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A Gritty Tale of Deception Told in the Glitz of Miami – Dirty cops, money launderers, street thugs and all the other ingredients of a well-balanced society complete the circle of intrigue. Greed, betrayal, wrath, envy and a perfect ensemble of characters keep the pages turning. This year’s grittiest crime novel “The War for Miami” by Yasheve Miller is a smoking gun that won’t stop firing.
“It goes off like a rocket and when the smoke cleared, I think only like two people were still alive,” said a recent reviewer. “It was great!”
Benito Castillo is no longer peddling cocaine on the street corners or parties frequented by spring breakers thirsty to rebel against their parents. He has matured to a new world, where his enemies are more cunning than a crackhead with a knife, where his friends are more likely to be the ones to steal his money, and his lovers are out for whatever they can get. Welcome to Benito Castillo’s Miami.
As the book jacket says, “There are no family vacations in this Miami.” In this tale of intrigue and deception, there are no heroes other than those the a reader chooses to pledge his allegiance to. There are no right or wrong choices, just survival or death.
“Out of my first three books, this one is the best written. I wasn’t going for shock value like I did with the first two. I wanted to tell a story that I would enjoy,” said Miller.
The novel, “The War for Miami” is an intense thrill ride into Miami’s underworld. This story takes off from the first chapter and increases in intensity, fueled by greed, betrayal and wrath. The richness of the cleverly woven storylines keeps readers intrigued until the very end and leaves them gasping for a sequel.
“This book was like watching an ensemble cast in a movie. Great characters with interwoven storylines,” quoted a recent review.
As a writer, Yasheve Miller began his writing career for a collegiate newspaper. From there, he was hired as a writer for a fledgling magazine in Atlanta, Georgia. He quit that and his day job to pursue marketing strategies for his first book. For a few years, he wrote part-time as a freelancer for various publications. Finally, he stepped out to start his own copywriting business for a global marketplace, to produce marketing material, organize branding strategies and ghostwrite non-fiction books. His passion for telling a juicy story led him back to the fiction arena to produce The War for Miami. Other books by Yasheve include Rigid and Moist.
For more information on this and other books by Yasheve Miller, please visit http://www.yasheve.com
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
If You Had to Pull the Trigger, Who'd You Kill First?
The 2nd Best Crime Writer Alive Releases This Year's Grittiest Novel
Aug 1, 2009 – They make you hate them. They make you love them. They make you want to have the magic to be right there with them to either slap their face or kiss them passionately. Good characters keep you interested enough to read books to the end, but great characters keep you asking for more. The new novel “The War for Miami” by Yasheve Miller is full of characters you befriend, characters you despise and characters that you just have to see what they’re going to do next.
“Characters are usually the most important thing to me when I’m writing. When I was writing this book, I even said to myself that the city itself had to be a character. I’ve read so many essays about using the setting as a character that I was intrigued by the technique enough to try it,” said the author in a recent interview.
Critics are comparing this book to the likes of Mario Puzo’s “Godfather” and Graham Greene’s “Our Man in Havana.” This groundbreaking crime novel has moved from the heat of the Miami streets into the libraries and fallen right in your lap. The War for Miami is the urban drama that you have been salivating to read. The story that you will be raving about all summer. The novel that has book clubs discussing the merits of friendship, betrayal, the often misguided understanding of love and will have you saying, “I wish he would have killed that $%#^!”
“Out of my first three books, this once is the best written. I wasn’t going for shock value like I did with the first two. I wanted to tell a story that I would enjoy,” said Miller.
The novel, “The War for Miami” is an intense thrill ride into Miami’s underworld. The main characters Benito Castillo, Riley Sanders, and Keon Lindsey are intertwined by the force of Riley’s manipulation and power schemes. This story takes off from the first chapter and increases in intensity, fueled by greed, betrayal and wrath.
“I do have a strange love affair with Miami. And at times it is unhealthy. For some reason when I’m there, the crazy comes out of me. I’m always doing something that I probably shouldn’t be involved in,” said Miller. “I always say that I can’t write about my life because it would be too boring for me. I’ve already done those things, but I found myself using my experiences to write this novel. I think that’s why people are responding so well to it. The passion is there.”
As a writer, Yasheve Miller began his writing career for a collegiate newspaper. From there, he was hired as a writer for a fledgling magazine in Atlanta, Georgia. He quit that and his day job to pursue marketing strategies for his first book. For a few years, he wrote part-time as a freelancer for various publications. Finally, he stepped out to start his own copywriting business for a global marketplace, to produce marketing material, organize branding strategies and ghostwrite non-fiction books. His passion for telling a juicy story led him back to the fiction arena to produce The War for Miami. Other books by Yasheve include Rigid and Moist.
For more information on this and other books by Yasheve Miller, please visit http://www.yasheve.com
Aug 1, 2009 – They make you hate them. They make you love them. They make you want to have the magic to be right there with them to either slap their face or kiss them passionately. Good characters keep you interested enough to read books to the end, but great characters keep you asking for more. The new novel “The War for Miami” by Yasheve Miller is full of characters you befriend, characters you despise and characters that you just have to see what they’re going to do next.
“Characters are usually the most important thing to me when I’m writing. When I was writing this book, I even said to myself that the city itself had to be a character. I’ve read so many essays about using the setting as a character that I was intrigued by the technique enough to try it,” said the author in a recent interview.
Critics are comparing this book to the likes of Mario Puzo’s “Godfather” and Graham Greene’s “Our Man in Havana.” This groundbreaking crime novel has moved from the heat of the Miami streets into the libraries and fallen right in your lap. The War for Miami is the urban drama that you have been salivating to read. The story that you will be raving about all summer. The novel that has book clubs discussing the merits of friendship, betrayal, the often misguided understanding of love and will have you saying, “I wish he would have killed that $%#^!”
“Out of my first three books, this once is the best written. I wasn’t going for shock value like I did with the first two. I wanted to tell a story that I would enjoy,” said Miller.
The novel, “The War for Miami” is an intense thrill ride into Miami’s underworld. The main characters Benito Castillo, Riley Sanders, and Keon Lindsey are intertwined by the force of Riley’s manipulation and power schemes. This story takes off from the first chapter and increases in intensity, fueled by greed, betrayal and wrath.
“I do have a strange love affair with Miami. And at times it is unhealthy. For some reason when I’m there, the crazy comes out of me. I’m always doing something that I probably shouldn’t be involved in,” said Miller. “I always say that I can’t write about my life because it would be too boring for me. I’ve already done those things, but I found myself using my experiences to write this novel. I think that’s why people are responding so well to it. The passion is there.”
As a writer, Yasheve Miller began his writing career for a collegiate newspaper. From there, he was hired as a writer for a fledgling magazine in Atlanta, Georgia. He quit that and his day job to pursue marketing strategies for his first book. For a few years, he wrote part-time as a freelancer for various publications. Finally, he stepped out to start his own copywriting business for a global marketplace, to produce marketing material, organize branding strategies and ghostwrite non-fiction books. His passion for telling a juicy story led him back to the fiction arena to produce The War for Miami. Other books by Yasheve include Rigid and Moist.
For more information on this and other books by Yasheve Miller, please visit http://www.yasheve.com
Stage Names
I get worried sometimes that there's nothing to look forward to. Then, I hear that Sade has a new album coming out this year and I've heard some of the cuts from the upcoming Wolfmother album. But, that makes me wonder about the newer artists and will they be able to carry the torch. I have my doubts.
Although, I have met some talented people by cruising from Myspace page to Myspace page, it's rare that I run into anything exceptional. This year, I haven't bought only 2 albums that I found through indie artists on Myspace. For me, that's nothing. I buy new music every week. What I find is that I have to go back and buy older stuff just to fulfill my music addiction.
There may be a lack of creativity. I've gone through and looked at some of the stage names that people use. There's not a lot of creativity there. Most aspiring artists don't realize that the entertainment industry is a business as well as a creative outlet. The brand building starts with the name, followed by the artistic concept, then the performance and finally the music.
Take wrestling as an example. If you've ever watched the WWE for an extending period of time, you will notice that some wrestlers go through name changes and costume changes until they find that one concept that hits with the fans. The WWE has made it an art of building brands within brands to sell T-shirts and tickets.
Yasheve Miller is a Copywriting and Marketing Specialist whose primary focus is to build brand identity at http://www.writtentosell.net. He's also the author of the recently released novel THE WAR FOR MIAMI (more info at http://www.yasheve.com)
Although, I have met some talented people by cruising from Myspace page to Myspace page, it's rare that I run into anything exceptional. This year, I haven't bought only 2 albums that I found through indie artists on Myspace. For me, that's nothing. I buy new music every week. What I find is that I have to go back and buy older stuff just to fulfill my music addiction.
There may be a lack of creativity. I've gone through and looked at some of the stage names that people use. There's not a lot of creativity there. Most aspiring artists don't realize that the entertainment industry is a business as well as a creative outlet. The brand building starts with the name, followed by the artistic concept, then the performance and finally the music.
Take wrestling as an example. If you've ever watched the WWE for an extending period of time, you will notice that some wrestlers go through name changes and costume changes until they find that one concept that hits with the fans. The WWE has made it an art of building brands within brands to sell T-shirts and tickets.
Yasheve Miller is a Copywriting and Marketing Specialist whose primary focus is to build brand identity at http://www.writtentosell.net. He's also the author of the recently released novel THE WAR FOR MIAMI (more info at http://www.yasheve.com)
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Lessons from the Old School
One thing that just occurred to me, while working on a writing project and having a western playing in the background is that the internet is actually taking music back to an age before corporate backing ruined music. Isn't that strange. Hear me out on this before you realize that I am completely insane.
Long ago, before corporations really started throwing around their influence, in order for artists to get known, they had to play the clubs, travel the roads and perform their songs for anyone who would stop and listen. After travelling from city to city, they would build an audience. In building their audience, they would increase their income and would be able to continue doing what they do.
Thanks to the internet (and piracy) the corporate influence on what music people buy and listen to has dramatically increased. Signed artists aren't pulling in Michael Jackson 1980's numbers. They are increasingly being forced to stepped out of the music video and get their ass on the road to build a fan base.
This is the best time ever to be an independent artist. The internet allows those who can't afford to get on the road physically, blaze a trail throughout cyberspace without needing a record contract. Those who can afford to tour physically from city to city might even make more money than their signed counterparts, because they don't have the overhead that comes with paying the record company first and the artist last. Blaze your trail...
Long ago, before corporations really started throwing around their influence, in order for artists to get known, they had to play the clubs, travel the roads and perform their songs for anyone who would stop and listen. After travelling from city to city, they would build an audience. In building their audience, they would increase their income and would be able to continue doing what they do.
Thanks to the internet (and piracy) the corporate influence on what music people buy and listen to has dramatically increased. Signed artists aren't pulling in Michael Jackson 1980's numbers. They are increasingly being forced to stepped out of the music video and get their ass on the road to build a fan base.
This is the best time ever to be an independent artist. The internet allows those who can't afford to get on the road physically, blaze a trail throughout cyberspace without needing a record contract. Those who can afford to tour physically from city to city might even make more money than their signed counterparts, because they don't have the overhead that comes with paying the record company first and the artist last. Blaze your trail...
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Ruin My Whole F**King Sunday!
When I'm writing, which is a twelve to eighteen hour a day thing for me, I'm listening to music. Since my love of music is so broad, what I listen to will change from day to day. I will pretty much flip a coin to what I will listen to. Sometimes, it will be a set of podcasts, an internet radio station, or I will cruise through different sites and just let music play. It's an amazing way to discover music. That's how I discovered Wolfmother - who kicks international, rockin' howlin' ass and is one of my favorites forever and are working on their new album right this f**kin' minute...
I rarely, ever listen to traditional commercial radio. I don't have the patience to listen to the same crap over and over again. Here's my problem today. I was listening to a college radio station that I have never listened to before and they were rocking all night long. These morons don't have a "Playing Now" list so that you know the name of the artist and the song that you just heard.
What a waste of time. I don't want to hear music that I can't own in some form or fashion. It's bull. I've made it a new rule not to listen to radio or podcasts that don't tell you who the artist or name of the song is. Anything that will eliminate anxiety, stress and disappointment, I'm all for it.
I rarely, ever listen to traditional commercial radio. I don't have the patience to listen to the same crap over and over again. Here's my problem today. I was listening to a college radio station that I have never listened to before and they were rocking all night long. These morons don't have a "Playing Now" list so that you know the name of the artist and the song that you just heard.
What a waste of time. I don't want to hear music that I can't own in some form or fashion. It's bull. I've made it a new rule not to listen to radio or podcasts that don't tell you who the artist or name of the song is. Anything that will eliminate anxiety, stress and disappointment, I'm all for it.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Love's Beautiful
If you're been blinded by love, then you understand Randy's plight. If you've never been blinded by love, then you've never been alive. Wrong or right, sane or insane, you will follow Randy's journey with intensity. We can always see what's the best move for our friends to make in their love lives, but we throw out all the rules when it comes to our own. Is this really love or stupidity. You decide. Click the title or the picture to download this story and you let me know.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Unique Collaboration Opportunity
Unique Collaboration
Opportunity for
New York Based Artists
Work with Me on Short Video
Movies Based on Your Musical Style
Revenue
Share Opportunity Available As Well
As
an music artist, you have to use every avenue possible to expose your music to
potential fans. Every creative way that you can utilize opens the doors to new
opportunities and fans that you never thought you had access to.
Build Up Your Reel
of Footage to Market Your Music
My team and I will take
care of scripting and locations. All you have to do is show up, read the lines,
and bring your fire-brand of personality. My bread and butter business is a
marketing service, so I am definitely good and getting the word out and getting
more exposure.
Show
Your Talent In a Different Arena
You
and I have the same goal. To create artistic expression through our chosen
avenue. Yours is through music. Mine is through the power of word and the
visual artistry. All I’m trying to do is test a few cameras and microphones and
things like that before I start on a much larger project. Why not create
something meaningful in the process.
Indie, Low-Budget
Short Movies
Don’t get all excited
about making tons of money. That’s not what this is about. These are
low-budget productions (30 minute short films), shot on video, and edited with a
semi-pro equipment. Of course, we’re not trying to just throw something
together. You can get all the garbage you want anywhere or on YouTube. We’re
trying to have a good time with this, as well as create something that people
will start talking about. That’s what we both want. People to start talking
about your music and people to start talking about the productions.
If you want to be a part
of any of these collaborations, hit me up at
info@yasheve.com or leave me a message on
www.myspace.com/yasheve01 and I will check out your music and see if it will
inspire me to write something that can be filmed. If I’m not feeling the music,
then we wouldn’t work well together.
Ask me how we can make a
little bit of change from this collaboration. Don’t expect Hollywood movie
royalties, but we can both get something financial out of this as well.
Can’t Wait to
Collab With You
