Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Prodigious Savant and Deviant Acts by JJ White have been acquired by Black Opal Books!
Prodigious Savant and Deviant Acts by JJ White have been acquired by Black
Opal Books!
Prodigious Savant (Estimated release date Fall 2014)
There are fewer than one hundred reported
cases of prodigious savants in the world. Those few who possess the savant
syndrome all have an island of brilliance that allows them to excel in some
remarkable talent. Unfortunately, they all share various developmental
disabilities; some bizarre, others violent.
In 1962 Vermont, seventeen-year-old Gavin
Weaver survives a horrendous explosion, six hours of brain surgery, and thirty
days in a coma, to awaken possessing not just one savant talent, but several:
art, music, mathematics, and memory, and all without suffering any of the usual
mental disabilities associated with head trauma…except one issue he keeps
hidden from all.
His newly acquired abilities thrust him into
the public eye as the amazing ‘Whiz Kid’ from Burlington; a moniker he detests.
His genius, paranoia, and increased hallucinations result in some strange and
extraordinary encounters with the icons of the ‘60s, including Bobby Fischer,
Nikita Khrushchev, Edward R. Murrow, John Chancellor and even a tragic meeting
with John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He also catches the eye of a neurologist who is
unique in his own right, and is most interested in the young man’s brain — for
many reasons.
Gavin’s odds are slim that he will survive not
only his external trials but also his inner conflicts; keeping him from the one
thing he desires most, the girl he’s loved since childhood.
Deviant Acts (Estimated release date 2015)
Jackson is living his nightmares even when his
eyes are open. Addicted to heroin since Vietnam, it is the only thing that tends
to keep the horror at bay. Besides killing him slowly, it has cost him his job.
Living with his mother, in the same home he grew up in, he is now stealing from
her and his neighbors for a fix, his girlfriend since grade school has dumped
him and the only means of transportation is a beat-up bike. Is there a word for
lower than low?
Then his rich aunt from Vermont calls
requiring his “services”. Cheryl, his so-called cousin, has been kidnapped and
is being held for ransom. Auntie wants her back no matter what it costs, and
she wants them all dead. Can Jackson kill again? Can he stay straight long
enough to get her back? Nothing is what it seems.
White 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” is scheduled to be 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.
Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com
Published by Black Opal Books www.blackopalbooks.com
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Florida Romance Writers March Meeting
DATE: Saturday, March 8, 2014
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel
1825 Griffin Road
Dania, 33004
1825 Griffin Road
Dania, 33004
COST: $22 per person/member, $25 non-member; includes buffet breakfast
DIRECTIONS: I-95 to Griffin Road exit (Exit 26). Go east on Griffin and make a right at the first light into the Sheraton parking area.
PARKING: Self-parking
is free of charge. Take a ticket when you enter and when you leave be
sure to tell the parking attendant you were attending the FRW event.
PROGRAM: You Own Your Writing Career
Best
selling author, Sophia Knightly, will talk about self-publishing,
promotion, and treating your writing like a business. She took the reins
of her career and found tremendous success. In her inspiring lecture,
she shares how you too can hop into the driver's seat, take control, and
attain your publishing dreams.
BIO:
USA Today bestselling
author, Sophia Knightly, loves to cook up hot romance and delicious
humor in her feel-good stories. Whether it’s romantic suspense, romantic
comedy or chick lit, her books are fun and sexy contemporary romances
that feature hot alpha heroes and strong, smart women. A two-time Maggie
award finalist and a P&E Readers’ Poll finalist, she is
traditionally published by St. Martin’s Press, Kensington, and Samhain
Publishing. Her popular Tropical Heat Series books, Wild for You and
Sold on You, have consistently been on multiple Amazon best selling
lists and sold over 100,000 copies.
So You Want to Write a Book?
"So You Want to Write A Book?"
Half-Day Seminar
For New/Aspiring Authors
For beginning authors
interested in writing and publishing fiction, non-fiction and memoirs
When: Saturday, March 22, 9 a.m. – 12 Noon
Where: Comfort Inn, Palm Bay, Fl, I-95 and
Exit 173
Cost: $30 per person
This three-hour
seminar and workshop will provide new authors with basic rules and information
on how to start and complete writing a book, plus follow-up. Topics to be covered, but not limited to:
Rules for structuring
and writing fiction and non-fiction
Memoirs
Plot, setting and
character development
Acquiring an agent
Getting published
Marketing books
For registration
form, visit web site, link to Seminar Registration: http://www.marshallfrank.com/seminar.html
This will be Marshall Frank's tenth seminar. Evaluations from past students have been
outstanding. Two
of his students wrote their first book within a year, both
with first-rate
standard publishers, one is now a best seller. (Very proud)
My Author is My Hero Day
Date: Sunday, March 16TH
Time: 3 PM
Location: Center for Spiritual Living
Donation: only $5.00 at the door
Address: 2 South West 12th Avenue, Boca Raton
Directions: Take 1-95 exit 44 East on Palmetto Park Road. Turn right on SW 12th Ave. The Church will be right in front of you.
Event: My Author is My Hero Day
These local authors truly do care and have something unique to share. In fact, 50% of their sales on this day are donated to the Boca Raton Walk on Water Fund. (WWW.AWALKONWATER)
Movie Screening: (at no extra charge)"TEMPLE GRANDIN", starring Golden Globe winner Claire Danes. A feel-good story of a young woman's perseverance while struggling with the isolating challenges of autism.
Authors:
Dr. Barbara Lunde (Minister, Center for Spiritual Living), teaches, "Spiritual Economics". The center offers "A Hero's Journey"... the journey that awaits each of us. Readers expand their minds, open their hearts, and find the courage to continue their own life journey and envision the world as they choose to create it.
Carol White (Boca Branch, National League of American Pen
Women, Letters Chairwoman, IWWG, Florida Writers Association, Booklovers Bench,
IPPY Bronze 2013 - Romantic Fiction 1st Place - Chatterton Play Lab 2013), award-winning
playwright, novelist, columnist, poet. South Florida Theatre League. Her latest book, a collection of stories is entitled, Sitting
Pretty.
Jeffrey Warren
Hyman, CPA, lunar behavior expert. Appeared
on 'Sightings', the Learning Channel. He shares his expertise about
the influence of the moon on human behavior. His first book (30 years in
the making) is called, Let The Moon Out Of The Closet.
Sheila Blanchette Through the challenging times we live in, job changes
and losses, divorce, aging parents and children who leave home, her latest book
is, Take Me Home.
Barrie Brett Produces the 'Speaker Series' at Congregation B'nai
Israel, Boca Raton. Emmy Award-winning television producer/writer. She has an
ongoing fascination with the ability of moments to transform lives. Her first
book is called, Moments of Being: Finding Your One Moment in Time.
Fred Lichtenberg a native New Yorker, transplanted to Jupiter, is a
mystery writer. His novels include Double Trouble, 666 Kendall
Drive, Hunter's World, and Deadly Heat at the Cottages.
Gladys McLeod VOX Storytelling Slam Winner; Storytellers Guild of Palm
Beach Cty. Presenter of monthly workshop, "I'll Tell You Mine If
You Tell Me Yours" at the Hagen Ranch branch of The Palm Beach County
Library. Gladys’ workshop originated at Kripalu Health and Yoga
Center, the largest holistic health and yoga center on the Eastern seaboard,
Lenox, Ma.
Dayle Herstik (NLAPW). Book Talk
presenter at The Parkland Library. In her first book, When We Were
Perfect, she brought snapshots of daily life through her poetry. In Life
Happens, she explores the short story to show situations of love, anger,
fear, frustration, sadness and joy.
Brenda Serotte an adjunct at Nova Southeastern University, has
completed her memoir, The Fortune Teller's Kiss. As a James A.
Michener Fellow, in 1995, she joined the MFA program in poetry at the
University of Miami.
Information: Call Barbara: 561-483-2054
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