The Ballad of Fred and Ed
I had friends–Fred and Ed. These were their real names and this is a true story. As odd products of fate and circumstance both men orbited each other for several decades. Both men were spawned from different backgrounds, and held very different political values. Oddly, while both men pursued life from [...]
Gordon Basichis’ Novel, The Constant Travellers, Selected for China Amazon Store
Just shows to go you, sometimes the fates smile, or at least start laughing at you for having the temerity to see the irony in all things. My first novel, The Constant Travellers, is now up in the Chinese Amazon store. Forever, I was a mere phantom on the China literary scene, probably because of my [...]
Minstrel’s Alley Discounts eBook Publications for the Holiday Season
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 29, 2011 Minstrel’s Alley will be discounting its ebooks for the holiday season. The discount applies to all electronic publication editions, including Kindle, iPad, Barnes & Noble, Sony eReader, Smashwords, and Kobo. We thought the holiday season would be a good time to introduce new readers to our books, ” [...]
Minstrel’s Alley Publishes Novel, The Blood Orange, By Gordon Basichis
Minstrel’s Alley has just published Gordon Basichis’ new novel, The Blood Orange. The Blood Orange is a romantic mystery thriller set in California and is the tradition of Raymond chandler and other Los Angeles Noir msytery writers. The novel is set in contemporary times but draws upon old Spanish California bandit legends. Gordon Basichis is [...]
The New Boomer Commune, a Television Pitch That Became a Harsh Reality
A couple of years ago, I wrote on this blog about the need for the new commune. The original article was entitled, Boomers New Commune for Retirement Post-Recession. My first posting came on the heels of the economic meltdown. I could see where the economic downturn, in fact the major disaster cost Boomers, their houses, their [...]