Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a retired NYC professional stage manager with a career that saw forty-five plays and musicals produced on the New York Stage. My wife is a retired NBCT public school teacher. This is our first published book with three others in the wings. We have written two screenplays, three plays (one of which won a national screenwriting contest in 2003) and approximately seventy skits and puppet productions produced on the East Cost and the Midwest.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Allison and the Trail Less Traveled” is our current book. It was originally written and produced as a musical for children titled “The Trail Less Traveled” in 2004 and a full-cast radio broadcast the following year. The story has always been dear to our hearts and we finally decided to expand the story in book form and published it in November of 2020.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
We try to start by mid-morning, but the process is like hand-cranking a 1922 Ford Model T Touring Car. Once we get going, the hours fly by and we have a difficult time stopping.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Clive Cussler, Neil Simon, William Goldman
What are you working on now?
Two other stories in The Trail Less Traveled Adventures series. The first due on May 15, 2021 Tit titled, “MADELINE AND THE CHASE FOR THE MORNING STAR.” The other story is due November 1st, 2021 and is titled, “MEREDITH AND THE LAST NOEL.” A third in the development stage has a draft title of “ANNA AND THE SEARCH FOR THE RUSTPROOF TREASURE.”
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Self Publishing with Dale has links to many different publishing topics. It is how we found Awesome Gang.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
In the words of Winston Churchill, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.” My advice… Keep at it.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Never have a “plan-b”.
What are you reading now?
Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” in the original 1843 text.
What’s next for you as a writer?
After the “Trail” books next year we have three other book story ideas geared for adults.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
‘The Way” (a paraphrased Bible)… “The U.S. Navy Seal Survival Handbook”… “The Groucho Letters” by Groucho Marx… “2001: A Space Odyssey” by Arthur C. Clark.
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