NEW YORK AND THIS AND THAT.

First the this and that:

I made the first cut of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competion  with my submittal of THE DEATH OF RAFAEL. A good beginning. This first cut was based on the ‘pitch’, which is a 300 word maximum description of the novel.  I used the same as I have on my cover. The next cut of entries will be selected based on the first 5000 words of the novel

This week I also received the interior proof of the novel and read it line for line, word for word, comma for comma… That was brute work. Amazing the stupid little mistakes that keep sneaking in. Gremlins, I say.

And now, New York.

Morning on Fifth Avenue, Saint Patrick's Cathedral

 
 
I went to the 9/11  memorial at Ground Zero.  What can one really say when standing on the grave of almost 3000 people?
 
 

One of the new rising towers at Ground Zero

 
 
 
 

Memorial where the fallen tower stood. (The footprint of the pool of water is about 80 percent of that of the tower.)

 
 
And two more photos:
 

Main Hall, Grand Central Station

 
And since we always end with food…
 

Smoked salmon, sturgeon and whitefish at the Carnegie Deli. Heaven.

 
 
 
 
 

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