This thought-provoking literary fiction book follows the lives of a dysfunctional Italian familyโespecially Donna Greco and her brother Vincentโfrom 1970 to 2012. The book leaves you with this question: When I look back over my life, what pictures will I see?
All of the stories in ๐โ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ are about love. Some are afraid to love. Others love yet stay apart.Some only pretend to love, yet in many cases, love continues even after death. Not everyone is honest when it comes to love; some set out only to deceive. And never forget that the love of a dog, manโs best friend, is so very special.
Each of the eleven stories are important to me. They represent different concerns, even obsessions, in my lifeโmostly from the last three years.
A close friend of mine in his eighties sent me his memoir in manuscript form. I found it fascinating as Iโve known the man thirty-five years. I had suggestions for him on perhaps reshaping it for a larger audience.
๐ด ๐ท๐๐๐กโ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ takes you from the casinos of Las Vegas, Nevada to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to the wineries of Sonoma, California. It is a story of a normal man with usual problems caught up in a situation where he has to break the law in order to remain a free man and prove he isnโt the guilty one.
Now that the new Vietnam War documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick is running on PBS, that most difficult time in American history is once again before us. However, when I saw us so easily fall into fighting in Iraq, I couldnโt help but wonder had our politicians forgotten about our quagmire in Southeast…
What would inspire you to join the military in a time of war? Would anything? The Chords of War opens on 9/11, the same date that the Twin Towers were bombed. Max was ready to do away with himself because everything he held precious in his life had gone down the tubes. His band, the…
Teddy Rose is the owner of Virtual Author Book Tours. When and how did she decide to offer authors the opportunity to have a virtual book tour? What are her requirements for accepting a book? How many packages are offered? What is her favorite part of the job? Has she ever had any trouble with…
Hummingbird Digital is happy to work with author Christopher Meeks and publisher White Whisker Books in offering a free version of Meeks’ well-received thriller Blood Drama. You can read it on your tablet, e-reader, or phoneโany Android or iOS (Apple) deviceโby using a free app called โMy Must Reads.” The code and instructions can be…
I recently finished my sixth draft of a new novel, which takes place in the Iraq war. Iโm ready to show it to agents as I look for new representation. At the recent AWP Conference in Los Angeles, I attended a panel called โAgents on Agenting,โ where afterward I asked Noah Ballard, an agent at…
