http://www.davidhenrysterry.com Author and book doctor Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:33:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I finally got the last member of my panel for the art of the Memoir: Telling and Selling Your Life Stories at the Strand on September 22. Mike Daisy. I think he's perfect for this panel. I first met Mike backstage at the assembly rooms Theatre in Edinburgh when we ... http://www.davidhenrysterry.com/master-of-ceremonies-a-true-story-of-love-murder-roller-skates-and-murder-diary-8-29-08/ Master of Ceremonies: a True Story of Love, Murder, Roller Skates and Chippendales Diary Day 3, 8-27-08 Well, today was kind of frustrating. I just couldn't get a hold of Frank McCourt in any way shape or form. I want him to be in my event at the Strand ... http://www.davidhenrysterry.com/master-of-ceremonies-a-true-story-of-love-murder-roller-skates-and-chippendales-diary-day-3-8-27-08/ Master of Ceremonies: a True Story of Love, Murder, Roller Skates, and Murder Diary, Day 2, 8-26-08 http://www.nerve.com/screeningroom/books/Cheesecake-Factory-Author-David-Henry-Sterry-recalls-his-stint-as-the-roller-skating-MC-of-Chippendales/   I found out the interview that I did for nerve.com is up and running.  Here it is.  I booked another event in Berkeley today, with the lovely and talented Melissa mytinger, she of the ... http://www.davidhenrysterry.com/308/ The Olympics are over.  I am sad and relieved.  Sad because I won't get to watch Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt be superhuman anymore.  But also because I love watching sports you never get to see, like team handball and field hockey and ping-pong.  Holy balls, those Chinese can really ... http://www.davidhenrysterry.com/master-of-ceremonies-a-true-story-of-love-murder-roller-skates-and-murder-diary/ "Master of Ceremonies: a True Story of Love, Murder, Roller Skates and Murder" is the dizzying, tender, and true story of a fledgling actor whose first break results in a two-year stint as the emcee at Chippendales, in this work that is resplendent with seedy glamour, hilarious backstage madness, and unflinching honesty. Sterry chronicles ... http://www.davidhenrysterry.com/master-of-ceremonies-dizzying-tender-and-true-story/ Be careful what you wish for. When my first memoir, Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent, became a bestseller I was living in the Bay Area. I got reviewed in the New York Times by Janet Maslin. I basically begged the San Francisco Chronicle, my hometown newspaper, on bended ... http://www.davidhenrysterry.com/book-passage-guest-blogger/ Today is a monumental day for me. My new book, Master of Ceremonies: A True Story of Love, Murder, Roller Skates and Chippendales, was reviewed in the San Francisco Chronicle. The official publication date is I believe August 14th but I will take today to celebrate. It took ... http://www.davidhenrysterry.com/august-11th-san-francisco-chronicle-for-master-of-ceremonies/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUHCTd4ES7s] http://www.davidhenrysterry.com/eye-on-youth-3/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ojm27SkxPw] http://www.davidhenrysterry.com/my-dinner-with-olive/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2x8PRhXjuU] http://www.davidhenrysterry.com/5-month-old-baby-olive-composes-plays-piano-magnum-opus/