I've been really lax with the blog, but we've got a new puppy [Sofia--see my Facebook page for photos]and some good free-lance projects in the works.
However, since November Verdi's Dream has gotten some very good (maybe even great) endorsements, the best being this one, below, from Amb. William vanden Heuvel, attorney, businessman, author, and diplomat. To quote Wikipedia, vanden Heuvel "was an early protégé of Office of Strategic Services [OSS] founder William Joseph Donovan...served at the U.S. embassy (1953–1954) in Bangkok, Thailand as Donovan's Executive Assistant.. ..Since 1984, vanden Heuvel has been Chairman of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations." So the Ambassador knows the novel's territory, framework, and indeed knew some of the personalities, from personal experience. He said, and I quote,
"Verdi’s Dream is an historical novel set in Milan in April, 1945. The Allied invasion of Italy and the bitterly fought campaign against the Nazi army was a battle of epic proportions. This fast paced, well written work by Lisa Kramer Taruschio tells the true story of the Nazi surrender negotiated by OSS representative Allen Dulles and SS General Karl Wolff, a story worthy of a great spy novel – which this is, a cross-cultural story of love, power, loyalty and betrayal played out as World War II comes to a close."
I'm very proud of this, though I have to admit, it's difficult to know what to do with it at the moment. More really good news follows. Stay tuned. Comments welcome, of course.
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