FIVE YEARS TO LIVE Blog Tour: Tapping into Reader’s Emotions by Frank Zaccari

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First off, I need to apologise to Frank Zaccari and Providence Book Promotions for posting this late. Blame my residual baby brain. In any case, Frank is here to promote his latest book, Five Years to Live, with a guest post on tapping into readers’ emotions.

Tapping into Reader’s Emotions
by Frank Zaccari

Emotions! We all have them. Some of us try to suppress our emotions, but they are always there lurking just below the surface. If we are lucky we may be able to control them. The bottom line is the vast majority of our decisions and actions are based upon emotions. The results of these decisions and actions are determined by how well or poorly we handle our emotions.

As a writer of family and relationship books that address life altering events, based on true stories, I try to transfer the emotions of each character to the reader. If done correctly, the reader relates so closely with the character that they are living the experience. They laugh and cry with the character. They feel the sorrow or joy, hopelessness or determination. I try to do this by telling the story as if I was speaking one-on-one to the reader.

For example, my first book When the Wife Cheats, deals with infidelity, betrayal, and abandonment.  These are very difficult emotions. Since fifty percent of marriages end in divorce, these emotions have to be addressed if one is going to survive. Very little is written about how the husband and children deal with the lies, deceit, betrayal and abandonment when the wife violates the marital vows. I try to follow one man’s journey as he and his two young daughters cope with the devastation that occurs When the Wife Cheats.

My third book Inside the Spaghetti Bowl, deals with the emotions associated with the death of a parent. This is a story that every person will have to face. With the first sentence, I try to draw the reader into the hospital room to meet and hopefully fall in love with this family.  It is a story about family and unconditional love. My goal is that the reader will see their own family and the memories make them smile.

My latest book Five Years to Live, addresses the powerful and overwhelming emotions of a loved one beset by a catastrophic injury. It starts with the phone call everyone prays they will never receive. The story exposes the trauma and the horror that ensues and the love and courage it takes to initially go on living and then ultimately triumph. I try to make the reader ask the questions, “Would I have the courage and fortitude to pick up the pieces after my life, my goals, my hopes and my dreams were instantly shattered, or would I succumb to despair and not even try?”

Emotions shape who we are and how we act or react to circumstances. Alexandre Dumas wrote, “Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.”  I hope my books help my readers understand what they will do when that storm comes.

Thank you for the opportunity to work with you and your readers.

Frank Zaccari

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About the Author

Frank Zaccari

Frank Zaccari is a native of western New York. He received his Bachelor’s in finance from California State University at Sacramento after serving as a military medic in the United States Air Force. He spent more than two decades in the technology industry, holding various positions from account representative to CEO. He also spent time specializing in turn-around management of companies under $100 million. Zaccari left the industry to provide primary care of his children, purchasing a small business that was more accommodating to his family. He presently owns an insurance agency in Sacramento, where he currently resides. Five Years to Live is not his only book for sale. He has also written When the Wife Cheats, From the Ashes: The Rise of the University of Washington Volleyball Program, and Inside the Spaghetti Bowl.

Contact: Website

Five Years to Live

Five Years to Live

It is the phone call every person lives in fear of receiving. There has been an accident and your loved one is paralyzed. A spinal cord injury is the single most devastating and life altering event. Based on a true story, Michael and Donna were young, successful, in love and planning their life together. That life was radically changed by a tragic car accident. Now a wheelchair user as a quadriplegic, with limited movement, constant infections and multiple surgeries, doctors projected Michael’s best case life expectancy to be five years. See how this young couple battles through his injury and spends his five years making a lasting impact on hundreds of people. It will make you realize what can be accomplished when a person does not let circumstances dictate their life.

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Source: J.C. Martin, Fighter Writer