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 attempting to become visible to the reading population of readers. While I have made some progress in this arena, I’m still faced with an unsurmountable task of having readers discover my stories. Many of the reviews I’ve received on goodreads.com have been flattering and accurate on what I attempted to portray in the love story trilogy, the Bailie Beach Saga. I must, at some point soon, need the word to spread that these books and the story bound inside them are well worth reading.
I recently visited Memphis, Tennessee, to complete research for the novel I’m presently in the midst of writing. The title, Road Runner’s Triangle of Death, takes the reader into the deep South on a quest to solve a cold case of a twenty-year-old serial killer’s string of murders. The opening chapter finds the protagonist and his partner in the middle of a gun battle in the hotel lobby. A death or life situation with the outcome to be revealed at the end of the story. The scene takes place in the infamous Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis.
John Edward Bertone, nicknamed Jeb, is the main character in this mystery/thriller series of three books. The first book, Keuka Lake Mystery, already in manuscript form, is being reviewed by my beta readers. Oddly enough, the final book in the series, Murder in Spanish Springs, is already written and waiting for its turn to be released.
My experiences over the last eighty-two-plus years have provided me with a vast number of experiences and knowledge. My imagination has never ceased to exist and continually fuels my writing engine to produce fictional stories that have a vein of truth that runs through the story. My attempt is always to bring the reader into the story as if they are really there, experiencing what the characters are living out through the dialogue and descriptive narration.
I hope as you read this you will understand how deep my commitment is to the stories I write. But also, for the reader that is looking for a story that moves them emotionally. The story must always affect the reader in a way that leaves them with experiencing deeply felt emotions. If that happens, then I’ve accomplished my objective of being a great storyteller.