Half Italian (and then some) has won a Readers' Favorite bronze award in the Nonfiction - Cultural category; I got the email this morning. So that's a big woohoo, for today.
More thoughts, later. Now I'm off to my cousin's home for a Labor Day weekend pool party. Those of you who've read the book would know this Italian cousin as the one with whom I shared a warm moment, the day of my great-aunt's funeral. Also, his dad is the one who created the homemade electric chair!
Here's brownies with peanut butter frosting that I'm taking to the party.
- Joe
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Half Italian - The Book
A new author's journey to publication.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Thursday, August 15, 2013
I've been interviewed
September 1st is just around the corner. On
that day, winners will be announced in the 2013 Readers' Favorite
contest, and my book is a finalist in two categories.
In the meantime, I've been interviewed -- here's the link:
Today, I'm off for a week or so to visit wine country, Napa and Sonoma.
- Joe
Half Italian (and then some) on Kindle, on Nook, on Kobo. For iBook and others, click here.
In the meantime, I've been interviewed -- here's the link:
Today, I'm off for a week or so to visit wine country, Napa and Sonoma.
- Joe
Half Italian (and then some) on Kindle, on Nook, on Kobo. For iBook and others, click here.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Finalist
There’s more news to report. I didn’t mention this before,
but I entered Half Italian (and then
some) in a book contest. I met deadlines for 2013’s contest by the “skin of
my teeth” as they used to say.
- Joe
Finalists have been announced, and the book made two of
three categories into which it was entered.
Considering I’d thought this manuscript’s permanent home was
on a shelf in my closet, this progress seems significant.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Memoirs Only
Half Italian (and then some) is now on memoirsonly.com and you can read an excerpt from the "Showcase" page.
- Joe
Half Italian (and then some) on Kindle, on Nook, on Kobo. For iBook and others, click here.
- Joe
Half Italian (and then some) on Kindle, on Nook, on Kobo. For iBook and others, click here.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Cover with RF emblem
A view of the book's cover, now with the Readers' Favorite 5-star review emblem. RF gave Half Italian (and then some) five 5-star reviews, and two of them included the cover which was designed by Get It Together Productions. Thanks, Kae.
- Joe
Half Italian (and then some) on Kindle, on Nook, on Kobo. For iBook and others, click here.
- Joe
Half Italian (and then some) on Kindle, on Nook, on Kobo. For iBook and others, click here.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Reviews
Reviews have come in and here are some.
My head is spinning, once again. Seems each bit of progress opens more promotion avenues, via online social platforms. My Italian grandmother, with her sketchy English, never used the word "dizzy"; instead, she translated "Mi gira in testa" literally, saying, "My head, it going around in circles." What an image that was, for a kid!
For those who enjoy sketchy English, there’s more in the book as you can tell from the reviews.- Joe
Half Italian (and then some) on Kindle, on Nook, on Kobo. For iBook and others, click here.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Gnocchi
Yesterday I made a hearty vegetable marinara sauce, my first,
to help prepare a friend who’ll soon travel to India where he’ll eat a complete
vegetarian diet for nearly two weeks. He’s been warned to “prepare” his
non-vegetarian body for the “shock.”
“Gnocchi are
thick ropes of pasta, cut into bite-size pieces. My family has always made the
kind that’s potato-based. Gnocchi are well known in Italy, perhaps not as
typical as the hot dog in America, but I haven’t met anyone who doesn’t like
them.”
Here’s the gnocchi, being made:
Here they are, boiling:
Adding boiled gnocchi to the pan with the chunky marinara...
…and ready to eat
(with some chopped avocado, a California touch that my immigrant relatives made
to nearly every salad, many sandwiches, even avocado pie -- but never to gnocchi!).
But now that the book is out, what’ll I do with this great
sauce idea!?
- Joe
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