Connecticut Authors & Publishers

Last week, I joined Connecticut Authors & Publishers (CAPA) and received two warm and gracious welcomes from the organization's leadership. This week, I found the February issue of CAPA's newsletter, 'The Authority' in my mailbox. I brought it into my house and immediately read the 8-page mailing from cover to cover. Topics included developing a mindset and environment in which to write, website links intended to assist authors with their writing and to help them publish their work. There was also a calendar of upcoming CAPA events and a recap of January's monthly meeting in Avon, CT. Next month's meeting will be CAPA's 15th Anniversary Party. With a membership in excess of 160, I'm looking forward to meeting an energized group of people with whom I share a
common interest.

Rocco Salentino

One of the supporting characters in the Jim Buchanan Novels is Rocco Salentino or 'Rocky' as everyone calls him. Rocky is a 1st generation Italian-American. His parents immigrated to Brooklyn, New York from a town called Avellino which is near Naples. Arriving in the 1950's with just the shirts on their backs, Rocky's parents moved in with relatives and took whatever jobs they could find. Shortly thereafter, Rocky was born. Rocky's dad borrowed some money and opened a restaurant. Success came easy for the hard-working Salentino's and Rocky grew up making meatballs and kneading pizza dough. Now in his 30's, a six-footer with crew-cut, black hair and a muscular build, Rocky is the Assistant County Sheriff of Sanders County. Rocky is Jim's old Air Force buddy and although they are best of friends, Rocky longs to be back home in Brooklyn where he used to sing street-corner ballads with the rest of his friends. If you ever met Rocky and he liked you, he might bond with you and call you Paesano but watch out. If you came across with not too much on the ball, he might refer to you as a googootz, a stounad, or a cabbadost.

Titles of upcoming novels

A few titles of upcoming novels in the Jim Buchanan series are:

The Disappearance of Joshua Nelson
The Great Lakes Mystery
Cries from the Flathead Valley
The Vanishing Tribe
The Legacy of Dan McCoy
Justice for Little Hawk
Mission Mountain Mystery

CAPA-U

I'm attending CAPA-U in Hartford this year. CAPA (Connnecticut Authors & Publishers Association) is hosting its 6th annual writing conference (link attached) on Saturday, May 9th. I'm hoping to meet some interesting people and acquire some fascinating insight into the writing and publishing business. I will complete a final edit on my most recent novel by next month and then work on finishing my 3rd novel by year's end. I've already begun my 4th novel, titled 'Secrets of the Cabinet Mountains'.

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