{"id":7700,"date":"2015-09-24T09:40:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T08:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/?p=7700"},"modified":"2015-09-23T22:36:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T21:36:49","slug":"vin-diesel-cant-compare-to-thelonious-t-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/vin-diesel-cant-compare-to-thelonious-t-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Vin Diesel Can’t Compare to Thelonious T. Bear!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Proud authors Mitzi Szereto and Teddy Tedaloo with their new book Rotten Peaches (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We keep hearing all this talk about entertainment “franchises” these days. Seems like every time you turn around\u00a0Vin Diesel<\/a>\u00a0is on the telly, telling\u00a0reporters about his “Fast and Furious” film franchise. Well, I’m here to tell you that when it comes to entertainment franchises, baby, you ain’t seen\u00a0nothin’ yet!<\/p>\n

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Proud author Teddy Tedaloo with Rotten Peaches (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For those of you in the know (and you wouldn’t be reading this blog if you weren’t), my celebrity sidekick bear and handsome co-author Teddy Tedaloo<\/a> and I are here\u00a0to announce the publication of the\u00a0latest installment in OUR franchise: namely The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now we’re not talking motion pictures\u00a0(at least not yet, though lucrative film and TV offers are welcome!). But we are<\/em> talking novels – in this case the second book in our\u00a0quirky and satiric cosy mystery\/crime series – Rotten Peaches (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles)<\/a>. <\/em>And\u00a0like that other franchise starring that baritone-voiced bald geezer with a fondness for\u00a0speeding\u00a0cars, our book also comes with some high-octane chase scenes!<\/p>\n

If you’ve read the first novel Normal for Norfolk (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles)<\/a><\/em>, you’ll already be familiar with Thelonious T. Bear, our hapless protagonist from ol’ Blighty. Thelonious is a photojournalist by trade. He also happens to be a small bear. He drives a specially modified Mini Cooper with a Union Jack on the roof, wears a deerstalker hat, loves jazz music and drinks real ale. He even uses cologne (he’s quite\u00a0meticulous about his personal\u00a0hygiene).<\/p>\n

In this latest installment in the series, Thelonious’s\u00a0assignment takes him and his camera to the rural American South – or more specifically, Georgia, a state famous\u00a0for its red clay and Southern hospitality as well as\u00a0guns, Jesus, dodgy\u00a0traffic tickets, Confederate flags, pickup trucks and, of course, peaches<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Our ursine “hero” has a knack for running\u00a0into trouble wherever he goes. This time that trouble arrives courtesy of\u00a0a gang of bank-robbing little people wearing animal-mask disguises and armed\u00a0with Tommy Guns. Everyone wants\u00a0to catch these Dillinger-wannabes, especially\u00a0a rural sheriff from the sticks and an eager young small-town newspaper reporter.\u00a0An adventure chock-full of grits and culture shock, Rotten Peaches (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles)<\/a><\/em>\u00a0has enough local\u00a0flavour to make that\u00a0fried chicken\u00a0go down\u00a0real good, providing you chase it with a great big glass of sweet tea! Crooked cops, fire-and-brimstone preachers, psychotic farmers, stalkers in\u00a0pickup trucks and reality TV shows, it’s all happening right here. Rotten Peaches\u00a0<\/em>will have you hankering for a fried pie in no time.<\/p>\n

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Vin Diesel concedes that The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles franchise is definitely faster and furiouser!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Working with Teddy<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>has been great so far. At least we haven’t had any artistic flare-ups yet. We’ve\u00a0been soaking up plenty of\u00a0local colour while on location writing this novel\u00a0(just as we did for Normal for Norfolk)<\/em>, but that’s all part of the fun. We want our readers to feel as if they’ve actually\u00a0been to\u00a0these places and met the characters just as we ourselves have. You might\u00a0even\u00a0call us the “method actors” of literature – we definitely aren’t shy when it comes to\u00a0immersing ourselves in our art. Just take a look at some of these “on location<\/a><\/span>” photos if you don’t believe me.<\/p>\n

So keep an eye out. You never know\u00a0where we might turn up next! As for\u00a0Mr. Vin\u00a0Diesel, big-shot Hollywood movie star, y’all better watch out, because if things go according to plan, Thelonious T. Bear will\u00a0be coming to your neighbourhood cinema soon!<\/p>\n

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Visit the\u00a0Rotten Peaches (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles) <\/em>website:<\/strong><\/p>\n

mitziszereto.com\/rottenpeaches<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Check us out on\u00a0Facebook:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

facebook.com\/rottenpeaches<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Why, lookee here! Even that\u00a0good ol’ boy Elton John is singing\u00a0about our book!<\/p>\n