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Janis F. Kearney |
Wow! How quickly time passes. It was July 2007, when I last spoke to you via this newsletter. At that time I was busy packing my bags to leave beautiful Chicago for beautiful Arkansas—to settle temporarily in the northeastern city of Jonesboro during my one year Humanities Scholar’s teaching assignment.
What a wonderful experience! My classes at Arkansas State University (ASU) included: "Inside the White House," "The Clinton Presidency," "Memoir Writing," and "Storytelling," "News Writing" and "Arkansas Stories." While I sincerely hope the students gained something from my year on the ASU campus, I can say without reservation that I learned a great deal from them, and the experience. The university administration, teachers, and students at ASU were amazing individuals who made my year pass a lot faster than I wanted it to. Once more, I learned just how much we gain by sharing.
This year has already been full of blessings: the amazing teaching experience; my son, D.K., graduating from Law School; my family
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| Great-grand dad with author's grandtwins Sana'a and Darryl |
As of June 2008, Writing Our World Press officially relocated to Arkansas. We are now a genuine southern press, though we remain committed to publishing stories that are global in reach. While the teaching bug has been awakened inside of me I am very excited that my life, once again, revolves around creating stories and publishing books. And, speaking of books...our most exciting news is the November 2008 debut of two books!
In my first novel, Once Upon a Time There was a Girl: A Murder at Mobile Bay, I have immersed my foot into the waters of fiction writing, and am determined not to turn back. I’m so determined, in fact, that this first novel, written under my pseudonym J.F. Kearney, is only the first in a series of crime, mystery, and suspense stories, under the signature, the Cajun Lawman Books, all set in America’s south, and gulf coast areas. I hope many of you will purchase the novel, but more importantly, I want you to read it, and then share your thoughts and comments. Who knows? Some of your suggestions might turn up in the second volume in the Cajun Lawman Book series. Email your thoughts and suggestions to janis@writingourworldpress.com.
In Something to Write Home About: Memories from a Presidential Diarist, I am again exploring and mining my own life experiences. Sharing my personal stories with readers always leaves me more introspective, and somewhat nostalgic for my past. Something to Write Home About doesn’t merely pick up where Cotton Field of Dreams ended, but includes yet more memories and vignettes from my early years on Varner Road (included especially for those who hadn’t read Cotton Field of Dreams). This book also answers many questions I have been asked over the last seven years about my day-to-day experiences as the Presidential diarist in the Clinton White House.
Thank you all for continuing to be Friends of Writing our World Press. We will continue to do our part to make the world smaller, one book at a time...if you will continue to read.
WOW Press Announces New Titles For 2008, Book tour to begin in November
Writing our World Press is proud and excited to announce the upcoming titles for release in 2008:
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Publisher: WOW Press Publish Date: Nov. 2008 ISBN: 9780976205852 Price: $24.95 320 pages, Hardback Available for pre-order! |
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Something to Write Home About: Memories from a Presidential Diarist. Janis F. Kearney, author of Cotton Field of Dreams is completing a sequel to her memoir that begins in 1987, with her role as publisher of Daisy and L.C. Bates‘ newspaper. The book also includes her years as presidential diarist, and is interspersed with more memories about her life as a member of the Kearney family -- cotton sharecroppers in the Arkansas delta.
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Publisher: WOW Press Publish Date: Nov. 2008 ISBN: 9780976205869 Price: $22.95 266 pages, Hardback Available for pre-order! |
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Excerpt: Once Upon a Time There Was a Girl: A Murder at Mobile Bay. Janis F. Kearney debuts her first fiction; a murder mystery based on an actual southern race murder. In this riveting story, Kearney paints a portrait of a small Alabama town, the ‘good” people who believed race was no longer a problem, and the innocent victim whose death proved them wrong.
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Janis F. Kearney's Book Tour begins November, 2008 all requests for appearances, or book events should be forwarded to janis@writingourworldpress.com.
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