I had great time hanging out with you today! Thanks for coming down and spending time with us today. 

Special thanks to Lisa at the Marriot Springhill Suites for doing such a great job.  Thank you, Roy Mauritsen for sharing this day with me. 

If you couldn’t make it for this one, stay tuned there will be another one. In the meantime, enjoy these pictures. 

By the way, our Facebook winner is James Sanabria! Congrats, James. You win a Free signed copy of Billy’s Cascade for commenting while we were live! 

Again, thanks for attending and have a nice weekend. 

Today is the big day!  Roy Mauritsen and myself will be appearing at the Marriot Springhill Suites in Bellport, NY from 2-5pm.

If you have time, why not pay us a visit?  There’s no fee, and you might be able to walk away with a FREE signed copy of my new book Billy’s Cascade BEFORE release date! Not only that, you could win Roy’s audiobook Syrenka 

Come visit us.  It will be fun.  We’ll also be fielding questions too.   Here’s your chance to pick our brains, ask us questions about Shards of the Glass Slipper,  The Turn of the Dime or the upcoming Billy’s Cascade.

It’ll be great to meet you.  Come down and hang out!

Hi, Everyone. We’re in the Home Stretch! Billy’s Cascade is ONE WEEK AWAY from debuting.  I am so excited!  I am even more excited to be having my Book Discussion & Signing at the Marriot Springhill Suites in Bellport, NY with my friend and fellow author: Roy Mauritsen, author of Shards of the Glass Slipper: A Fairy Tale Epic.

It will be so great to meet many of you, and to share with your discussions about The Turn of the Dime & also the upcoming Billy’s Cascade.  Plus, one of you will be able to receive A FREE signed copy of Billy’s Cascade, and Roy will be giving away a FREE copy of his audiobook Syrenka & Her Sisters. 

But…we’ve got an extra surprise for you…

We’re not saying what it is yet, but we’ll give little hints along the way starting next week. I will tell you today that in addition to being able to win a FREE copy at the signing, we’re going to be giving a FREE signed copy of Billy’s Cascade to a Facebook user.

It’s my way of saying thank you to all of you for supporting me, and for all of the great feedback that I’ve received.  I’m also happy to report that I got my second review for The Turn of the Dime, and my first review on Barnes & Noble.

I am so pleased and thankful for the feedback and the review, and I thank you, LoveToRead21 for your lovely comments.

As for the rest of you, pay attention on to your Facebook on June 11, 2016.  Stay close to  Facebook. This is going to be great

Until next time, I’ll see you soon –

Have a great weekend,

J.

Aside from the fact that I am so happy about going to @garthbrooks concert at Yankee Stadium, an event which has been twenty years coming. I’d also like to show you another snippet from Billy’s Cascade,  and yes it involves Garth Brooks….sort of:

Janie had a disappointing day.  

She was on her way home, driving in a massive traffic jam on the Long Island Expressway, aka the L.I.E. She was between exits Exit 57 and 60, the usual spot for Rush Hour traffic.  

As she sat in her car, a red 2000 Chevy Malibu, she had a country CD in the player: Garth Brooks, her favorite..  

Her mind was a mess of thoughts and questions.

She did not know why she was on the path that she was on, and did not know why she had been plagued with such a tremendous heartbreak or such uncertainty about her future.

She did not think her life was ever going to be like this…

Remember for the special Book Signing & Discussion on June 11, 2016 at the Marriot Springhill Suites in Bellport, NY. 2-5PM.   You can meet both myself & Roy Mauritsen, author of Shards of the Glass Slipper: A Fairy Tale Epic.   Roy is also responsible for the covers for both The Turn of the Dime & Billy’s Cascade.

Plus, you may be able to win a FREE signed copy of Billy’s Cascade

 

Hello Everyone. I have great news to share and that is that you can pre-order Billy’s Cascade here  and have it shipped directly to you when it debuts on June 13, 2016.

I’m super excited to bring this to you, and can’t wait to see many of you at my Book Signing on June 11, 2016.  We’re going to have a great time.

Place your orders.  We’re waiting for you.

Thanks and see you soon!

J.

Hi, Everyone. I just wanted to let you know that last night there was some maintenance that was ongoing with the site. It’s fixed now, but it did affect how the paperback version of The Turn of the Dime was going to be available.

It is still for sale on Amazon, but the paperback version was edited over the weekend due to a few flubs that were found by some terrific readers.  I fixed them and the book should be available by Monday/Tuesday by the latest.

I just wanted to give you a heads up so you were not upset if you tried to order the The Turn of the Dime in paperback and could not.

Overall, I’ve been very happy to report that sales of The Turn of the Dime are doing very, very well and feedback has been great. I thank you so much for loving and enjoying the book.  It has been my pleasure to create it for you, and it has been a labor of love that goes back almost ten years.

If you want to order the paperback immediately, you can also order it directly from my e-store online here https://www.createspace.com/5990090

Thank you all again, and see you in the next book.

Best Regards,

J.

 

Aside from finally having cleared out the basement, look at what I found in this morning’s mail

Definitely a nice surprise to wake up to.  Also, get ready for my special Event on June 11, 2016. You might be able to walk away with a FREE signed copy of Billy’s Cascade.

I am happy announce my first Book Discussion & Signing at the Marriot Springhill Suites in Bellport, NY!

I am very excited about this event, because I will be appearing with Roy Mauritsen

Our event will be June 11, 2016 from 2-5PM.  I can’t wait to share this day with Roy, and also to meet you!

You can also view Roy Mauritsen’s novel Shards of the Glass Slipper: Queen Cinder here, and you can purchase my debut novel The Turn of The Dime over here.

Plus, I will have a special treat available and it deals with the upcoming Billy’s Cascade.

Come down and spend your Saturday afternoon with us!

 

For my mother, even though she is no longer with us, I modeled the character of Leslie after her.  Leslie Giordano is the type of character who is a warm, loving and nurturing mother but knows all of her kids well. She has her boundaries in place, and is ready to snap them back in line when needed.

When I thought of this scene, it reminded me of something my own mother would do.

From: “The Turn of the Dime” by J.Alana Giresi

It was then Leslie turned and spotted from the living room entry five faces looking in who were very shocked. “What are you doing??” She growled at them. “You better not have been here the whole time!! The five of you better get out of here right now!!! MOVE!!! Do your homework! NOW!”  

Five boys then dispersed as quickly as possible as Leslie heard the thunderous sound of them running up the stairs.

Brent chuckled as he shook his head. “Well, you certainly told them…”

“They shouldn’t have been spying, Brent. I didn’t want them….” Leslie sat down beside her husband, and sighed. “I didn’t mean to embarrass him or hurt him. I just can’t stand seeing him spiral down like this. I just want him to have a good life. That’s all. I love him, Brent. It kills me to see him go through this.”

Brent put his arm around his wife, and kissed gently on her temple. “That’s why you’re a good mother. If anything can make these kids jump it’s your secret Monster Look.”

Leslie giggled. “Oh, stop…”

“Well, Honey you have to admit, your power over our six sons is in itself an amazing thing. Even as teenagers you can freeze them in their tracks from that look, and as it seems, even when they’re grown too.”

“You flatter me so.” She joked with a grin.

Happy Mother’s Day.  I miss you, Mom.