“A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.”

– Albert Camus

I love this quote.  (Thanks, Dagda Publishing Facebook page!)  I need to remember this the next time someone suggests that the main character in my book is an author proxy.

Or, as my Longwood High School pal Tim Gatto so tactfully asked, “Is Rebecca just you in drag?”

I will plead the Fifth, however, on whether or not any Mary Washington College pranks involved me getting into drag.

This is the nutty friend who went to a party dressed as his favorite character from “The Dogs Don’t Bark In Brooklyn Any More.”

He’s the Army Major and cognitive ethologist at Fort Ronald Reagan who teaches wolf psychology and interrogates wolf prisoners.

And Special Animal Warfare Service Squad Captain Rebecca O’Conner discovers that there’s more to his work than she initially expects …

But that’s cool — because he’d “do anything for a fellow carrot-top.”

I am laughing my @$$ off!!

A college pal and a reader of “The Dogs Don’t Bark In Brooklyn Any More” is going to a party tonight dressed as a character!!  

I know exactly what the Special Animal Warfare Service emblem “looks like,” but I have zero artistic ability, so I cannot render it.  Maybe someday when I am wealthy, I will hire graphic designer John Celio to get it down for me.

Have fun, Greg, you NUT!!!  😀

Lance (a.k.a. the bibliophilic robot 4-LAN) gave my book a very nice review on his blog, “What I Am Reading,” over at The Book Marketing Network.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with The Book Marketing Network, it is an outstanding community of authors, artists and publishers who exchange advice and guidance about writing, publishing and marketing e-books.

It’s a great group of friends and a terrific source for tips about how best to get readers acquainted with your work. I highly recommend it to all of my fellow writers.

http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profiles/blogs/what-i-am-reading-10