Hollywood Sinners is a very exciting story because it takes place in Hollywood in 1939, and that was a very good year for that place.
The rest of the Country was having a dreadful Great Depression, so my 16 year old main character shows up from a dreadful farm, to be a star, but not before killing her drunk husband, first, in another town.
It's kind of hard to be fabulous in Hollywood when nobody knows who you are. She tries hard to get attention, and even accidentally catches her dress on fire in one attempt and gets lots of cactus juice thrown at her. She meets several gangsters who end up being Italian brothers from Chicago who can speak in Irish accents. They want to take over MGM. There's a pot smoking lesbian dance hall owner who helps out in her own way, and is always pointing the way to everybody's casting couches. A mysterious nun (who is only seen on streetcars) may hold the key to something important. Nazis must be stopped, and are fun to kidnap. And you can read MUCH BETTER reviews than this one at Amazon. Write my full name in their search engine. DO IT !!! It's a gas !!!
It's in paperback from a small press, Stone Garden Publishing (not self published), and it's cheap.
It's the first of a Tinseltown Trilogy of paperbacks from me ... all full of movie stars, murder, mayhem, drag queens, earthquakes, mystery, big dreams, and things !!!
HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD!!!
Woot !!!
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There is always booze in yours. LOL I will spotlight this post in the Today On Gather post. :)
I agree! Buy Peter's book's!!
Buy his books.
NOW
And if you're rich, buy an extra copy for the convent down the street.
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But those nylons...
*I am talking about the book* =D
Meryl Strepp?!?!?!?! Darn....I was hoping to play the MAIN character!!!!!!
But I want Bette Midler to play the pot smoking lesbian dance hall owner !!!
(Meryl Streep can do the odd accents)
I'm a star...I'm a star.............YAY, -- I'm a "Hollywood Sinner"!!!!!!!
May The LORD of lords, The King of kings, The Creator of Heaven and Earth Bless you and your family & there Family in a Mighty Way, In the name of JESUS CHRIST.
Blessings and best wishes - S.
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Hold on; put your guns down, and hear me out!
After a final year of dried-up dull, British novels, and writing reports, just for a degree, we were all burned out, and that which was once a passion became a loathing.
However, Christie somewhat healed me, brought me back to fiction, and Peter, your book,
"Hollywood Sinners" is not at all what I had expected. It is very well written -- very, very well written, and it was a pleasurable read.
I bought the books because I said I would, and also read "Hollywood Sinners" for the same reason, because I said I would.
I started out reading it with a critical eye, (knowing I would be doing a review on it), but found myself being drawn -- instead -- into the role of the helpless reader, wanting more, not wanting to put the book down, but rather wanting to turn the page to see what was coming. THIS . . .is the gift of a good writer -- to keep his/her reader engaged like that, and try as I might to return to the role of the critic, I kept getting sucked into that role, the role of the reader. So, I finally gave up, and gave in . . .
The challenge of the writer is to keep the reader engaged, page after page. You do that quite well, Peter. I thoroughly enjoyed reading "Hollywood Sinners"
You are too silly for words!!
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oh,I can't wait to read it, sounds like just my kind of book!!! And, what an awesome review you did!!! LOL, I will definitely check it out....
You'll LOVE the whole Tinseltown Trilogy !!! It'll knock your socks off !!!
sounds pretty good
booze heh?
have to check it out know
I have read it and I highly recomment it. Your books are fun to read, Peter. I haven't been around because I'm busy writing mine!
Imagine being married at 16... 16! Of course, imagine being 16, married, a murder, and involved with gangsters. I just have to read it!
He, he!
It could also stand alone in a "read a book, its good for you" campaign. You'd have to replace the cigarette with a celery stick to have it placed in schools though. See the healthy kids, healthy choices tie in?
No? Frankly neither do I but the people who buy materials for school disctricts could still be persuaded.
It would make millions in bookmark sales alone.