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About Frank

Artist's Rendition of the Artist

Yeah, I know. Honestly, I’m getting a little sick of that picture of me, too. But, it’s the best one I have at the moment, so we’ll both just have to grin and bear it, I suppose.

However, you’ve landed on this “About” page, so I’m guessing you want to know something about me. Well, here it is: I write fiction and do voice-work, mostly on public-domain short stories. My debut novel, ALMOST HOME, is out now in e-book format for the Nook, Kindle, and other e-readers, and I am doing a serialized podcast version of it on this website and on iTunes, Zune Marketplace, Podcast Pickle, Blubrry, and elsewhere. You can purchase the e-book from the following retailers:

Amazon.com

BarnesandNoble.com

Smashwords.com

I’m a former NCAA athlete, U.S. Army paratrooper (82nd Airborne Division), and fine wine auction cellar manager. I also used to run The Whirligig literary zine.

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If you’d like to hear about any or all of these literary doings and happenings via occasional email updates, sign up below. As a very special “Thank You” for signing up for the Newsletter, once you confirm your email address through the sign up process, you’ll get immediate access to 34 classic tales (by big-name authors like Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and other literary luminaries) narrated by me on MP3 and links to other products I have available on Amazon and elsewhere.

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To get in touch, you can also use the “Contact Me” form below, or for those who despise “Contact Forms” you can send me an email directly at: frankmarcopolos(at)neomailbox(dot)net. (Yes, like Neo in The Matrix. Yes, it’s that cool.)

Also, there’s no need to leave your phone number in the form below. “Contact Me” just puts it on there for some reason. I’m NOT going to call you. (But I will respond to emails. )

Thanks for stopping by!

http://www.dawnmaria.com Dawn Maria

Thanks for stopping by my blog Frank. It’s a treat (and VERY rare pleasure) when someone new finds it!

http://intensedebate.com/people/FrankMarcopolos FrankMarcopolos

No problem, Dawn Maria. Thanks for stopping by here. Hope you come back soon, and I'll do the same with your blog as well.

http://http://miscellaneousyammering.blogspot.com/ karen from mentor

Hey Frank,
Nice to see you today over at my place.
After five years of watching me do my daily stuff, MY fish died *sigh*. He was a blue beta…..loved him like a fish deserves to be loved…..sadly it just wasn’t enough…sniff. sniff. sniff.

Karen

frankmarcopolos

Aww, sorry to hear about that, Karen. It can be traumatic. You know, it’s funny how attached you can get to the little guys. I never would have imagined that before I got Fred (whom I’m training to become an Attack Fish, BTW.)

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers,

Frank

http://http://miscellaneousyammering.blogspot.com/ karen from mentor

Hey Frank,

My last beta was an attack fish. His name was Max.
Mad Max.
He would literally jump at anything hovering over his bowl.
He was also a good eater. It’s a strange world when you are actually pleased to have fruit flies hatch somewhere in your house so you can feed them to the little carnivore that you keep in a glass bowl in the kitchen…..

Ooh, that would make a great SCI FI movie title….the little carnivore in the kitchen…..write me an outline won’t you…I’ll need it by tuesday.
Karen
P.S. nice job hitting just the right tone over being sad about my dead fish….cause there’s really NO WAY TO TELL how serious someone is when they’re typing. There’s the whole no facial expressions to go on thing..
So kudos to you…but when my Newt died???? The funeral procession was 64 cars long and the wake lasted three days. With a parade, and the mayor showed up to do the eulogy. (I haven’t had much sleep the last few days lol)

frankmarcopolos

Wow, and here I was thinking I was the only one with an attack fish. Good to know Fred has an idol he can look up to as he develops in his skills.

The mayor, huh? Guess that means I’ll have to shoot for the Governor or maybe the Pope for whenever Fred goes to Fish Heaven.

http://www.justpeachybabyblog.com Bonnie/JustPeachyBabyBlog

Great to visit online. Thanks for stopping by. So, you’re reading Tell-Tale Heart, huh? .. Never disappoints. My Hubby was also in the Army way back when and loved his jumping-out-of-airplane days!

frankmarcopolos

Hi Bonnie, Thanks for visiting. Yes, The Tell-Tale Heart. It’s awesome. I’ll be performing it soon and posting it here after the second part of “The Hortlak.” Should be fun. I think it may actually be a perfect story to adapt into the podcasting format, because of the importance of “hearing” to the tale.

Yeah, the Airborne thing is definitely a trip. And you can get some great stories out of it!

Donna

Your site looks great, Frank, and you read and perform beautifully, as always.

frankmarcopolos

Thanks, Donna. Glad you like.

http://www.krop.com/ajawest/ Aja West

Still looking for a designer?

frankmarcopolos

Hi Aja, Nope. The project (this website’s header logo) is complete. Thanks for checking in, though.

http://getinthehotspot.com/ Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot

How wonderful that you’re keeping the tradition of oral story telling alive. I wonder if you’ve heard of Tanya Batt? She’s a New Zealander whose passionate about storytelling too and also very good at it.

Keep spinning those yarns:)

frankmarcopolos

Hey Annabel, thanks for stopping by. Yeah, I love doing it, so I hope folks get something out of my performances.

I have not heard of Ms. Batt, but I will certainly check her out.

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