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- My wife Kathy and I live in Gonzales, Texas, which is about 60 miles south of Austin. I began writing about 35 years ago, but it was just as a hobbie. After graduating High School, I did a few jobs around town, then decided to join the military in 1979. For the next 13 years I served in the US Army as a medic and as a medical NCO. My travels in the military took me from Ft. Riley, Kansas to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, with a final stop at Ft. Irwin, California where after mud slides, Rodney King riots and a 7.2 earthquake I decided it was time to get out. After returning to Gonzales, my first wife decided that she wanted to move on, so I became a single father with two teenagers at home. Not long afterward I met my wife Kathy who read the stories that I had written and stated that they had to be published.
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Back on the Booksigning Trail
1st there was The Sea Huntress
2nd came The Sea Huntress: Elizabeth's Revenge
Now the 3rd book The Sea Huntress: Pirate's Blood is out
Yes, it is time for me to set one foot in front of the other as I go forth to spread the knowledge of The Sea Huntress series. The following is where I will be:
April 12, 2008: Hastings in Victoria, TX from 2 to 5 PM
April 26, 2008: Hastings in San Marcos, TX from 2 to 5 PM.
May 3, 2008: Hastings in Seguin, TX from 2 to 5 PM
June 28, 2008: Walde… Continue
Posted on March 14, 2008 at 6:59pm —
The Sea Huntress: Pirate's Blood
Posted on December 15, 2007 at 8:07am —
Upcoming Booksignings
Right now I do not have any scheduled booksignings. I have had to hold off for a short time so that I could complete the rewrite on the 3rd book in the Sea Huntress series, which is The Sea Huntress: Pirate's Blood. It should be coming out sometime early next year. Also I've been busily writing some short stories and novellas that will be sent to the publisher also as soon as they are ready. If you're looking for The Sea Huntress or The Sea Huntress: Elizabeth's Revenge, they can be found eve
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Stroking the Ego
Posted on May 22, 2007 at 7:35am — 2 Comments
From Bad to Great
Posted on May 15, 2007 at 12:59pm — 4 Comments
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Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
Things People Say and Do at Book Signings
The usual assortment of customers did come by, some asking me questions about how long it took to write my book, how I got started, and how many books I'd written.
Some said they'd never heard of me. I've heard that one before. (g)
What was surprising is that three children, not at the same time or with the same party, asked for my autograph - two on the back of bookmarks, one on a slip of paper. That usually doesn't happen. Maybe it's the economy. I don't know if their parents put them up to it, or if they thought of it themselves.
One person asked about my book and then said she doesn't buy from Barnes and Noble, but online instead. Since she was in the store, I can only assume she was scouting there for books first. I don't know.
Oh, yes, a variation on the restroom question was, "Where are the dictionaries?"
New Review for Killer Career
I'm happy to report a new review for Killer Career, this time from Lucille P. Robinson, from Sassy Brit's Gang athttp://tjbook-list.blogspot.com/2009/11/killer-career-morgan-mandel-choice-one.html
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My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans. My debut novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com, and I am writing because I was hoping you might be willing to read it and post your thoughts on Amazon.com (or some of the other book review sites). If you're interested, I'd be more than willing to send you an e-book version by e-mail. Just let me know. I've included a summary of the novel below:
Dirty Little Angels
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
If you'd like to read the first chapter before you commit, feel free to visit my web site:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id=894
Thanks so much,
Chris
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