Friday G L Rockey is Visiting and Talking About Who he was Before Mystery #Romance #MFRWAuthor

1. What were you before you became an author? Did this influence your choices as a writer?

Wore many hats ‑ By way of Carnegie Mellon Drama Department, I earned a B.A. from Michigan State University and pursued a career in the television industry. From Providence to  San Antonio to Phoenix and cities in between, produced and directed a variety of television programs and managed TV station programming. While program manager at KTSP‑TV in Phoenix, represented NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives) to Germany. Haves a master's degree from Cleveland State University and taught a course there.

Ran a family Steak House for couple years, total disaster.

2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major genres but subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.

Like a lady reporter/reviewer once wrote, "He writes in all genres."

4. What are you working on now?

 Makes the World go ‘round . . . two family saga-murder mystery

5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a writing career?

 no

6. Where can we find you?

 www.glrockey.com

Saturday's Blurbs feature Books by G. L. Rockey #MFRWAuthors #BWLPublishing

BOOKS available for purchase at Smashwords, Anazon Kindle, Paperback, Nook, and Kobo CHECK.

FAKE NEWS (The Journalist/Redacted)

Taking FAKE NEWS to a higher-level, with the U.S. in a state of increased terrorist threats, the Media Director for the President of the United States fabricates a gruesome fake video.

The purpose of the fake video is to create chaos so POTUS can establish martial law and begin a “new world order.” Posing as a concerned citizen who videotaped a horrific murder/rape, the fake video is presented to a local Miami TV station’s news director. The news director immediately begins televising the video as exclusive Breaking News. Zack Stearn, owner/editor of a small Miami weekly newspaper, watches the video, contacts the TV station to ask the source of the video. He is told it is from a “confidential source.” The video is quickly picked up by national cable news and other local television stations.

TIME AND CHANCE - contemporary romance, published by Books We Love.

A university professor newly married to an ex-football star turned sportscaster finds herself

drawn towards a young art student who shares her intellectual .... and ultimately her physical passions.

REVIEWS:

"...hard to put down...book for the romance lover in all of us" 4 Lighthouses - Lighthouse Literary Reviews

"G.L. Rockey is a gifted story teller who leads the reader through the ruins of human lives so often portrayed as perfect and ideal but upon further examination, reveals a collage of failures, disappointments, phobias, love, hopes, and dreams. It is a colorful tapestry of the human condition, reminding us that nothing is as it seems and everyone has many many sides."- Sally Painter, author and Word Museum Reviewer Sally Painter, Paranormal Romance Author

"Author G.L. Rockey's style of writing makes everything fast paced...you will find this story to be moving and, at times, even inspirational." - 4 Stars - Detra Fitch, Huntress Reviews

"Rockey tells a passionate story in a down-to-earth manner that engulfs the reader to continue on the journey, hungry for more with the turning of every page. His book may contain deep universal human themes, but his characters are very real people, their conversations and actions akin to people readers may know, and the story one, that although it may be read quickly, readers will not quickly forget." - 5 Stars - Angie Mangino, Freelance Writer Angie Mangino

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BATS in the Belfry Bells in the Attic - 16 short stories available for purchase in trade paperback, Kindle, Nook.

REVIEWS:

"These vignettes, of ordinary lives, glimpsed through the eyes of unforgettable, often quirky characters probe the complexity of what it is to be human, while giving an extraordinary and entertaining read. The stories range from a twin sister's bus ride encounter, to a 10 year old girl's diary, shifting gears to explore the mind of a pregnant schizophrenic trying to escape her past and present, to my very favorite, Ms. Collette, which could easily outshine any Twilight Zone or Outer Limits.

"...each (story) has a common thread lacing through them - Why are we here? Or more aptly - Where are we going? At times, many of his eccentric characters appear to have a momentary glimpse of the answer, but inevitably, their humanness pushes any potential revelations further away from their grasp...Few writers could tackle such a complex theme and pull it off so completely, time after time in an amazingly entertaining fashion." -- Sally Kale WordBeats, Word Museum's Reviewer

"...true delight...stories range from surrealistic to comedic to downright spooky...Each story is penned to amuse, titillate and/or cause some degree of reaction or manner of thought from the reader, an endeavor in which he admirable succeeds. His narrative ranges from biting wit to droll to thought provoking, providing something for everyone and every taste with this latest offering." - Denise M. Clark, Denise's Pieces Author Site & Book Reviews densieclark.com

"...sixteen wildly different stories that will at times leave the reader amused, worried, sad, confused, intrigued and much more...fabulous characters and memorable stories that are a pleasure to read..." - Heidi, Fallen Angel Reviews

Friday G.L Rockey is Visiting today and talking about Who He Was Before #BWLPublishing #MFRWAuthor

. What were you in your life before you became a writer? Did this influence your writing?

Wore many hats - By way of Carnegie Mellon Drama Department, G. L. Rockey earned a B.A. from Michigan State University and pursued a career in the television industry. From Providence to Phoenix and cities in between, produced and directed a variety of television programs and managed TV station programming. While program manager at KTSP-TV in Phoenix,  represented NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives) to Germany. Have a master's degree from Cleveland State University and taught a broadcasting course there. Once (circa 1970) directed David Letterman when he was a part time TV weather man at WLWI-TV in Indianapolis. I was a TV director. In addition to weekend weather man Letterman was also a booth announcer (did voice tags for commercials, etc.) I told him over headsets when to "announce", "stand by," etc. Before all that sold cars, worked highway construction. Most recently managed a restaurant-Jim’s Steak House (memoir/nonfiction book about it From the Back of the House: Memories of a Steak House Clan)

2.   Are you genre specific or general? Why? I don't mean genres like romance, mystery, fantasy etc. There are many subgenres of the above.

General fiction (thriller/romance), nonfiction (memoir), anthology...like a lady reporter/reviewer once wrote, "He writes in all genres." I like to read first person stuff like Nelson DeMille's Plum Island . . .

3. Did your reading choices have anything to do with your choice of a genre or genres?

I didn't read as a child or young adult, managed to get a B.A. by going to class, listening to lectures . . . started reading books around 23 when I woke up one rainy night in Sullivan Indiana and thought about writing one. It turned out to be the novel, Time & Chance.

4. What's your latest release? 

Five Star Review -- Cloistered walls not for her, twenty-six year old dropout nun, Heather Lynn Lucas, is following her passion as an aspiring novelist. Pen name H. L. Lucas, a first novel written, having no luck finding a publisher, Satan shows up with an offer for publishing fame and fortune. Pondering Satan=s offer, Heather has her novel published as an e-book. Certain a review in the local newspaper will boost sales, she attempts to contact the prestigious book editor of the top local newspaper, Joseph Hartman.

5. Why did you choose the genre you write in? Is it your favorite to read, or another reason?

I didn’t choose it, I think it chose me????

6. What are you working on now?

Boolean Traveler (futuristic), Makes the World Go >round (literary)

7. Where can we find you? www.glrockey.com - samples, reviews, blog