2authors blog--The official blog of the award-winning writing team, V. and D. Povall.

Hello Readers! We're back after a couple weeks off.  We spent it reading, of course.  David had a birthday in late June, and he received a special gift that he's spent the last few weeks reading and relishing, so we decided to tell you all about it. It's a book called "Remembrance: Selected Correspondence of Ray Bradbury".  Well worth your time. It contains personal letters and communications Ray sent and received across decades of his life, with many fascinating and admirable people on the other end, including Gore Vidal, Bertrand Russell, Anaïs Nin, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, and many more.  This book felt very personal for David. He first encountered Bradbury's 'The Martian Chronicles' as a teenager. Maybe it was the parallel universe kind of story with juxtapositions of time and beings, or the poetic and profound way in which he describes characters, places, feelings, and fantasies, but the story deeply resonated with him. When he rereads Bradbury now,

  "Such days are like a sigh That beauty heaves from a full heart of bliss: Such nights are like the sweetness of a kiss On lips that half deny, The warm lips of July"   -from "July" by Madison Cawein Hello Readers! Where has the time gone? The year is more than half over now, we've crossed the halfway point.  It's been a great year so far for us; we published our fifth novel, released two more audiobooks from our trilogy, and attended the LA Times Festival of Books.  We're in a much-needed slow time, but that doesn't mean nothing's happening. We've got more writing to complete, more audiobooks to create, and more traveling to conferences and fairs to do.  In the meantime, let's share some fun facts about July, shall we? We've gotten into this routine of late, and it's quite enjoyable for us to share facts about the new month.  July is named after Julius Caesar. He's credited with creating the calendar that was the predecessor