Authors periodically participate in a blog tour which involves answering several questions and then pointing you on to writers (next week) whose answers you may find interesting as well. The versatile Amy Parker selected me to answer questions about my current work in progress. Amy is a fun loving woman with a lovely southern accent from the outskirts of Nashville…
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Hurricanes, Hawai'i and the US Navy
The hurricanes powering through the Hawai’ian islands today are reminding me of several incidents involving my family. In 1982, powerful Hurricane Iwa roared over Kaua’i, the western most inhabited island in the chain, and left it in shambles. Electrical power was out for more than a week in some places on this lush vegetated island, and it was declared a disaster…
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Hurricanes, Hawai’i and the US Navy
The hurricanes powering through the Hawai’ian islands today are reminding me of several incidents involving my family. In 1982, powerful Hurricane Iwa roared over Kaua’i, the western most inhabited island in the chain, and left it in shambles. Electrical power was out for more than a week in some places on this lush vegetated island, and it was declared a disaster…
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A Doughboy Earns His Citizenship
The one hundredth anniversary of the start of World War I is significant to me and my family because a doughboy earned his American citizenship as a result. That doughboy was my grandfather, Antonio Ruvolo. What’s a doughboy? Click to Tweet “Doughboy is an informal term for a member of the United States Army or Marine Corps, especially members of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I….
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Goodbye to the Book and its Characters
Some of you know the lyrics: “Now’s the time to say goodbye to all our company . . . “ That point is nearly here for the novel I’ve spent the last twenty months writing, and I’m having a hard time. I have to say goodbye very soon. There’s a grief that comes from saying goodbye to people you’ve spent a…
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What's in a Name?
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet . . . William Shakespeare’s famous line from Romeo and Juliet rings across the centuries and lodges in my head these days as I finish up my novel. One of the most often asked questions of novelists is how they chose names…
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