Author Comments & Events

Upcoming Book Signings and
Special Events

This section will be refreshed regularly to keep you informed about upcoming events and announcements. We appreciate your interest in Grand Slam Novelist and eagerly anticipate connecting with you at our future gatherings.

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August 29, 2026. Saturday.
Book signing event, 37 Cedar Restaurant & Bar, 37 N. Cedar Ave., Cookeville, TN. Time: 11 am to 2 pm, Author to personalize & sign, All Books in the Bailie Beach Trilogy available for sale. Lunch is optional but highly recommended. Reservations not required.

Author Comments

Struggle to Survive

Struggle to Survive

Struggle to Survive July 20, 2026 In this picture, it reveals one of the actual places Tommy and Mary visit during their lunch hour break from their summer job. Here, romantic interludes take place on several occasions in this complicated love story. The first book in the trilogy, the Bailie Beach Saga. This is a story in itself, of an author...

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New Writer Beginnings

New Writer Beginnings

Picture taken recently at Lakeside Restaurant & Tavern on Keuka Lake, Finger Lakes Region, New York. Second picture (on right) taken of the author at the age of seventeen. Why did I become a writer? A comment made by my English teacher on an assignment given by her in my senior year. “Everyone in class is to write a short story, Fiction or...

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Back Story to the Bailie Beach Trilogy

Back Story to the Bailie Beach Trilogy

Back Story to the Bailie Beach Trilogy  June 8, 2026 Have you ever wondered what is real and what is fiction in the first book of this love story? Let me take you behind the scenes of the Bailie Beach Trilogy." The cover of all three books is shown here on the back cover of the final book in the trilogy, Sometimes Alone. This final book will be...

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Discouraged but not giving up!

Discouraged but not giving up!

Discouraged but not giving up! May 11, 2026 It has been a couple of months since I did author comments. For one, I've been very busy with writing and closing on a Florida purchase we made to allow us to spend the winters in Florida. The picture shows me about to dig into a wonderful meal aboard the Celebrity Constellation ship. We spent two weeks...

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Meeting New People

Meeting New People

Meeting New People February 24, 2026 I met Naomi at the pool, where we both were staying at the Holiday Inn Orange Lake Resort in Kissimmee. Naomi is from Commack, Long Island, and purchased signed copies of my first two books in the Bailie Beach Trilogy. We had the opportunity to spend some time in conversation while Naomi, my wife Becky, and I...

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Love on the Rebound is Available

Love on the Rebound is Available

I thought this was a unique setting on the cruise ship we’re presently on. It’s a perfect picture to post on my website with the book, Love on the Rebound in the trilogy is being released this week. Once the book is posted on the Amazon, Barnes & Noble online book stores, we’ll create a new page that will make it available to purchase through...

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Love on the Rebound – Book Launch

Love on the Rebound – Book Launch

December 22, 2025 Merry Christmas to all! Wishing everyone a healthy and prosperous New Year! Yes, the second book in the Bailie Beach trilogy is at the printer and should be available sometime in January, online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble. Just either search the title or my name to order it. Once available, it will be added to my website and...

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Year End Wish List

Year End Wish List

Year End Wish List December 8, 2025 Sometimes Alone What do you think of this picture for the cover of the final book in the Bailie Beach Saga? Let me know via the CONTACT form on this website. Book Release scheduled for the latter part of 2026. Quick update: November extremely busy pushing the publisher to get the cover design completed on the...

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Anniversary Celebration of Sixty Years

Anniversary Celebration of Sixty Years

October 24, 2025 On October 16, 2025, Rebecca and I celebrated our 60th Wedding Anniversary in Mrytle Beach, South Carolina. We spent one night in Columbia, South Carolina on October 14th. From there we were in Mrytle Beach, staying at the Hampton Inn located on the beach. We had a wonderful time the next three days taking in some of the local...

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Joseph Peter Krupski

This Novelist, strives to achieve the ultimate experience for the reader, with captivating heartbeat rhythm storytelling, intertwined with the consequences of life itself. Joseph crafts his narratives which invite the reader to step into the story, experiencing the emotions of the characters as they seek resolution to their problems and celebrate with their achieved joys. The life changing conclusive results, affecting each character resonate beyond the pages. A reminder that life’s greatest victories often emerge from the toughest struggles experienced. Join the writer on this literary journey riding the rollercoaster of life. Discover how hope can shine through the darkest cloud and brings about a moment which changes everything.