Tag: books

  • The Silver Coin
    Wednesday, May 18th, 2016     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    Book 3 of the Ancient Elements series is now in its final editing stage! This ship is one of the illustrations in the book drawn by my wonderful illustrator, Marsha Ottum Owen. The book’s cover art is still in the development stage.We hope to publish by the end of June, or early July. If you’d …[ read more ]

  • Why I Write
    Sunday, March 27th, 2016     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    Why I Write – Reason #1: So I don’t fall out of bed at night. At least, that’s my working theory. You see, this month I haven’t had time to write. My mom, who has lived with us for the past three years, has dementia. It has now advanced to the point where we needed …[ read more ]

  • Author Visit to Kennedy Middle School
    Tuesday, October 6th, 2015     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    Last week I spent a day and a half at Kennedy Middle School in Cupertino, CA. I shared with their 6th grade students (500 of them in groups of 60 at a time!) about my Ancient Elements series of books, The Bronze Dagger, The Alabaster Jar, and The Sliver Coin. They also got to see and touch my …[ read more ]

  • A Scout from the 1944 Rising
    Tuesday, September 1st, 2015     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    This past Saturday I met Halina Butler at a Polish Festival  in Martinez, CA. At the festival, I shared about my book, Rising Hope, which takes place in  Poland during WWII. While speaking with Halina, I learned that, in 1939, she was a 12-year-old Girl Guides member (Girl Scout) when WWII began in Poland. She …[ read more ]

  • Polish Festival in Belmont, CA
    Sunday, May 31st, 2015     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    Mark, Mom, and I had a great time Saturday at the PolCA Polish Heritage Festival in Belmont, CA. We enjoyed Polish folk dancing, music, and food. I got to meet the Consul General of Poland from Los Angeles, Mariusz M. Brymor. I have him a copy of Rising Hope, my historical fiction book about the …[ read more ]