Pump Up Your Book Presents Almost a Turkish Soap Opera

Join Anne-Rae Vasquez, author of the cultural heritage romance/drama novel, Almost a Turkish Soap Opera, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 through November 30, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

ABOUT ANNE-RAE VASQUEZ

Anne-Rae Vasquez authored Gathering Dust – a collection of poems, published by AR Publishing Inc. and Teach Yourself Great Web Design in a Week, published by Sams.net (a division of Macmillan Publishing). She wrote the novel and screenplay and directed Almost a Turkish Soap Opera, an award winning feature film and series produced by Joseph Khalil, Sababa Emporium Film Productions (http://www.sababaemporium.com) produced the feature film and series.

Details of the film production is at http://www.almostaturkishsoapopera.com.

Note from the author:
“The popularity of Turkish soap operas or TV series’ in the Arab speaking world, Europe and Asia is not well known here in the West. The Turkish TV series’ storylines are packed with jealousies and misunderstandings in family life and marriages, mafia encounters, economic problems and societal pressures, which all make for great drama. What I find fascinating in watching Turkish soap operas is how the Middle Eastern culture is woven into the modern way that Turkish people live which has influences from the Western and Eastern societies. I thank our producers Sababa Emporium Film Productions for allowing me to retell the story with so many different lenses – as a feature film, a short and as a series.” – writer/director/associate producer, Anne-Rae Vasquez

Aside from her artistic work, Anne-Rae Vasquez also manages a web design, production and learner support team, specialized in distance and blended learning at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Her expertise in HTML authoring, Web and multimedia design, and project and database management and being a graduate of the Internet Publishing Certificate Program at the University of British Columbia, has provided her with the opportunity to work with many talented people in the industry. She has over 14 years of experience in distance learning and her expertise is in producing and delivering top notch online courses at university level standards.

Almost A Turkish Soap Opera ABOUT ALMOST A TURKISH SOAP OPERA

Almost a Turkish Soap Opera is about Adel, a young Turkish man whose family has lived in poverty while his grand uncle controls the inheritance money which rightfully belongs to his father. Adel travels to the USA with his best friend Kamil, works illegally, and is deported back to Istanbul. He flies to Canada, marries his rich grand uncle’s spoiled obnoxious granddaughter in exchange for his permanent resident status. He becomes infatuated with his beautiful English teacher and tries to hide this from his wife. How did his life turn into a Turkish soap opera?

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Almost a Turkish Soap Opera Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule

Thursday, November 8

Interviewed at Digital Journal

Tuesday, November 13

Interviewed at Literal Exposure

Thursday, November 15

Interviewed at Examiner

Monday, November 19

Interviewed Review From Here

Tuesday, November 20

Interviewed at American Chronicle

Wednesday, November 21

Guest blogging at Shine

Monday, November 26

Book reviewed at Mommy Adventures with Ravina

Tuesday, November 27

Guest blogging at Allvoices

Wednesday, November 28

Interviewed at Pump Up Your Book

Friday, November 30

Book reviewed at Mary’s Cup of Tea

Anne-Rae Vasquez’s ALMOST A TURKISH SOAP OPERA VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR will officially begin on November 5 and end on November 30,2012. Please contact Tracee Gleichner at tgleichner(at)gmail.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing her book. Thank you!

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