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September 11, 2013
Do American’s Understand the Cost of War?
What does War Cost? Three years ago I began writing a book that became known as “The Siren of Paris.” Never once while researching and writing this novel did I one day think I would be on talk radio shows all across the United States helping listener’s grapple with the possible cost of a new […]
December 15, 2012
Cast of Characters For those asking over at On Page and...
Cast of Characters For those asking over at On Page and Screen, here is the list. Male Lead: Marc Tolbert. 20 years old, French born, American raised male art student. Female Lead: Marie ( name pending legal review). 21 years old, French Female nude art model turned Nazi Collaborator, and girl friend of [...]
November 21, 2012
The Normandie Night
The Normandie Night The hidden meaning underneath the second scene of The Siren of Paris. The opening of The Siren of Paris is unlike any other novel that you may have read in the past. Instead of attempting to hook the reader with some thrilling event in Marc’s life, the first chapter is dedicated to [...]
September 18, 2012
September 6, 2012
The Paris Paper Revolt of 1943
The Start of the French Resistance. When the Nazi’s began the occupation of the the French capital, resistance was scattered and disorganized. The most common form of early resistance was simply printing up an alternative paper to the official occupation press. For this small act, you could be shot, or sent off to one of [...]
The Siren alerts to the reality of war. A review
New Review and Interview of the Siren of Paris I just got a great review over in the UK from Dianne Ascroft on her blog. ’I’ve just finished reading Siren of Paris by David LeRoy and it’s a story that will stay with me for a while. It has a complex, well developed plotline and presents the [...]
Book Trailer is here, and Book on Promo today
Book Trailer The book trailer can now be seen at my authors central page found here: David LeRoy Book Promotion Today is July 20th, and other than being a Friday, there is nothing special about it for most of us. However, for one of the key characters of The Siren of Paris, Jacques Lusseyran, on [...]
The Books Finally Arrived Today
Finally they came! The books finally got here today. When I first started out on this adventure of publishing my own book, I had very idealistic ideas about just how much time to allow for each step in the process. I would get frustrated if I missed deadlines that I had set, which were unrealistic [...]
Beware For The Siren is Watching You.
New Book Trailer. I reached out to the folks at Circle of Seven productions to create a book trailer for The Siren of Paris. I do have some tools to do this, however, it is far more complex that it might seem. Book trailers are a lot like books, meaning if it is easy to [...]
The Liberation of Paris
The Greatest of Days. The liberation of Paris took place on Aug 24 and 25th of 1944. The occupation from June 14th, 1940 to August 25th, was 1533 days. Friday and Saturday shall be my last two free promotional days for The Siren of Paris. I have enjoyed participating in the Kindle Select [...]
