Delay on the Book Being Published.

I had editors changed. There are two chapters left to edit. Sorry for the delay.
These things happen.

Making Freud and the Irish into a Story.

Thank you for the interest about Freud and the Irish. I am going to make this into a book and any feedback is appreciated.
I have moved most of my stuff to
http://tucsonmike.wordpress.com

More House vs. Holmes

Another blog I found that I enjoy!

House-Holmes Reichenbach Falls

Holmes and the Irish Republican Brotherhood

Just some more to add.

More Black vs Irish Americans.

Some more websites for you. I have had so many hits on this, especially from school systems, I wanted to provide some links.

Tangled Roots. From Yale.

Irish Americans for Obama.
Not a campaign endorsement for Obama, but wanted to show this.

Irish Immigrants and Freed African Slaves


Book should be out in March and will start working out places to sign. Never thought I would get so many hits on Black Irish American relations and the Draft Riots.
Kevin Baker has already written an excellent novel about the Draft Riots, you do not need me for that.

Freud on the Irish "This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever" (Sigmund Freud - about the Irish)

"This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever" (Sigmund Freud - about the Irish)

Take a look at the following blog post.

http://modernpsychoanalysis.blogspot.com/2006/06/ambivalence.html

I may play with my chapter on Moriarty visiting Freud even more. Moriarty already is not fond of Freud.

I showed the quote to my Boston Irish wife. She laughed and just said "that is because we are special."

You know something? She is right!

Since Folks are Still Checking In.

I will continue to post occasionally here, but the Wordpress blog is the one I use a lot.

Kevin Weeks.

I just bought the book Brutal and read it. This is more on Whitey Bulger as Kevin Weeks worked for him. The more I read the book, the more I realized how much like Whitey I made my Moriarty. Again, not intentional, but there you have it.

Update on the Book

Now I am looking @ early 2008. I just finished the edits for Chapter Nine. I should backtrack on that. I rewrote the chapter completely on the Molly Maguires and Pennsylvania.

Update on The Draft Riots.

I see I am getting a lot of hits on this. Thank you. I am no expert on the Draft Riots of 1863, but just wanted to provide a way to get further information.

For Further Posts

I have a new blog from my website
http://www.tucsonmike.wordpress.com

All further posts will be there.
Thank you.

Molly Maguires

I have a chapter I based on that. There was the movie in the 1970's with Sean Connery and Richard Harris. The Mollys started in Ireland, but this is the group based in the Pennsylvania coal fields. Remember these may be edited in the final book. I am just giving you a taste.

Chapter Nine: The Molly Maguires:

As stated before, Molly Maguires started as a group in Ireland to attack evil landlords. The Molly Maguires I am talking about here were Irish coal miners in Pennsylvania.

I set up extortion rackets to get Irishmen higher-level jobs and better working conditions. One mine superintendent an odious little man named Prichard contacted the authorities and opposed me. I took part in his killing. Prichard had a high-pitched Welsh accent and was very sure of himself. There were five of us. Two watched the door and two stayed with me while I spoke to Prichard.

“David Prichard, can you guess why we are here?”

“I can, you slovenly men. There is a reason Welshmen run Pennsylvania’s mines. We established them. You just do work in them. We know how to run them and run them properly we will. You should count yourselves lucky to even be allowed to work here!”

“Oh but what if we all went on strike,” I said with a smile.

“Shiploads of Irish land in Philadelphia regularly. You are always easy to replace. You are basically human mules.”

“Who is going to bring Irish from the ships here? My men in Philadelphia have been busy. I took a photograph out of a folder. It was the bullet riddled body of a bearded man. Ah Prichard, my lad, you must recognize the poor sod in this photograph, even riddled with bullets.”

For the first time, Prichard showed fear and sadness. “You killed my friend Davy Jones?” Your vile men did that?”

“They also did this,” I said and showed a photo of a man who was beaten.

“And that is Owen Bevan!” Prichard cried. “I still will not change my ways for you.”

“Last chance Prichard. Will you give in?”

“Never!”

“Right! Lads, do your worst!”

These miners were hard men before they began in the mines. I was giving them the chance to take their revenge on one of their many oppressors.

“Prichard, you can end this any time. Say the word and they will stop.”

“Never!” he cried through a split lip.

My men ended up beating him to death. I had to admire Prichard’s bravery as much as I hated him. We photographed his dead body with a lump of coal stuck in his mouth. The picture was reproduced and shown all over Pennsylvania. Alas, the Irish miners would not benefit in the end. It turned out an Irishman was a traitor and working for Pinkerton. I had already had nameless Pinkertons killed. This one survived though and infiltrated the organization. Arrests were imminent. The ones who avoided arrest remained loyal. Miners have to be loyal to one another to survive in the pits. My miners became my explosives and tunneling experts. They would come in handy in other matters. I realized I had to flee Pennsylvania at once. I took the train to Washington, to meet with my old friend Nathaniel Banks. He made it clear even with my superb government service it might be better if I heeded Horace Greeley’s advice to “Go West Young Man.”

Google Index on the Molly Maguires

Writers Conference

I attended a writers conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. It really fed my passion for writing and made me understand I want to do this. I met some great people and it got me all juiced up to keep working. The passion is there. It really has become, "I write, therefore I am."

Some of the writers I met.
Romance Writer C.C. Harrison.

Times Bestseller Diana Gabaldon
She gave the Keynote Speech. Enjoyed it very much.

Laurie Schenley Campbell
She was trained as a counselor and I will have a separate post talking about the psychology of your charachters.

Connie Flynn, Scottsdale based author


I will be adding others. It was a lot of fun.