DAN ALATORRE

It sounds a bit odd, but these days whenever I experience something emotional in real life, I immediately try to keep track of what my body did and what my thinking was… so I can use it in a story.   Don’t look at me like that.   The other day, I got in my […]

Tough love time. I have an elderly neighbor who lives at the end of my street. In fact, the entire neighborhood used to be her family’s farm.   Miss Jane and her husband Josh always wanted the empty lot next door to their house to be saved for their children. The children are adults with […]

This is the first 15 minute audio session… Poggibonsi An Italian Misadventure: a hilarious and unconventional romantic comedy   Poggi is my baby, you know? Rarely has a narrator captured all the nuances of dialogue the way I had them in my head. This lady is BRILLIANT.   I love, love, LOVE this reading!

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They did two shows which will air a week from tonight in two weeks from tonight What a lot of fun it was, too! Details later but here are some pictures

   Yep, you read that correctly: I’m gonna be on the radio.    I am in Jacksonville today and I’m gonna be recording a radio show with Fred Tromberg this afternoon, to air sometime next week.     I’m not exactly sure when it airs; I’m the guest, not the host. Fred gets to decide that. […]

But first, a shameless plug for my writing contest valuable prizes insightful critiques and you might get published Click HERE for more info and to enter! From time to time we like to feature other authors here on the blog, to shed light on their author journey. Today we have friend of the blog and fellow scary […]

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