"The Cielo": Still a lot of interest

It's been ten months since "The Cielo" was published. I thought its fifteen minutes of fame ended a while ago, but there still seems to be interest.

Last week, I was asked by a book club in Waukesha to talk about how the novel came about and to discuss the writing process. The members not only liked the book, they had obviously read it thoroughly. They remembered details I had forgotten. One member brought along a CD of the Corelli "La Folia," the piece Francesco plays in the book and which we used as background. Now that's attention to detail!

This Saturday, I'll take part in a panel at the Wisconsin Book Festival, the amazing celebration of books and authors held in Milwaukee and Madison. I'll be on the panel "Six Wisconsin Authors Talk about the Writing Life." It's at the Redbird Writing Studio, 3195 S. Superior St., from 4 to 7 p.m.

The following weekend, I'll be on another Wisconsin authors panel at Schwartz Bookstores' "Readers' Retreat" at The Abbey in Fontana, Wis. I'll be with C.J. Hribal and Lesley Kagen in sessions at 2 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday.

And there are some other things coming up, too. This continues to amaze me.