RI Authors Showcase – Meet Paul Lonardo

Welcome to the Rhode Island Authors Showcase! Each day in November, this blog will feature a different Rhode Island author. Read the post and leave a comment and you are eligible to win this day’s giveaway!

Leave a comment every day this month for over 30 chances to win either our Grand Prize (a $250 Amazon gift card), our Bonus Prize (a $100 Amazon gift card), or a Cheer-Up Prize (amount to be determined), just in time for holiday shopping!

A winner will be randomly selected one week after the publication of the blog post, and the Grand Prize and Bonus Prize winners will be randomly selected on December 7, 2021. For the daily giveaways, the author will contact you directly to coordinate delivery. Print books for delivery within the US only, please.

Paul Lonardo has written both fiction and non-fiction books in a variety of genres. As a freelance writer, he often collaborates with individuals on their biographies or memoirs, and he is a ghostwriter, too.

Before Paul began writing, he studied screenwriting and filmmaking at Columbia College – Hollywood, earned an A.S. in Mortuary Science from Mount Ida College, and a B.A. in English from the University of Rhode Island. (Very useful for a writer!) He lives in Lincoln, Rhode Island, with his wife and son.

Follow Paul on Amazon to find out about all the books he’s written: https://tinyurl.com/4rj6ajx5

Find him on Goodreads https://tinyurl.com/4rpv6b7n
MeWe  https://mewe.com/i/paullonardo
LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-lonardo-b88b4b12/
Alignable  https://www.alignable.com/lincoln-ri/paul-lonardo-palonardo-aol-com-author-ghostwriter
LibraryThing https://www.librarything.com/profile/PaulLonardo
AuthorsDen https://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?authorid=178242
BookBub https://www.bookbub.com/profile/paul-lonardo
Barnes and Noble  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-goblin-pitcher-paul-lonardo/1139169911?ean=9781736701621

Paul’s new book, The Goblin Pitcher, is available as an ebook, paperback, and as a jacketed hardcover. The print versions feature sketches drawn by an aspiring young artist, 9-year-old Avery Palmer, of Attleboro, Massachusetts. The Goblin Pitcher tells the story of 11-year-old Jake Lupo, who loves baseball more than anything else but does not believe in his ability. Despite his father being a professional pitcher, Jake’s fear of failing has kept him from competing against other children. When his father, who has recently recovered from an injury, is invited to pitch for an independent team, the family moves to Pine Barrows, a far-flung forested mountain outpost.

Jake is excited about his father’s chance at a comeback, but he soon learns that he’s not the only one in Pine Barrows who loves baseball. Goblins love to play baseball too, and Pine Barrows happens to be chock full of them. Then Jake discovers that the region is occupied by two factions of warring goblins. Seeking to take control of the goblin kingdom, the leader of the evil goblins kidnaps Jake’s mother and bans baseball, a game which itself is a natural source of power for the goblins. It turns out that Jake has a secret kinship with the legendary beings, and he is the only one who can save them, their kingdom, and his mother. However, Jake must believe in himself and play a winner-take-all game against the best goblin players in Pine Barrows.

Want to win a copy of The Goblin Pitcher? You know you do! Just leave a comment below and you’re eligible. And learn more about this book by visiting https://www.thegoblinpitcher.com/

Join us on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, from 9:00am to 3:00pm at the CROWNE PLAZA in Warwick for the 9th Annual Rhode Island Authors Expo!