Larry Seeley's Blog, page 2
October 14, 2013
A Nation of Thieves
A Nation of Thieves
Politicians love to talk about American “exceptionalism”, and they are right, we are exceptionally dishonest.
Let’s start with our government: elected officials accept money from lobbyists, superpacs, and private and corporate special interests. Their votes are colored by these contributions, including issues like taxation, subsidies, and tax exemptions.
Our bankers and brokers sold trillions of bogus securities in the form of home mortgage “derivatives” to their business ass...
July 25, 2013
Link to site to purchase The Border Wars Trilogy
Go to http://sbpra.com/LarrySeeley/, publisher’s website.
April 7, 2013
Buying my books–Alert
I changed publishers. The old one took down my titlesfrom sales sites, and the new one is still working on the metadata files to republish. It may take a little time.
Send me an email at lfseeley@msn.com, and I will locate a Kindle or POD copy for you.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Update on Book Launch–The Bridge of the Americas
I’m pleased to announce that my third novel, The Bridge of the Americas, will be introduced at the unparalleled Camel Rock Casino, north of Santa Fe. Dates are yet to be determined. Having a partner like Camel Rockrocks, and I urge all my friends and fans in the Santa Fe area to make sure theycheck the release dates and come to the casino. Come anyway at any time and enjoy a good gambling experience.
On another note, Goodreads has chosen my second novel, 17 Degrees North as the April Book of t...
February 23, 2013
Launch of third book in the Border Wars Trilogy–The Bridge of the Americas
This email will be going out to fans and supporters:
I’d hoped to announce a signing event for my new book, The Bridge of the Americas, due out in late May 2013. Unfortunately, the sponsoring casinos, Buffalo Thunder and Cities of Gold, pulled out at the last minute.
They didn’t offer a reason, and I must admit, I’m disappointed, but I have begun negotiations with three of their competitors to schedule promotional dates.
Many of you received copies of my first two novels, Gypsies, Tramps, and Th...
February 10, 2013
Interview with Morgen Bailey
Dear Readers:
Please check out the interview.
I’m pleased to say that your interview is now live – the direct short link is http://wp.me/p367H6-vI and long link is http://morgensauthorinterviews.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/author-interview-with-mystery-suspense-and-non-fiction-writer-larry-seeley. Feel free to put the links anywhere you like for as long as you like.
I’ve updated your entry on http://morgensauthorinterviews.wordpress.com/list-of-interviewsand added it to http://morgenbailey.wordpres...
August 24, 2012
Walking The Floor
Walking the Floor
My old partner ended up stuck in Vegas. He called and asked to meet me there. This was in the mid-eighties, and he knew about my monthly trips to the Sands. I’d become a decent card-counting blackjack player, and for the twenty years I’d know him, he’d been a degenerate gambler.
The knock on my hotel room door didn’t surprise me. My friend had told me of his intention to drive out from the Midwestern city where he currently lived. He’d been mysterious about his reasons, but I...
The Dog Queen
The Dog Queen
America is full of eccentrics. Every city block in New York is probably home to half a dozen. Some are loonies, many are artists, and most are interesting. The greatest difference between a large metropolitan area and a small town is that in the latter, you notice the odd people. They stick out like the proverbial sore thumb and become local legends who contribute to the folklore passed from generation to generation. Our tiny village was no exception.
Country roads, often gravel o...
April 10, 2012
The Peninsula Python
In November of nineteen hundred and forty-five, a story was published in the Atlantic Monthly about a small town in northeast Ohio. The writer, a man who did feature articles for the magazine, wrote of a train derailment on the village outskirts. The life of the story was remarkable and probably wouldn't have survived in the eras of the internet and fifteen minutes of fame. However, it reappeared in the late summer '46 in the Cleveland Plain Dealer and was told and re-told by residents of...
March 15, 2012
London, Circa 1982
My first experience in a London casino came in the early eighties. I'd spent a couple of years in Vegas playing blackjack, but British gaming parlors were a new experience.
Readers need to keep in mind that Las Vegas was a different town in those days. The first mega-casino/hotel complex, the Mirage, had not yet been built, and many of the enterprises were still operated by wiseguys or their fronts. Over the past three decades, Vegas has become more commercial, and in this writer's opinion...
