Ch Construction Tales: Volume I: A Woman's Journey to Become an Electrician Written on Thursday, September 3, 2015 Let's Talk Writing Episode 100- Coming to Comcast Channel 8 and YouTube Soon! This book takes you on what it was like to become an apprentice electrician in New York over 22 years ago.  My work perspective and experiences are rather unique.  The story is meant to illustrate my apprentice completion while highlighting the challenges I had to overcome.  The stories are extremely funny since the guys and gals I work with come from all walks of life and are free to do what they want!  Here is the link to the Let's Talk Writing Episode 100 program: https://youtu.be/DU9B9k5jyUA   Cheers! Leslie M. Jasper

Construction Tales: Volume I: A Woman's Journey to Become an Electrician Written on Saturday, December 5, 2015 Book Review From A Fellow Female Working Within The Construction Industry Hello everyone, I want to share with you a book review I received today. Linda has been in the construction industry for many years. I met her at the Independent Book Expo back in October of 2015. She picked up my book and loves it. We have developed a bond and keep in touch quite regularly. I appreciate her feedback. I will meet up with her the next time she is in town. She is working on a project in Washington DC at the moment. Thanks for reading and have a great day!  Cheers!  Leslie M Jasper  Linda Wright's book review:  This book is awesome...Leslie did a ver...

Construction Tales: Volume I: A Woman's Journey to Become an Electrician Told on Thursday, January 28, 2016 A Short Story From A Local #3 IBEW Sister From The 1980's Hello everyone! I am sharing a short story from a fellow Local #3 IBEW sister! A story from me........In 1982, while I was an apprentice in LU #3, NYC electrical union, we were outside Grand Central Station eating lunch. A few of the guys were giving compliments to some of the women walking by. Nothing nasty, but hey, you are very pretty....things like that. So I told the guys that when I saw a man I thought worthy of my attention, I would say something. 10 minutes later I finally saw a man and I said, hey, I think you are nice looking and would love to talk to you. Well, this man turned around, walked ov...

Construction Tales: Volume I: A Woman's Journey to Become an Electrician Found on Saturday, January 30, 2016 Construction Tales- Available at the Katonah Library in Westchester County, New York Hello everyone! I am sharing that my book is available in the Katonah library in Westchester County, New York. It was a pleasant surprise. Here is a screenshot of the listing on the library website.  I am going to offer the teen version of my book to a few independent book fairs this year. The book is entitled, Construction Tales: A Young Person's Guide to Accomplish Anything in Life http://www.amazon.com/Construction-Tales-Persons-Accomplish-Anything/dp/1497593115/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1454165496&sr=8-1&keywords=construction+Tales+a+young+person+guide+to+Accomplis...

Construction Tales: Volume I: A Woman's Journey to Become an Electrician Wordawrence Wray Interview Questions- My Answers For The Interview Coming In The Future! Hello everyone!  Here are some of the questions I have filled out for an interview with author, Lawrence Wray.  Here is the format. I am keeping it that way so fellow authors can copy and paste it for their use. It may not stay that way as I see it when posted. You can cut and paste and work on your own interview. There are alot of questions to fill out so pace yourself and take your time! I hope to help some fellow authors out getting the exposure they need for their book. Good luck! I all!  I’ve decided to throw my hat in the ring and do some author interviews on my blog. I’m aiming at one...