COMEDY OF THE ABSURD
I like to laugh, and I have always loved comedy of the absurd, exaggeration for effect and slapstick comedy. I like to watch and read stories that don’t require any deep thought and have no purpose at all other than Read More …
Author: johnjjessopauthor
PLEASURIA: Take As Directed, How Did It Come to Be?
How did PLEASURIA: Take As Directed come to be? It all started when I retired from a 39-year career working in pharmaceutical development (both the FDA and industry). Retirement gave me the time to try my hand at writing fiction. Read More …
Pleasuria: Take As Directed; Publishing, Marketing and Panicking
I spent 39 years working in the pharmaceutical industry, with the FDA, then a drug company and I finished up my career as a consultant, working with companies from all over the world. I was on top of my game. Read More …
Pleasuria: Launch Party Excitement!
The book launch party for the debut medical comedy murder mystery PLEASURIA: TAKE AS DIRECTED, published by Koehler Books took place on December 1st at Book No Further in Roanoke, and we’re happy to report a good time was had by Read More …
NORBERT THE CAT
Back in 2002, my oldest daughter, 17 at the time, brought home a little ball of fur, a long-haired kitten that she named Sugar. Sugar became an outdoor cat, and when she was a year old, I suggested that she Read More …
Pleasuria Launch Party This Weekend
So, Book No Further in Roanoke hosted me and Pleasuria at my first signing this past Saturday. It was a “dry run” for THIS Saturday’s official launch party. Ironically it was anything but dry as the heavens opened and shoppers Read More …
Studies Have Shown That Managing An Author Website Takes Years Off Of Your Life
I self-published my first two books, dark murder mysteries, on Amazon and had no idea how to market them. Then I wrote PLEASURIA: TAKE AS DIRECTED, a comedy murder mystery staged in the pharmaceutical industry, and I was Read More …
MARKETING OF A NEW BOOK AND THE LAUNCH PARTY
My first two books were dark murder mysteries (the Guardian Angel series). Then I wrote PLEASURIA: TAKE AS DIRECTED, a comedy murder mystery. I Read More …
I RAISED THREE DAUGHTERS AND SURVIVED (SORT OF)
My wife and I raised three daughters, and I’m proud to say I’m still here to tell about it. They are now 34 (adopted from El Salvador as a baby), 31 (adopted from Washington DC as a baby) and 24 Read More …
HALLOWEEN MEMORIES
HAS THERE BEEN A MURDER? My wife and I raised three beautiful daughters who have all grown up, left the nest and are now ‘adulting’, as my youngest calls being on her own. They are now 34, 31 and 24, Read More …