http://www.mikesilvestri.com Central Pennsylvania Author Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:21:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Author Mike and Susquehanna Writers members, Tina Crone, Don Helin, and John Sprunk, had a great time discussing Fahrenheit 451 as a part of Jumpstreet’s Big Read this past Saturday. It was great to talk about so many aspects of the book versus the film as well as getting the ... http://www.mikesilvestri.com/the-carlisle-theater/ Cate Masters dropped the big, big Gnus that her urban fantasy novel, Surfacing, has been picked up for print publication by Whiskey Creek Press sometime next year. Surfacing is a book about a man, a mermaid, and Rock & Roll amidst the touristy kitsch of a sleepy, seaside Florida town. ... http://www.mikesilvestri.com/congrats-to-cathy-ennis/ I hope the holidays have been good to each and every one of you out there. I know they were good to me. It's been a happily hectic time full of family and friends and NOT posting things to my web page. To catch everybody up, Author Mike spent a great ... http://www.mikesilvestri.com/holidaze/ A good crowd turned out at the Midtown Scholar Bookshop for Author Mike's riff on Ray Bradbury's impact on our present day world. Among the attendees were various and sundry members of the Pennwriters and Susquehanna Writers. Judging by the lack of boos and hurled vegetables, everyone enjoyed the speech. Thanks to ... http://www.mikesilvestri.com/keynote-booksigning-recap/ Rae and Sam have invited me out to the Bookworm Bookstore in the Lemoyne Farmers Market on Saturday, December 5th, from 9:00 AM until noon to sign copies of It Came From Beyond the Sun, my anthology of tabloid sci fi. The Bookworm is one of those great bookstores  of collectible, ... http://www.mikesilvestri.com/booksigning-bookworm-bookstore/ Author Mike will be appearing at the Mechanicsburg Mystery Book Shop on Sunday, November 22nd, 2009, from 2:00 - 4:00 PM to sign and share his anthology of tabloid sci fi, It Came From Beyond the Sun.         . http://www.mikesilvestri.com/book-signing-at-the-mechanicsburg-mystery-book-shop/ Ah, the day of the big keynote for the Big Read is fast approaching and author Mike is hard at work finalizing all the details for an entertaining and thought-provoking speech called "I Blame Ray Bradbury" -- a tongue-and-cheek look into uber-author Ray Bradbury's iconic work - Fahrenheit 451.  Jumpstreet coordinator Cindy ... http://www.mikesilvestri.com/the-big-read-fahrenheit-451/ The above number is NOT the anti-Christ in hexadecimal, nor is it this week's winner lottery number. Just what it it? It's the number you should give to the person at the register of your local Barnes & Noble on Saturday, October 24th, 2009. By giving them that number, a portion of the ... http://www.mikesilvestri.com/support-jumpstreet-10004422/ Author Mike made a brief appearance (time-wise, not undergarments-wise) at the Jumpstreet Spectrum Awards Breakfast to invite everyone to the Big Read Keynote on November 21st, 2009 at 2:00 PM at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore on 3rd Street in Harrisburg, PA. The Spectrum Awards are Jumpstreet's way of recognizing community and business leaders ... http://www.mikesilvestri.com/jumpstreet/ There's a moment at the begining of the publishing process I call, 'Letting go.' This is that terror-filled second where your mouse-clicking finger hovers over that left mouse button, as the onscreen arrow jabs the word "Send." This is the point where you commit your manuscript - your passion - your ... http://www.mikesilvestri.com/letting-go/