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Sam Bellotto Jr.

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in Middletown, NY, The United States

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http://www.PerihelionSF.com

Genre

Crafts & Hobbies, Humor, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

Ray Bradbury, Vladimir Nabokov, George Orwell, Arthur Conan Doyle ...more

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May 2012

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"Yellow Glad Days" is a science fiction, political satire, the latest work by Sam Bellotto Jr., who is normally known as an author of crossword and cryptogram puzzle books. Bellotto's company, Crossdown, also develops word puzzle computer games and software as well as the puzzles themselves. He operates out of the top floor of his home on Akron Street. Crossdown has garnered the top "People's Choice Award" from the Educational Software Cooperative (ESC) four times between 1998 and 2004. It also won the top award in its category from the Shareware Industry Conference in 2004. Bellotto has been making puzzles professionally since 1979, when he broke into the business by placing his first sale with the Sunday New York Times Magazine under then "Yellow Glad Days" is a science fiction, political satire, the latest work by Sam Bellotto Jr., who is normally known as an author of crossword and cryptogram puzzle books. Bellotto's company, Crossdown, also develops word puzzle computer games and software as well as the puzzles themselves. He operates out of the top floor of his home on Akron Street. Crossdown has garnered the top "People's Choice Award" from the Educational Software Cooperative (ESC) four times between 1998 and 2004. It also won the top award in its category from the Shareware Industry Conference in 2004. Bellotto has been making puzzles professionally since 1979, when he broke into the business by placing his first sale with the Sunday New York Times Magazine under then crossword puzzle editor, the legendary Eugene T. Maleska. According to Bellotto, "You could say I started at the top." Today Bellotto contributes regularly to all the major crossword puzzle markets including Simon & Schuster, The New York Times, and Random House. He also does a weekly crossword feature for a number of high-profile newspapers and has authored several crossword puzzle books. And he is in great demand as a specialist in making topical crosswords, having done individual projects for Xerox, AttorneyYellowPages, and the University of Rochester, to name just a few. Simon & Schuster has called Bellotto one of the top ten constructors in the country. Bellotto's affection for word game puzzles and fondness for science fiction began when he was a high school student in Syracuse, New York, where he grew up. "I was one of those science whiz kids," he recalls, "building rockets, mixing chemicals and peering through microscopes." Bellotto attended Long Island University where he studied journalism, with a minor in music theory. After graduation he took courses in film studies at the New School for Social Research in Manhattan. Currently, in addition to his regular crossword features and Internet-based word game software business, Bellotto is working on other puzzle books. He lives in Rochester, NY, in a modest two-bedroom house with his black labrador, Petra, and an impressive animated cartoon collection. ...more

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Portrait of the Writer as a Possessed Wordsmith

WRITING IS HARD work. It isn't particularly fun. You do it because you are driven. Writing is a passion. You would rather write than eat, or watch television, or bathe, or have sex. Well, sex may be an either/or, but the passion to write clearly gives the passion to make love a run for its money. You can learn to write in the sense that you can take classes or workshops that give you the opportuni Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 15, 2012 15:46

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	The Future Is Short by Jot Russell, Paula Friedman, Carrol Fix (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yellow Glad Days 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Entertainment Crosswords: Movies, Music, Broadway, Sports, TV & More! liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Game On! Crossword Puzzles liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quotable Cryptograms by Sam Bellotto Jr. (Goodreads Author), Terry Stickels really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cool Crosswords for Kids: 74 Super Puzzles to Solve it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prince Caspian: Puzzle Book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great Quotes: 76 Brand New Crossword Puzzles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By Sam Bellotto Jr.Cool Crosswords for Kids: 74 Super Puzzles to Solve[Paperback] February 1, 2013 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bet You Can't Do This! Crosswords : 75 Really, Really, Really Hard Puzzles (Paperback)--by John Samson [2013 Edition] by Sam Bellotto Jr. (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars