Read These Books

Denny — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:58:40 +0000

I want to very highly recommend two books I have read recently. The first is Golden Eagle by Tom Saunderson. This is a thriller I read in one sitting. Tom is a friend who has written a fantastic story about a terrorist threat to destroy a Nuclear Establishment in Scotland, and the efforts of one man to stop it. The ending will give you chills. Get Golden Eagle on line at www.trafford.com/05-1196

The other is A Statist Spy Tells All by Frank E. Landrey. This book involves a chance meeting between two men in a park whereby Fred Creasy gives a history lesson to David Lindy. What kind of history? A 100 year interconnecting “plot” to dramatically change the economic structure of America and create a highly centralized government – everything our Founding Fathers railed against. A captivating read. You can get it at www.franklandrey.com or www.americasfirstdictator.com

Enjoy.

Denny — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:53:16 +0000

In a recent radio interview promoting Food Stories, I learned something about my own book from the host. She was very gracious and complimentary and read liberally on the air from the book. She said though I had written it for other men, she found my introduction to be profound, and felt Food Stories was more of a personal diary. She said it covered a period of years showing me in different roles – father, friend, lover and ex-husband. I know this of course, but she phrased it in a way that really struck me. Interesting how different words from a different person can make one look at something differently.

If you are here for the first time, you can download a Free Chapter and get a taste of what she was talking about.

See you soon.

How Did Food Stories get Written?

Denny — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:00:01 +0000

On May 13, I spoke before the Silver Lakes Arts & Craft Guild. We had a packed house and an audience that was very receptive and warm to me. And, they bought quite a few books too.

I was there to promote my book Food Stories. I told the audience that my interest in writing started in the 4th grade, when the nun who was my parochial school teacher introduced us to Composition class and writing essays. Writing seemed intimidating and fascinating at the same time – I was exposing my thoughts and way of expressing myself to someone else and I really had no idea where the words were coming from. It seemed to me I just plucked them out of nowhere! To this day, that intimidation and excitement still exists when I sit down to write – I feel it right now!

Food Stories was an accident. I wanted to write a book with my daughter about her early teenage years that included her dropping out of school, drugs, alcohol and a year in a psych hospital and group recovery home. It was a time of pure hell for me trying as a single dad to cope with it all, and I felt we could help other kids and single parents who could learn from us, especially the mistakes I made. We started our writing and it became too painful for me and a struggle for her, so we abandoned the idea. But the writing bug had a hold of me, and Food Stories got written instead.

I passed around a picture of my 2nd grade class and promised an unlimited number of free books to anyone who could pick me out. A few people got close but no-one chose me. I had a blast and I think the audience did too.

Talk to you soon.

Denny