Ronlyn Domingue
www.myspace.com/themercyofthinairThe Mercy of Thin Air is COSTCO'S BOOK PICK for JANUARY!!! So this novel about a dead woman got a surprising second life...Mood: ecstatic
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Ronlyn Domingue
- NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, US
- Last Login: 09/02/2010
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Interests
Music
The Beatles, Todd B., Kate Bush, Clannad, Bill Evans, Peter Gabriel, Marvin Gaye, Genesis (early years), Journey, Led Zeppelin, Loreena McKennitt, Pink Floyd, Rush, Remy Shand (where is he?), Sting, Frank ZappaMovies
Dead Again, Déjà Vu (1997), La Belle et La Bete, Raising Arizona, This is Spinal Tap, Spring Forward, The Virgin Spring, The Visitor, The Wicker Man (1973, of course), assorted MST3K and B moviesTelevision
30 Rock, The Office, Arrested Development, Jeeves & Wooster, Father Ted, Waiting for GodBooks
Many thanks to everyone who read THE MERCY OF THIN AIR and awaits Novel #2.
Several works by Margaret Atwood, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Irving, Mark Helprin and…Sophie's Choice…The Time Traveler's Wife...Wuthering Heights…Housekeeping …I, Lucifer…For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women…A Wrinkle in Time…Moby-Dick…The Catcher in the Rye…To Kill a Mockingbird…The Fountainhead…The Things They Carried…A Recent Martyr…The Ogre…Jane Eyre…A String in the Harp…Catfish and Mandala…Humanity: A Moral History of the 20th Century…Walden
Details
- Status: In a Relationship
- Zodiac Sign: Aries
- Education: Grad / professional school
- Occupation: Writer
Schools
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Louisiana State Univ & Ag & Mech & Hebert Laws Ctr
- Baton Rouge,Louisiana
- Graduated: 2003
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Master's Degree
- Major: Creative Writing
2000 to 2003 -
Louisiana State Univ & Ag & Mech & Hebert Laws Ctr
- Baton Rouge,Louisiana
- Graduated: 1993
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree
- Major: Journalism
1988 to 1993 -
Lafayette High School
- Lafayette,Louisiana
- Graduated: 1987
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: High School Diploma
1983 to 1987
Activity Stream
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01 Feb
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Ronlyn Domingue posted a new blog: One Wound, Two Scars
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15 Jan
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Ronlyn Domingue posted a new blog: Urban Forest Fire Dirge
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05 Jan
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Ronlyn Domingue posted a new blog: Strange Sleep of the Six-Legged
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Latest Blog Entries
- 1 Feb 2010 17:19 One Wound, Two Scars
- 15 Jan 2010 16:19 Urban Forest Fire Dirge
- 5 Jan 2010 15:06 Strange Sleep of the Six-Legged
- 3 Nov 2009 17:14 My Horrible New York Times Review
- 1 Oct 2009 13:52 How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Russians (Iraqis, North Koreans, and so on) and Hate War
Blurbs
About me:
About the author, Ronlyn Domingue
I’ve worked as a grassroots organizer, project manager, grant writer, and teacher. Most of my career years were spent working within or in support of the non-profit sector.
THE MERCY OF THIN AIR, my first novel, was published in September 2005. It was acquired in 11 other countries.
For about two years, I thought I knew what my second book would be. Then in October 2006, I had to shelve it for what is now Novel #2. I don’t know when it’ll be finished, only that one day it will.
A few of my short pieces have appeared in New England Review, Clackamas Literary Review, New Delta Review, and The Independent (UK).
I share my life with a true partner and Renaissance man, Todd B., our cats, and lots of urban wildlife. (That is to say, birds, raccoons, squirrels, and the like.)
About the novel, The Mercy of Thin Air
New Orleans, 1920s. Raziela Nolan is in the throes of a magnificent love affair when she dies in a tragic accident. In an instant, she leaves behind her one true love and her dream of becoming a doctor--but somehow, she still remains. Immediately after her death, Razi chooses to stay between--a realm that exists after life and before whatever lies beyond it.
Seventy-five years later, in this ghost-like state, Razi takes residence with a troubled couple whose history mirrors her own. Her intervention in their lives forces her to face the truth of what happened to her beloved Andrew and the nature of her very existence.
Part love story, part ghost story, The Mercy of Thin Air is an exploration of our fragile human lives and memories.
Kudos
Finalist for the 2005 Borders Original Voices Award
Book Sense Pick
Redbook Magazine RedBook Club Pick
Acquired in 11 other countries (see slide show above for jacket covers)
For reviews, visit www.ronlyndomingue.com
For more info, visit www.ronlyndomingue.com.
Comments
9 Feb 2010 14:02
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4 Jan 2010 19:27
Haley
4 Jan 2010 19:26
31 Dec 2009 21:07
* If you get the chance, stop by and solve my riddle in the upcoming story of 'OUIJA', in the NEW Twisted Tales 'R' book coming soon to bookstores worldwide. Find this story along with others in my blog section. If it's not 'Sue', then who is it??
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!
-Criss Karver
(Author of THE LUNACY MACHINE)
31 Dec 2009 21:07
11 Dec 2009 20:29
As a winter present for everyone, I'm offering a free novella on my website. Please check it out!
A HAPPILY EVER AFTER OF HER OWN
Melinda Lightfoot, a preschool teacher with an unusual ability to flit in and out of fairy tales, never thought she would get into trouble...
...until the Fairy Tale Police arrest her while she is in Beauty and the Beast. They offer her a deal: Find Beauty, who left the story when Melinda trespassed into it, or be charged with the ultimate crime -- Fairy Tale Killer. If that's not bad enough the Beast tags along in search of his true love, and Melinda starts falling for the fairy tale prince. She must choose between doing the right thing and having her own happily ever after.
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Enjoy and happy holidays! :)
Nadia
http://www.nadialee.net
9 Dec 2009 00:10
You can get it from www.doghorn.com
More details on my website, www.frankburton.co.uk
“The writer William Burroughs once called language “a virus from outer space”, and there’s a sense of that in A History of Sarcasm, where Burton holds words up to the sun and lets the light shine through them.”
David Swann.
29 Nov 2009 23:01
13 Nov 2009 18:40
Cheers
Cat x
Kiwi author, Cat Connor's second crime thriller, terrorbyte, is now available at mobipocket.
For more information go to Rebel e Publishers.
13 Nov 2009 18:40
The Soul of a Man Anthology is the winner of the 2009 Best Short Stories/Anthology from the African American Literary Awards Show. Read an excerpt of my contribution, "Like Father, Like Son", at http://joeyisinit.com/excerpt.html.
My lastest entry on http://joeypinkney.com is "5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Dwan Abrams, author of My Mother's Child". Leave a comment on my website, I would like to know what you think.
Here is the link: http://www.joeypinkney.com/interviewed/dwan-abrams.html
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