My 2017

Facebook put together a nice recap of my on-line 2017, so it spurred me to recap my writing year.  As Casey Stengel might say, I have been “a writing fool” this year.

After publishing nearly half a million words last year with MURKA: A VARIANT HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES and THE BIG BIG LULU BOOK, this year I put out no fewer than five books.

It started in January with a rewrite of my crime novel JIVE PALACE, the story of an investigative reporter finding out what really happened in the Truman Capote’s nonfiction classic, IN COLD BLOOD.

Then I wrote a fill-length play about the love between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda.  Two theater companies came close to putting the play up, but so far it has not seen the stage.  If you know of a community or university theater group that might be interested, please let them or me know.

Then, as a labor of love, I edited JAIME’S BOOK, a collection of the last eighteen months of Facebook posts from a very brave and funny ex-student of mine, Jaime-Lynn Taylor-Danner.  All proceeds will go to Jaime’s favorite charity, Stand Up to Cancer.

After that, I wrote my first cookbook, which was also my first exercise book, ERX: EAT RIGHT AND EXERCISE.

Then I put out a collection of my best Facebook posts, JIM JUST WENT INTO THE KITCHEN.

I’m finishing up the year like I led it off, with a crime novel about an investigative reporter.  This one is set in the present and the hero is infiltrating a band of neo-Nazis.  It’s called HITLER’S NEW TENANTS and it will be out next year.

All the other books, including those from past years, are available in both paperback and eBook versions at my website:

Amazon.com/author/jimdefilippi