Dirt: An American Campaign on Virtual Book Tour Book December '08
Tracee Gleichner
December 01, 2008
Calvin Cotton is out of his mind. We find him at Riverside Cemetery bursting in on the darkness of the tomb. He is the son of a presidential candidate. But tonight, he is only a husband insane over the loss of his bride. He imagines her trapped within the cold clutch of the coffin and works quicker to free her. Soon, he will have her in his arms and they will vanish into the night.
Gov. Frank F. Cotton is out of his mind. He has learned of his sonīs nighttime ghoulishness and panic has set in. It is the kind of sordid scandal that can bring about ruin. Heīs seen good men go down in flames for less. Howard Dean with the animal scream in 2004. Edmund Muskie with the phantom tear in 1972. And if press got a hold of this? Frank F. will not let it happen.
Thomas Cashman is thinking outside the box. Given the circumstances, he finds this idea deliciously funny. A mercenary with secrets of his own, his top priority is to find young Calvin Cotton and his stiffening bride. Thomas has an unorthodox idea. He will enlist the aid of washed up novelist Billy Baylor to help understand what motivates the deranged young man he seeks.
Billy Baylor is drinking whiskey in a scrubby, downtown bar. Ultimately, he is happy because he will probably die in his sleep. It could be tonight. It could be tomorrow. Either way, it will be peaceful. He has published twelve novels and invented a new genre. He likes to call it "suburban necrophilia." Billy Baylor has made a career out of writing about the extreme measures a man will take when pushed to madness by the loss of a love. Only one of his novels had a happy ending. He regards it as his one failure. Since his wife and daughter were killed in a car wreck, he doesnīt believe in happy endings.
Set in the early days of the primary season, "Dirt" is a fast and ugly tale of the treachery and desperation behind an American campaign. The hunt for Calvin Cotton is a sordid thrill ride along the same frozen back roads where candidates smile, shake hands and try to keep their secrets buried.
In the bid for the most powerful position in the world, one manīs dirt is another manīs gold.
"If this were a real election, I wouldn't vote for any of these dirty Presidential wannabes, but I certainly vote for this book to be a best-seller. It has everything: fast-action, love that lasts forever, sympathetic characters, political intrigue, and enough twists and turns to leave the reader gasping in eager anticipation of devouring the next chapter to get a new, unexpected trhill. Recommended in red-white-and-blue letters three feet high!" Betty Dravis, author
Mark LaFlamme is a crime reporter and columnist at the Sun Journal in Lewiston, Maine. In his weekly column Street Talk he often vents his frustration with and disdain for editors, comparing them to bats, spiders, extraterrestrial slugs, and other beings too diabolical to describe. The column has been named both Best in Maine and Best in New England.
In 2006, LaFlamme was named Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press Association. He chain smokes, is utterly loyal to Pabst Blue Ribbon and sleeps until noon every day. He is a Kansas City Royals fan living in Red Sox territory, another mark of his intrepid nature.
Dumb crooks, hard cases and vile editors. Check out LaFlamme's weekly column Street Talk
LaFlamme would rather hang out with street drunks, prostitutes and the mysterious people who live near the river than linger in the newsroom waiting for something to do. He believes that some of the greatest stories are those that never make it to the news page. Thatīs why he has a column. And questionable social values.
In late 2004, LaFlamme wrote his first novel "Worumbo," the tale of a young reporter with blossoming psychic abilities and government experiments with mind control at an abandoned Maine mill. A year later, he wrote and published "The Pink Room," the story of a leading physicist who attempts to use the science of string theory to bring his daughter back from the dead. In 2007, he published "Vegetation," the tale of a man at war with the world of plants. That novel was followed by "Delirium Tremens" and "The Beast," which remain unpublished. In spite of his chosen career, LaFlamme has no plans to write a crime drama.
LaFlamme takes the week of Halloween off each year and then sulks for months after its over. In previous years, heīs hung out in Salem, ghouled around Edgar Allan Poeīs grave in Baltimore, spent a night in Sleepy Hollow, wrote scripts for the Haunted Forest in Williston, Vermont and hunted vampires in Transylvania. LaFlamme is probably making that last part up.
"I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Mark," says Tracee Gleichner, Tour Coordinator for Pump Up Your Book Promotion Public Relations. "I read and loved The Pink Room and feel that this book has everything it had and so much more. It is sure to be a big hit!"
If you would like to follow Mark on his virtual book tour, visit his official Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tour page at http://virtualbooktours.wordpress.com/. You can also visit his website at http://www.marklaflamme.com/. Markīs virtual book tour is brought to you by Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours, a virtual book tour agency for authors who want quality service for an affordable price. More information can be found on their website at http://www.pumpupyourbookpromotion.com.
Gov. Frank F. Cotton is out of his mind. He has learned of his sonīs nighttime ghoulishness and panic has set in. It is the kind of sordid scandal that can bring about ruin. Heīs seen good men go down in flames for less. Howard Dean with the animal scream in 2004. Edmund Muskie with the phantom tear in 1972. And if press got a hold of this? Frank F. will not let it happen.
Thomas Cashman is thinking outside the box. Given the circumstances, he finds this idea deliciously funny. A mercenary with secrets of his own, his top priority is to find young Calvin Cotton and his stiffening bride. Thomas has an unorthodox idea. He will enlist the aid of washed up novelist Billy Baylor to help understand what motivates the deranged young man he seeks.
Billy Baylor is drinking whiskey in a scrubby, downtown bar. Ultimately, he is happy because he will probably die in his sleep. It could be tonight. It could be tomorrow. Either way, it will be peaceful. He has published twelve novels and invented a new genre. He likes to call it "suburban necrophilia." Billy Baylor has made a career out of writing about the extreme measures a man will take when pushed to madness by the loss of a love. Only one of his novels had a happy ending. He regards it as his one failure. Since his wife and daughter were killed in a car wreck, he doesnīt believe in happy endings.
Set in the early days of the primary season, "Dirt" is a fast and ugly tale of the treachery and desperation behind an American campaign. The hunt for Calvin Cotton is a sordid thrill ride along the same frozen back roads where candidates smile, shake hands and try to keep their secrets buried.
In the bid for the most powerful position in the world, one manīs dirt is another manīs gold.
"If this were a real election, I wouldn't vote for any of these dirty Presidential wannabes, but I certainly vote for this book to be a best-seller. It has everything: fast-action, love that lasts forever, sympathetic characters, political intrigue, and enough twists and turns to leave the reader gasping in eager anticipation of devouring the next chapter to get a new, unexpected trhill. Recommended in red-white-and-blue letters three feet high!" Betty Dravis, author
Mark LaFlamme is a crime reporter and columnist at the Sun Journal in Lewiston, Maine. In his weekly column Street Talk he often vents his frustration with and disdain for editors, comparing them to bats, spiders, extraterrestrial slugs, and other beings too diabolical to describe. The column has been named both Best in Maine and Best in New England.
In 2006, LaFlamme was named Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press Association. He chain smokes, is utterly loyal to Pabst Blue Ribbon and sleeps until noon every day. He is a Kansas City Royals fan living in Red Sox territory, another mark of his intrepid nature.
Dumb crooks, hard cases and vile editors. Check out LaFlamme's weekly column Street Talk
LaFlamme would rather hang out with street drunks, prostitutes and the mysterious people who live near the river than linger in the newsroom waiting for something to do. He believes that some of the greatest stories are those that never make it to the news page. Thatīs why he has a column. And questionable social values.
In late 2004, LaFlamme wrote his first novel "Worumbo," the tale of a young reporter with blossoming psychic abilities and government experiments with mind control at an abandoned Maine mill. A year later, he wrote and published "The Pink Room," the story of a leading physicist who attempts to use the science of string theory to bring his daughter back from the dead. In 2007, he published "Vegetation," the tale of a man at war with the world of plants. That novel was followed by "Delirium Tremens" and "The Beast," which remain unpublished. In spite of his chosen career, LaFlamme has no plans to write a crime drama.
LaFlamme takes the week of Halloween off each year and then sulks for months after its over. In previous years, heīs hung out in Salem, ghouled around Edgar Allan Poeīs grave in Baltimore, spent a night in Sleepy Hollow, wrote scripts for the Haunted Forest in Williston, Vermont and hunted vampires in Transylvania. LaFlamme is probably making that last part up.
"I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Mark," says Tracee Gleichner, Tour Coordinator for Pump Up Your Book Promotion Public Relations. "I read and loved The Pink Room and feel that this book has everything it had and so much more. It is sure to be a big hit!"
If you would like to follow Mark on his virtual book tour, visit his official Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tour page at http://virtualbooktours.wordpress.com/. You can also visit his website at http://www.marklaflamme.com/. Markīs virtual book tour is brought to you by Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours, a virtual book tour agency for authors who want quality service for an affordable price. More information can be found on their website at http://www.pumpupyourbookpromotion.com.
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