Welcome!
Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.
Philip Jose Farmer
Women enjoy getting together at parties to buy jewelry, handbags, and make up. I would like to add books to that list.
As I wrote this book, I imagined both the characters and readers as if they were sitting with me having a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. Now, I’m hoping to make the conversation real.
If you are in a book club and would like to choose Standing on the Corner of Lost and Found as a selection or if you have a group of friends who like to talk about books, writing, and the kinds of issues explored in the story, let’s have a book party! Contact me atjan@jantramontano.com. An e-book version is also available through Amazon
The following link will bring you to my interview on Schenectady Today Show: http://blip.tv/greggmillett/jan-marin-tramontano-on-schenectady-today-5759630
2011 SCHEDULE:
September 10 2:00 Book Release Party Albany, NY
September 13,15 Aids Council Book Sale
September 17 2:00 Living Walls Reading
NYS Museum
October 15 2:00 Hudson Valley Writer’s Guild Community of Writers Reading
Albany Public Library
October 16 3:00 Book Party Chatham, NY
November 3 6:00 Book Party Latham, NY
November 5 3:00 Reading Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza
November 10 7:00 Book Party, Niskayuna, NY
November 11 tba Reading Women’s Building, Albany, NY
November 17 6:30 Reading East Line Books, Clifton Park
November 20 2:00 Book Party, Alexandria, Va
November 22 tba Schenectady Today Show Cable TV
November 26 2:00 Albany Institute of History and Art
December 4 1:00 Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy,NY
December 7 7:30 Poetry Reading, Cafe Lena, Saratoga, NY
2012
February 29 5:30 Book Party, Naples FL
April 2 Noon Book Party, FL
April 12 7:30 Book Party, Broomall, PA
April 21 WordFest, The Linda, Albany, NY
April 28 tba Poetry Reading, Saratoga NY
May 3 tba Book Party, Lexington, MA
May 16 tba Finishing Line Press Poetry Reading
Arboretum, Delmar, NY 
June 2 1-3 Publishing Workshop, East Greenbush Library, NY
June 10 tba Finishing Line Press Reading, Roe Jan Library, Hillsdale, NY
June13 7:00 Guest speaker, Albany Public Library Annual Meeting 
June 27 7:00 Book Party, Duanesburg, NY
September 11 7:00 Book Club, Glenmont, NY
September 20 7:30 American Italian Heritage Museum and
September 21 6:30 Paternal Nocturne reading, Roe Jan Library, Hillsdale, NY
September 27 2:00 Book Club, Delmar, NY
November 11 4:00 Book Party, Lexington, MA
2013
January 6 9:45 Book Club, Naples, FL
May 21 10:00 Book Club, Poestenkill, NY
Stimulating book group discussion complete with Grandma’s kugel and honey cake courtesy of the very generous and gracious hostess Terri Kirsch (below). Thank you all for your careful read of the book and interesting perspectives.
May 30 7:00 Book Club, Temple Beth Emeth, Albany, NY
October 16 7:00 Book Club, Glenmont, NY
October 19 1:00-4:00 Guilderland Public Library Local Author Book Fair
November 24 2:00-4:00 Hudson Valley Writers Guild, Community of Writers Schenectady Public Library
2014
January 11 1:00-4:00 Naples Writers Book Signing
Spanky’s Speakeasy Naples, FL
February 8 7:00-11:00 Naples Writers Book Sale
St. Paul’s Church, Davis Avenue, Naples, FL
March 8 12:00-4:00 Marco Island Writers Guild Author Fest
Lutheran Church, N. Collier Blvd. Marco Island, FL
March 22 10:00-12:00 Gulf Coast Writers Guild Awards Ceremony
Lutheran Church, Ft. Myers, FL
Matruschka Dolls poem contest award winner
April 10 2:00-4:00 Literary Tea and Reading
hosted by Jean-Marie Baldwin in Naples, FL
May 21 4:30-5:30 Book Group Discussion hosted by Susan Becker Naples FL
June 22 3:00 Sunday Four POETRY Reading Old Songs Community Center
Voorheesville, NY
2017
January 5 10:30-12:30 New Book Club: Naples Women who Love To Read Discussion hosted by Janet Weingarten
Very lively book club discussion Many thanks to the book club members who read the book so closely and had so many interesting things to say about the characters, the times, and of course their own experiences. Channeled the Grandma as much as possible with a very close facsimile of her noodle kugel courtesy of Linda O’Neil’s fabulous recipe!
January 20 2:00-4:00 Book Talk on Writing a Novel. Reading excerpts from the novel in progress. Hosted by Carol Fahl at Riviera Gulf Club
Standing On The Corner Of Lost And Found. . . .hm.m.m.m Sounds like a place that most of has been, huh? Great blog and keep it going! Hope you’re having a successful book signing tour!
Yes, the title seems to resonate with everyone! Thanks for your comment. I’m sorry it has taken me so long to respond. I’ve been remiss in checking comments. This whole blog/ social media thing is brand new to me.