Welcome to Larry Andrews' website.

Greetings and welcome to my blog spot.

I've written two novels since my retirement in 2008. The first is a romance, Songs of Sadness, Songs of Love. The second is an action/mysteryThe China-Africa Parallax: A Ryan and Gillian Mystery.

Among the textbooks I have written areLinguistics for L2 Teachers, Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 2001; and Language Exploration and Awareness: A Resource Book for Teachers, 3rd edition, Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 2006. This textbook was translated into Korean by Pagijong Press, Seoul, South Korea. 2010.

I am presently writing my third Ryan and Gillian novel, The Nathan Culper Brotherhood. You can follow my progress on novel #3 here at this blog site.

To order any of my titles please go either to nook.com or amazon.com (Kindle users can go to the Kindle Store.).

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Why and How I Write, Part I


An Interview With Larry Andrews,
author of Songs of Sadness, Songs of Love, and
The Russia-Africa Parallax: A Ryan and Gillian Mystery
by Nadia Janice Brown, CEO, Author & Book Promotions


  • What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote?
1. The first thing I read was the daily newspaper. It was an evening delivery so after my mother had dinner prepared, we'd sit side-by-side on the couch waiting for my father to come home; mom read the newspaper to me. Soon, we had a "you read to me I'll read to you" pattern. Reading was an activity I learned by observation, then practice.

2. Not counting school assignments (most of which was not writing, it was parroting), my first writing was as a sports reporter. I was already employed by the local newspaper to deliver the carriers' bundles to their homes. Since I was in the newspaper offices everyday, I knew when there was an opening for a part-time writer in the Sports Department. That was my beginning as a writer.

3. My first readers were my mother and a Sports Editor. Today I ask 3-4 friends to read my drafts.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Immanuel


  Immanuel

The folk invoke their god:
Immanuel, Immanuel God be with us!
Oprah, Oprah, the Barbies exult.
They wait for Judge Judy,
Then quiver in rapture
When Judge and Bird emerge.
Tyra, Tyra, the Thumbelinas praise!
On another stage Ellen conjures
The Believers' spirits,
Then they arise and rejoice.
Each time the floor director gives
The cue, the people go to a
Perfect  world, riding My
Little Pony to Eden, where
Life begins by pulling a string
Grounded in a memory chip.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

7-11-14 Monk Bryan 8-20-11


7-11-14 Monk Bryan 8-20-11

Faith can move a mountain;
That’s what I’d been told.
In my green years, I couldn’t hold
With Mark’s beliefs.
Being wise and bold
I rejected that faith myth.
It’s just a simple metaphor.

When the mountain came to
Me and shaped and took hold of
My spirit life, I changed,
Never having dreamed how
A man-mountain could foster faith
In people and move them.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Another Valentine's idea


Valentine’s Day gifts? I wish FLOTUS would ask POTUS to get this book for her. Good taste, right? Plus, she’s a trend setter. This book makes a nice gift, along with a box of candy, a bottle of chardonnay, or even some flowers. Or, you can go first-class with a dram of single malt or a cup of espresso. Available at amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. Or, order e-books direct from amazon.com and Barnes & Noble or the Kindle Store

THE CHINA-AFRICA PARALLAX: A RYAN AND GILLIAN MYSTERY (sequel of Songs of Sadness, Songs of Love), by Larry K. Andrews. (Action-Thriller. Author ˛House, ISBN 978-1-4520-1765-5)The China-Africa Parallax: A Ryan and Gillian Mystery describes how representatives of China and Africa are conspiring to steal research data from major US universities. They will kill anyone who gets in their way in order to achieve their ultimate goal: China’s economic and military domination of the world. This is a fast-moving mystery with an emphasis on today’s geo-political issues and economics. Ryan Graves and his wife, Gillian Davies, characters introduced in Songs of Sadness, Songs of Love, assume perilous, key roles central to the FBI strategy to thwart the devastating conspiracy.
Available at amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. Or, order e-books direct from amazon.com and Barnes & Noble or the Kindle Store.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

FOR VALENTINE'S DAY


Valentine’s Day gifts? I wish FLOTUS would ask POTUS to get this book for her. Good taste, right? Plus, she’s a trend setter. This book makes a nice gift, along with a box of candy, a bottle of chardonnay, or even some flowers. Or, you can go first-class with a dram of single malt or a cup of espresso. Available at amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. Or, order e-books direct from amazon.com and Barnes & Noble or the Kindle Store.

 SONGS OF SADNESS, SONGS OF LOVE, by Larry K. Andrews. (Mystery-Romance. Author House, ISBN 978-1-4567-1595-3) This is the story of Ryan Graves, a young boy growing up. With the usual fears of adolescence, and a physical disability that causes him even greater agony and heightened fears and of being rejected by his peers. The reader watches this young man as he goes through middle school, high school, and the university with new emotional challenges at each level. This is a study about how people respond to challenging experiences in their lives; some people are overwhelmed and defeated by their challenges while others accept and accommodate them, moving onwards to successful adulthood.