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I'm a freelance writer/photographer living in New Mexico, U.S.A. I studied fiction writing with Mark Harris (BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY) and Tobias Wolff (THIS BOY'S LIFE). My nonfiction has appeared in THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR, HIGH COUNTRY NEWS, NEW MEXICO MAGAZINE, TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE, TRUE WEST, etc.


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THE MASTERS, C.P. Snow, PASSAGE TO INDIA, E.M. Forster, THIS BOY'S LIFE, Tobias Wolff, THE CENTAUR, John Updike, A SEPARATE PEACE, John Knowles, DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP, Willa Cather, etc.

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The Unholy Ghostwriter

Robert Rowley

A cash-strapped ghostwriter pursues his glamorous celebrity client from the American Southwest to southern Italy in a quest for money and meaning.


With his cache of emergency living funds dwindling rapidly, and the dreaded prospect of returning to his job of teaching writing to college freshmen looming on the horizon, Paul Meadows agrees to ghostwrite the life story of “difficult” young Italian actress, Penelope Addio. The first difficulty is finding her as she leads him on an adventurous romp through the ancient colonies of southern Italy’s il Mezzogiorno, "Land of the Midday Sun."

Surprised to suddenly find himself in the ancestral village of his maternal grandparents, who migrated to the United States at the beginning of the 20th Century, the struggling ghostwriter discovers that he is a full-fledged son of Italy rather than the half-Italian his mother led him to believe he was. While reeling from this staggering revelation, Meadows meets and falls for another Italian actress, the elusive Stefania Panelli, who, forced to choose between two passions, can’t decide which she loves more, her native Italy or the American ghostwriter.

 

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Colin Neville wrote 15 hours ago

Thanks very much for your comments, Rob. I'm really glad you related ....

Colin Neville wrote 17 hours ago

Hi Rob I added a story to my collection about a dog and its owner.....

Helianthus wrote 2 days ago

Thank you so much for your kind comment. I think I may cry. Workin....

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I wrote 15 hours ago

Colin: I just finished "Best Friend," and I really loved the story. It made me cry. As a dog lover I can tell you it's not overly sentimental at all. And I felt so happy for Harry when, in the end, he found a suitable outlet for the grief he felt over Leo's demise. For people like me a good d... view book

I wrote 2 days ago

I absolutely love this book. I read all of it with pleasure. It's a simple story of real people living out their lives, dealing with grief and loss, and, ultimately, finding meaning in the simple pleasures of existence. And yet the novel is so much more than this. Written in straighforward prose... view book

I wrote 18 days ago

Hi Dave: As promised, here are a few final observations about your book. Had I discovered The Baggage Carousel in the fiction department at my local Barnes and Nobel I would have--after reading the first few pages--bought it immediately. The writing in and of itself would be worth the price o... view book

I wrote 20 days ago

Ch. 66: I wasn’t sure that snapping back to Amber’s recollection of this time spent with Dan was going to work, juxtaposed as it is so closely to the end of the book, but her observation of his violent nature is revealing; and yet it calls much into question. I’m still not sure I can trust Amber’s... view book

I wrote 22 days ago

Ch. 61: “Tommy didn’t have a dad at all, at least not one that he or his mother could ever put a name or face too.” “The followed a silence as wide and dry as Australia . . .” It’s interesting to learn about Tommy’s childhood and his upbringing by his mother. Knowing that he left England two yea... view book

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