|
GOOD FEATURE IN KC STAR
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:12:00 PM
by Larry Rochelle
| Reviews |
| Rochelle’s poetry ranges from the one about the Vietnam vet dude who spat on Jane Fonda last year to his Moody Blue, “a book of poetry about Elvis visiting Kansas,” Rochelle says. |
HEARNE CHRISTOPHER JR. | THE STAR JUNE 18, 2006
Know this about mild-mannered Johnson County Community College English prof Larry Rochelle — he’s no Walter Mitty.
Then again, since he has authored more than a half dozen suspense and sex-drenched Palmer Morel mystery books, one might wonder.
“Palmer Morel discovers Kansas City transvestites and mobsters can be fun in Blue Ice,” Rochelle writes of his hero in a teaser for a 2005, 342-page thrill ride. “Just make sure to give them their candy at Thanksgiving.”
With 15 books total, including a handful of poetry offerings, Rochelle is nothing if not prolific. Two of the books, plus the poetry books, are self-published. All are available at Amazon and at most area booksellers.
“I’ve got another book called Home Schooled coming out in the fall,” he says. “Home Schooled, doesn’t that sound like Kansas? It’s a book of poetry.”
Get the picture?
A juco dude since 1978, Rochelle loves to infuse his art with the Cowtown. His books and poems are peppered with local landmarks such as the Plaza and Grand Emporium.
Eternal activist Clay Chastain gets a cameo in 2002’s Death and Devotion.
“That’s the book that has light rail and Union Station,” Rochelle says. “In that book his name is Sandy Banteen, and you’ll be happy to know we do get light rail. Similar things happen to Sandy as Clay; (he) goes through a lot of suffering in that book but it works out OK, and he doesn’t move to Tennessee like Clay Chastain did.”
UMKC and Brody Buster flit through 2004’s Cracked Crystals.
“Palmer hangs out at the old Grand Emporium,” Rochelle says. “Palmer doesn’t go to the new Grand Emporium. Of course I had to get Brody’s permission to put him into the book. Actually, he was too young, so I had to get his mother’s permission. She said, as long as he doesn’t do anything illegal or immoral he could be in the book.”
Rochelle’s poetry ranges from the one about the Vietnam vet dude who spat on Jane Fonda last year to his Moody Blue, “a book of poetry about Elvis visiting Kansas,” Rochelle says. “He visits the Outhouse in Lawrence.”
You mean the BYOB, total nudity strip club?
“Oh, it is?” Rochelle recoils. “Nope, that’s not the one I had in mind — Elvis didn’t go there. He went to the old Outhouse to listen to some music, and he did some singing there.”
Rochelle has yet to strike pay dirt with total book sales of “less than 10,000,” he says. “They say if you’re an author of one book and you sell 10,000 you’re doing good. So I’m not quitting my day job — well, I guess I am. I’m retiring Aug. 1.”
|
|
|
| More News
about Larry Rochelle |
OCCUPY FEARRINGTON, Friday, June 29, 2pm - 6/27/2012 10:14:00 PM
Larry Rochelle to Read at McIntyre's Jan. 15 at 2 pm - 11/7/2009 4:13:00 PM
Murder on 15/501 Now On Sale on LULU.Com - 6/4/2009 11:56:00 AM
CRAZY LIL' MEDIA Reading at McIntyre's April 24 at 2 pm - 4/18/2009 7:37:00 AM
BURNT COFFEE Wins 2009 EPPIE for Poetry - 3/8/2009 12:01:00 AM
CRAZY LIL' MEDIA Published - 12/13/2008 3:04:00 PM
BURNT COFFEE A 2009 EPPIE FINALIST - 12/1/2008 7:03:00 PM
BURNT COFFEE Review - 6/17/2008 6:31:00 PM
BURNT COFFEE Just Published - 12/25/2007 10:34:00 AM
HOME SCHOOLED Wins 2007 Kansas Nelson Poetry Award - 10/30/2007 11:38:00 PM
TEN MILE CREEK REVIEW: IT'S A WILD RIDE - 7/3/2007 2:38:00 PM
HOME SCHOOLED: "Mastery" - 6/18/2007 4:05:00 PM
ARROW Reviewed: "A Look at Escapism" - 6/9/2007 4:36:00 PM
Cracked Crystals Review: "Fun to Read" - 4/27/2007 3:34:00 PM
MOODY BLUE: "A Brew of Elvis" - 4/11/2007 7:32:00 PM
The Mephisto Diary: The Old South's Blood Runs Deep - 4/3/2007 5:37:00 PM
FIVE STAR REVIEW FOR KC BLUES - 3/2/2007 11:33:00 AM
HOME SCHOOLED Nominated for William Rockhill Nelson Award - 2/11/2007 2:57:00 PM
HOME SCHOOLED Nominated for THORPE MENN AWARD - 2/11/2007 2:49:00 PM
GHOSTLY EMBERS: Tapestry of Words - 1/31/2007 12:42:00 AM
BLUE ICE: Filled with Mayhem - 1/31/2007 12:34:00 AM
Gulf Ghost Gets Five Star Review - 1/4/2007 10:42:00 AM
SPOOKY--Rochelle's Predictions Come True - 11/9/2006 6:37:00 PM
PROF RAP Review Misses the Humor - 11/8/2006 4:31:00 PM
TraceTracks Brings "Shock and Astonishment" - 11/4/2006 5:22:00 PM
ROCHELLE ON TV, DISCUSSES HOME SCHOOLED - 10/28/2006 3:44:00 PM
POEM PUBLISHED IN LAWRENCE PAPER - 10/22/2006 5:45:00 PM
FICTIONWISE NOW CARRIES ALL ROCHELLE BOOKS - 10/16/2006 5:57:00 PM
DANCE WITH THE PONY " GREAT MYSTERY" - 10/10/2006 9:14:00 PM
KC STAR GIVES"DEATH" A GREAT REVIEW - 10/9/2006 7:22:00 AM
HOME SCHOOLED ON RADIO NOV. 7 - 10/4/2006 10:51:00 AM
MEPHISTO DIARY Called "Very Entertaining" - 9/22/2006 3:45:00 PM
DEATH AND DEVOTION Is "Emotional" - 9/22/2006 3:32:00 PM
BLUE ICE: INTRIGUE AND ICE STORMS - 9/7/2006 3:14:00 AM
Ghostly Embers" GETS GOOD REVIEW - 9/4/2006 9:06:00 AM
SEXY BOURBON AND BLISS GRABS EXTASY POINTS - 7/14/2006 5:50:00 PM
MEPHISTO DIARY Review - 4/10/2006 10:06:00 AM
MOODY BLUE: Rochelle's Latest Book - 4/5/2006 10:18:00 AM
MOODY BLUE: A Kansas Fantasy - 3/26/2006 10:51:00 AM
GHOSTLY WINS EPPIE - 3/20/2006 7:34:00 AM
GULF GHOST #25 ON FICTIONWISE - 3/10/2006 7:39:00 PM
GHOSTLY EMBERS NOW ON FICTIONWISE - 3/6/2006 6:19:00 PM
GULF GHOST AVAILABLE ON FICTIONWISE - 2/27/2006 8:56:00 AM
GHOSTLY EMBERS Gets Good Review - 2/19/2006 4:11:00 PM
Rochelle on TV - 2/2/2006 6:42:00 AM
Rochelle on Radio - 2/1/2006 5:26:00 AM
BLUE ICE "Captures Kansas City." - 1/23/2006 2:07:00 PM
LAWRENCE JWORLD Publishes "The Tormented Elf" - 12/18/2005 7:12:00 AM
GHOSTLY EMBERS AN EPPIE FINALIST - 12/13/2005 8:59:00 AM
BLUE ICE Now Published Nov. 9, 2005 - 11/9/2005 5:33:00 PM
BLUE ICE Published Soon - 10/16/2005 5:35:00 AM
GULF GHOST Published by BOOKSURGE.COM - 9/23/2005 7:19:00 PM
GULF GHOST Hurricane Mystery - 9/9/2005 5:51:00 AM
DEATH AND DEVOTION GETS GREAT REVIEW - 8/18/2005 7:16:00 AM
DANCE WITH THE PONY IS CITED - 8/17/2005 3:48:00 AM
BOURBON AND BLISS IS GREAT! - 8/16/2005 5:38:00 PM
KC STAR Features Rochelle July 30 - 7/30/2005 5:55:00 PM
GULF GHOST Coming Soon - 7/26/2005 3:50:00 PM
DA BLUES is published by Booksurge, July 1, 2005 - 7/2/2005 1:02:00 AM
DA BLUES--Coming Soon in June - 6/2/2005 9:48:00 AM
Toledo Blade Features Rochelle May 25, 2005 - 5/25/2005 8:13:00 AM
Rochelle Wins Short Story Contest - 5/21/2005 12:43:00 PM
NEW BOOK PUBLISHED TODAY! - 3/7/2005 9:13:00 AM
Lawrence Journal-World Publishes "Grid" Feb. 27 - 2/27/2005 3:12:00 PM
Toledo Poems Ready in April - 2/20/2005 5:43:00 PM
Rochelle To Speak to Kiwanis Club Feb. 24 - 2/17/2005 11:59:00 AM
You Know Danger" Published by Lawrence Journal-World - 1/24/2005 2:52:00 PM
Rochelle Featured in OLATHE NEWS - 1/19/2005 12:59:00 AM
Journal-World Publishes "Fast Flakes" - 12/19/2004 11:54:00 AM
CRACKED CRYSTALS: Free Shipping till Christmas - 12/19/2004 7:03:00 AM
Rochelle Is 2005 Eppie Finalist - 12/7/2004 3:19:00 AM
Cincinnati Honors Rochelle Nov. 14 - 11/3/2004 3:22:00 PM
Larry Rochelle's "Pistol Whipped" Published Oct. 28 - 10/28/2004 5:12:00 PM
Kansas Poetry Book of the Year - 10/27/2004 2:33:00 PM
Rochelle's action/thriller, CRACKED CRYSTALS, up for EPPIE Award in 2004. - 10/6/2004 3:28:00 PM
Rochelle's Poetry Books Up for Eppies 2004 - 10/6/2004 3:24:00 PM
Rochelle's "Coffee House" To Be Published by THE KANSAS CITY STAR, Nov. 7th - 10/5/2004 2:46:00 PM
Rochelle's "Terror" Published by the LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD - 10/3/2004 7:10:00 AM
Pistol Whipped" Due in October - 10/3/2004 6:55:00 AM
Rochelle Reads Peace Poem Sept. 1 - 8/31/2004 1:54:00 PM
The Mephisto Diary - 8/29/2004 5:50:00 PM
Bourbon and Bliss" Review - 8/29/2004 5:45:00 PM
Jazz Pianist" Published in JAM, August 4, 2004 - 8/4/2004 11:30:00 PM
Cracked Crystals Published, July 23, 2004 - 7/23/2004 5:08:00 PM
Siren Sorcery: Magic in the Night Published July 12, 2004 - 6/17/2004 11:31:00 AM
Dust Devils Published March 12 - 3/12/2004 3:14:00 AM
|
|
|
Bookmarks
Share
Save