Betsy Robinson
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My Works Girl Stories & Game Plays
Includes Darleen Dances, Pretending, Ice Cream, and Jakey, Get Out of the Buggy (listed below; click on title to read). Praise "Your turns of phrase — creative freedom with language — turned me on throughout; that's the reason why people still read. I laughed out loud! A ticklish read from start to finish." —Jason Love, syndicated humor writer "I was seduced into believing these were just ‘stories’ and then was zinged with surprising twists. The precision of the writing is gripping, dialogue is riveting. Each story stands on its own but then becomes a part of a greater whole, with some characters appearing and reappearing, as though they want us to know them better." —Diane Booth, psychotherapist Darleen Dances
A funny play about finding God. The opening monologue to Darleen Dances is published in Moving Parts: Monologues from Contemporary Plays, Viking Penguin, 1992. To read the monologue, click on the play title (above or in Selected Works at right). An updated version of the play is in Girl Stories & Game Plays. Ice Cream
a Baskin-Robbins love story Jakey, Get Out of the Buggy
"Grampa Jake was a nasty, short-tempered, mean-spirited, frequently rude, sometimes sullen, usually drunk sonofabitch with no patience for anything or anybody, but I mean that in a good way." Angels come in all forms... Plan Z by Leslie Kove
• A funny, sometimes sad, story of negotiating life without a clue. • A Catcher in the Rye for the 1970s generation. • An entertaining tale for anybody who has ever grown up. Leslie Kove has struck out at life plans A through Y, and decides the only plan left is to tell her story — Plan Z. She recounts her bumbling, at times hilarious, journey through the Vietnam era and New York City in the 70s and 80s. To read an excerpt, click on title (above, and in Selected Works column at right). Praise for Plan Z by Leslie Kove "Nothing makes for a more absorbing story than a great main character. Leslie Kove is as entertaining as a protagonist can hope to be. . . . Robinson’s writing style is very entertaining and fun to read, but there’s also a subtle underlying depth to her main character. In between all the laughs and unusual situations, the reader gets to see there’s more to Leslie than meets even her own eye." — Carpe Libris Reviews “I really couldn’t put it down. It was wonderful from the Bennington start all the way through! It’s beautiful.” — Patty Dann, author of Mermaids, The Baby Boat, and Sweet & Crazy “Thank you for making me laugh and cry, and breaking open my heart. … A stunning, moving book. Funny and heartbreaking. I will read the part with Leslie and Dr. Rosenblatt to the class I teach.” — Diane Shainberg, Ph.D., author of Chasing Elephants: Healing Psychologically With Buddhist Wisdom “You could say that if Holden Caulfield were a couple of years older and a girl he might have written just such a book as Plan Z by Leslie Kove, but you would be wrong. Betsy Robinson has her own sadder and wiser (and, on occasion, very funny) voice, and her own set of priorities. With this prize-winning first novel, a diverse and original new talent has arrived on the literary scene.” — Marvin Barrett, author of Second Chance and Spare Days “Most people believe they can write and can't. Betsy Robinson can! The dialogue is terrific; the book is funny; Leslie is engaging although I did want to spank her at times. For a first novel, Plan Z by Leslie Kove rocks.” — Franklyn Rodgers, former president of Scribner Book Company and Warner Publisher Services Marbles
This story changed my life. It's all true. My hope is that it will reach anybody who needs it. Cats on a Pole
(52,340 words) Literary Fiction/Metaphysical Love Story Synopsis “When the student is ready, the teacher will come” — Charismatic healer and teacher Joshua Gardner wonders if the opposite is also true after he experiences “energy sex” with his new student Harmony Rogers. CATS ON A POLE is the story of two psychically-gifted people who are isolated — like cats stuck up on a telephone pole — by their gifts. A passionate love affair without physical contact, a battle of wills without speech, a psychic duel between male and female equals who have, for the first time, met their match. An intense, sexy, sometimes funny, metaphysical adventure story, (with emphasis on storytelling). Editors and publishers, please contact: Nancy Ellis Literary Agency INC PO Box 1564, Willits, CA 95490 Fax (707)459-6718 • Office (707) 456-9441• (707) 459-4152 nellis@mcn.org • bulldog@mcn.org • www.booksatbulldog.com |
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