Welcome to my BLOG

January 22, 2025

Welcome to my BLOG, appropriately titled the WORLD ACCORDING TO ME… I have been getting a lot of requests from my readers who want to know more about me, and the inspiration of the books characters, and how I choose what I write. Being that this is the first such one, please bear with me…. so here it goes!

I come from an Italian background and grew up on Long Island, New York, just outside N.Y.C. I was introduced to music at the tender age of 6, when I saw the Beatles performing on the Ed Sullivan show. Like everyone my age I wanted to be Paul McCartney. So, at that tender age I started taking guitar lessons, which I did for almost 9 years. I played in a lot of bands but found my niche in doing session work, which I did all through college. After college I worked on Wall St for 20 years as a commodity and stock trader. Seemingly after 911, my family and I decided to move to a warmer and less volatile place, so Southern Arizona is where I settled. Twenty tears later, I’m still here in the same house living in the boonies where I see more bobcats, Mountain Lions, and rattlesnakes than people. A perfect place for me to think and write both stories and music.

I have been writing music since I was about 14 years old. In 2020 I started writing Pangea, which was finished and published in 2022. I followed it up with Pangea – The Scrolls of Panduar, published mid last year. Thanks to you, both are selling very well. So, what’s next …. How about a third book in the series. I have been working on it since June of last year and I am 55 pages into it, not a lot of progress. The reason for that is I am writing music to coincide with the epic battles and tragedies of both books. I’m really good at creating adventures, tragedies, mass murders and torture, everything a good read needs to keep you engaged. The third book is titled Pangea – The Dark Elves of Morobai, as it takes the story to a new level introducing sci-fi into a fantasy novel. Many more characters and species will be introduced, which is why I add an index to every book, so even I can remember all the characters. I am hoping for a 2026 publication. Stay tuned, for I have a lot to talk about, the present, the future, and anything else I can screw up.