5 Things You Don't Know about My Dog Tim: and Other Stories by Garasamo Maccagnone

Today's guest blogger is Garasamo Maccagnone, author of the literary fiction story collection, My Dog Tim: and Other Stories.

"5 Things You Don't Know about My Dog Tim: and Other Stories" by Garasamo Maccagnone

• Being an anthology, there is a twenty year separation between when the first story was published and the last one written.
• That the novel, St. John of the Midfield was heavily influenced by, The Great Gatsby.
• The short story "Goalie Boy" was originally published in a sports literature magazine called Aethelon.
• The shortest stories, which are two-page vignettes, took the longest to write.
• That someone has listed St. John of the Midfield on Amazon as one of the greatest sports novels ever.



Garasamo Maccagnone studied creative writing and literature under noted American writers Sam Astrachan and Stuart Dybek at Wayne State University and Western Michigan University. A college baseball player as well, Maccagnone met his wife Vicki as a junior at WMU. The following year, after injuring his throwing arm, Maccagnone left school and his baseball ambitions to marry Vicki. After a two year stint at both W.B. Doner and BBDO advertising agencies, Maccagnone left the industry to apply his knowledge of marketing in a new venture in an up-and-coming industry. Maccagnone created a company called, “Crate and Fly,” and turned it from a store front in 1984 to a world-wide multi-million dollar shipping corporation by 1994.

In the mid 90’s Maccagnone decided to fulfill the promise of his writing career, by first penning the children’s book, The Suburban Dragon and then following up with a collection of short stories and poetry entitled, The Affliction of Dreams. His literary novel, St. John of the Midfield was published in 2007, followed by his For the Love of St. Nick, which was released in 2008. Maccagnone expanded the original version of For the Love of St. Nick and had the book illustrated for a new release in June 2009. My Dog Tim: and Other Stories is a literary anthology of the author’s best work.

Garasamo “Gary” Maccagnone lives today in Shelby Township, Michigan, with his wife Vicki and three children. At this time, he is researching the location for his second novel, tentatively titled, He Lay Low.

You can visit Gary online at www.garasamomaccagnone.com

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