A New Book is On the Way

I haven't posted in a long, long time. 

Why?  You might ask if you have been paying attention.

Because I have been very, very busy. 

Doing what?  Again, the ball was in your court.

Writing my next book.  Or finishing it rather.  And getting a manager, and having an editor do their dirty work and cleaning up the mess the editor made and getting ready to get the book out the door, once the reviewers are finished with it. 

Two reviews are already in, and they are both positive.  Two more and we'll be ready to roll.

Below is the Press Release from Donna Ink Publications:

dpInk: DonnaInk Publications signs Author Saverio Monachino's newest book release

dpInk announced signing of Saverio Monachino newest novel. A riveting story involving terrorism and political intrigue set against a brain injured protagonist involved in the Arthurian mythos.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Saverio Monachino Author of Waves of Joy

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 12, 2011 – dpInk announced the signing Saverio Monachino's newest novel, Waves of Joy. Donna L. Quesinberry, Principal Agent and Publisher of DonnaInk Publications. announced successful negotiation - signing Saverio Monachino and his latest novel. This spellbinding tale. involves terrorism and political intrigue. It is set against a brain injured protagonist with high-stakes drama riddled throughout the work.

When describing himself, this 12-year veteran author states. “I’m a scientist or at least I was a scientist.” And, by trade he was a very accomplished scientist with his PhD; however, life’s challenges accompanied by a twist of fate delivered Saverio to a more compelling reality. His true passion of writing and reveling in the creative complexities of the human condition, took the place of his scientific career, as Saverio is a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) Survivor.

Monachino’s latest novel is full of rich complexities and delivered in a fast-paced page-turning panache. The work carries readers through intricately woven, yet surprising paths of discovery. An unwavering consistency threads us through a fascinating journey tinted with humor and insightful asides. There are no works in the marketplace at this time, which hold a candle to Waves of Joy. This is truly an inimitable story where adventure, terrorism, political intrigue and brain injury survivorism hold reader senses up to the very unpredictable finale. This work remains steadfast in a conscionable plot filled with realism and seasoned with mysticism.

"A stealth achievement by Saverio Monachino," states Ms. Quesinberry. Who adds, “Waves of Joy – is an amazing story, keeping our readers on the edge of their seats as the protagonist(s) venture through a series of realistic interludes set against modern-day societal threats. The work is an achievement of a gifted pen wielded by a competent TBI Survivor, Scientist and PhD. Reading Waves of Joy - we laugh, we cry, we are mystified and we learn more about TBI care and survival as sub-plots. This work of excellence is being prepared for release fall 2011.”

dpInk: DonnaInk Publications intends to release Waves of Joy in early fall of 2011 in multiple industry channels including digital, soft and hardcover. This title will be available on multiple e-Readers and Mobile devices.

How’s the weather?

How's the weather?  That seems like and easy question, right?  A good way to start a conversation or exchange pleasantries with someone you don't know as you pass them on the street, “Hey, how’s the weather?”  Very simple, very neat, very efficient.

And usually simple responses will fill the air, mostly aimed at avoiding further conversation.

“Nice.”  Or,

“It sure is warm today.”  Or,

“Wet, real wet.”

Some people aren’t really sure and let you know, “Humid, I think.”

Others are darn sure, “Shitty.”

Some like to hedge their bets, "Not to bad,” or

“Not to good.”

Then there are some in another dimension, “Tomorrow, tomorrow, it'll be sunny tomorrow, it's only a day away.”

You also invariably come across the person who cannot answer a question without asking one, “Today?” And this throws a little confusion into the mix, so you counter the returned question with, “What do you mean Today? How can the weather be today?”

“That’s what I asked you.  Do you want to know how the weather is today?”
And this of course was not the time trap discussion you wanted when asking the simple question in passing.  So your tone gets a little less polite, “Well hell yeah that’s what I mean!”

Which causes what appears to be a non sequitur to emerge from the other end of the conversation, “Kiss my ass.”

And the list can go on and on.  But if one stops for a moment and gives it some thought, the question 'How is the weather', also, in a microcosm, exemplifies that which leads to so much trouble.  That is; differences in opinion.  Again, passing someone on the street, or beginning a conversation on the phone will get you the quick, defined response.  But as Gandlalf says (paraphrased); "What exactly does ‘Good Morning’ mean?  Is it a morning in which the weather is fine, or a morning in which you have been good?"  And if the rhetoric depends on the tone of voice, try it in Chinese.

So, is the weather condition a matter of opinion too, or just the meteorological readouts?  As in, if the sun is shining bright is it a good day for a tanning session?  Now that does depend on several variables, like climate, one’s opinion, and the human condition itself.  For example, if asked, ‘How is the weather’, on a bright sun-filled day one needs to quickly add in the temperature, barometric pressure, geographic location and the mental condition of both parties as one can see in the following scenario. 

In this example two friends are enjoying standing outside in the sunshine when the one leaning left turns to the other and says, “I think I will try for an all over tan…”

“You mean?” His friend, who is slightly more to the right, asks.

“That's right, I’ll just strip right down to my undies and…,” After all, what can one say if they don’t have a bathing suit handy? 

“You have no suit!” the right leaner slurs at his friend, finally finishing his statement from the precdeing line.

“I’m using the next best thing, right,” the lefy spats over at the man to his right who was still leaning in that direction.

The one incredulous on the whole topic of stripping down to underwear has to ask, “Here?”

“Why not?”

“Well, I guess my concern is, well,” before finishing he has to slurped a bit of drool back into his mouth and then remember what he wanted to say, “it has to do with all the people.” 

“I’m an exhibitionist, what can I say.”  Truth be told, he wasn’t really an exhibitionist unless he had a bit too much to drink, which he had.

“And the traffic…”

“Oh yeah, there are a lot of cars, I see your point, it might be dangerous, someone zooming by and getting distracted by my dangling participle thing…”

The less inebriated of the two continues trying to dissuade his buddy as first one piece of clothing, then another, hits the ground, “Perhaps it would be better to go to a beach or something like that?”

Then, like a bolt of lighting on a clear sunny day like it was, the half naked man begins to rethink his situation, “You know what, I think I’ll wait for the weather to warm up a bit.  Do you mind picking up my coat?  It is cold as shit out here and I really must put it back on."  Then, remembering one more thing he continuces, "Do you have any more beer?”

 Sunbathing itself depends upon the degree of sunshine, the external temperature, the LOCATION (usually) and then the individual involved.  How many of the older crowd needs to pay homage to the sun on a routine basis?  Live in a warmer climate, sure, but cover up with layer after layer of sun block and then sit in it for hours at at time like teenagers…, well maybe a lot of them do.  So the question then becomes is it better to bathe in the sun in the South of France or some shore point in New Jersey. 

And this brings one to an even more philosophical type question, “What do you like to look at?”

“Don’t worry,” says Jim Gaffigan, “there is a bunny.”

Saverio Monachino's writing style has been termed by some as 'Kurt Vonnegut meets Mark Twain'.  Saverio describes it as 'comic fiction noir'. Regardless of the terms used, his attempt is to use humor to open the door to serious discussion about very important human issues.  You can find Saverio Monachino on www.comicfictionnoir.com.

Saverio buried a bunch of key words in this particular blog like the title of his book; By Any Means.  He also threw in many other key words like thriller, murder, mystery, traumatic brain injury, comic, Canada, detective, author, artist, philosophical, writer, intrigue, fiction books, and human condition.  See how many of them you can find them.  If you can’t find them all, don’t worry, in today’s age of ‘linking’, no document is complete until you follow the thread.  Try it. 

How do you really dig deep into the news of the day?

How do you really dig deep into the news of the day?

            One of the problems with trying to use ‘comedy’ as a starting point is that not everyone has the same sense of humor.  So, if you don’t think it is funny, just switch to the serious points in this thesis.

            Another major problem for one wishing to blog is; what is there to talk about.  I mean really, look at the front pages of today’s internet based news reporting, let’s see, there is that war thing going on, well actually there are a lot of those going on, or hoping to go on, all around the globe.  That’s yesterday’s news really, right? Like when are those guys who try to sell newspapers going to get to the punch line, it has become like daytime soap operas, oh, by the way I am sad that ‘As the World Turns’ is finished.  I played sick a lot when I was younger so I could stay home from school and watch that one with my mom.

And is there another auto recall?  From BMW no less, now those guys made nice cars and motorcycles once upon a time, but who can afford a car these days anyway?  And why do we all need one… because like lemmings we let the few dictate the evolution of the social species.  Now we can network out the whazoo (anyone want to join my FaceBook tribe) and never leave home, unless we have to get in our car and drive out of the subdivision to buy some more beer.  Now why can’t someone invent home delivery for that?

Another headline reads “Koreas agree to a reunion of families separated by Korean War”.  Didn’t anyone in the writing or editing department of the new ‘on line’ news journals go to school?  It was the Korean conflict not the Korean war.  I hate the language thing, there are so many ways to send a message but one does have to be careful.  Sometimes word usage matters, like when you want to be correct, but thankfully it usually doesn’t, such as when you want to augment a political point of view.

This is becoming too serious, I’ll switch to the ‘on line travel section’ where you can embrace so much of the distant local with on the spot video access you never really have to leave you home, “Can you please deliver a large pizza with anchovies.”  I’ll be exploring the Galapagos Islands tonight.  Well, back to being serious again, I won’t be going to the Galapagos Islands, ever, not after those stupid ideas they planted into Darwin’s head.  I mean look what happens when you lay out on the beach with your beagle, beagles are great for sniffing out real babes, and have one too many margaritas.

After traveling around the states (the ones that are termed United, of course one of them was Texas and some there want to disunite) which brings me to Quebec.  I go there by taking a wrong turn.  Actually I loved living there and while there I got to learn a lot about local issues like the green mountain state (les montagnes vertes) and its neighbors in the new of the Hampshire’s and of course the main state will all, if given a little nudge, would secede from the Union and join Quebec in launching the new United Archaic Emirate.  They have so much in common (they say in Quebec) such as the entire region is inundated with rustic little villages and ski lodges with names that can be switch from English to French without skipping a beat.  Of course the Emirate would have a pass time that coincided with Easter where everyone would visit a sugar shack (cabine de sucre) and with the spring maple harvest in a bucket, happily lean over and lick syrup off each other’s body parts. “Don’t worry,” says Jim Gaffigan, “there is a bunny.”

Saverio Monachino's writing style has been termed by some as 'Kurt Vonnegut meets Mark Twain'.  Saverio describes it as 'comic fiction noir'. Regardless of the terms used, his attempt is to use humor to open the door to serious discussion about very important human issues.  You can find Saverio Monachino on www.comicfictionnoir.com.

murder is not aways pretty but it can be funny

The first ever post by Saverio Monachino (http://www.comicfictionnoir.com/) is just an advertisement for his radio interview with the Authors Show on October 13 (http://www.theauthorsshow.com/).  After this, all the posts will be..., well different.

Author Saverio Monachino's writing style has been termed 'Kurt Vonnegut meets Mark Twain'. He deftly uses humor to open discussion on important human issues. By Any Means is his latest thriller novel

Author Saverio Monachino will appear on The Authors Show on October 13, 2010, to discuss his latest thriller novel, By Any Means. The show can be accessed at www.TheAuthorsShow.com.

Saverio Monachino's writing style has been termed 'Kurt Vonnegut meets Mark Twain'.  Dr. Monachino describes it as 'comic fiction noir'. Regardless of the terms used, his attempt is to use humor to open the door to serious discussion about very important human issues.

"I wrote the book," stated Dr. Monachino, "because after publishing on scientific topics in peer reviewed journals for a number of years I wanted a chance to, like newspaper columnists, just give my opinion.  In this way my point of view can be used and we can just leave the facts out of it, and of course this method is a lot more fun, and a bit easier.  In By Any Means I translate, to the best of my abilities, my vision of the three dimensional world around us and use this treatise to help people see, as I do, the important things in life and how they are clouded or misdirected by the social conditions around us."

While it can be said that Saverio's book are funny, the issues he discusses are real.  The humor in By Any Means alternates between simple and subtle.  It also uses the comic take on noir fiction to 'explore motive involving murder, the conflict between true religious belief and cultism, and deeply felt, sensitive, emotional family values.” 

"Readers will enjoy this book," continued Dr. Monachino, " because, as a reviewer in Virginia posted:  'Comic? Yes, and the comedy is truly both deep and subtle. A mystery? Indeed, a murder mystery but those pages seem to cover the deeper mystery investigated by the author. It is obvious that By Any Means has gone to great lengths to open up more important questions than just who killed who as one begins to see the outlay of dysfunctional family dynamics, its development and picturesque guides to finding the right way to reconnect.'"

Dr. Monachino will be appearing on The Authors Show on October 13, 2010. He is available for media interview and can be contacted using the information below or by email at r1234f56r@yahoo.com. More information is available at his website.