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  I’m excited to have my photograph, “Ruminations,” in the London Photo Festival’s September competition under the theme, Reflections. I would appreciate if you would consider voting for my image. Thanks! London Photo Festival: September Competition: Reflections

  Last week, I visited the outstanding 1811/Kid Ory Historic House in LaPlace, Louisiana. I could not give a review of this book without also reviewing the museum because they are both entwined in my mind.  I was slightly disappointed in myself for not having read John McCusker’s  Creole Trombone: Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz  (University Press of Mississippi, 2012) before the trip. Yet, after that magical day at the museum, I was delighted to have my mind travel back to the experience as I read the book. McCusker has written the definitive biography on Edward “Kid” Ory. Even Ory’s autobiography (passages do appear throughout McCusker’s book) is not as reliable due to it being dictated by Ory to his second wife, who exercised her unwarranted omissions. McCusker’s tenacious research has brought much light to an early jazz pioneer. The 1811/Kid Ory Historic House is the site of the largest slave rebellion in the U.S. and the plantation where Ory was born. McCu...

  So, there is a tradition in New Orleans where we pin dollar bills on the one celebrating a birthday. Today is my 52nd birthday. If you'd like to "pin" a dollar on me virtually, I have made my novella, The Repertoire , 99 cents on Amazon Kindle. Cheers to existence and many thanks for all the orders! You've given an indie author hope! Get your Kindle copies here ! 

"I'm in The Pink. Author Copies are Here!" The Repertoire, a novella The paperbacks and hardbacks are now in Le Salon Shop ! eBooks, paperbacks, and hardbacks are still available on Amazon . From September 15-24, 2022, if you order two or more items at Le Salon Shop on Etsy, use promo code: HAPPYBIRTHDAY2022 to receive 22% off. Click Promotion to redeem.  Recent Reviews: Sandy at The Reading Cafe Michael D. Brown on Goodreads Kimberly Richardson of Viridian Tea House Many thanks, Kristin                

  Author Kristin Fouquet Like many people, I wrote a book during the pandemic. I'm pleased to have been given the opportunity to write a bit about the backstory of my new novella, The Repertoire in "Writing From a Hotspot," which is published at Review Tales. Many thanks to editor, Jeyran Main!

  Paperback and Hardback cover Kindle cover               The book trailer Vocalist Audrey Reine has enjoyed local stardom at a famous jazz club in New Orleans for nearly two decades. When the club owner, her lover, replaces her with an ingénue, Audrey must negotiate an unexpected new life while trying to rescue her tentative musical career.   The Repertoire   is a jazz novella for a new era. Available now at Amazon Signed copies will be available mid-September from Etsy Listen to the playlist for THE REPERTOIRE on YouTube