2012

1. Tell us why we should read your book in twitter detail. (140 characters or less)The Priest & The Peaches—sad, funny, kids taking care of kids–family and love. 2. What is the hardest part of the writing process for you?Editing. When you write YOUR words down and look at them later it is your creation…

What inspired you to write The Priest and The Peaches?My sister, brothers and I did lose our parents when we were quite young. I never planned to write about it but then our brother, Bobby, died suddenly in 2007. After the funeral we were all hanging out at a local pub reminiscing about the “good…

City or Country?I swear, this is dumb. Fine–New York City. And it is in America in case you didn’t know. Pen or Pencil?Pencils keep on breaking and my stupid fountain pens keep leaking and keep ruining my shirts because I always forget and stick them in the pocket so I choose chalk. Got a problem…

Tell us a little about yourself, please.Basically I am a “blue-collar guy”. It is the world I come from, a world of hard working, hard drinking construction workers, cops, long-shoremen, firemen, railroad workers, bus drivers, truckers, sanitation workers, etc. who were, for the most part, family men who loved their God, their families and their…

*Where are you from? New York City (The Bronx) *Coffee, tea or chocolate and why?Coffee for sure—When I put the key in the ignition I want that old engine to start right up. *What one animal do you think fits you the most and why? Oh, I don’t know. Probably a chimp—funny and unpredictable. *What…

Can you tell us a little about yourself and how you came to be a writer?I come from one of the many “blue-collar” neighborhoods that are spread all over New York City with my particular neighborhood being in the Morrisania section of the south Bronx. The vast majority of kids I grew up with went…

What drew you to writing this book?Good question. For starters, let me say that although this is primarily a work of fiction, all fiction (at least in my mind) comes from, in essence, who we really are. My brothers and sister did lose our parents when we were very young and, trust me, it was…

Where did you grow up?I was born and raised in NYC (South Bronx). When did you begin writing?I guess I began writing back in grade school doing short short stories (today they call it flash fiction) and things like that. That’s probably where I got the “itch”. Do you write during the day, at night…

What’s your current project?I have started writing the sequel to “The Priest and The Peaches”. This will see the younger boys go to rural New Jersey for their summer vacation to stay with friends of Father Sullivan’s. Things will happen and we shall delve into the paranormal, no vampire or zombies, but rather a good…