The Writer's Life 2/6 - World Premiere

Finally, the print copy of my rock n roll epic, Rising Star, is now available at Amazon. I'm still working on the Kindle, which requires a different file. Here's the back cover blurb:
It's the 80's. Vinyl is king. Four guys from Brooklyn team with a drifter and an ambitious Ivy league educated manager to create rock n roll history. Will they avoid the trappings of the trade? How will success change them? Rising Star -- Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll. Mature audiences only.
And here's the cover. The drummer in the picture doesn't look anything like the drummer of the band. It's a generic shot I pulled from Create Space, the most appropriate I found relating to music.

The novel is complete fiction except for a madwoman that lived on Bay 37th, the block I grew up on. She was such a large part, literally and figuratively, of our lives, and this book was the best fit for her. She is a minor character. Everyone else is entirely fictional, although the main character, Paul, is very much like me in personality. When I began the book I was trying to write a best-seller-type. Of course, me being me, the characterizations took on a lot of depth. The subtitle -- Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll, says it all in a nutshell. It gets sordid, as does the real world of rock n roll. Anyone squeamish about that lifestyle should pass. While the sex is not explicit, there is lots of it. Here's a link to the book's Amazon page:
 http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Star-Drugs-Rock-Roll/dp/1505671221/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423257609&sr=1-1&keywords=rising+star+sex+drugs+rock+n+roll

I don't know if it's because the book is available or it it's due to the three ibuprofen I took last night, but my back is a little better today -- not good but less intense in terms of pain. Since it was only 15 degrees and cloudy at eleven, I didn't open the book shop. Maybe tomorrow.

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