Posts Tagged ‘Rip Van Winkle’
I capture the castle!
Well, not really. It isn’t really a castle. I haven’t captured anything, except (I hope) your attention. And that phrase has just been on my mind because of several recent conversations about the classic book of that name by British author Dodie Smith. In any event, captured castle or not, I love this building — [...]
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I’m really looking forward to a pair of upcoming events: On Thursday, January 26th, at 7 p.m., I’ll be at the Warner Library in Tarrytown, N.Y., reading from and talking about “Rip,” my modern-day parody of Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle.” In his later years, Irving lived at Sunnyside, his home on the Hudson River [...]
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Occupy Parnassus!
As I’ve tried to market and publicize my recently published novella “Rip,” a modern-day parody of Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle,” I’ve had to deal with this reality: It was published by an independent literary press, not by one of the mega-publishers, and that means bookstores and libraries and even some readers may look askance [...]
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My novel “Rip,” a parody of Washington Irving’s classic “Rip Van Winkle,” is available at these locations: Nighthawk Books, 212 Raritan Ave., Highland Park, N.J. Book Garden, 26 Bridge Street, Frenchtown, N.J. Half Moon Books, 35 North Front St., Kingston, N.Y. Whimsies Incognito, 35 South Broadway, Tarrytown, N.Y. Market St. Market, 95 Market St., Lowell, [...]
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Amazing! My book’s on Amazon!
My novella “Rip,” the funniest book since Dick Cheney’s autobiography, is now available for purchase through Amazon! (It’s only available in print form at the moment; Kindle edition should be available within a few days). It isn’t just a great work of humor/satire/parody/stock market tips/advice to the lovelorn/travel writing/political analysis/historical fiction/zombie lore/fashion forecasts. It’s also [...]
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Tags: "Rip", Black Angel Press, DiGiovanni, fiction, Humor, Nicholas DiGiovanni, parody, Rip Van Winkle, satire, Washington Irving
The days are slipping away — just 17 of them remain for folks to make pledges toward the kickstarter.com campaign to help fund publication of my humorous novella “Rip,” a modern-day “retelling” of the classic Rip van Winkle story, which is scheduled for publication and release in early November by Steve Hart’s literary imprint , [...]
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As part of marketing plans for my novellas “Rip” (a modern-day parody of “Rip van Winkle”) and “The Dogs of Arroyo” (a spooky and surreal parable set in Puerto Rico) which both have a publication target date of November 15, I’ve started a Twitter feed. So, if you’re a tweeter or a reader of tweets [...]
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Tags: "Rip van Winkle" parody, American literature, Black Angel Press, Humor, Nicholas DiGiovanni, Rip Van Winkle, satire, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Off to a pretty good (kick)start
Just four days after launching my kickerstarter.com project — seeking $1,200 in funding from backers to publish my novella “Rip,” a satirical (and incredibly funny and remarkably witty) modern-day “retelling” of Washington Irving’s classic “Rip van Winkle” — we’re already just shy of 20 percent of the goal. Thanks! Please keep on pledging…or consider pledging [...]
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I’m planning to collaborate with friend Steve Hart to publish my humorous novella “Rip,” through his new New Jersey-based literary imprint, Black Angel Press. And I’ve decided to pursue a new and innovative way to come up with funding for the project — check out www.kickstarter.com, which matches up donors with worthy creative projects. It [...]
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City of Gracious Living
When I think about my old hometown of Yonkers, New York, or return to visit my family still living there – usually crossing the Hudson on the Tappan Zee Bridge and making landfall at Tarrytown, hometown of Rip Van Winkle — I somehow come unstuck in time, like Vonnegut’s Billy Pilgrim. Henry Hudson’s ship is [...]
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