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  • Children's Book Week Giveaway Hop

    Congratulations to our winner!lostandfound1220@hotmail.com Enter to win the young adult ebook release, The Priest and the Peaches from Tribute Books. 1) Email subscribe to this blog (in the right sidebar) and confirm your subscription in the follow-up email you will receive. 2) Leave a comment with your email address. *** The Priest and the Peachesby… Read more

  • Larry talks about…a novel being set in the 1960s being deemed historical fiction

    When I wrote The Priest & The Peaches, I did not anticipate it being classified as historical fiction. The story takes place in the mid 1960s and I grew up in the ’50s and ’60s. I always thought of “historic” as being way before my time, not during my time. The first thing I had… Read more

  • Larry talks about…growing up in the Bronx with Damaris from GoodChoiceReading.com

    It seems that Damaris (from GoodChoiceReading.com) was, like me, born and raised in the Bronx near Yankee Stadium. Well, Damaris, I am sure you are a bit younger than I so I imagine if you could step back into my Bronx world (I moved to New Jersey in 1967 when I got married) you might… Read more

  • Billions & Billions & Billions– Oh My

     I had not heard from my good pal, Jumbo Feeney, in six months. Since the election is now only seven months away I was starting to harbor nervous thoughts about his well being. He always had plenty to say about most topics known to man, especially politics, so his silence was out of character. What… Read more

  • Larry talks about…writing for young readers

    I wanted to discuss writing for young readers. Okay, but remember I am not an expert and, to tell you the truth, I am not even sure what it means to be an “expert” in this area. The whole thing seems ambiguous to me. What I mean is this; many books classified YA are fine… Read more

  • Larry talks about…historical fiction set in the recent past

    When I was knee-deep into the writing of The Priest and The Peaches I never considered that it might be considered historical fiction. I was of the mindset that I was simply writing a book at the YA level. In my mind “historical” dealt with things that had taken place way before I was but… Read more