I
have been pleasantly surprised recently by the amount of people who have asked
me if I am doing any writing. And it has been a while since I sent out any sort
of email about my writing and publishing projects, so I thought it was about
time that I did again.
Since
2006 I have written a column for scout.com’s Browns magazine the Orange and Brown Report. Recently
scout.com got bought and sold twice and I was unsure of its future. However, we
have recently been bought by a magazine group that has the best owner we have
ever had, and they are in it for the long run. They have upgraded both the magazines they own and their
internet websites. They have especially done a great job with the magazine I
write for. To check out all scout.com has to offer to all football fans, not
just Browns fans, go to scout.com or cle.scout.com.
Once
again this fall I’ll be writing a game day blog for scout.com call “View from
the Dawg Pond.” If you want to read last year’s entries go to my blog at my
website www.gregcielec.com.
Our
latest publishing effort is a 2014/2015 calendar for Cleveland’s Little Italy
neighborhood. The Feast of the Assumption on Mayfield Road in Little Italy is
one of Cleveland’s oldest and most popular annual events. This year’s “Feast”
is almost here. It will be
followed soon afterward with the “Taste of Little Italy” on September 21. The
calendar is titled “Seasons of Little Italy” and features over 60 colorful
photographs taken in and around the Murray Hill/Mayfield Road neighborhood. My
good friend Dave Hostetler did the design and took many of the photographs and
did a great job. The calendars can be purchased at many Little Italy businesses
including
Presti's; the Murray Hill Market; Washington Place; The Smoke Shop; the
Cleveland Montessori School; Topsi Turvi; Guarino's; La Bella Vita; Pennello
Gallery; Vitanonio-Previte Funeral Home; the Little Italy Wine Shop; Angelo's
Nido Italia; and La Dolce Vita. The calendars can also be purchased online at www.LittleItalyClevelandCalendar.com.
Our other current publishing project The Brown Jug Cookbook is almost sold
out. We have less than 125 copies left and we expect them to be gone by
Christmas. We have had so much fun with this project, including several events
down in Delaware, Ohio, where the Jug was located. Special thanks to Roop
Brothers Bar! We do plan on having a Cleveland event around the cookbook in
December. Keep checking my website for details. For more info on the cookbook
or to order a copy go to www.brownjugcookbook.com.
We are always looking for projects for
our publishing company Pink Flamingo Press and Creative Endeavors. Let me know
if you got a great idea, we will give almost anything a try if we think it’s a
worthwhile project.
I have also been surprised about how
many people have asked me recently if I have been writing any fiction and I
have. I finished another novel titled A
Poem on a Bar Room Wall, and I think it is very good. However, none of the
big publishers gave me the $100,000 advance I so richly deserve so we are going
to put it out ourselves. Look for it at either Christmas or early next year.
There are some sample chapters posted on my website.
Enjoy what is left of the summer.
Greg
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