I'm delighted to welcome John P. Adamo to the blog today as part of the blog tour for AMIRANDA: PRINCESS AMIRANDA AND THE TALE OF THE DECIDUOUS FOREST, the exciting new book for Tweens.
10 Things You Might Not Know About Amiranda: Princess Amiranda and the Tale of the Deciduous Forest
1) It took me four years to write Birthright, the longest ever for one of my books.
2) Despite taking the longest to write Birthright, it is also the shortest of the 20
books I’ve written.
3) This was the most difficult book to write because it is based on a true story and the characters, although I changed their names, are recognizable to those involved.
4) Even though the story is based on real events, I had no direction when it came to the characters’ thoughts, painful memories and regrets. These are my own creations.
5) Claire’s accident in Tralee never happened. I needed a reason for a change of heart for Father O’Sullivan and Norah Malone.
6) In Massachusetts, all original adoptee birth certificates were first sealed in 1974 but current Massachusetts law seals records only for adoptees born in the 33-year period from July 14, 1974 to Jan. 1, 2008, when a new law went into effect.
7) My husband was researching my family tree on Ancestry when he came upon a name that was very familiar to him. Upon further research, he made contact with a woman he knew nothing about but who was definitely his oldest sister’s child. She had been adopted ten months after she was born.
8) Always, the problem solver, my husband flew from California to Nashville to meet this young woman and was delighted to welcome her into the family. However, his sister, the woman’s birth mother, was not happy about the exposure of her secret. The complications were many with his family of nine siblings, and their children, particularly when, come to find out, this wasn’t the only child born out of wedlock to the oldest sister.
9) This was the point where I thought my book was finished. I wanted out of the entire, unbelievable, confusing series of events. Then, somehow, feelings changed, visits to and from Ireland were arranged and decency prevailed.
10) Father Patrick O’Sullivan is a completely fictional character.
John Adamo is a Long Island-based author and songwriter who has copyrighted more than four hundred poems and has both written and composed numerous songs and short stories. Music has always been an integral part of John’s life, as he has performed at different venues all across Long Island—both as a professional pianist since the age of seventeen (one year after his father passed away) and also as a disc jockey / emcee for various private parties and public events.
Amiranda: Princess Amiranda and the Tale of the Deciduous Forest is John’s first formal work, which was originally written as a screenplay and copyrighted in 1998. John has always had the visualization that an animated movie would one day be made from his work. The author wanted to put together a story unlike any other, and one that could be enjoyed by people of all ages … both young and old alike. A story that reinforced good values, covered common ethics, and taught morals as John feels those important criteria are so often left out in today’s modern fairy tales.
After having the screenplay sit on his shelf for nearly fifteen years, John felt that it was finally time to let the world know the life and world of Amiranda—a Cinderella-type princess who has everything in the world that a princess could possibly ask for, but is still missing something more in her life. With your help, John hopes that he can help fulfill Amiranda’s aspirations, hopes, and dreams. Last but not least, John hopes you like Amiranda’s story just as much as he enjoyed writing it … Enjoy!
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