Alex
Disanti will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via
rafflecopter during the tour.
If your book were made into a movie, who would
you want to play your main characters?
My character Dominic
Gianelli is big and tall in stature and has a commanding presence, so Chris
Noth would be my choice to play Dominic. As much thought as I have given to
Paige, there is no one specific person as yet that I have in mind. If they were
still in their twenties then Phoebe Cates or Jennifer Connelly would be
perfect.
How do you come up with the titles of your
books?
For my series, I
wanted it to have a connection with stars or heaven. In the end I chose the
title from a scene in book one. Haunted by a family tragedy, Dominic Gianelli
is not a spiritual man. He is nearing fifty when a chance meeting with an
extraordinary young woman causes him to rethink his decisions about love and
marriage. In this particular scene he is thinking that he has no concept of
heaven but that “here in this moment, with her, it was heaven, a separate
heaven, apart from all else.”
What does your writing space look like?
I have a large, pale
yellow armoire that is my “office.” At
this moment, my writing space is a chair and ottoman with my laptop…well,
obviously in my lap!
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not
writing?
I love a good novel. I
enjoy Scrabble…the board game, the one you sit at a table across from a real,
live person and play. When my friends from South Dakota visit Texas, I love
playing card games with them and a game played with dominoes called “chicken
foot.” There is a single game I play
online (Word Streak – it used to be called Scramble) with a friend from
Colorado. I also enjoy swimming and fishing.
What is your favourite color?
Black or white
What is your favourite pleasure food?
Coke – never diet, the
real Coke Classic, and Snickers
What is your favourite season?
Autumn, but it is rare
in Texas!
What is your favourite television show?
Just one? If I have to
choose from what is airing currently, then I would say The Good Wife.
What is your favourite movie?
The Godfather I and II
Who is your favourite actor?
Al Pacino
What is your favourite song?
No way to do one favorite. Almost anything by George Strait, Alan
Jackson or the Avett Brothers
What is your favourite comfort clothing
attire?
A tee shirt and Joe
Boxers!
What books might we find on your bedside
table?
The current John
Grisham, The Horse Whisperer, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pentimento by Liillian
Hellman, Davita’s Harp
Describe yourself in three words.
Determined, Loyal,
Pensive.
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Step into a world of
riveting drama. Enter A Separate Heaven,
a story comprised of power, wealth, and romance, multifaceted characters, and
complex relationships. A novel by Alex
Disanti. From Long Island to the shores
of the Mediterranean, this exciting series spanning twenty five years in the
lives of the Gianelli and Hamilton families will hold you spellbound.
Excerpt:
Excerpt one from Book One
On October 2, 1980, Dominic Gianelli entered the offices of
Carson, Wiehls and Fullerton. A client for only weeks now, his arrival caused a
flurry of activity among the staff. Even
the most experienced members of the investment firm were on edge. Henry Carson,
owner and senior partner, was nervous and unsettled, completely out of
character for him, but this was no ordinary client.
Gianelli was an enigma, recognized internationally in the
business world and his accumulated assets were reported to be prodigious.
Little else was known about him, although his penchant for two things, accuracy
and privacy, had been evinced at their first meeting. He seemed to have come on the scene quickly,
yet his profile revealed more than twenty years of steady, well-planned
acquisitions and disposals. With as many
European contacts as domestic, he was well respected here in New York. After all, one did not ignore this kind of
wealth and, therefore, power.
He was a big man, six-feet, three inches in height, 270
pounds. Immaculately groomed, he had brown eyes and short, dark, slightly
thinning hair combed back from his forehead.
He seemed, by nature, a rather quiet man with low tolerance for the
frivolous or inept. He had an air of
confidence that was not lost on those who met him. Gianelli was a man comfortable with himself.
When he entered a room, he owned it, and he knew it.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Alex
Disanti lives in the Texas Hill Country.
While writing has been a lifelong love for her, A Separate Heaven is her
first novel. Early works were mainly
poetry and short stories. As A Separate
Heaven progressed from thought to paper, friends and family began reading the
manuscript. Then, in an effort to test
the marketability of the material, she enlisted the aid of what she calls her
“test readers.” These readers vary in
age, occupation and background. It
simply grew from there. Alex’s rich
detail brought the characters to life, and the ensuing chapters could not come
quickly enough for her readers.
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