Because self-publishing is so straightforward on Amazon, I decided to get my old/new novel Maui Daze in front of audiences. But the novel requires some background.
My surprise new novel Maui Daze is now available
Tag: Writing
Why I wrote my new ‘memoir’ Remembering Lahaina
After watching Hawai‘i’s governor shame West Maui residents into going back to work in luxury resorts just a few months after the 2003 Lahaina fire robbed many of them of their homes, pets, jobs, and even family members, I realized I needed to write this book.
Thinking about Ray Bradbury and my latest Maui novel
Perhaps because I'm working on a new novel (the third in my "Charley Ridgway" series of trashy noir set on Maui), I've been reading a lot more old interviews in The Paris Review than I used to. Considering that I never before read The Paris Review until I installed Flipboard on my iPad, even just the few of … Continue reading Thinking about Ray Bradbury and my latest Maui novel
Apologies for such a long absence…
... But blogging is an altogether different thing entirely when you get back into being a working journalist. Or semi-working. Whatever, the point is I'm on assignment again for a newspaper, and it feels really good–like having a cast cut off from your arm, freeing it for the first time in months. It's funny how … Continue reading Apologies for such a long absence…
Anthony Pignataro 