My Featured Author Day
Dec 03, 2024 by Harold Emanuel
I am proud to be participating the the 12 Days of Christmas Sisters in Crime promotion. Each day, from December 1 to December 12, a featured author is interviewed. I am the featured author on December 4. I would love to hear from others who have family stories about their own or parents, grandparents, and great-grandparent's immigrant experience. Select the contacts link on this website and tell me your stories.
12 Days of Sisters in Crime Christmas
Nov 29, 2024 by Harold Emanuel
I will be participating in the ‘12 Days of Sisters in Crime Christmas’ book promotion activity. I will be posting information about the twelve Florida Gulf Coast Sisters in Crime chapter member authors who will participate in my beginning this Sunday, December 1st. I will be the chapter’s featured author on Wednesday, December 4th.
ChatGPT - A Writer's Tool
Nov 15, 2024 by Harold Emanuel
What is ChatGPT? Think of ChatGPT as a search engine, research assistant, and writing coach. Say you’re doing research for a book you’re writing. You want to accurately describe your book’s setting. You scour libraries and bookstores looking for material. You enter prompts in a search engine such as Google and may be referred to multiple sources. You must then compile the data you found. Or, if you are a wealthy, best-selling author, you ask your research assistant to do this work. If, like me, you’re not a wealthy, best-selling author, you must do all the work yourself. Or you can use ChatGPT.
Let me give you an example of using this tool to describe a setting.
Let me give you an example of using this tool to describe a setting.
12 Days of Sisters in Crime Christmas
Dec 03, 2024 by Harold Emanuel
The Sister in Crime Florida Gulf Coast chapter is sponsoring a 12 Days of Sisters in Crime Christmas promotion below. One author is interviewed every day, from December 1 through December 12. I am honored to be interviewed on Wednesday, December 4.
I would love to hear from others who have heard family stories about their immigrant experience. Select the contacts link on this website and tell me your stories.
I would love to hear from others who have heard family stories about their immigrant experience. Select the contacts link on this website and tell me your stories.
Today in History - June 15th, 1904 - General Slocum Disaster
Jun 15, 2024 by Harold Emanuel
On June 15, 1904, the sidewheel passenger steamboat General Slocum caught fire and sank in the New Yor City’s East River.
Brooklyn Bridge Disaster
May 30, 2024 by Harold Emanuel
TODAY IN HISTORY - May 31, 1883
I have completed the manuscript of my historical novel Aliyah- A Jewish Family Saga. The novel follows the Hermanski family from their escape from an 1881 Warsaw pogrom through their settlement in late 19th and early 20ths century New York. Throughout the book the family interacts with historic people, places, and events. For example:
I have completed the manuscript of my historical novel Aliyah- A Jewish Family Saga. The novel follows the Hermanski family from their escape from an 1881 Warsaw pogrom through their settlement in late 19th and early 20ths century New York. Throughout the book the family interacts with historic people, places, and events. For example:
