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July 14, 2017

Local Author Showcase

Tomorrow 7/15/17, I will be discussing Days of the Giants and participating in a book signing along with several other local authors at the Ventress Memorial Library in Marshfield, MA. The event begins at 2PM. All are welcome.
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Published on July 14, 2017 19:30 Tags: book-signing, days-of-the-giants, discussion, local-authors, reading

May 9, 2016

Book of the Day

Days of the Giants will be featured as Book of the Day on onlinebookclub.org May 24th. This means that the kindle version will be available for a discounted price on Amazon.com.
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Published on May 09, 2016 11:51 Tags: amazon, book-of-the-day, discount

October 14, 2015

WSJ Op-Ed

Humorous opinion piece will be published today in the Wall Street Journal:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/medical-q...
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Published on October 14, 2015 02:25 Tags: ducks, humor, icd-10, petrella, query

July 24, 2015

Last Giveaway

Seems as though this will be our last giveaway for Days of the Giants. I hope folks can spread the word...
Thanks to everyone for their interest in the book, their involvement in these giveaways, and for helping to make the book launch a success...Very much appreciated.
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Published on July 24, 2015 08:21 Tags: days-of-the-giants, giveaway, last, launch

June 12, 2015

Successful giveaway and upcoming talk

We just completed another successful giveaway. Thanks to everyone who participated and congrats to the winners.

Of local interest, the West Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library begins a local author series this coming Monday, June 15. I will be there to talk about Days of the Giants on Monday, June 29. The other authors in the series (with book title, date of appearance) are: Katharine Grubb, Write a Novel in Ten Minutes a Day, June 15; Philip Robinson, We Still Leave a Legacy, June 22; Rosana Y. Wan, The Culinary Lives of John & Abigail Adams: A Cookbook, July 6. All of the talks are scheduled to begin at 6:30PM and will be followed by Q&A and book signings.
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Published on June 12, 2015 10:04 Tags: giveaway-signing-talk

April 22, 2015

Thanks

Thanks to everyone for their interest in the book and for taking part in the giveaways. As long as interest keeps up, we will hold more of them.
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Published on April 22, 2015 17:13 Tags: days-of-the-giants, giveaways, novel, thanks

April 9, 2015

Amazon giveaway

Here's a link to an Amazon giveaway for the book (5 copies available). It ends tomorrow 4/10/15.

https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/29e60c4...
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Published on April 09, 2015 08:32

April 8, 2015

Giveaway

Many thanks to all who participated in the book giveaway. Your interest is appreciated. And congratulations to the winners. I'm sure we will have another giveaway sometime soon...
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Published on April 08, 2015 06:30