And the Whippoorwill Sang by Micki Peluso

I was told to picture the audience naked and I tried that-now I have a fear of naked people!! As soon as I overcome my fear of public speaking I may do that. I've been offered several speaking engagements to schools and Drunk driving conferences. I have done several Blog Talk radio and Youtube interviews and have about a dozen short stories in award winning anthologies such as 'Tales2Inspire,' 'The Speed of Dark,' 'Creature Features,' and 'Women's Memoirs.' I've hosted a few aol chats and guested on many more, had several book signings, including Borders and Barnes&Noble, plus a book fair at the Staten Island Technical School. I received the MADD endorsement for my book, and at least 13 High School libraries in three major cities are ordering the book for their shelves-one requesting my book as required reading for their students. I recently wrote a children's book, 'The Cat Who Wanted a Dog,' and am presently about to publish a collection of slice of life fiction and non-fiction short stories, called 'Don't Pluck the Duck. I had many stories published in Skyline Magazine both in e-zine and print, along with poems in their sister magazines and won several contests on line.AND THE WHIPPOORWILL SANG, a memoir, is my first book, released as a second edition on September 2, 2012. I wrote short stories for The Bronxville Womens' Magazine, in Bronxville, NY and also for Writer Digest School Newsletters. The first short story of our lives was published first time out too, in Victimology: an International Journal.

I wrote my first horror story and was published first time out in The Princeton Womens' Magazine of Princeton, NJ.

Over twenty years of writing for the large local newspaper, The Staten Island Advance, which published all my slice of life humor, pathos and commentary-serving a community of 4-500,000 people. Twenty-five years as a staff writer, penning commentary, news, analysis and interviews for the prestigious, award-winning bi-weekly newspaper, The Staten Island Register. AND THE WHIPPOORWILL SANG, written as a catharsis for my grief and salvation for my sanity, as we learned to weep. A tragic accident happened, changing our lives forever.

We crossed country twice, lived in a real haunted house and were living a wonderful life, if not wealthy monetarily, rich in love.

Butch was the regimental 'Sound of Music' dad, whistling for his kids, while I was the nurturer. We raised six kids and had wonderfully comical lives. Due to extenuating circumstances in my life, like a whacky mom and messy divorce, I eloped at the age of seventeen, with my high school sweetheart, replacing all my dreams with different ones.

And the Whippoorwill Sang by Micki Peluso