Good News About Our Members

SLO NightWriters is a group of talented, hardworking, persistent and dedicated artists.

Within this area of our website, we'll keep you informed -- as best we can keep up -- about our members' blog tour interviews, speaker engagements, book signings, radio show appearances, etc., so that you can help us celebrate their success.

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Congratulations to:

Member Tony Piazza:

Author and actor Tony Piazza has a featured interview up on the Dames of Dialogue website.

In that interview Tony speaks about:

How he came to write his first published novel, Anything Short of Murder.
His upcoming novel, The Curse of The Crimson Dragon (March 2012).
His genesis as a writer.
His writing methods and goals.
The ways he promotes his books.
And much more!

Click HERE to read the interview!

As well, Tony will be a guest -- for the second time -- on local radio host Dave Congalton's show on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 @ 6:00 - 7:00 pm. The discussion will be the motion picture "Bullitt" and Steve McQueen.

So help us to celebrate the success of one of our friends and colleagues. Tune in to Dave Congalton's show on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 @ 6:00 - 7:00 pm.

The KVEC website (http://www.920kvec.com) includes live hookups to Dave Congalton's show and stores podcasts (recorded episodes).

To find out more about Tony and his work, please visit:

Book Site:

anythingshortofmurder.com

Blog:

authortonypiazza.wordpress.com/

Bullitt Points, a new ebook by film historian and author Tony Piazza. Tony shares his memories of Steve McQueen during the filming of Bullitt. You won’t want to miss this fascinating behind the scenes account of the making of the movie! Introduction by Dave Congalton, popular KVEC talk show host, and screenplay writer.
Purchase at bullittpoints.com or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords websites. All proceeds goes to The Boys Republic, a charity that helps troubled youth.

Click: http://bullittpoints.com

See our MEMBERS' BOOKS website section to read about and purchase Tony Piazza's book.

Tony Piazza was employed for ten years in the film industry as an actor, extra, and stand-in. He worked with Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood and Karl Malden. He owns a Biology degree and has worked in scientific research and pathology. Combining his background in the film industry with his knowledge of police procedures - his father was in law enforcement -- he wrote "Anything Short of Murder." His second novel is due for release in March 2012.

Member Anne R. Allen:

I'm sure that many of you follow, as do I, the successful blog of our own Anne R. Allen (http://annerallen.blogspot.com).

Anne R. Allen has so many books published and soon-to-be-published, that it's hard to keep up with her. See our MEMBERS' BOOKS website section to read about and purchase her books.

1. Anne is these days making the rounds on a blog tour, a series of interviews that are interesting in their own right.

Please join Anne over at Morgen Bailey's Writing Blog for an interview she shared with Morgen:

Click the following link to read . . .

An Interview with author Anne R. Allen

2. Anne's books are taking off on "both sides of the pond." Enjoy this fabulous (unsolicited) review for her book, The Gatsby Game, written by Irish author and poet, Gerry McCullough . . .

A Review of The Gatsby Game

Anne R. Allen is the author of five comic novels which are debuting in fall or 2011: Food of Love and The Best Revenge (Popcorn Press), The Gatsby Game. Ghostwriters in the Sky, and Sherwood, Ltd, (MWiDP). She is a freelance journalist as well as a prize-winning poet and fiction writer. Her work appears in dozens of print and online journals including the literary humor magazine, Opium.

Member Rolynn Anderson:

Join an author and six craftswomen on 11.11.11 at the Cypress Ridge Fitness Center (off El Campo, on the Mesa). 4:00-7:00 p.m. Get in on a drawing for a gorgeous lead crystal ice bucket. Browse and shop while you sip on wine!

Rolynn Anderson describes herself as a Scandinavian, Army Brat, Midwesterner, English Teacher, High School Principal, Golfer, Boater, World Traveler, and Author. She's bursting with stories about extraordinary people and amazing settings. She owns a competitive spirit and loves "the makeover." One day she'll play a stunning eighteen holes on the golf course. One year she'll pilot her boat from Washington State to Alaska. But today she'll write another "makeover" novel that you'll devour in the wee hours of the morning.

See our MEMBERS' BOOKS website section to read about and purchase Rolynn Anderson's book, The Last Resort.