Blog Spotlight: Temple Terrace Author Pens Anti-Bullying Book

Whether it's through poetry, novels, short stories, songs or television and radio scripts, Normandy Piccolo hopes to use her gift with words to change the world.

The Temple Terrace resident has penned radio scripts for the "Ciick It or Ticket" national seat belt campaign and "Operation Lifesaver," featuring country music legend Charlie Daniels.

Most recently, the former magazine model has turned her attention to the national bullying epidemic in her book, Bullycide: To Whom It Concerns, where she explores the social and psychological ramifications of bullying.

The book, available at Amazon.com, is a collection of writings and drawings expressing the painful fallout that comes from being bullied: suicide.

"Unlike other books which gingerly tackle the topic, Bullycide: To Whom It Concerns, handles the issue like an onion, peeling back each hurtful layer and through countless tears, exposes the long-term damage done to a person at the hands of a bully," said Piccolo. She also takes advantage of social media (Twitter, Facebook and Blogger) to spread her anti-bullying message.

“Kids are most often driven to committing suicide/bullycide because of pain. They don’t know what to do and their parents cannot begin to grasp the depth of distress which is driving their child down the path of committing suicide/bullycide," said Piccolo.

"The pain expressed in this book is most certainly palpable, almost too much to bear at times," said Piccolo. "Some of the feelings noted are so graphic, so detailed it’s beyond riveting. Bullycide: To Whom It Concerns literally takes you down into the depths of sorrow in order to help build you up in the hopes of choosing life and not death because of a bully."

To read Piccolo's first blog on Temple Terrace Patch, click here.

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