For the month of October, I am participating in Story Origin’s eBook giveaway event. You get the first book, the Penitent – Part I, in the first trilogy of my series, The Immortality Wars, for free. All you need to do to get this novel is to share your email address with me. It will be…
The Penitent – Part III Launch Party! You are cordially invited to the launch of my first trilogy in The Immortality Wars series. 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 18, 2019, at Stillwater Books, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI. There is free off street parking and Stillwater Books is right next to the bus stop. Remember to RSVP on-line…
Featured Image: First trilogy book covers designed by Hollis Machala. (Photo by A. Keith Carreiro, 11 August 2019.) The first trilogy book launch is almost here: I can’t believe how fast the time has gone by. I have been preparing for this event since last November. At that time, I talked with Steve and Dawn…
Featured Image is designed by Marilyn Busch (2019). Photo by A. Keith Carreiro, 6 August 2019.1 From Thursday, 18th July to Saturday, 20th July, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the 2019 Realm Makers Conference that was held in St. Louis, Missouri. It is a Christian science fiction, fantasy literary event. It was a…
The Top of the World Highway is a 127 km-long highway, beginning at a junction with the Taylor Highway near Jack Wade, Alaska traveling east to its terminus at the ferry terminal in West Dawson, Yukon, on the western banks of the Yukon River. (Featured Photo taken by Tony DePaul.) [“Time to start wandering home.”…
The discussion I had with Tony that afternoon in East Providence, Rhode Island at Lucky’s was far ranging. We talked about writing in all forms—journalism, comics, screenplays and nonfiction, for example. We talked about some of his motorcycle travels. About family. The Sixties. Maine. Vietnam. Stephen King. Dave Bright. With our lunch and conversation ending,…
The featured image above is of Tony DePaul and Iron Piggy. (Photo courtesy & permission of Tony DePaul.) Last December, I traded a flurry of emails with one of my favorite and longtime friends, David Bright. David and I went to the University of Maine at Orono in the 60s. At one point, 1968-1969, we…
This post is the third and final article on filmmaker Raeshelle Cooke. After rereading the previous sentence, I am amazed that at such a young age Raeshelle has already created a solid, cinematic portfolio for herself—so much so, I have had a plethora of information about what she has already created and accomplished. I gathered…
I am always amazed, humbled and surprised by the level of genius that is around me in my daily life. When I think I have a handle on the potential people are capable of sharing with one another, when I believe that the level of brilliance and imaginative fluency has been reached by the number…
In the fall of 2017, I interviewed award–winning filmmaker Raeshelle Cooke on the Bridgewater State University [BSU] campus, which is located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. This session was followed up by email correspondence between us as I hoped to gain a more complete understanding of her insight into her craft, expertise, and experience in creating…