Happy New Year, Sundown, Avatar: The Way of Water, Babylon and Irish Jesus in Fairview on Tuesday Morning Diary (December 27)

by Sam Juliano

Yes, that’s right!   Tuesday Moring Diary.  This does happen one in a great while for various reasons.  The reason this time was some COVID-19 issues in my home, my last aunt passing away several days ago,  and no internet access in my school because of electricians there who are rewiring the entire system.  I am crafting this post from my local Ridgefield Library.

In behalf of my family, Jim and Valerie Clark, Jamie Uhler, Tony d’Ambra, Bill Kamberger, J. D. Lafrance, Mark Clark and others I am wishing a Happy New Year to all our great friends and readers!

   From Andrew Castrucci on the Cliffs/Cliffside FB Forum page:

“With Sammy Juliano at Rudy’s two weeks ago. I am working on a painting for his new book cover for his completed novel “Irish Jesus in Fairview”, which is planned to publish by Easter. Father McTague plays a major role in the narrative.” (photo at the top of this post).

Note from Sam: The first stage of the editing process on the massive 60 chapter work (by Rob Bignell) is nearly completed. However, the final stage, which involves vigilant proofreading, (tentatively to be performed by Bill Kamberger, who did the same for the first book) is a longer process. Yet, Easter seems doable, and it would perfectly coincide with the title and some of the novel’s themes. Easter Sunday falls on April 9th. Meanwhile I have begun writing the third novel, “Roses for Saoirse,” which I believe will publish in April of 2024, God willing of course. Andrew’s ideas for the cover of “Irish Jesus” greatly impressed me. “Irish Jesus” begins in 1972 (where “Paradise” ended”) and ends in 1980. “Roses from Saoirse” will go from 1980 to 1985). Then a book about my 11 year intercontinental relationship with the late film genius Allan Fish, before I return to Fairview again to write the untitled fifth book.

If Bill Kamberger does end up taking on the assignment, his pace will, in the end, dictate the release date. I will NOT NOT NOT pressure that man in any way, shape or form. And I will continue to take his invaluable advice, as I always have.

(Please excuse this and other posts about my novels. I know well this could turn off some people. But FACEBOOK seems to be my sole forum to promote them, prior to their publication. Thank you for understanding) 

Lucille and I (with the family on the multiplex titles) saw three films this past week, all earlier in the week.  We would have seen more this week, but fate intervened:

Babylon     **      overlong, tedious and for the most part a trainwreck of a movie.

Avatar: The Way of Water    ***  passable.  Visually astounding but too long and inferior to the original film.

Sundown    **** 1/2     superlative thriller, watched on Amazon Prime.  A contender for my Top 10 of 2022 list.

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