Everything I tell you is a lie. Do you believe me?
If you are in the North Jersey Metropolitan area on Sunday, June 1, I will be driving some friends up the Parkway from Atlantic City to read with me at the Baird Community Center in South Orange. Atlantic City is the underdog of New Jersey, it don’t get no respect! But it does have some kickass writers whose words transcend the glitz and glamour of the casinos and the grit of the Mob (Wait…the Mob is in Atlantic City?). We will have a Q&A after the reading and sign books for you to take home to continue the conversation. In the flier above are some lovely pix of myself, Joel, Karen and Moneeba. Don’t we look grand! We’ll look even grander in person, so stop by and lend us an ear.
As I write in this brief essay in the North American Review, the writer’s job is to tell the truth. But what happens when that truth is so unbelievable no one believes it. Here’s a true story about one creative writing class I taught back in the day.
By the way, The North American Review, founded in 1815, is the oldest literary magazine in the United States. Among the hordes of writers who have been published there are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Edith Wharton, John Steinbeck, Flannery O’Connor and many, many more. I am truly honored.
Can you do a bloke a fervor…erm…a flavor…no…a favor?
That’s it, a favor!
It’s been six months since A Tipsy Fairy Tale became public, and while it doesn’t seem like long, in the publishing world, it is a lifetime. In fact, Tipsy has finally slipped off McFarland’s monthly list of top ten best sellers. Sniff!
If you have read and enjoyed A Tipsy Fairy Tale and know someone else who you think would enjoy and perhaps benefit from my story, please consider gifting them with a copy.*
You can also request your public or school library to order a copy. Here’s what the Atlantic County Library System form looks like. I’m sure your library has a similar one. The ISBN and other publishing information are on McFarland’s website under “Bibliographic Details.”
One more action you can take is to rate A Tipsy Fairy Tale on Amazon and GoodReads. And if you’re not up to writing a few words, the more stars you give it, the more likely it won’t fade away.
*If you would like to do this but don’t have the means, let me know by replying to this email and I’ll see what I can do.
Here’s a tiny Tipsy video created by the talented Michael DiGiorgio.
Here are some upcoming events you might be interested in.
June 1 – Reading and book signing with Joel Dias-Porter, Karen Duffy and Moneeba Khan, Watershed Literary Series, South Orange, NJ
August 10-15 – Memoir Workshop Facilitator – Live Free & Write, A New Hampshire Getaway for Writers, Sunapee, NH
August 28 – Memoir Workshop Facilitator – “Writing About Wales…And Yourself,” North American Festival of Wales, Ottawa, CN
October 4 – Reading and Interview at the Collingswood Book Festival, Collingswood, NJ Details TBA
Also in October - ArtChat in Cardiff and reading in Carmarthen, Wales Details TBA
