Kristin Harmel’s new novel, her fourth, in fact, is titled The Art of French Kissing. It’s a sweet, surprisingly gentle story of a young boy-band publicist, who’s a woman from Orlando, whose life there collapses, and she goes to Paris to escape and maybe find herself again. It’s chick-lit for sure, but I enjoyed... Continue Reading →
Novelist James Sheehan gets The Law of Second Chances! PODCAST INTERVIEW
I met James Sheehan at a St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading event back in 2005. I was there promoting my new biography of Will Eisner and he was riding a wave of excellent reviews for his first novel, The Mayor of Lexington Avenue. As we got talking, however, we realized we had met... Continue Reading →
Miami lawyer James Grippando on his debut novel, The Pardon! INTERVIEW
Originally published in Pinellas County Review, January 1995 Lawyers. Write one story for the college law review and for the rest of their careers they plan to write the Great American Novel. And for every one who finally gives up that dream, along comes a Scott Turow or John Grisham to inspire another generation of... Continue Reading →
12 Florida writer Tim Dorsey packs a Hurricane Punch of parody! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Novelist Tim Dorsey, author of Hurricane Punch. The first time I tried my hand at fiction in high school, it was a way of dealing with people and issues that I couldn’t handle in real life. My friends thought it was hysterical and that I was a little twisted. In college, I... Continue Reading →