Tweet …sort of. The real life restaurant I used for Lee Wei Ahn’s in the novel–the restaurant in Chinatown in the opening of The Death of Rafael–Sam Wo’s in San Francisco is in the news. Sam Wo’s Closes. I changed a few things–like the location and the age of the place–but the waiter. Oh, the […]
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Another Review for The Death of Rafael
April 19, 2012 – 9:32 am
Tweet I promise not to post every single review, however, while they are all precious and prized, now and then there is one that hits home in a special way, either because of who wrote the review and their connection with the story, or because they provide an insight that surprises me. One of my […]
The Death of Rafael–first review on Amazon.com
April 9, 2012 – 8:27 pm
Tweet This is the first review I received at Amazon.com on The Death of Rafael. Wanted to share with you. One riveting story supremely told!,April 5, 2012 By Dr. Stanley A. White “Dr. Stan” (San Clemente, CA USA) – See all my reviews (REAL NAME) This review is from: The Death of Rafael […]
Wolves of Pavlava–Reviews
March 16, 2012 – 6:43 pm
Tweet I don’t have many reviews on my Amazon.com site (well, more than many, but a lot less than others. Getting readers to review makes me feel like a dentist holding pliars in my hand, if you know what I mean…) but I thought Iwould share with you the last one I got. It was […]
2011 Chicago Book Expo
February 27, 2012 – 8:59 pm
Tweet Okay, this is not chronological, since it took place in October 2011, before Berlin and New York… But better late that never, I suppose. At an invitation from the talented and intrepid Valya Dudycz Lupescu, I had the great opportunity to read from The Wolves of Pavlava at the 2011 Chicago BookExpo. The reading […]
NEW YORK AND THIS AND THAT.
February 24, 2012 – 10:16 pm
Tweet 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 […]
The Wolves of Pavlava in North Carolina
November 16, 2010 – 3:28 pm
Tweet Just came back (well, not ‘just’, since I am a very lazy blogger) from a visit to Raleigh, North Carolina. While there, I had the privilege of reading from The Wolves of Pavlava to a wonderful group of ladies, an event graciously hosted by a dear friend, Cristina. From the discussions that followed, I […]