Russ Capasso - Author

HOST is now available as an audiobook! I'm very excited with how it came out, my friend Mark Dmitri Garkusha nailed it and gave it a life I wasn't expecting! (Thanks bud!) You can find it anywhere you get audiobooks.

HOST Audiobook Available Now! – RUSS CAPASSO It’s here! HOST is now available on all major audiobook platforms! Professionally narrated by my good friend, Mark Garkusha, and running about 8 hours, HOST comes alive in a way I didn’t imagine. I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect at first, but Mark crushed it and nailed the tone of the sto...

March Madness Updates: Audiobook is coming in April, first draft of the next book is almost done, HOST lands on the shelf at a bookstore, AND in a library in MA, so much!

March 2025: Audiobook, Zero Trust, and more… – RUSS CAPASSO March madness! And I’m not even talking about basketball. The weather is changing here in New England, sorta, right now it’s overcast, cold, and windy but we can taste Spring. It’s in the air and I can’t wait for it. But it’s not the only thing I’m excited about right now. Because…drum...

Very behind on my goal of reading a book a week but got some done in September. A mix of sci-fi and crime fiction...

Reading List: September 2023 – RUSS CAPASSO Well, this year has disappeared before my very eyes. Catching up on my reading goals as best I can, as I fell off the bandwagon for a bit while I figured out how to promote my own book. I’m back on and looking to crush the rest of the year with reading (and writing book two). Here’s what I manag...

Thinking about story settings lately, and how they play a part in any narrative. Either reinforcing the theme and/or acting as an obstacle for the hero, they should be more than just a location for a plot to roll through. For HOST Green Bank Observatory was perfect for theme and plot (also a really cool / interesting place).

Setting as Character: Green Bank Observatory – RUSS CAPASSO Photo Credit: John Stoke, 2014, Green Bank Observatory Flickr Setting in any story is, or should be, just as important as any character. It may not have motivations and goals like a character (or maybe it can?), but it can help convey themes, act as an obstacle, or represent something to a character...