One for the Ark is a Round One Finalist in the 2017 Illinois Soon To Be Famous Author Project sponsored by the Illinois Library Association. Got my fingers crossed for the March 6 announcement of the 3 Finalists. My second novel, Warming Up, was a Top 3 Finalist in the inaugural STBF Project in 2013. I...Read More
I doubt that any of my books will ever be banned–what a boost to sales that would be!–but over the course of our history, some classics, such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Grapes of Wrath and Moby Dick...Read More
Happy to report the US Review of Books RECOMMENDS Saluting the Sun in its review. RECOMMENDED is given to 10 to 20% of the titles it reviews, and means the reviewer thinks it’s a “compelling and lasting read.” If you are looking for a lovely Christmas present, you can buy a copy of WARMING UP...Read More
Episode 163 of Library Life features an interview with me at “my mother’s library,” Mt. Prospect Public Library, on my novels and becoming a writer.Read More
At the Chicago Writers Conference last weekend, author and teacher Eric Charles May gave a talk about causality in fiction. He said that we all tolerate accidents in real life, and while we may ask “Why?” or “Why me?” at various crises in our lives, we inevitably must accept that at times there are no...Read More
A good writing conference energizes and inspires as well as providing new information, or at least old information in a fresh way. Chicago Writers Conference, which wrapped up today, was a great writing conference. Speakers were candid, generous and actually concerned, it seemed, with sharing information rather than gratifying their own egos. While shattering dreams...Read More
David Vinjamuri gives indie published books a boost in his Forbes article, mentioning Warming Up and the other ILA Soon to be Famous Author finalists. http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidvinjamuri/2014/06/06/with-ebooks-still-pricey-illinois-libraries-flex-their-marketing-muscle/Read More
