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John D. Ottini
I feel someone shake me out of my sleep and I recognize my wife’s voice, “Honey, you were screaming in your sleep, are you okay?”
I open my eyes, wipe the beads of sweat from my forehead and reply, “I just had a horrible dream that I walked downstairs into our kitchen and someone had stolen the Keurig coffee maker.”
I open my eyes, wipe the beads of sweat from my forehead and reply, “I just had a horrible dream that I walked downstairs into our kitchen and someone had stolen the Keurig coffee maker.”
John D. Ottini
I would visit the fictional Village of St. Germaine, North Carolina created by author Mark Schweizer in his Liturgical Mystery Series.
While there, I would enjoy breakfast at the Slab Cafe, then stroll through the shops in the town square, before finally picking up a coffee-to-go at the Ginger Cat. Coffee in hand, I would cop a squat in Sterling Park and watch the warm, funny and quirky towns people go about their lives.
While there, I would enjoy breakfast at the Slab Cafe, then stroll through the shops in the town square, before finally picking up a coffee-to-go at the Ginger Cat. Coffee in hand, I would cop a squat in Sterling Park and watch the warm, funny and quirky towns people go about their lives.
John D. Ottini
In no particular order......
Manitou Canyon - William Kent Krueger
Season of Fear - Brian Freeman
Bad Action - James Swain
Second Life of Nick Mason - Steve Hamilton
Last Words - Michael Koryta
Manitou Canyon - William Kent Krueger
Season of Fear - Brian Freeman
Bad Action - James Swain
Second Life of Nick Mason - Steve Hamilton
Last Words - Michael Koryta
John D. Ottini
My favorite fictional couple might be unfamiliar to many readers, but it's Commissario Guido Brunetti and his wife Paola, from author Donna Leon's - A Guido Brunette Mystery series.
Growing up in an Italian family, I can relate to there uniquely Italian points of view. The series takes place in Venice, where he is the chief police inspector and she teaches literature at the university.
They have a wonderful family, a loving relationship and there dinner table conversations are intelligent and at times very comical.
I guess the reason I chose them is because they are very real to me and Ms. Leon does a great job of incorporating there relationship into each mystery story giving the reader and inside glimpse of their personal lives.
If you haven't read a Donna Leon book, then do yourself a favor and read one. I promise it will be different from anything you've read before.
The series is on it's 25th book, so I would suggest that you start with book one which is Death at La Fenice. Enjoy and thanks for the question.
Growing up in an Italian family, I can relate to there uniquely Italian points of view. The series takes place in Venice, where he is the chief police inspector and she teaches literature at the university.
They have a wonderful family, a loving relationship and there dinner table conversations are intelligent and at times very comical.
I guess the reason I chose them is because they are very real to me and Ms. Leon does a great job of incorporating there relationship into each mystery story giving the reader and inside glimpse of their personal lives.
If you haven't read a Donna Leon book, then do yourself a favor and read one. I promise it will be different from anything you've read before.
The series is on it's 25th book, so I would suggest that you start with book one which is Death at La Fenice. Enjoy and thanks for the question.
John D. Ottini
A culmination of news stories about the crazy things people will do for love, money or both. I'm fascinated by why people make bad decisions, even when they know it's wrong and that it will most likely lead to negative consequences.
John D. Ottini
An idea comes to me and it won't go away until I put it down in words.
John D. Ottini
Just completed and released 'Deadly Revelations', so I'm taking a short break from writing and spending time promoting it in the social media sites.
John D. Ottini
Try to write everyday, set a number of words or pages and make sure you accomplish your goal. Before you know it, you've accomplished something you never thought you could.
John D. Ottini
The satisfaction of seeing your work develop from start to finish and then having a reader tell you that they enjoyed reading your book.
John D. Ottini
I'm fairly new to the writing game. so I haven't encountered writer's block as of yet. When I do, I'll let you know.
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