Scott Baker Sweeney's Blog
January 25, 2017
I WAS NEVER AFRAID
I Was Never Afraid
A sneak preview of my new book 'I Was Never Afraid'.
~Reading I WAS NEVER AFRAID is like watching a film from the Golden Age of Hollywood unfold with every page you turn. Hollywood needs to stop making remakes and pick up I WAS NEVER AFRAID by Scott Baker Sweeney and make this into a brand new feature film.
Jack Marino
Independent Film Maker/Radio Host, LA TALK RADIO
~As an actress, I lover a story that jumps off of a page onto a movie screen in my mind! Scott should be winning Oscars for this! BRAVO!
God Bless You,
Juli Tapken
Award Winning Lead Actress
~Rating: 5 stars
An extremely realist dialogue and excellent characterizations keep readers involved every step of the way. The action keeps them rapidly following along, unwilling to stop reading. Excellent supporting characterizations maintain interest, with a touch of the mystical adding yet another dimension throughout.
Angie Mangino
Journalist/Book Reviewer
~Scott Baker Sweeney’s new novel, I Was Never Afraid, hooks you on the very first page and doesn’t let you go. ‘I Was never Afraid’ is fast paced novel has it all - believable characters, excitement, exotic locations, danger and love. Once you pick it up, it will be hard to put down. 5 star rating!
Marsha Shilts
Writer/Editor, Prestwick Style
A sneak preview of my new book 'I Was Never Afraid'.
~Reading I WAS NEVER AFRAID is like watching a film from the Golden Age of Hollywood unfold with every page you turn. Hollywood needs to stop making remakes and pick up I WAS NEVER AFRAID by Scott Baker Sweeney and make this into a brand new feature film.
Jack Marino
Independent Film Maker/Radio Host, LA TALK RADIO
~As an actress, I lover a story that jumps off of a page onto a movie screen in my mind! Scott should be winning Oscars for this! BRAVO!
God Bless You,
Juli Tapken
Award Winning Lead Actress
~Rating: 5 stars
An extremely realist dialogue and excellent characterizations keep readers involved every step of the way. The action keeps them rapidly following along, unwilling to stop reading. Excellent supporting characterizations maintain interest, with a touch of the mystical adding yet another dimension throughout.
Angie Mangino
Journalist/Book Reviewer
~Scott Baker Sweeney’s new novel, I Was Never Afraid, hooks you on the very first page and doesn’t let you go. ‘I Was never Afraid’ is fast paced novel has it all - believable characters, excitement, exotic locations, danger and love. Once you pick it up, it will be hard to put down. 5 star rating!
Marsha Shilts
Writer/Editor, Prestwick Style
February 21, 2014
READ, DON'T WATCH
No movie has ever been able to completely capture the imagination of one’s mind like a great novel can.
April 11, 2013
November 9, 2012
Review, Harald Standard
Cheat River Three - A novel that remembers what's gone from our lives By Dave Zuchowski For Weekend magazine heraldstandard.com | 0 comments
Posted on May 18, 2012
by Jim Pletcher
All his life, Scott Baker Sweeney said he heard stories of his father’s wild and woolly life growing up in Point Marion and beyond. A football hero recruited by Bear Bryant for his Texas A&M team and later the NFL’s first pulling guard for the Los Angeles Rams, Eugene Baker, Sweeney’s father, never wanted his son’s literary inclinations to lead to a biography of his exploits. Rather, father and son agreed to a novel that would chronicle “a true life adventure immersed in circumstantial fiction.”
“Cheat River Three,” Sweeney’s 336-page novel, starts off in 1946 and is set in Point Marion, where the Cheat River empties into the Monongahela. A tale of three friends with strong interpersonal bonds that remain even after they leave town to pursue their dreams, the book references many of the places in the river town during a 10-15 year period.
Besides the main character, Sweeney draws portraits of one of his father’s boyhood friends as well as a female character named Katrina Garretson. The trio bonds early, keeps in contact even after their lives take separate courses, and ends up in Point Marion for the book’s surprising climactic finish.
“The female character is entirely fictional and takes over the book, I believe, with exploits that rival those of my father,” Sweeney said.
“My novel is an emotional roller coaster ride, one that has you laughing one minute, then has your eyes welling up with tears the next,” he said.
.© 2012 heraldstandard.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Posted on May 18, 2012
by Jim Pletcher
All his life, Scott Baker Sweeney said he heard stories of his father’s wild and woolly life growing up in Point Marion and beyond. A football hero recruited by Bear Bryant for his Texas A&M team and later the NFL’s first pulling guard for the Los Angeles Rams, Eugene Baker, Sweeney’s father, never wanted his son’s literary inclinations to lead to a biography of his exploits. Rather, father and son agreed to a novel that would chronicle “a true life adventure immersed in circumstantial fiction.”
“Cheat River Three,” Sweeney’s 336-page novel, starts off in 1946 and is set in Point Marion, where the Cheat River empties into the Monongahela. A tale of three friends with strong interpersonal bonds that remain even after they leave town to pursue their dreams, the book references many of the places in the river town during a 10-15 year period.
Besides the main character, Sweeney draws portraits of one of his father’s boyhood friends as well as a female character named Katrina Garretson. The trio bonds early, keeps in contact even after their lives take separate courses, and ends up in Point Marion for the book’s surprising climactic finish.
“The female character is entirely fictional and takes over the book, I believe, with exploits that rival those of my father,” Sweeney said.
“My novel is an emotional roller coaster ride, one that has you laughing one minute, then has your eyes welling up with tears the next,” he said.
.© 2012 heraldstandard.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
October 30, 2012
I love reviews from book loving fans
5.0 out of 5 stars Cheat River Three, August 14, 2012
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This review is from: Cheat River Three (Hardcover)
I just finished reading Cheat River Three--Very quickly, I might add, as it was impossible to lay the book down. Scott Sweeney has composed an incredibly riveting story that was expertly crafted and told in such a manner as to captivate the reader's attention throughout the progression of his protagonist's coming-of-age saga. At the risk of hyperbole, this story easily surpasses those in the last two books I've read by Joseph Conrad and Willa Cather; it's that good! Buy it and enjoy!
By Joe Pearl - See all my reviewsAmazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Cheat River Three (Hardcover)
I just finished reading Cheat River Three--Very quickly, I might add, as it was impossible to lay the book down. Scott Sweeney has composed an incredibly riveting story that was expertly crafted and told in such a manner as to captivate the reader's attention throughout the progression of his protagonist's coming-of-age saga. At the risk of hyperbole, this story easily surpasses those in the last two books I've read by Joseph Conrad and Willa Cather; it's that good! Buy it and enjoy!
