tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53647326655853523982024-03-21T16:28:44.403-07:00Richard Goffman - authorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-57489584723090752015-08-25T20:07:00.001-07:002015-08-25T20:07:06.445-07:00GO TO RICHARDGOFFMAN.COM<span style="font-size: x-large;">Go directly to <a href="http://www.richardgoffman.com/">MY NEW WEBSITE!</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Goodbye, blogger. Hello, real website.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-33321722050999344652015-07-29T12:16:00.000-07:002015-07-29T12:16:48.068-07:00...and the winner is.......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-87274073679287939052015-07-24T09:56:00.000-07:002015-07-24T09:56:17.752-07:00WORDS ON THE SQUARE T O M O R R O W<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmN8Bps9QyAKkUJHCWS_NQ7ENRjRXcOIgJMg55RUCN5UFuIYFIpntU52WzcjnuB-qxoDDN7TmXm0nckmEt7osj0ZTXYDn44_QyA38UOD1gFAF597lqPHByxOFHCm2zZYDkiuQX_OIc8GM1/s1600/LaidSoLow-Cover-Kindle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmN8Bps9QyAKkUJHCWS_NQ7ENRjRXcOIgJMg55RUCN5UFuIYFIpntU52WzcjnuB-qxoDDN7TmXm0nckmEt7osj0ZTXYDn44_QyA38UOD1gFAF597lqPHByxOFHCm2zZYDkiuQX_OIc8GM1/s200/LaidSoLow-Cover-Kindle.jpg" width="125" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow will be a beautiful day for <span style="color: red;">Words on the Square</span> in Branchville at 2:00. In case this is news and not just a reminder, the details: Linda Watkins and Richard Goffman will be reading from their new novels, <span style="color: cyan;">TAKING FLIGHT</span> and <span style="color: cyan;">LAID SO LOW</span>, respectively. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">This is taking place on the square in Branchville, outside Broad Street Books http://www.broad-street-books.com/ which is a beautiful and remarkably eclectic store unlike any other you are likely to find. (Interesting factoid about BSB: Did you know that among their thousands of offerings they have one of the largest repositories in the world of BOB DYLAN books, memorabilia, music and art? I'm talking about one of a kind stuff, much of it directly from the man himself.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;">The event tomorrow, in addition to the reading and the autographing and the talking about books, will also include an art show right across the square at Ruth Ann Endress' beautiful</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><b>MAIN STREET GALLERY</b></span><span style="color: blue;">. </span><span style="color: cyan;">http://www.mainstreetgalleryandstudio.com/</span><br />
<span style="color: cyan;">Not unlike BSB, Ruth offers an amazingly eclectic selection of art, sculpture and crafts of all kinds, including (not coincidentally) </span><span style="color: red;"><b>watercolors by Linda Watkins-Goffman</b></span><span style="color: cyan;">, a close relative -- if not an actual doppelganger -- of Linda Watkins, the author of Taking Flight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">So, let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up. Send a picture of yourself reading one of the Mr. Bachman books, before midngiht tonight, to be entered in the contest for a free Jersey shore weekend. More importantly, </span><b><i><span style="color: cyan;">PLEASE COME TO BRANCHVILLE TOMORROW at 2:00</span></i></b><span style="color: red;">... and if possible bring 3 or 4 friends. But only come if you like books, art, eating, drinking and having a really good time in a great place with interesting people.</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-90549832033733670002015-07-10T10:43:00.000-07:002015-07-10T10:43:31.533-07:00MYSTERIOUSSSSS!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Thanks to the kindness of </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=743834171" href="https://www.facebook.com/julie.schoerke" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-decoration: none;">Julie Powers Schoerke</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> of </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=206983396010909" href="https://www.facebook.com/JKSCommunications" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-decoration: none;">JKS Communications</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> in Nashville I attended an amazing event Wednesday night. If you’ve never been to </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=113518992013830" href="https://www.facebook.com/MysteriousBookshop" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-decoration: none;">The Mysterious Bookshop</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> on the lower west side, you should do yourself a favor. I’ve never seen another place like it. But Wednesday night was special, because it was a double book release party for two great mystery writers,</span><a aria-describedby="js_u" aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="js_t" class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1215438156" href="https://www.facebook.com/jennymilchman" id="js_v" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-decoration: none;">Jenny Milchman</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> and </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=60810498351" href="https://www.facebook.com/CatherineCoulterBooks" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-decoration: none;">Catherine Coulter</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">. And aside from those two, the place was full of other best selli</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">ng authors, not to mention agents, editors, publishers, publicists, booksellers... I actually chatted with <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=188921381167597" href="https://www.facebook.com/LeeChildOfficial" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Lee Child</a><br />The problem was, I couldn’t breathe without coughing up a lung, so I was miserable. Anybody who knows me knows that if I’m unable to schmooze at a schmooze-o-rama like that, I must be way under the weather. I slunk out early and hacked and coughed my way home. Anywho, thanks to Julie. One of these days I’ll be happy to see @Mr. <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100004123391219" href="https://www.facebook.com/william.bachman.79" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">William Bachman</a> make an appearance among such exalted company. And big thanks to <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1314667897" href="https://www.facebook.com/jayson.gladstone" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Jayson Gladstone</a> for introducing us. <a href="http://jennymilchman.com/as-night-falls" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://jennymilchman.com/as-night-falls</a><br /><a href="http://www.catherinecoulter.com/books/fbi/nemesis" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.catherinecoulter.com/books/fbi/nemesis</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Linda and I will both be reading at this event </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Broad Street Books, </span><span style="font-size: large;">in addition to being one </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">curated by George and Frances Delgado. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's all happening "on the Square" on Saturday, July 25, at 2:00pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">All these avid readers are in a contest to win a fabulous weekend at the Jersey shore!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">We're having a contest!!! The details are not
finalized, but the gist is this: Send (text, email, whatever's easiest for you)
a picture of yourself (or somebody) reading</span></span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>LAID SO LOW</b></span></span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">.</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;"> Bonu</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">s points if you have two people, one reading</span><span style="color: #141823;"> </span><span style="color: orange;"><b>LAID SO LOW</b></span><span style="color: #141823;"> </span><span style="color: white;">and the other reading</span><span style="color: #141823;"> </span><span style="color: cyan;"><b>HEARTLESS CRUELTY</b>. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Winners will be drawn at random from all entries. Grand prize (like I
said, still working out the details) will be a weekend at the Jersey shore! Other
prizes tbd! How easy! How fun! I'll be posting pics as they come in. THE MORE
THE MERRIER! Just make sure you include your name and the best means of
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with plot and character and suspense and setting and dialogue... well, it just
has my poet brain agog. Richard Goffman, I hope you have the idea for number
three in mind."</span></span><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-64670242559636521732015-05-18T07:57:00.001-07:002015-05-18T07:57:36.397-07:00GET "LAID..."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbSUV1Mr2CwPwrhAw6FhjnnnDlKIO0CluHuP08itKxjPslzO-SX3ytXfGPxWrr4ycBP-p3TKMWsGcsIvRU2nBFXUB2egz2BPg578_bgFnX6BLy9iOdxU2ynoIsRhT1ioMe9YpnIMAm0YR/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-05-18+at+9.40.15+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbSUV1Mr2CwPwrhAw6FhjnnnDlKIO0CluHuP08itKxjPslzO-SX3ytXfGPxWrr4ycBP-p3TKMWsGcsIvRU2nBFXUB2egz2BPg578_bgFnX6BLy9iOdxU2ynoIsRhT1ioMe9YpnIMAm0YR/s320/Screen+Shot+2015-05-18+at+9.40.15+AM.png" width="199" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now you can read the book you've been waiting for.....</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.createspace.com/5462163." target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">GET LAID SO LOW</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Finally, the book you've been waiting to read on the beach, the latest in the Mr. Bachman series of Jersey shore thrillers. </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSxagfAMjxTV7BLxgs0mEVrqEFf3wc-aFOJtcHkEllNnxVWR7WsphTMW2F-_XMsSJYQT9AyRlTN2khySrNBEsf1FMGJ_FAU7K01zH34pCMGZOOC3IfSK1M_j7Jo-0ojBMwq7gLHoYoWLa/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-05-18+at+9.50.13+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSxagfAMjxTV7BLxgs0mEVrqEFf3wc-aFOJtcHkEllNnxVWR7WsphTMW2F-_XMsSJYQT9AyRlTN2khySrNBEsf1FMGJ_FAU7K01zH34pCMGZOOC3IfSK1M_j7Jo-0ojBMwq7gLHoYoWLa/s320/Screen+Shot+2015-05-18+at+9.50.13+AM.png" width="203" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">If you've read HEARTLESS CRUELTY, you must get your hands on LAID SO LOW, the darker, more dangerous thriller that is the PREQUEL to HEARTLESS CRUELTY. And if you haven't read HEARTLESS CRUELTY yet, now is your chance to catch up on the whole exciting series.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.createspace.com/3948859" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">GET HEARTLESS CRUELTY</span></a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-70111251970211889292015-04-28T19:14:00.000-07:002015-04-28T19:14:32.590-07:00Publication is now officially in process!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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It took a lot longer than I thought it would, but Laid So Low, the long-awaited (by me, for one) PREquel to Heartless Cruelty, is out of my hands and on its way to the publisher. <i>Fly, little birdie!</i></h2>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">There's a process that happens now, and it will probably take 2-3 weeks before books are available. But it's happening! And when it does, then I'm <i>really</i> going to be posting about it.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: yellow;">In the meantime, follow this blog, "like" </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RichardGoffmanAuthor?ref=hl" target="_blank">Richard Goffman Author on Facebook</a> , <span style="color: yellow;">and block out some reading time. I'll keep you posted on progress.</span></span></h4>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-33451153354074832352015-03-25T14:46:00.001-07:002015-03-25T14:46:38.894-07:00From one blog.... to another<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMVNqRb6wqPrlLT3APHX79NpTNm3rjnI6MTKW5uniVxv6lk71yNnPo6r0PZLvhvMnEgpRp4xOzBsIBodpuAQaW0MpGeCLZgaiWBqof_qV8GlZLnnAwwj2NJ-yxVL1IeyvqHbUTBoWUCQi/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-03-25+at+3.01.08+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMVNqRb6wqPrlLT3APHX79NpTNm3rjnI6MTKW5uniVxv6lk71yNnPo6r0PZLvhvMnEgpRp4xOzBsIBodpuAQaW0MpGeCLZgaiWBqof_qV8GlZLnnAwwj2NJ-yxVL1IeyvqHbUTBoWUCQi/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-03-25+at+3.01.08+PM.png" height="200" width="198" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Montclair State First Year Writing faculty has a blog called <a href="https://msufywblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">DEEP DOWN IN THE CLASSROOM</a> , and I just posted there about reading aloud from LAID SO LOW in front of several hundred students and faculty.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-132830588486778322015-02-27T21:53:00.003-08:002015-02-27T21:53:53.167-08:00Today, Sweden... Tomorrow...... Denmark?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I think I must be <i>en amerikansk spelkompis</i>. Who knew?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-6458896669953468852015-02-17T17:57:00.000-08:002015-02-17T17:57:49.924-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-59019211313411460462014-09-04T09:41:00.000-07:002014-09-04T09:41:34.468-07:00YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT...HERE IT IS!<span style="font-size: large;">I can't tell you how thrilling it is every time someone asks me when my new book is coming out. In fact, it is just about equal parts compliment and pressure, and writers need both. So thanks!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">The good news, here is your first glimpse of <i><b>Laid So Low</b></i>. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Laid so Low</i></b> is the second book in the <b>Mr. Bachman</b> series of Jersey shore thrillers. It is a prequel to <b><i>Heartless Cruelty</i></b>, Mr. Bachman's debut. <b><i>Laid So Low</i></b> presents to the reader the slightly younger, slightly less mature, 29-year-old, 1979 model William Bachman. He's utterly devoted to his students -- some things don't change with time. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>This</i> Mr. Bachman is married... or at least he is at the <i>beginning</i> of the book. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>This</i> Mr. Bachman faces obstacles and threats more evil than those found in <b><i>Heartless Cruelty</i></b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>This</i> Mr. Bachman, no matter how much he rejects being put into the position of hero, must find a way -- because defenseless young lives are at stake.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Heartless Cruelty </i></b>presented the reader with a William Bachman who was remarkably world weary for a popular, still-young teacher, well-liked, even loved, at the Jersey shore. <b><i>Laid So Low</i></b> will provide some background and some insight into what has formed this man. He wants to be neither the hero, nor the protagonist. In the end he will be called upon to be more than either. He will be callled upon to be a champion for those who have no other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, loyal readers.... Here is the promised first glimpse of <b><i>Laid So Low</i></b>, <b>book 2 in the Mr. Bachman Series of Jersey Shore Thrillers.</b></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-37984354401348512642014-05-10T16:38:00.000-07:002014-05-10T16:43:58.127-07:00Return to Atlantis<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">I'm honored to be asked to be the </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">guest speaker at the annual dinner of the Friends of the Long Branch Free Public Library</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">. I will be talking about my books and reading from </span><span style="background-color: lime; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Heartless Cruelty </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">and, for the first time anywhere in public, </span><span style="background-color: lime; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Laid So Low</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">The dinner is at </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">6:30pm</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">, on Wednesday, </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">June 11</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">. The location is </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Charley's Ocean Grill</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">, 29 Avenel Boulevard, Long Branch.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">You Long Branch folks: if you have thought about being a Friend of the library, this would be a nice time to do it. But member or not, a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">nyone may attend the Friends of the Library's dinner. The cost is $40/pp. I'd love to see you there.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">More info? Here are some links: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Long-Branch-Free-Public-Library/86892984369?fref=ts" target="_blank">The library's FB page</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.longbranchlib.org/#!programs-and-services/c1vl9" target="_blank">The library's website</a> <a href="http://www.charleysoceangrill.com/" target="_blank">Charley's Ocean Grill </a></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-34838762399241032014-04-27T16:01:00.000-07:002014-04-27T16:01:39.793-07:00Thanks, Betsy!<h2>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">High praise indeed from Betsy Hays Gatti, author of <i><a href="http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/betsy1writer" target="_blank">Riding with the Wind</a></i>: </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Hi Richard, just finished your book and wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed it! Well done indeed and love that the protagonist is a teacher, and all the literary and film references (I was about to correct you on the Ida Lupino v. Mary Astor in Maltese Falcon but saw how you handled it later in the book, clever). Your writing is by turns poetic and earthy, shades of Elmore Leonard in places and certainly a page turner. Best luck with this and the prequel!</span><span id="goog_939364598"></span><span id="goog_939364599"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a> </span></h2>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-76096110495405258562014-04-05T12:11:00.001-07:002014-04-05T12:11:30.347-07:00Heartless Cruelty to be "featured" at Writers' Conf<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Heartless Cruelty will be on sale at the William Paterson Writer's Conference this coming Saturday. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Excellent keynote speaker (Christopher Lehman-Haupt), and the workshops have been first rate in recent years.</span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-10080701050417825552014-03-18T16:09:00.000-07:002014-03-18T16:09:11.488-07:00SPEED DATING FOR AUTHORS (whatever that means)<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/290908821062440/">COOL EVENT THIS SUNDAY</a><br />
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(The above should be a live link.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Well-Read Books in Hawthorne, NJ is hosting about a half dozen "local" authors, including me, for an event they're billing as "Speed Dating for Authors." Authors get about 15 minutes each to "romance" potential new readers. Sounds weird, yet somehow compelling, no? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you go, at least, when you get to work on Monday and somebody asks what did you do this weekend, you won't have to say "Gee... I can't remember," or "Same old same old." You can say you did.... this thing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">What's the worst that could happen? You meet some authors and buy a couple of books.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-16034109244694678712014-02-03T20:12:00.000-08:002014-02-03T20:12:42.209-08:00Salinger<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Finally
finished watching the end of the Salinger documentary, which I DVRed when it
was broadcast last year on PBS. It is of interest to anyone who loved the work
of the man, whether you loved it obsessively, superficially, literarily or just
out of the curiosity brought about by the weird phenomenon that his unique life
created -- an inside-out uber-celebrity whose worst criticism he ever hurled at
someone who betrayed him was: "You know what’s wrong with you? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You love the world</i>."<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Having said
that, the movie is a spotty pastiche so far as movies go, and an odd sort of
documentary. It's too long, and too precious in its "recreations" and
pseudo-theatricality. Still, some of the interviews with old friends and
acquaintances are quite moving.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Here is my
personal connection: In 1996 or 1997 I had a long interesting discussion with
Matthew Salinger. I was interviewing him in order to help promote the video
release of a movie he had produced called “Mojave Moon.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t remember if I had seen the movie, or even
if I’ve seen it since. I just now looked it up on IMDb; it features lots of
good actors, including Angelina Jolie playing a character named Eleanor Rigby,
just in case anyone out there is looking to make weird connections.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Anyhow,
Matthew and I spoke for 45 minutes or an hour. It was a very pleasant
conversation with an interesting young man who came across as having zero sense
of self-importance. I was 46. He was about 10 years younger than I. (Thought I
was going to say “younger than me,” didn’t you?)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>At the end
of the interview I turned off my little microcassette recorder and asked him,
as off-handedly as I could, now that the official interview was over, would he
mind if I asked him some questions about his dad, which were strictly for my
own personal curiosity, not for publication. I didn’t know if he would brush
that off as too personal, or feel that he was being treated as “the son of a
famous person.” I hoped he wouldn’t be insulted. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>To my
delight, Matthew was totally cool. “What do you want to know?” he said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In what has
probably been acted out hundreds of times over the prior thirty years, whenever
someone who has had the burning curiosity finally DID get to ask the questions
of someone who would know, I realized I was mainly interested in one thing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Has he
been writing? You know, all this time?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Constantly,”
he said. “Almost every day.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This
knocked me out. It was, for me, too good to be true. And it had to be true. Why
would he lie?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“He has a
huge vault,” Matthew said. I seem to recall him describing the vault as being
in the floor of his dad’s house, but that may just be a detail I layered on. I
don’t know why. “It’s all in there.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“You’ve
seen it? Have you read any of it?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“A little,”
is what he said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Finally,
the real question: “What is it?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Glass
family stories. Lots and lots of Glass family stories.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Will -- we
-- ever get to read them?” I flashed on Franz Kafka’s final instructions to his
literary executor, biographer and best friend, Max Brod: “Burn it all.” Brod,
of course, betrayed Kafka’s dying wish. But one can’t always count on having a
Max Brod around when you need one, can you?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Matthew
didn’t know what the final arrangements for the stories would be. He didn’t
know if his father was going to publish them, but he didn’t think he’d destroy
them. Sooner or later they would come out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>J.D.
Salinger died 14 years after that conversation, and since January 2010 I have
been waiting to see a headline in the<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> New
York Times</i> announcing the impending Salinger oeuvre’s publication. Now, in
this somewhat cheesy “documentary,” the answer to the question has been
tentatively answered. According to the movie (and the companion book), between
2015 and 2020, the books will begin to roll out. And I find it just about
breathtaking that among the treasures to come will be an entire compendium of
Seymour Glass and his relatives, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Family Glass</i>, including at least five new stories, the final one of which,
according to the latest info, depicts Seymour’s life after death. Also: a
compendium of all fiction about members of Holden Caulfield’s extended family. Some
of that stuff you can find on the Internet now: much of it was written before
The Catcher in the Rye, and published in magazines in the fifties. (FYI:
Popular magazines used to publish great fiction. Also, popular magazines,
printed on paper, used to exist. Sigh.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And more.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Matthew
didn’t know this stuff when he and I had our pleasant conversation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Before Matthew
Salinger left my office, I remembered that I had brought something with me in
anticipation of our meeting. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In my
twenty or so years in marketing in the video business, I got to meet and sometimes
work a little with many famous and not so famous actors, directors and other
“industry people.” As a matter of interest, most of them were very nice to me;
only a few were stuck up and self-important. Anyhow, for some reason I have
never been an autograph hound. People would always say to me, “Did you get
so-and-so’s autograph?” But I always felt that asking someone to make a piece
of paper into a treasured icon by writing his or her name on it negated
whatever little personal connection I might have enjoyed with them. But this
case was the exception. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I asked
Matt Salinger for an autograph, to which he readily agreed. I took out of my
desk what I had brought with me from home that morning. In a Zip-loc bag I had
my old copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Franny & Zooey</i>. It
was in the bag because the front and back covers were gone, the spine was
ripped, and the pages were (and still are) literally crumbling and mold-spotted.
It was a book which had travelled many places with me. I wanted him to sign it beneath
his father’s dedication. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Matt didn’t
remember the dedication or his connection to it until I showed it to him.
Here’s what it says:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As
nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a
luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean, I urge my editor, mentor and
(heaven help him) closest friend, William Shawn, </i>genius domus<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> of </i>The New Yorker<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, lover of the long shot, protector of the unprolific, defender of the
hopelessly flamboyant, most unreasonably modest of born-great artist-editors,
to accept the pretty skimpy-looking book.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Matthew was tickled to read it, although it couldn’t have
been for the first time. Here’s how he signed:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I hope “Mojave Moon” is more appealing than a cold lima bean.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Thanks for your help.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Matt Salinger<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-36169570685544966442014-01-22T17:28:00.000-08:002014-01-22T17:44:47.210-08:00Not yet. SOON! But for now.....<span style="font-size: large;">The last post (see below) foresaw two imminent arrivals: the new website, <span style="color: red;">www.richardgoffman.com</span>, and <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Laid So Low</b></span>, the second novel in the Mr. Bachman series, a prequel to <b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heartless Cruelty</span></b>. The good news: <i>They are STILL IMMINENT</i>. Both of these momentous events will, I now expect, take place this spring. Both the new improved website and the new Mr. Bachman thriller are still nearing completion but are not quite there yet. And I have learned my lesson, and will not pick an exact date until I know for sure I can fulfill it. It's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpj0t2ozPWY">like Orson Welles said</a> about Paul Masson's wines.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">We did complete, last summer, the first promo video for <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Heartless Cruelty</b></span>.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUbAkk4Yn2E" target="_blank"> You can see it here</a>. And when you hear the announcer refer you to the new website, for now just pretend he said richardgoffman.blogspot.com. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you like the video. If you do, please pass it along to someone who might like it too, and who should know about Mr. Bachman and Heartless Cruelty.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">While you're at it, why not follow this blog (just above my handsome picture), and "like" Richard Goffman - Author on Facebook.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364732665585352398.post-46007536119892840132013-08-24T07:33:00.001-07:002013-08-28T07:03:12.821-07:00COMING SOON: WWW.RICHARDGOFFMAN.COM<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE </b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">-- probably in a couple of weeks -- </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">my new website will be up </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">at</span></div>
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<b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: red;">www.richardgoffman.com</span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It will replace this blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If someone clicks on this blog</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">after the new website is up</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">they will be redirected there.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">The new site is coming along, and it looks beautiful. I've got a great team working on it, led by Nick Simonelli @SimonelliDesign. It will have all kinds of functionality that you can't have on a blog (although it will contain a blog). I'll be able to sell books directly -- but I will still always try</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCflXvWFobN5uk6RXfOO_eMkF6EBQo3UtPkrj2JeFrMHxUI0owiZEEP8hBKQ4DSc4VMV3cMhGTRY98pAMEo7l0McLRolhwoqN1wBkKQXQ_oXwepfCg2Ob1UzE60b3os1JhhtBp9bZLkqCK/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-08-24+at+9.24.17+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCflXvWFobN5uk6RXfOO_eMkF6EBQo3UtPkrj2JeFrMHxUI0owiZEEP8hBKQ4DSc4VMV3cMhGTRY98pAMEo7l0McLRolhwoqN1wBkKQXQ_oXwepfCg2Ob1UzE60b3os1JhhtBp9bZLkqCK/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-08-24+at+9.24.17+AM.png" width="210" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"> to direct customers to bookstores, and only use me as the seller of last resort. In phase two of the new site, after it is up and running, we'll be adding direct downloads of e-books in every possible format.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The most exciting thing about the new site, for me, is the prospect of interacting with my readership base, which keeps growing, not exactly by leaps and bounds, more by hops and skips... but it keeps growing just the same. Next year, for example, everyone will be able to be part of a book project that is tentatively called MY MR. BACHMAN, in which people remember the teacher they had (or have) who most exemplifies the values of our own Mr. Bachman. You'll be hearing more about this.... as soon as I finish the current projects: finishing the promo video; finalizing the website; and, most important of all, getting LAID SO LOW published on or around Thanksgiving. According to my calendar, Thanksgiving is only three months away. Is that possible? Uh oh. Better get back to work.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">See you on the new site.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0