“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
― Mark TwainStephen Tremp
What came to the mind of Hilary Melton-Butcher of Positive Letters...Inspirational Stories when she considered the prompt of "Manhattan"?
I think of Chase Manhattan ... Stephen Tremp's hero in his trilogy ... Breakthrough .... and also the land of high-rises ...
Like Hilary this was one of the first things I thought of as well. Stephen Tremp was one of my earliest blogging friends and the first blogger whose book I read. Did I like Breakthrough? In a word--yes. You can read more at my Amazon review (if you visit please click that the review was "helpful") or read my Tossing It Out review.

Breakthrough is the first book in a trilogy that includes Opening and Escalation. This is an action packed series that has wormholes, international intrigue, and some interesting spiritual speculation. I highly recommend Tremp's trilogy. For more information visit Stephen Tremp's blog.

Breakthrough is the first book in a trilogy that includes Opening and Escalation. This is an action packed series that has wormholes, international intrigue, and some interesting spiritual speculation. I highly recommend Tremp's trilogy. For more information visit Stephen Tremp's blog.
Change the "e" for a "u" in Stephen's last name and you get Trump as in Donald Trump. Hope Stephen Tremp doesn't mind sharing blog space with Donald Trump, but when thinking of Manhattan these days it's hard not to have Donald Trump come to mind. After all, over the past year anyone who hadn't previously heard of Donald Trump has heard of him now. Donald Trump has been a huge force in shaping the direction and image of modern Manhattan as well as politics.
Like him or not, the Donald is everywhere so he might as well make an appearance in my Manhattan themed April A to Z series. Trump has his Manhattan Tower along with many other buildings throughout the city and the world. The Donald first announced his presidential bid from his golden Trump Tower setting from where many of his interviews have taken place.
Most of you have probably already heard his life story of starting out in Queens under the guidance of his father who was a real estate developer. Early on Donald had his eye set on Manhattan as his promised land. He achieved the success he sought in Manhattan and made a name maybe bigger than he ever imagined. On the other hand, the man has an ego as big as the city so maybe he did see this run for president of the United States in his mind's eye all along. Whether it's a matter of brilliant strategy, successful visualization, or whatever the case might be--Donald Trump could potentially be the next President of the United States of America and Trump Towers could be the second White House except it will be gold.
We'll have to see where this story takes us. As it is now, this presidential campaign of 2016 for both tickets has been one crazy ride that I don't think even the most imaginative writer could have come up with and if they had written this story before it actually happened everyone would have said, "Ridiculous! A story like this could never happen!"
The thing is, it has happened and seems to be getting crazier than ever. But as they say, truth is stranger than fiction. And this story doesn't even involve wormholes. Not yet at least. If wormholes do become a part of the upcoming chapters I don't guess I'll be all that surprised.
Have you read any of Stephen Tremp's Breakthrough trilogy? Have you been following the presidential campaigns very closely? Where do you see it all going? Where would you go if you could transport yourself through a wormhole?
Like him or not, the Donald is everywhere so he might as well make an appearance in my Manhattan themed April A to Z series. Trump has his Manhattan Tower along with many other buildings throughout the city and the world. The Donald first announced his presidential bid from his golden Trump Tower setting from where many of his interviews have taken place.
Most of you have probably already heard his life story of starting out in Queens under the guidance of his father who was a real estate developer. Early on Donald had his eye set on Manhattan as his promised land. He achieved the success he sought in Manhattan and made a name maybe bigger than he ever imagined. On the other hand, the man has an ego as big as the city so maybe he did see this run for president of the United States in his mind's eye all along. Whether it's a matter of brilliant strategy, successful visualization, or whatever the case might be--Donald Trump could potentially be the next President of the United States of America and Trump Towers could be the second White House except it will be gold.
We'll have to see where this story takes us. As it is now, this presidential campaign of 2016 for both tickets has been one crazy ride that I don't think even the most imaginative writer could have come up with and if they had written this story before it actually happened everyone would have said, "Ridiculous! A story like this could never happen!"
The thing is, it has happened and seems to be getting crazier than ever. But as they say, truth is stranger than fiction. And this story doesn't even involve wormholes. Not yet at least. If wormholes do become a part of the upcoming chapters I don't guess I'll be all that surprised.
| This photo depicts Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Have you read any of Stephen Tremp's Breakthrough trilogy? Have you been following the presidential campaigns very closely? Where do you see it all going? Where would you go if you could transport yourself through a wormhole?












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