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About Me

Lawyer, Writer, Game developer, musician/songwriter...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Paul McCartney, Barack Obama, Elvis Costello, Andy Partridge, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, JK Rowling

My Blog

Where's the blog?

If you're looking for my blog, it's now at http://michaelaventrella.wordpress.com/And I'm sorry I hardly ever appear here on MySpace any more.  I tend to, um, face books these days.  I'm sure you can ...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:09:00 GMT

I keep forgetting to update the blog...

Well, here's the latest news...a quick update... Two interviews: "The Book Connection" web magazine:  http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2008/02/inside-scoo p-on-michael-ventrella.html and a...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 17:29:00 GMT

Hey, I made Locus

At the World Fantasy Convention in the fall, I was a guest, signing copies of my book...  and lo and behold, there I am in this month's Locus magazine (THE magazine for SF and fantasy books) sitt...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:31:00 GMT

Another Christmas!

Well, here it is -- another holiday season!  It's been an interesting year, and I have not lived up to my mid-year resolution of posting blogs more often and writing more.  (Sigh) Then again...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:47:00 GMT

Conventional wisdom

It's been quite a while since I posted anything...  and I have been quite busy. I attended two conventions in October as a programming guest, promoting my book (and the Alliance)... The first was...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:39:00 GMT

Another book review

Ah, well, they can't all be perfect. http://www.mania.com/56235.html The fantasy debut novel from Michael Ventrella, Arch Enemies spins an enjoyable yarn that, although entertaining, barely manages to...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:05:00 GMT

Local Author’s Night

So on Thursday, September 27, the local library is having a "local author's night" and they have invited me to speak and talk about my book.  If you're in the area, please attend!  This is t...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:15:00 GMT

My first book review

I can't believe how long it has been since my last blog...  I've been so busy with work (just won another major appeal!), www.AllianceLARP.com and www.FairePlay.Org. Anyway, I just received my fi...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:55:00 GMT

My book is finally available

"Arch Enemies" is finally available from Double Dragon Press....  Can't say I am overly enthusiastic about the cover...  the main character is a 16 year old boy, although there is a female ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:44:00 GMT

Back to Richmond

Heidi and I traveled back to our home town of Richmond, Virginia over the weekend.  Heidi is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University's Sculpture school (I was a Political Science majo...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:18:00 GMT