JJ White, author of Nisei, on the Ken Weene radio show, Walking on the Weene Side

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihssU_DP0Fg

Not only do we get great insight to the writing of the historical fiction, Nisei, which depicts the multifaceted issues surrounding Japanese/American internments and how they fought for all our freedoms during WWII, but also the discrimination of bi-racial relationships and the stigmata of being a child of growing up post war. Weene gives us intermittent treats, one being a sneak peek into Allegiance – A New Broadway Musical – Allegiance Allegiance is a musical with music and lyrics by Jay Kuo and a book by Marc Acito, Kuo, and Lorenzo Thione. The story, set during the Japanese American internment of World War II (with a framing story set in the present day), was inspired by the personal experiences of George Takei (best known as Sulu on Star Trek), who stars in the musical.

Much of what happens in Nisei and in the musical is factual; events we are not taught in school we should all be aware of and never let happen again. White did comprehensive research into every nuance of the story, even right down to the slang the Hawaiian/Japanese use. This is a must read. Nisei is published by Black Opal Books and is available at: Amazon  Amazon AU  Amazon DE  Amazon UK  Amazon FR  Amazon CA  Amazon IT  Amazon IN  Amazon ES  Amazon JP   Waterstones Marketplace  IndieBound  Hudson Books  BAM  FishPond  Smashwords  Book Depository  Powell’s  B&N  Waterstones  GoodReads  HPB  Wheelers  KOBO  Scribd

JJ White  Facebook Author Page  LinkedIn  Twitter  Goodreads  White Media  JJ White Writing Awards White is the author of Prodigious Savant (2015), Deviant Acts (2015), and Nisei (2016); all published by Black Opal Books. He has written over two hundred short stories, had articles and stories published in several anthologies and magazines including, Wordsmith, The Homestead Review, The Seven Hills Review and The Grey Sparrow Journal. “The Nine Hole League” was published in the Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Volume 14. He has won awards and honors from the Alabama Writers Conclave, Writers-Editors International, Maryland Writers Association, The Royal Palm Literary Awards, Professional Writers of Prescott, and Writer’s Digest. He was recently nominated for the Pushcart Prize for his short piece in The Grey Sparrow Journal.

White’s short story, “In Nobody We Trust,” won the St. Martin’s Press “Who Can You Trust” contest. Published with four other winners in the St. Martin’s Press, A DIVIDED SPY by Charles Cumming. White is represented by Loiacono Literary Agency

Amanda Matti on The CW San Diego’s Morning Extra show!

Amanda Matti discusses her Iraq War memoir, A Foreign Affair, Voicing the Eagle, Fahdi’s (her husband) story of being an interpreter for the American ground forces in Iraq, and the nonprofit organization No One Left Behind www.nooneleft.org . www.thecwsandiego.com/story/36065997/non-profit-fights-to-give-combat-interpreters-refuge-in-us

Nerdy Talk Book Blog by Eunice Moral

https://nerdytalksbookblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/cover-reveal-and-book-release-the-shores-of-our-souls-by-kathryn-brown-ramsperger/

booklife

https://booklife.com/project/the-shores-of-our-souls-24555

World Religion News

http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/the-shores-of-our-souls

Rochelle Wisoff-Fields customized, personalized original works! Send photo, mailing address, and $100 via PayPal and receive a 11 x 14 sepia or color-pencil rendering! Portraits by Commission

Rochelle Wisoff-Fields self-portrait

Robert and Jeanie Loiacono – wedding photo

Keith Giammanco and Caroline (MCGinness) Giammanco – merged photos

Shayndal

Gravel

Dr. Rosenthal

Abromovich children

Group shots will vary in price due to the amount of people in photo.

Valerica Dietrich

Ulrich Dietrich

Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the artist for all her works – Please Say Kaddish For Me, From Silt and Ashes, and As One Must, One Can. She is currently compiling art for the coffee table companion book, A Stone for the Journey. She is the next female Norman Rockwell!!

Rochelle’s Art    Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Art and Blogs  Fields Events  Fields Media  Facebook Author Page  Return Again 1930

Purim Spiel

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Below is the tentative Dragon Con program schedule for John L. Flynn, author of Everything I Know About Life I Learned from James Bond and Future Prime: Top Ten Science Fiction Films (Library Tales Publishing/co-authored with Bob Blackwood).

Convention Dates are Fri. (9/1/17), Sat. (9/2/17), Sun. (9/3/17), and Mon. (9/4/17)

John L. Flynn

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Title: “The Women of James Bond”
Description: Thumper from James Bond’s Diamonds are Forever joins us to look at the the role of women in the Bond films. From damsels and femme fatales to empowered partners with James, women often drove the plot of the films. How much have Bond girls influenced the new crop of female action characters?
Time: Fri 05:30 pm Location: Hanover C-E – Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
Moderator / MC for panel
(Tentative Panelists: John L. Flynn)

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Title: “The Most Important Science Fiction Films of All Time”
Description: We’ll dig deeper than Star Wars and 2001 to find the most important sci-fi movies — the ones that changed the genre. We’ll be looking at the history of SF film and come up with some films you may have missed and need to see.
Time: Fri 08:30 pm Location: The Learning Center – Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: John L. Flynn, Shannon Strucci)

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Title: “The History of Bond, James Bond”
Description: Let’s explore the history of Her Majesty’s Secret Servant with our panelists, including noted Bond historians Matt Sherman and John L. Flynn, and eternal Bond girl Trina Parks! Additionally, we will be remembering the great work of Sir Roger Moore.
Time: Sun 02:30 pm Location: Galleria 5 – Hilton (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: John L. Flynn, Anthony Taylor)

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Title: “Influence of The Walking Dead on the Current Zombie Genre”
Description: Zombie have been on the rise. Some say it started with The Walking Dead, though that is up for debate. Regardless, what is certain is the impact it has had on the current state of the zombie genre. Experts discuss the effects of that impact, and whether or not it\’s for the better of the genre.
Time: Mon 11:30 am Location: Chastain F-H – Westin (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: John L. Flynn, Rob Levy)

In 1977, he received the M. Carolyn Parker award for outstanding journalism for his freelance work on several Florida daily newspapers. He sold his first book, Future Threads, in 1985, and has subsequently had twelve other books published, including Cinematic Vampires: The Living Dead on Film, The Films of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dissecting Aliens, Visions in Light and Shadow, War of the Worlds: From Wells to Spielberg, 75 Years of Universal Monsters, 50 Years of Hammer Horror, 101 Superheroes of the Silver Screen, 2001: Beyond the Infinite, The Jovian Dilemma, Phantoms of the Opera: Behind the Mask, and Everything I Know About Life I Learned from James Bond and Future Prime: Top Ten Science Fiction Films (published by Library Tales Publishing and co-authored with Bob Blackwood). There are planned sequels for both. He has also written the Introduction to Signet’s new edition of Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera, and the Afterword to Signet’s new printing of The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells.

From 2002 to 2004, Dr. Flynn was nominated for three Hugo Awards for his science fiction writing. John also received an honorable mention for his unproduced screenplay for The Jovian Dilemma in the 2003 Screenplay Festival writing competition.

His first novel, Intimate Bondage was published by BelleBooks. The other three in the series, Architects of Armageddon, Murder on Air Force One (2017), Terror at G-20 (2017), and Merchants of Death (contract pending) are published by Argus Publishing.

Flynn is currently writing the biography of Angelique Pettyjohn, a dear friend during the last ten years of her life, who died in 1992. She was an actress, Las Vegas showgirl, and Star Trek siren.

Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency

Johnnie Bernhard, author of A Good Girl, events through the end of the year!

August 9, 2017 Book Signing, Reading, Gulf Coast Writers Association, Biloxi, MS www.gc.org TBA

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August 12, 2017 @ 7-9pm Book Signing, Reading, Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS www.walterandersonmuseum.org

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August 18/19, 2017 MS Book Festival, Featured Author/Panelist, Jackson TBA

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August 31, 2017 @ 5-7:30 pm Southern Bound Books, 280 Eisenhower Drive, Biloxi, MS, Reading

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September 9, 2017 @ 2pm Literary Council of Jackson County 1713 Kenneth Ave, Pascagoula, MS

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September 23     Barnes & Noble    Eastern Shore, Alabama 2 – 4 p.m.

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October 1, 2017 Book Signing, Reading, Lane Library, Butler County, Ohio TBA www.lanepl.org

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October 6, 2017 @ 6-8 pm Paige & Palette Book Store, Fairhope, Alabama http://www.pageandpalette.com/

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October 13-14, 2017 Bayou Writers Conference, Lake Charles, Louisiana  October 13-14    Louisiana Book Festival    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, featured panelist (do not know name of the panel at this time) www.bayouwritersgroup.com

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November 4 – 5   Peter Anderson Festival, Ocean Springs, MS, Poppy’s on Washington Avenue, book signing

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November 13    Live radio interview with KSHU-Houston, Texas, 9 a.m.

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November 18    River Oaks Book Store, Houston, Texas, 3 – 5 p.m.

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December 6-8, 2017 Words & Music Literary Feast, New Orleans, LA www.wordsandmusic.org Bernhard is part of a panel discussion with Texas Review Press, as well as teaching a panel on developmental editing.

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December 10    Barnes & Noble, New Orleans, noon – 2 p.m.

Rochelle Wisoff-Fields and Diane Yates – Fayette Festival of the Arts

Saturday August 5th from 9a-4p Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, author of Please Say Kaddish For Me, From Silt and Ashes, and As One Must, One Can, and Diane Yates, author of Pathways of the Heart and All That Matters, will be signing books and selling art at the Fayette Festival of the Artswww.fayettefestival.org/ All art is by Rochell Wisoff-Fields.

THE FINAL INSPECTION

The Soldier stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.
‘Step forward now, Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?’

The soldier squared his shoulders and said,
‘no, Lord, I guess I ain’t.
Because those of us who carry guns,
Can’t always be a saint.
I’ve had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough.
And sometimes I’ve been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny,
That wasn’t mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime,
When the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God, forgive me,
I’ve wept unmanly tears.

I know I don’t deserve a place,
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fears
If you’ve a place for me here, Lord,
It needn’t be so grand.

I never expected or had too much,
But if you don’t, I’ll understand.
There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod.

As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
‘Step forward now, you Soldier,
You’ve borne your burdens well.

Walk peacefully on Heaven’s streets,
You’ve done your time in Hell.’
~Author Unknown~

It’s the Soldier, not the reporter

Who has given us the freedom of the press.

It’s the Soldier, not the poet,

Who has given us the freedom of speech.

It’s the Soldier, not the politicians that ensures

Our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

It’s the Soldier who salutes the flag, 
Who serves beneath the flag,

And whose coffin is draped by the flag.