Vastine and Marty

30/12/2023

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Xx6WSXBJ46PuiJvwl2IDQ

Marty & Vastine talk about:
Heroes in fiction romance compared to heroes in comedy romance & sitcoms.
The stigmas romantic heroes cause for men in REAL life.
Dating. Napoleon, the film. Romance & Scents.

27/11/2023

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1hl8iRTSTaC7ufSuE67Ktb

Vastine & Marty argue about Historical Accuracy in Fiction. He says,
Go ahead, fake it, nobody cares. Vastine DOES care.
NaNoWriMO...Vastine tried. A cool experience, though.
Our selection for the next Book Club Read.

24/10/2023

‎Show SEE SPACE CITY, Ep Episode 73 Picks So Good We Must Be Doping - Oct 18, 2023

23/10/2023

JOIN Marty and Vastine!
We get to chat with friend and talented fellow author,

and chat about her novel!

15/10/2023

http://vastinebondurant.blogspot.com/2023/10/red-rover-red-rover-let-vastine-come.html

Vastine's first blog post since 2013!
Stop by and check it out!

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. -- J. D. Salinger, "Franny and Zooey" Red Rover, Red Rover, send that kid...

14/10/2023

https://www.amazon.com/CICATRICE-EYES-BRAVE-JO-BOYLE-ebook/dp/B09DSDCTMG/ref=sr_1_1?

Marty & I are super excited to share our fun visit with author Jo Boyle () for our Reading Club!
Coming late October!
In the meantime, check out the link for her book to be ready to tune in!

28/08/2023

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LC3LZL2by8jdcH7N6M2ov

Hang out with Vastine & Marty!
Vastine's book's getting closer to release & she's nervous.
Covers: Remember Fabio?
Do we really mean it when we say it's not about the money?

24/08/2023

CICATRICE: New Eyes and Brave

24/08/2023

https://www.amazon.com/CICATRICE-EYES-BRAVE-JO-BOYLE-ebook/dp/B09DSDCTMG/ref=sr_1_1?

Marty and Vastine have started our own Book Reading Club!
Our very first read will be "Cicatrice: New Eyes and Brave" by my friend and fellow author, Jo Boyle!

We'll be reviewing the book on our podcast!
Pick up your copy and join us!

CICATRICE: New Eyes and Brave

27/07/2023

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qPnQmDeocGPimfee36kwG

Awards in the Literary World.
A touchy subject for Vastine, but let her tell you why.
And a new book club we're going to start! Picking books to read and discuss.

11/07/2023

"Joseph's Coat" goes to editor on July 17.
In the meantime, working on THIS....

30/06/2023

tinyurl.com/23ss8jr9

Our field trips to the movies!
And...
ARGUMENT:
Should it be EASIER to write?
Is Vastine really waiting for inspiration or is she just lazy?
WHERE does inspiration come from? Getting images from our heads to the novel.

02/06/2023

Fidgeting with art.
Told a dear author friend I was going to try to write at least 100 words a day.
AM working on an edit. 😘😘😘

01/06/2023

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0J3oIlpIWKlxHBssV7hVRZ

I'M OVER THE MOON!
One of my favorite authors ever,
, joins Marty and Vastine!
AND...we talk about my all-time FAVORITE Italian character from one of her books....among other things!

15/05/2023

ITALY IN MAY....

Would not BE 'Italy in May' without some DreamMan Love!

My dream man (very young) in a gorgeous movie filmed on Lake Como, Italy,
"A Month by the Lake."

Lovely film, sweet middle-aged love story and stunning setting!

😘🇮🇹😘🇮🇹😘🇮🇹

15/05/2023

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Byi23wL_CR0

ITALY IN MAY....

You can't get more Tradizionale Italia than THIS!
Also featured in a blockbuster film!
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Mamma Corleone & and old Italian Man singing Luna Mezz O' Mare at the wedding in the Godfather.If you like this then please check out my band C' 'na luna mez...

15/05/2023

https://imdb.com/title/tt0068646/

ITALY IN MAY....

The revolutionary film from the novel by Mario Puzo.
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The Godfather: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano. The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty in postwar New York City transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son.

15/05/2023

ITALY IN MAY...

Mario Puzo, author of "The Godfather", the legendary novel which took him THREE years to write.
One of my ALL-TIME favorite authors, and not only for this blockbuster novel.
Thank you, Mario!

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09/05/2023

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311730/

ITALY IN MAY...

LOVE this version of this classic film.
Beautiful and alive as only Helen Mirren can do!

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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone: Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman. With Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez, Anne Bancroft, Rodrigo Santoro. A failing star is faced with a lifestyle change when her rich husband suddenly dies while they are en route to Italy. She then sets off in a series of flings with g...

09/05/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srt_788-mWs

ITALY IN MAY....

Would HAVE to share my Italian Dream Date. 🇮🇹😘🇮🇹😘🇮🇹😘🇮🇹

© 2009 WMGIrene Grandi - Qualche stupido "Ti amo" (Somethin' stupid), with Alessandro GassmanSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Ob8qRZ9R1jhibRue9ap1Hi...

08/05/2023

“Making love to me is amazing.
Wait, I meant: making love, to me, is amazing. The absence of two little commas nearly transformed me into a s*x god.”
― Dark Jar Tin Zoo
😁😂🤣

08/05/2023

ITALY IN MAY...

My FAVORITE opera of all time.
The Italian story by the French composer, Herold.

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08/05/2023

https://youtube.com/watch?v=s9PQ7qPkluM

ITALY IN MAY...

A very young Amira Willighagen singing....
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André Rieu & Amira Willighagen - O Mio Babbino Caro. From the DVD "Love in Venice", available at: http://www.andrerieu.com and http://www.amazon.com.For conc...

08/05/2023

ITALY IN MAY....

"La Tarantella Napolo, 1895"

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08/05/2023

https://imdb.com/title/tt11162652/

ITALY IN MAY...

"Inspector Ricciardi"
Naples in 1930's. An inspector who the victims' ghost talk to. Beautiful visually, s*xy, haunting.
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Inspector Ricciardi: With Lino Guanciale, Antonio Milo, Enrico Ianniello, Serena Iansiti. Enigmatic police inspector Ricciardi has a curse upon him: he can see the ghosts of people who have died violently and listen to their last thoughts.

06/05/2023

ITALY IN MAY....

Lake Como, Lombardy Region, Italy

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06/05/2023

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045824/
ITALY IN MAY...
Legendary Italian actor, Vittorio Gassman, has so many stellar films!
One of my favorites is "The Glass Wall."
With Gloria Grahame, it's a moving, poignant film!
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The Glass Wall: Directed by Maxwell Shane. With Vittorio Gassman, Gloria Grahame, Ann Robinson, Douglas Spencer. Peter, a WW II 'displaced person' about to be deported, jumps ship in New York harbor in an effort to find an ex-G.I. named Tom whom he helped during the war and can prove Peter's right t...

06/05/2023

ITALY IN MAY...

Today is the birthday of the Italian American screen legend, Rudolph Valentino!
(May 6, 1895 - August 23, 1926).
Gone too soon! 😘🇮🇹😘🇮🇹😘🇮🇹😘🇮🇹

04/05/2023

ITALY IN MAY...
"Three Women on Rafts Eating Pasta on Isle of Capri, 1939"

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04/05/2023

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095765/

ITALY IN MAY!

I can't stress how beautiful this film is, how unforgettable!

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Cinema Paradiso: Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. With Antonella Attili, Enzo Cannavale, Isa Danieli, Leo Gullotta. A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.