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The Beauty of the Fall Cover

I was excited to receive the cover of my new novel, The Beauty of the Fall, from the publisher this week.  If all goes well, TBOTF will be out this summer. 

Passing

A Piece of Bark

Passing

Passing

 

I saw you the other day

You were standing in the evergreens with you arm around our child

Your hair was short again like when we were young

And there was this aura around you I hadn’t seen in a long time

It’s hue, golden, reminded me of how far we’ve come

 

In the days past, you were always spinning hope

As a mother, a daughter, a career woman, a lover, a wife

And though I didn’t know it then I was already here watching

spinning in my own way

searching for some way back

 

In this place of no recourse you have time to hone truth

With that in mind, I say now

we spent most of our time holding on too long or too little

Rarely did we recognize, never mind accept

the coming and going of things

For if we had, we would have been face to face

with the uncertainty into which we are all born

And that would have changed everything

 

Many would say I learned this too late

That I killed love

That given infinite chances

I cracked now and then but never fully opened

To them I would say

the story unfolded as intended

even the most difficult parts

To them I would say

none of us can harm love in its absolute form

only the shapes it takes

the ones that were never meant

to be more than passing

 

-Rich Marcello-

The Walking

Star Wars

I’m going to see, Star Wars The Force Awakens tonight. And tomorrow. And Saturday. And Sunday.

Why am I going four days in a row, you wonder? Well, it’s because I’m studying this awakening thing and I figure I need all the help I can get mastering my lightsaber.

GO

Imperfection

The Blues

New Review of The Big Wide Calm

examiner.com/…/the-big-wide-calm-a-coming-of-age-story-and-retrospective

Paige Plant, troubadour, musician, broody twenty something just trying to find her way without having to sell out.
Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for Musicians On Call





Paige Plant gets the opportunity of a lifetime to record her debut album


Rating: *****

“The Big Wide Calm” is a novel that contains a rich mental flow that puts readers into the main characters’ state of mind. You get to live inside the head of the protagonist, Paige Plant. Her narration is new and refreshing as well as synchronizing on the fly. Paige is given the chance of a lifetime to work with John Bustin, a wealthy seeker of musical talent. John provides her with free room and board in exchange for working on her recordings to sell her songs. Paige accepts his offer to live with him in a secluded area on his estate despite her better judgment. Tears stream down John’s face after he hears her first song. She needs his resources to soar to the top and John needs her companionship.

Rich Marcello is the author of “The Big Wide Calm”. His writing style is flowing and easy to follow. You are also placed in a position to delve into the emotions of the characters and live vicariously through them. You can now experience the fantasy of being a talented woman in her twenties that takes a risk and lives with a total stranger with a wealthy reputation. One could only imagine what it would be like for someone to choose you to take you away from your surroundings and give you the opportunity of a lifetime.

You can also get an education about the music industry studio lingo with the rich descriptions given in this novel. There is an underlying sadness to John Bustin. He tells Paige a story about the reasons for his anguish. Paige seems unsettled and doesn’t believe his tale of woe. She investigates and comes across a letter in his home. She gets an unexpected answer to the mystery behind John Bustin.