August 10th: The day of Saint Lorenzo and the night of the shooting stars. Every year on this night, Italians head to the hills with blankets and loved ones to watch the “stars of San Lorenzo”. It is around this…
Planning My TLF Publicity Strategy
Today was another day of publicity research for my upcoming debut novel The Love Fool (A Rome-antic Comedy). I focused on making a spreadsheet listing contacts at publications, blogs, podcasts and book-related websites that I would potentially contact for the…
Writing: I’m going to go insane.
So, I’m attempting to write a new story. This time I’m trying to delve into the world of noir fiction. I’ve got my characters in order, I think. And I’ve got an incident, I think. But, I’m confident I have…
Milan: Via Monte Napoleone, Spring 1996 – Part 2
Continuing from Part 1, Laura and I were in a small crowd on the luxury shopping street Via Monte Napoleone, waiting for Claudia Schiffer to emerge from the Gucci store. [Milan. Spring 1996 – Part 2 of 2] Two more men,…
Milan: Via Monte Napoleone, Spring 1996 – Part 1
[Milan. Spring 1996 – Part 1 of 2] It was fashion week; and rumors were flying that the famous models were in town. Remember: The original ‘supermodels’ were still at an all-time peak then. I was twenty-one years old and…
New Orleans: Day 4 (Final): A streetcar, a local lunch spot, more beignet, and back to that awesome Tiki bar.
Our final day: After a morning stroll, we all met up on Canal Street and rode the no.12 St. Charles streetcar through the Garden District, past my hotel, towards the universities. We stepped off at Audubon Park and strolled among…