate.
Journey to your trusty bookstore. While th...
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- Relationship Status:
- Single
- About Me:
- BA: Hammond College
Married? Never, forever
Dependents: Two dogs
Best Read: Self-Reliance
Favorite Topic: Women
Fave State: Colorado
Fave Country: Switzerland
Fave Hobby: Hmm...
Fave Sport: Baseball/Hockey
Fave Jock: Marian Gaborik
Fave Jock 2: Francisco Liriano
Fave Indie Writer: Ken Harvill
Fave Music Genre: Ambient
Fave Music Genre 2: World
Talents: Raking my lawn
Keen Insight: Idiots are stupid!
Advice: Don't give advice!
- My Birthdate:
- April 21, 1971
- My Hometown:
- Twin cities
- My Website:
- http://www.nelsonpahl.com
- My Favorite Website:
- http://www.indiemill.com
- My School or Alma Mater:
- Hammond College
- My Career:
- Writer/Publisher
- My Accomplishments:
- Bronte Prize. Maurier Award.
- Why I'm Here:
- Personal, Professional, To Network, To Make Friends, To Share Ideas
- My Passion:
- writing, skiing, literature, Minnesota Twins Baseball, Minnesota Wild Hockey & sex.
If you enjoy strong-but-feminine women, sexy love stories, hot romance stories, romantic fiction, romance novels, sensual fiction, women's fiction, sentimental fiction, great novellas, award-winning fiction, Nicholas Sparks, Nora Roberts, or Richard Paul Evans, you can read chapter five of Nelson's Bronte Prize-winning novella, Bee Balms & Burgundy, right now for free at nelsonpahl.com. (See for yourself why it beat out Nicholas Sparks, Nora Roberts, and Richard Paul Evans, among others, for the title of "North America's Best Love Story of the Year.")
Bee Balms & Burgundy (Debut Novella)..... First Book
In this rousing story, Nick May is a successful Gen X entrepreneur now
living in Vancouver. At 32, he's lost patience with live-in girlfriend
Sonja, as well as business partner Jason. Upon a late summer visit to
his hometown of St. Paul, he reacquaints with childhood neighbor and
lifelong friend Mia. Unbeknownst to Nick, Mia is now a post-mastectomy
breast cancer survivor, with her cancer currently in remission. She also
harbors another powerful secret—one that will change Nick forever.
To every woman who has fought
the battle, and the subsequent
self-doubt and fear,
win or lose...
I offer my respect
Peace & Love
Nelson
Two for Tuesday ...... Second Book in Progress
Emmanuelle Foshey—“Manny” to friends and lover—is a 29-year-old former
Chicago jazz dancer and current Minneapolis ad exec. Seven months ago,
in a strange event, she met publisher and philanthropist Cameron Stiles.
Today, after mending their past heartbreaks, Manny and Cam nurture an
epic, immaculate romance.
Cam lives in the small town of Cannon Valley, 40 minutes south of his
St. Paul offices; he lives in a cute raspberry sorbet Victorian, at
which Manny spends most of my time. Cam’s seventeen-year-old neighbor,
Corey, is a California transplant; he’s also a domineering, single
mother’s only son and a social outcast. Every day, Corey finds it
increasingly difficult to cope in his new surroundings. Cam and Manny
lend a wing; day or night, there’s almost nothing they won’t do for the
kid; they adore him.
Then, tragedy strikes…
And nothing remains the same.
Bee Balms & Burgundy (Debut Novella)..... First Book
In this rousing story, Nick May is a successful Gen X entrepreneur now
living in Vancouver. At 32, he's lost patience with live-in girlfriend
Sonja, as well as business partner Jason. Upon a late summer visit to
his hometown of St. Paul, he reacquaints with childhood neighbor and
lifelong friend Mia. Unbeknownst to Nick, Mia is now a post-mastectomy
breast cancer survivor, with her cancer currently in remission. She also
harbors another powerful secret—one that will change Nick forever.
To every woman who has fought
the battle, and the subsequent
self-doubt and fear,
win or lose...
I offer my respect
Peace & Love
Nelson
Two for Tuesday ...... Second Book in Progress
Emmanuelle Foshey—“Manny” to friends and lover—is a 29-year-old former
Chicago jazz dancer and current Minneapolis ad exec. Seven months ago,
in a strange event, she met publisher and philanthropist Cameron Stiles.
Today, after mending their past heartbreaks, Manny and Cam nurture an
epic, immaculate romance.
Cam lives in the small town of Cannon Valley, 40 minutes south of his
St. Paul offices; he lives in a cute raspberry sorbet Victorian, at
which Manny spends most of my time. Cam’s seventeen-year-old neighbor,
Corey, is a California transplant; he’s also a domineering, single
mother’s only son and a social outcast. Every day, Corey finds it
increasingly difficult to cope in his new surroundings. Cam and Manny
lend a wing; day or night, there’s almost nothing they won’t do for the
kid; they adore him.
Then, tragedy strikes…
And nothing remains the same.
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Activate it All
Here's a sample of my writing lessons:
The Writer’s Block
Activate it All
One key to creating powerful text and story is to active your writing. What do
we mean by “activate”? We mean, well, activate.
Journey to your trusty bookstore. While there, locate your favorite
bestselling novelist’s shelf space. Pluck from it his or her latest title.
Scan through the text. Because today’s novelists tend to be lazy writers—if
they can be considered “writers” at all and not merely “novelists”—you’re su… Continue
The Writer’s Block
Activate it All
One key to creating powerful text and story is to active your writing. What do
we mean by “activate”? We mean, well, activate.
Journey to your trusty bookstore. While there, locate your favorite
bestselling novelist’s shelf space. Pluck from it his or her latest title.
Scan through the text. Because today’s novelists tend to be lazy writers—if
they can be considered “writers” at all and not merely “novelists”—you’re su… Continue
Posted on November 11, 2009 at 10:26am —
New audiobook release of Bee Balms & Burgundy
Just released audiobook of Bee Balms & Burgundy is now available. For your copy go to http://www.nelsonpahl.com.
To hear a chapter of Nelson Pahl's award-winning love story, Bee Balms & Burgundy, in high-quality, multi-cast audiobook. Chapter #4 sample excerpt.
Enjoy!!!
Peace & Love
NP
To hear a chapter of Nelson Pahl's award-winning love story, Bee Balms & Burgundy, in high-quality, multi-cast audiobook. Chapter #4 sample excerpt.
Enjoy!!!
Peace & Love
NP
Posted on April 12, 2008 at 9:27pm —
Eye for an Eye?
I saw a program on dog shelters this morning. In the aftermath, as a dog lover, I'm left with this question: If we can justify euthanizing a three-year-old collie for biting a child's hand as that child attempts to rip a half-eaten rawhide from his/her mouth, then can't we also justify euthanizing a child that severs a dog's head and sends it via post to that dog's guardian???
Remember: Both Hitler and Ted Bundy were once children; neither was ever a dog.
Stay safe.
NP
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If you enjoy stro… Continue
Remember: Both Hitler and Ted Bundy were once children; neither was ever a dog.
Stay safe.
NP
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If you enjoy stro… Continue
Posted on January 22, 2008 at 5:49pm —
Home or Abroad?
When does living abroad actually become “home” for the expatriate and his or her birth nation subsequently become “abroad”?
I recently spoke to a colleague that has been living “abroad”—or “overseas”—for more than twenty-two years now. He no longer carries a U.S. passport, although he was born and raised in America. When conversing with him the other day, he mentioned something about “life abroad.” I asked him what he meant. He explained: anything outside America…even though he hasn’t seen the… Continue
I recently spoke to a colleague that has been living “abroad”—or “overseas”—for more than twenty-two years now. He no longer carries a U.S. passport, although he was born and raised in America. When conversing with him the other day, he mentioned something about “life abroad.” I asked him what he meant. He explained: anything outside America…even though he hasn’t seen the… Continue
Posted on January 22, 2008 at 5:46pm — 1 Comment
Cheers to You, Lovely Lady!
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (a beautiful Pisces woman with Moon in Taurus. Mmm, just my type!) was elected president of Argentina on Sunday, by the widest margin recorded since the 1983 elections. Argentina now joins nations like Panama, Ireland, Britain, and even Canada in electing women to their highest post.
Meanwhile, the “progressive” and “liberated” U.S. still trips over itself, trying to shed its closet-misogynistic, Christian white male fetish while ardently adhering to its closet-mi… Continue
Meanwhile, the “progressive” and “liberated” U.S. still trips over itself, trying to shed its closet-misogynistic, Christian white male fetish while ardently adhering to its closet-mi… Continue
Posted on January 22, 2008 at 5:43pm — 2 Comments
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