(Wanda Fischer photo) Spending Two Weeks in Southwestern Virginia Was Always a Challenge My father was from the south, my mother from the north. For fifty weeks out of the year, we lived on the South Shore of Boston. Neither of my parents graduated from high school,...
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In the Booth
Remembering the Day I was the Public Address Announcer for the Red Sox Wanda in the booth at Fenway Park on August 5, 2012, announcing a game between the Red Sox and Minnesota Twins. Doesn't seem possible that it was twelve years ago today when I took the elevator to...
Happy Anniversary, Ma and Dad
Seventy-seven years ago, today, the woman who would become my mother, Gertrude Agnes Theresa Dwyer, and the man who would become my father, Giles Jesse Adams, boarded a Greyhound Bus in Boston, along with two of their friends, and headed to Seabrook, New Hampshire....
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Announcing a New Book
At long last, what began as a sequel to Empty Seats is now available! Called Still Doing Time, it's the story of Jimmy Bailey, who first appeared in Empty Seats, as he began his quest to make it in Major League Baseball, only to find himself in a maximum-security...
Two Hot Weeks Every July
(Wanda Fischer photo) Spending Two Weeks in Southwestern Virginia Was Always a Challenge My father was from the south, my mother from the north. For fifty weeks out of the year, we lived on the South Shore of Boston. Neither of my parents graduated from high school,...
In the Booth
Remembering the Day I was the Public Address Announcer for the Red Sox Wanda in the booth at Fenway Park on August 5, 2012, announcing a game between the Red Sox and Minnesota Twins. Doesn't seem possible that it was twelve years ago today when I took the elevator to...
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Wanda began following baseball in 1956 as an ardent fan of the Boston Red Sox. She made her first visit to Fenway Park in the early 1960s when she was fourteen years old. She parlayed her love of baseball and developed characters based on people she’d met in minor league and major league ball and sent them to play in the minors in western New York. Set in 1972, the novel examines the challenges they face—not always on the baseball diamond.
Empty Seats attracted attention from Minor League Baseball, as well as the (now defunct) nationally syndicated "Only a Game” radio show.
Following publication, Empty Seats won a number of citations, including the New Apple Award and the Independent Publishers’ Award.
Wanda’s love of baseball still lingers to this day. In 2012, she auditioned to become the public address announcer at Fenway Park. Although she didn’t get the position, she had the opportunity to announce a full game between the Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins in August 2012.
Readers can learn about Wanda’s other writing projects by clicking “Writing.”
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My Father Was a Hillbilly
My late father, Giles Adams, with his mother, Maude Adams, in 1976--the only time she ever visited my family in Massachusetts. My (late) later was a hillbilly. He would have told you so if you'd have had the opportunity to meet him. He was proud of where he came...
Dick Summer, Radio DJ Par Excellence, RIP
I wrote to Dick Summer several years ago, telling him how much his broadcasts on WBZ radio in Boston meant to me. I wasn’t in radio back then. I was in high school. He was an all-night DJ on clear channel (not the same thing as Clear Channel) WBZ. He was...
Happy Anniversary, Ma and Dad
Seventy-seven years ago, today, the woman who would become my mother, Gertrude Agnes Theresa Dwyer, and the man who would become my father, Giles Jesse Adams, boarded a Greyhound Bus in Boston, along with two of their friends, and headed to Seabrook, New Hampshire....
A Day in My Life, April 1, 2024 — No April Fool’s Joke Here
Although I'm no longer in the Rave Reviews Book Club (RRBC) 30-day blog challenge (it ended on March 30), I would like to take a moment to toast the four people who joined me in that challenge--Pat Garcia, Joy Lilley (who both live in Europe), Nonnie Jules (RRBC's...
A Day in My Life, March 30, 2024 — The Final Day of the RRBC 30-Day Blog Challenge
Today may be the last day of the Rave Reviews Book Club 30-Day Blog Challenge, but there's no way that I will stop blogging. I have had way too much fun over the last month to quit here. I've been able to swap stories with four other incredible bloggers from different...
A Day in My Life, March 29, 2024 — Vietnam Veterans Day and Other Musings
Today I've been thinking about days gone while considering the fact that today is Vietnam Veterans Day. My husband is a Vietnam Veteran, but perhaps not your "typical" one. He was a conscientious objector. His draft number in 1970 was 20, so he knew for sure he would...
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Wanda made her singing debut when she was only four years old at a family reunion in southwestern Virginia. From that day forward, she always wanted to make a recording, even if it only meant something for her family.
She made that dream come true when she gathered a number of her professional folk music friends and produced “Singing Along with the Radio.” These were people she’d always wanted to sing with, and they went into recording studios to complete the task.
When all was said and done, the CD was well received by both the public and folk DJs. It has enjoyed airplay in the United States, Canada, and Ireland.
