For more than 36 years, I've hosted a folk music show, "The Hudson River Sampler," on WAMC-FM/Northeast Public Radio (www.wamc.org), a major National Public Radio affiliate headquartered in Albany, New York. Prior to that, I hosted a folk music show for four years at...
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It’s Official! New Apple Award Winner!
I'm pleased to announce that The New Apple Literary Awards selected the e-version of "Empty Seats" as its solo medalist winner in the Young Adult General Fiction category. I am so excited about this, especially since it's the first award I've received for my fiction...
Latest book review: Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38532119-heartland" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px">Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh My rating: 3 of 5 stars I bought this book after having heard the...
Audio Version of “Empty Seats” Available!
I am so excited to announce that an audiobook version of "Empty Seats" is available of Audible and iTunes! Here's a great deal if you're interested in getting a FREE--THAT'S RIGHT, FREE--copy. If you sign up for a 30-day free trial of Audible, you can get a free...
Charles Frazier’s “Varina”
Varina by Charles Frazier My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this book. I admit that it took me a while to finish because I had some things get in the way, but after I had heard Charles Frazier on The Book Show on WAMC, I knew I had to read it. Perhaps it's because my...
Artisan Book Review
Yet another fine review! https://artisanbookreviews.com/2018/09/17/empty-seats-by-wanda-adams-fischer/
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It’s a novel about baseball–and life.
Three strangers met by chance in 1972 with one thing in common: baseball. They want to become major league baseball players. They were star pitchers on the baseball teams in their respective home towns, and baseball is what brought them together to play for a minor-league team in a remote town in western New York.
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Did I Really Write This Book?
Almost a year ago, I was trying to find a publisher for Empty Seats. No go. I decided to self-publish, with the help of a great editor, a couple of wonderful friends and ultimately the amazing people at Monkfish/Epigraph Publishing in Rhinebeck, New York. It's been a...
Latest book review: David W. Thompson
WNYT Story
Thanks to Elaine Houston for a great story that ran on WNYT-TV, Channel 13 in Albany! You can view it here:
Serena at the US Open: Frustration Vs. Officiating
I am a tennis fan. A MAJOR tennis fan. Years ago, the City of Schenectady hosted a sanctioned tennis tournament at Central Park, during which my friends and I had the opportunity to see young tennis players on their way to the US Open. The city had corporate partners...
WNYT Story
It wasn't a dark and stormy night, but instead a hot, humid day when I met with Elaine Houston, an incredible local reporter from WNYT-TV, channel 13, which broadcasts from Albany, NY. We discussed many things, from sportswriting to civil rights, from the role of...
Living Vicariously through A Friend’s Grandson
My grandson and granddaughter played Little League baseball this year, in a short season. I had the chance to watch them play, and it was so much fun. Over the last few days, however, I've been living through the lens of my friend Lynn and her grandson Nolan, who's...
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