NEW NOVEL IS NOW AVAILABLE

MY ROCK AND ROLL GIRL IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE AT PINKFLAMINGOPRESS.MYSHOPIFY.COM. ALSO AVAILABLE AT FINE BOOKSTORES LIKE VISIBLE VOICE ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE AND MAC’S BACK ON COVENTRY.

EBOOKS

MY ROCK AND ROLL GIRL IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALMOST ANY EREADER FROM ALMOST ALL STORES ON THE INTERNET, INCLUDING AMAZON, BN, AND APPLEBOOKS. 

AUDIOBOOKS

THE AUDIOBOOK VERSION OF MY ROCK AND ROLL GIRL WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. THE APPROXIMATE RELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER 1.

A NIGHT OF BOOKS AND MUSIC is postponed!

OUR THURSDAY, JULY 30, AT VISIBLE VOICE BOOKS IN CLEVELAND, WITH  CATS ON HOLIDAY, IS POSTPONED. WE AREN’T FINISHED YET WITH THE AUDIOBOOK OF MY ROCK AND ROLL GIRL. STAY TUNE FOR A NEW DATE SOMETIME THIS FALL.

My Rock and Roll Girl by Greg Cielec PICKED AS ONE OF THE BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CLEVELAND MAGAZINE…from the blurb by writer Annie Nickoloff
“A snapshot of rock and roll in 1970s Cleveland, a crew of music lovers romp through local venues like the Coliseum and Blossom Music Center, while crushes and love start to bloom, in a romantic book by the author of My Cleveland Story.”

BIO OF GREG CIELEC

My name is Greg Cielec and I am a Cleveland based free lance writer and micro publisher. I am the author of the novels MY CLEVELAND STORY, A POEM ON A BARROOM WALL and the novella HOME AND AWAY GAMES. Over the years I have been a monthly columnist for the Orange and Brown Review, a Cleveland Browns fan magazine; spent time as a music journalist, reviewing CDs and covering shows for several publications and websites including www.coolcleveland.com, Jazz and Blues Report, The Nooz, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer;  and have written for a variety of other publications and websites. I have also been involved in the publishing of  dozens books, as an editor, proofreader, or ghost writer.

As a music writer I wrote the liner notes for the Colin Dussault Blues Project CD “Live at the Main Street Cafe”; wrote a biography of Blues Diva Kristine Jackson for her website; and edited the liner notes for the CD release of the four McGuffey Lanes albums that were originally released on Atlantic Records in the 1980s. I have also written play reviews for productions at the Cleveland Playhouse and the Great Lakes Theater Festival.

MY CLEVELAND STORY (1998), my first novel, sold close to four thousand copies in hardback, and got great reviews (The Plain Dealer’s Michael Heaton called me “Cleveland’s Mark Twain”). It has since sold 500 copies in paperback. HOME AND AWAY GAMES, a novella, came out to equally good reviews in 2007. A POEM ON A BAR ROOM WALL came out in 2015 and was picked as one of the fifty best books of the year by the Akron Beacon Journal.

Until recently I was the Academic Advisor for Athletes, an Assistant Football Coach, and an English Professor at St. Thomas University in Miami Lakes, Florida. I have taught and coached at a variety of high schools and colleges over the years.

I am a graduate of Padua Franciscan High School, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Cleveland State University. Over the years I have participated in four National Endowment for the Humanities seminars and workshops, studying the literature and history of the Great Plains at North Dakota State University; the life of Henry Ford and the Rogue Auto Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, at Henry Ford Community College; the design and history of the art deco hotels of Miami Beach, Florida, at the Wolfsonian Museum and Florida International University; and southern culture, the history of the blues and civil rights at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi.

I am very proud of the fact former students of mine have nominated me for Who’s Who in American Teachers four times since 1991. I have also made Who’s Who in America in every year from  2006 to 2021.

Along with my old friend Dave Hostetler, I have a micro publishing house called PINK FLAMINGO PRESS AND CREATIVE ENDEAVORS. Not only do we publish our own works, but quality efforts by others. If you got a project you have been thinking about doing and you need some help getting it off the ground, why don’t you contact Dave or I to get it going. We are always looking for new projects.

 Together or separately, we have helped with a cookbook; a book of poetry written by homeless men; several first novels; several memoirs; made menus and newsletters for a variety of establishments; and a variety of other projects. One thing most of our clients have in common is not having an internet store to sell their products. To alleviate this Dave and I have just started our own online store at www.pinkflamingopress.myshopify.com.  Check it out when you have a chance. It’s still a work in progress and features not only our publishing projects but also music CDs from some popular regional musicians. If you think you have something to sell that fits the spirit of our online store contact Dave or I and we will see what we can d