I
AM PLEASED TO WELCOME AUTHOR
J.
B. Errico
TITLE: Dad, Wanna Be Our Manager?
RELEASE DATE: April 25, 2016
AUTHOR: J.B. Errico
KEYWORDS: baseball, lottery, dad, manager, minor league, family saga, sports
CATEGORIES: Sports/Family Saga
PAGE COUNT: 558
ISBN: 978-1530111275
IMPRINT: Black Hawk
BOOK PAGE: http://ravenswoodpublishing.com/bookpages/canyoubeourmanagerdad.html
AUTHOR BIO:
J.B.
lives in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Elaine, and two
children, Maria and Abby. He continues to enjoy baseball and hopes
someday that the Atlanta Braves will win another World Series.
BANTER – STUFF ABOUT YOU
Q: Are you a morning
person, or a midnight candle burner?
A: I am the rare ‘morning person who enjoys
burning the midnight candle. My wife and I have two teenage girls and two dogs
so our days start fairly early. At night
after everyone goes to sleep, I’m usually up until at least midnight winding
down from a busy day.
Q: Tell me one thing
about each of the four seasons you like. It can be anything.
A: Winter = Christmas season. It always
brings out the kid in me.
Spring = The start of
baseball season, which I guess you’d expect from someone who wrote a novel
about baseball.
Summer = All of the extra daylight. It’s energizing.
Fall = Apple and football season. I can’t get enough of either.
Q: What kind of music
do you listen to? Do you have an all time favorite song?
A: I have an eclectic
taste in music. I love Jimmy Buffett, Neil Diamond, just about anything from
the 80s and have become a fan of,
believe it or not, Taylor Swift.
Q: Snack of choice –
chips, pretzels, popcorn, or cookies, cake, candy? Or maybe you’re a healthy
snacker - fruit, yogurt, nuts, raisins?
A: Would it be wrong to say any of the
above? It really depends upon my mood
but you can’t go wrong with any of those.
BOOKS – ABOUT THE CRAFT
Q: How did you come
to write your genera of choice?
A: They say an author
should write about what he or she knows.
Baseball is something I grew up with.
It was a large part of my childhood summers. As an adult I got a part
time job with a minor league baseball team (which has turned into a full time
position) that allowed me to see what happens behind the scenes. From there it
all kind of fell into place.
Q: What do you think
is the hardest part of writing a book?
A: Sharing my story in a way that entertains and
engages the reader. I was concerned that
what I found to be intriguing might bore more people than it entertained. Writing is a little self-indulgent but it can
go too far and if that happens you have essentially written a diary that not
even your siblings would want to steal and thumb through.
Q: Describe your
favorite hero?
A: In literature it
would have to be Severus Snape. I began
reading the Harry Potter series at the request of my older daughter and fell in
love with it. Severus immediately
intrigued me. Early on I just had a
feeling that what he showed to the world was a brilliant façade. The man gave his life for a boy who was not
his son and a woman who loved another man.
If that isn’t heroic I don’t know what is.
Q: Would you ever
consider a joint project?
A:
Absolutely. I’d be honored if someone thought enough of my work to want
to try doing something as a team.
BOOKS - NOW LETS PROMOTE – STRUT YOUR STUFF
Q: What are you
working on now? Would you like to share anything about it?
A: At this point I’m working on learning about
my new job so for a little while writing will be on hiatus.
Q: How can we find
you? Do you have a web page, FaceBook page or any buy links?
A: Yes, I do.
Here are the links:
EMAIL: johnnybee1843@gmail.com
AUTHOR LINKS: http://www.twitter.com/JBTWEETNOTHINGS
https://www.facebook.com/john.errico.52
AMAZON US: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C2CM2AO
AMAZON UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01C2CM2AO
BARNES & NOBLE:
KOBO: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/dad-wanna-be-our-manager
GOOGLE PLAY: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/J_B_Errico_Dad_Wanna_Be_Our_Manager?id=zu2bCwAAQBAJ&hl=en
iBOOKS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/dad-wanna-be-our-manager/id1086515177?mt=11
CREATESPACE: https://www.createspace.com/6080393
SYNOPSIS:
Bernie
Endino is an accountant and a baseball fan. His life is about to
change; making baseball a bigger part of his family’s life than he ever
dreamed was possible. His dream turned reality will give him the
opportunity to give others second chances in their lives too. A warehouse manager, five childhood friends, and a former superstar pitcher embark on a journey with their coaches and teammates to turn a failing minor league franchise into a playoff contender. They’ll dig deep inside themselves to bring their very best to the top. It’ll be difficult and a hard-headed young star in the making and meddlesome pizza mogul keeping a watchful eye on them won’t make things any easier.
Laughs will be shared, tears will be shed and life lessons will be learned along the way. It’ll be a memorable season both on and off the field as Bernie asks, “Dad, wanna be our manager?”
ONE LINER:
If you hit the lottery and bought a baseball team, would you hire your dad to manage? Bernie Endino did.
Excerpt:
What do you think about me buying the Coal
Barons? How feasible is it?”
“Well
it’s not a bad idea, but I wouldn’t
expect to make a lot of money on it. Of
course, if things don’t work out you could always sell the team. Normally, there’s money to be made there.”
“Hear that, E? There’s money to be made!” Bernie
conveniently edits what Derek says to help his own cause. Ellen isn’t biting.
“That’s not what I heard.”
“El, we don’t need to make a lot of money from
the team. We have a lot of money. Heck,
even if we break even every year, we’d still be alright, right?” Bernie paused
looking at Derek for help.
“Yeah, you’d still have a lot of money left from
the lottery winnings even after you pay the twenty-five million.”
Ellen didn't let that one slip by. “twenty-five million dollars for the team?”
“That’s only the opening price. We can talk it down.”
“How much can you talk that down? That is a lot
of money.”
Ellen was getting more irritated by the
second. Bernie knew needed to nip this
in the bud.
“Honey, if things don’t work out we can sell the
team. Even if, and it’s a big if, we took a loss on the sale, we’d
still have plenty of the lottery winnings left to live on.”
Bernie almost has her. He could see it...but he didn't quit while
winning.
“...And we did just buy your dream house.”
As the words spill out of his mouth, Bernie
wishes he could stuff them all back.
This was not going to go well.
“Wait, did we buy a summer home so you could buy the baseball team?”
“What? No!
That’s got nothing to do with this.
I wanted you to have something nice, that’s all.”
He isn’t sure if Ellen was buying this, but now
was no time to crack.
Ellen looked at Bernie with a face normally
reserved for Anna after she’d just colored on the walls. “Bernie, we are not buying the team.”
Bernie had one last-ditch effort left.
“E, I’ve always dreamed of doing something in
baseball. Now I have a chance. I know it’s a lot of money but it’s money we have now, more than we’ve ever had or
expected to have in our lifetime. Let’s
do this. Please? If it doesn’t work out, I’ll sell the
team. I promise. Come on.”
Bernie stopped just short of dropping to his
hands and knees. Ellen sighed. “Alright.
We’ll buy the team.”
It was
hard for Bernie to keep the silly grin off his face. “We’ll make it work.”
Bernie turned to Derek. “Let’s set up a meeting with Jerry Benjamin.”
“Will do.
I’ll call you later with the time and place.”
“You’re sure this is okay?” Bernie asked Ellen.
“No, but it’s your dream and we should at least
give it a try.”
Now awaiting Derek’s call about a meeting with
Jerry, Bernie hoped he wasn't making a huge mistake.
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