Today's random thoughts...perhaps not so random...

I always knew that my first novel had potential and it continues to build. I'd mentioned my book signing on November 14th at the Lowell Barnes & Noble already and that's now just two weeks away. Besides that this week the book appeared on Barnes and Noble.com for order and is being shipped off by a New York production company to Hollywood for a potential film or series. How's you like to see my name in the credits for a Mark Wahlberg production? I know I would.

Meanwhile I am very very close to finishing my final cut at the next book in the series. It may very well have been ready weeks or months ago but since I have time, I want to make sure I am fully happy with it before I ship it off to the editor. I think part of it honestly is I'm worried about letting it go because that means I have to get back to the third book which I have an outline for but am still searching for the real hook.

I'm also working on a biography with a Grammy nominated musician and that's going fairly well...though both of us finding time to work on it is sometimes a challenge.

I also have that "other" book that I like to think of as my "great American novel" that eventually I hope to be happy with. It needs some work but it's nearly there...maybe late 2010 or 2011 it'll come out.

Meanwhile the two books I edited are in various stages. One is being proofed and almost ready for sale. The other is being proofed and undergoing a different path...advance copies out to major reviews like Publisher's Weekly.

Exciting times in the Corricelli household indeed!

So what are you working on?

Lots of good things happening to your less than faithful blogger here including the first ever public book signing for "Two Rehdeads & A Dead Blonde" on November 14th at the downtown Lowell Barnes & Noble. Join me and the cover artist Don Mousseau between one and three and get your signed copy.

This blogger is back for more...

Snow in October? Someone tell Al Gore he's a fraud...please!!!!

New Ronan book is done and ready to go to the editor. First Ronan book will soon be for sale at the downtown Lowell Barnes & Noble along with a book signing and Lowell Sun ad. Hopefully good things ahead for the series...

More on the book front...Sons of Liberty Publishing is ready to release one new book soon called "Thunder from Rain." It's a fictional account of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe's war against the US Army told first person by a young infantry lieutenant. We're also done editing best selling Larry Brooks' next novel called "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder" which should be out in February. I'm also working on a biography of a beloved Boston musician and we're talking to a well known lead singer from another beloved Boston band about writing a book. A new modern website is coming too...exciting time for the small on the rise company...

Ready to hit the panic button on the Bruins? Not me...they started 2-5 last season and didn't gel until about a dozen games in.

Meanwhile I'm just crossing my fingers the Angels can beat the Yankees. Their fans will be unbareable if they win another World Series.

I've got high hopes for the Patriots. I think they're going to come together by the time the Colts game comes around and win the AFC East then hopefully march into the playoffs.

It's been a long time since I last blogged...time is just flying by so fast I can barely stand it...so more random thoughts...

...my first novel "Two Redheads & A Dead Blonde" is slowly gaining steam. Without a major marketing push, word of mouth is spreading. I was on radio WCAP in Lowell to promote it a few weeks ago and this week I'll be setting up the long awaited (at least for me) book signing at the downtown Lowell Barnes & Noble. We're also planning on running a three day ad in the Lowell Sun leading up to the signing. I'm also planning on talking to the B&N in Nashua to see if there is any interest in a local boy's work. Meanwhile, the sequel "Chasing Curves" is in the final rewrite stage.

...more book stuff...I'm done editing two more books that Sons of Liberty Publishing will release soon. One is historical fiction about Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe and the other is a suspense thriller in the vein of a Dan Brown novel. More to come on those...but there is also a major update to the company website coming soon...as well as a major announcement regarding a biography I'm working on with a beloved Boston musician...

...went to the Bruins' home opener and was vastly disappointed. Probably the worst game I've ever attended...hopefully not an indicator of the season ahead...

...my favorite season of the year, Autumn, is here...which unfortunately is followed by my least favorite season...

Exciting things brewing here in the land of random thoughts...

...saw Bruce Springsteen & The Legendary E-Street Band last Saturday night. Just an incredible show and for a guy nearly sixty, Bruce still brings it. The highlight of the night though was my buddy's daughter getting pulled up on stage for "Dancing in the Dark." It was my second time seeing the Boss and I hope there's a third...

...my book is selling slowly but I knew that going in. With no publicity machine behind it, it is going to be a long ramp up. This is a marathon, not a sprint. I will going on a local Lowell radio station to promote the book sometime soon and will also be doing a book signing downtown soon as well. More to come on that later...

...in a similar vein, the publishing company has signed best-selling author Larry Brooks to a one book deal. His next book will be published through Sons of Liberty Publishing which should really put the company on the map. In addition, It's looking really good that I will be working closely with a Grammy nominated musician on his biography.

...spent a few hour in downtown Lowell reminiscing yesterday and things have really changed in the twenty plus years since I graduated from college. The university bought the Doubletree Hotel (that was Hilton when I worked there) and turned it into a dorm/convention center and there are a lot of new little eclectic shops and restaurants. One thing I noticed is all the trees that were planted down the main drag years ago have become much bigger. For all the bad things people say about Lowell, the downtown area is one to be proud of.

Goerge Lopez...racist?

Last night I watched the George Lopez special on HBO. I was looking forward to it as I'd seen him live about five or six years ago while in California and he was pretty funny.

It was a pretty decent show right up until the last twenty minutes when Lopez when on a tear about how Hispanics were going to take over the United States. The show was filmed in San Antonio so I'm going to make a leap of faith here and assume that the vast majority of his audience were Hispanics. He tried to make it humorous but I didn't find one laugh in it. Instead it was racially divisive.

He talked about how there were twelve-million of "them" here which was obviously geared towards illegal aliens (most experts say it's more like twenty). He said they were only going go home so they could build some Mayflower replicas to ship twelve million whites back to England. He was pretty much pandering to the crowd and laid it on thick about how bad we need them here assuming illegals had the right to be.

The thing that really struck me is how he said "we." He said a few times "we" are not going home. I had to go and check Lopez' background and found he was born in California, meaning he is a legal American citizen. He's not part of "we" the illegal alien population and clearly has every right to be here. His home is the United States.

Then it struck me. Perhaps I was looking at it through my own biases. Do American born Hispanics hold their people in higher regard than they do their native country and its laws?

Is it really their desire to take over the country? If so, I find this alarming. You see, I believe in the great American melting pot they taught us back in elementary school. I welcome all nationalities into our nation because our diversity has always been our strength. Many Hispanics however do not seemingly desire to become part of our culture. They want America to be their culture. Don't believe me? Go to parts of Miami, Los Angeles and San Antonio.

Apparently, I am not the only person angry over this:

HBO Lopez Board

This is a dangerous way of thinking. It will never bridge the racial divide and handicaps their children especially when they don't teach them English. You want to be part of our country, please by all means bring the best of your culture and infuse it with ours. I welcome that.

HBO should be ashamed of airing this racially inflammatory piece and I am planning on writing a complaint.

Not so random today...

Well, I finally achieved on of my life's goals and that was to be a published author. I'd sort of made it a few years ago with my e-book, but that's still not generally accepted amongst most people. E-books are growing but they are just not there yet.

Nope, this time it's for real. "Two Redheads & A Dead Blonde" is in trade paperback available now from Amazon and eventually from larger retailers.

Order "Two Redheads & A Dead Blonde" at Amazon.com

So I can sit back now and just reap the windfalls, right?

Well, not exactly. I need to publicize the book via radio, the internet, etc. and that is in the works. Oh, did I mention I still have a full-time job, a family and my Master's degree to finish. Not to mention, the next book in the series!

If any of you have ideas on how to get the word out, I'd be happy to hear from you. See you on the publicity tour...