The author was quite busy during the fall of 2010, touring the eastern part of the United States. Beginning in September, Pete appeared in his home town of Newington, Connecticut. He then moved on to Cleveland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, finishing the month in Newport, R.I. After the Newport presentation of his novel, Shirley Ripa, an officer of the Newport, R.I. Sons of Italy Lodge asked Peter to mail her copies of his novel for display and sale at the Newport Italian Festival to be held on October 9th. Pete was both grateful for Shirley’s kindness, and impressed with her enthusiasm for his work.
In early October Pete was booked into Albany New York for a presentation on The Secret Sin of Opi at the Mid Hudson Italian Festival. Pete received a pleasant but unexpected surprise when he met old friends, Pierre Francois and his wife Jacquelin. Pierre, former director of The Foreign Language Department at New Paltz University now offers the internet language study program, “The Best Home Tutor,” which he produced and distributes to organizations, groups, corporations and individuals.
Pete then traveled to Southern New Jersey and into the Philadelphia suburbs for a series of presentations to groups, businesses and cultural organizations. Toward the end of October the author made appearances in Carmel and Yonkers, New York.
The highlight of the fall book tour was when Pete was asked to make a presentation before the Leonardo Italian Cultural Club of West Palm Beach Florida. At the conclusion of Pete’s presentation, the program director of the cultural club activated a Skype hook-up between Pete and an Italian Fiction/Fantasy writer. The two writers had an interesting discussion as the program director Lori Samarin acted as interpreter between the writers and also for questions from the audience.
Following the Skype hook-up, Lori Samarin had planned a conference call between Pete and Dr. Thomas Dwyer, author of Promises to Keep, a novel that takes place in Italy during World War II. Dr. Dwyer and Pete has a wonderful time interacting with each other and responding to comments from the audience
