Give Mark Zero Some…
…and by some, I mean a round of applause for another superb book. Give the Drummer Some is a semi-salute to music in St. Louis, often upstaged by its neighboring musical towns further down the Mississippi.
I was first introduced to Mark Zero when I read Blood and Chocolate, a book I found on Amazon by accident, but fell in love with and have suggested it to others ever since. I immediately wanted to read more from him and chose The Scarlet Dove next.
About a year ago, I received an email from a college-going complete stranger on MySpace who had been recommended my first book, The Other Side of What, because a friend of his thought the storyline of the lead character sounded a bit too much like his own life. We corresponded very briefly, and while I was flattered, I hopefully convinced him that the book was not based on any events in his life because (1) I had never met this person and (2) We established I wrote the majority of the book before those certain events in his life had even taken place. I think he was disappointed.
