{"id":14623,"date":"2020-12-01T00:25:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T08:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=14623"},"modified":"2020-11-30T20:01:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T04:01:55","slug":"long-lasting-stardust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=14623","title":{"rendered":"Long-Lasting Stardust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?attachment_id=14629\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14629\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14629\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ellie1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ellie Lieberman, in purple with purple fairy wings, smiles against a backdrop of bookshelves\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ellie1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ellie1-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The magic never really went away,&#8221; says author and artist <a href=\"http:\/\/ellielieberman.weebly.com\/\">Ellie Lieberman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14623-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/Ellie_Lieberman_Noelophile_5.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/Ellie_Lieberman_Noelophile_5.mp3\">https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/Ellie_Lieberman_Noelophile_5.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>She&#8217;s talking about her memories of Christmases as a child, and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>But she could just as easily be speaking of her Christmas short story, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/836579295\/the-memory-tree-signed-copy-shipping\"><em>The Memory Tree<\/em><\/a>, and her handmade creations through her small business, <a href=\"http:\/\/acorntops.weebly.com\/\">Acorn Tops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Memory Tree <\/em>explores a magical&#8211;and poignant&#8211;Christmas Eve which a granddaughter and grandmother spend together<\/p>\n<p>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s too good a story to ruin with &#8220;spoilers&#8221;.\u00a0 But think traditions, enchantment and wisdom shared between generations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as an artist, Ellie crafts unique Christmas ornaments and gifts.\u00a0 Scented fabric Christmas trees, handcarved ornaments and fairy creations&#8211;including fairy doors, scented fairy pillows and enchanting miniature &#8220;fairy bottle&#8221; designs&#8211;are all a part of her creative magic.<\/p>\n<p>Another aspect of that enchantment is Ellie&#8217;s ability to immerse a reader in her other written works.\u00a0 Check out her children&#8217;s books and young-adult fiction, and her short stories in the anthologies <em>A Horde of Dragons<\/em> and <em>The Playlist, <\/em>on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=Ellie+Lieberman&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss\">Amazon<\/a> or on her <a href=\"http:\/\/ellielieberman.weebly.com\/\">webpage<\/a><em>.<\/em>\u00a0 Or, as a special gift to someone (including you!), consider picking up the Christmas anthology <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=Enchanting+Yuletide+Jena+Baxter&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss\">Enchanting Yuletide<\/a>,<\/em> in which <em>The Memory Tree<\/em> first appeared as one of the six published stories.<\/p>\n<h4>Follow Ellie on social media:<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ellie.lieberman.9\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AcornTops\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/search\/Ellie+Lieberman\">Tumblr<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/acorn_tops\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The magic never really went away,&#8221; says author and artist Ellie Lieberman. She&#8217;s talking about her memories of Christmases as a child, and beyond. 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