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- Hometown:
- Panorama City, CA
- About Me and My Book:
- I grew up in the South, studied English literature at Middle Georgia College and drama at the Pasadena Playhouse.
I did a hitch in the Navy and spent a season with the Hurricane Hunters working on a hurricane warning system and chasing hurricanes all over the Caribbean, the South Atlantic and the Bermuda Triangle.
Following the Navy I went to New York, did plays Off Broadway, TV, summer stock and toured with Bert Lahr in Harvey, June Lockhart in Forty Carats and Vera Miles in The Country Girl.
I did a TV Series for PBS called "Georgia's Heritage" where I worked as writer and host/narrator.
I am the author of "Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone" also "The Hurricane Hunters and Lost in The Bermuda Triangle."
My next book "The Goring Collection" (a search for lost art stolen by the Nazi's during World War II) will be released in early December 2007.
- Website:
- http://www.tombarnes39.com
Tom Barnes's Blog
The Battle of Manassas -- Heroes and Legends
For this historical event we are preempting and delaying Prologue Part 6 for one week.
Tuesday July 16, 1861
Courier delivers secret note from Washington to Confederate General Beauregard in Northern Virginia. ‘Order issued McDowell to march on Manassas tonight.’
Showdown: Beauregard immediately notifies Rebel commanders to send, without delay, divisions to be positioned along the Bull Run.
‘The Goring Collection’
Followed by FBI agents, Sam Brannan… Continue
Posted on July 22, 2009 at 2:06pm —
We Hold These Truths to be Self Evident
Prologue Part 5
On his return trip to San Francisco Jacob had time to think and reflect on his experiences of the past three days. What was truly amazing to him was how he had fit right in with the Bromfield family and their friends. Then as he looked out at the California countryside he was reminded of Tony Rockwell’s remark about his political leanings. ‘…Are you truly as far left as you profess to be?’ Jacob was aware that his zest for the Communist Party was no… Continue
Posted on July 15, 2009 at 7:29pm —
Old South, Champagne for Jacob and Flaubert
Griffin Slave Sale and Magnolias.
Griffin, Georgia Doc Holliday’s birthplace is right smack in the middle of the Old South. And while the city has grown and taken on a more modern look, some of the buildings from the 1800’s are still standing beside the modern, and from time to time you might get a touch of nostalgia when you smell the magnolias.
Among the buildings built in the 1800’s is the Byington Hotel, located at Broadway and Hill; another is a two-stor… Continue
Posted on July 8, 2009 at 2:36pm —
Turn Left on Fremont and walk to the OK Corral
North on Fourth and left on Fremont
I paused at the corner of Fourth and Allen and took out my 1881 street map to refresh my memory just to get a better idea of how it looked then. Some of the prominent landmarks I’d read about were still there some were not.
Walking north toward Fremont Street Hafford’s Corner Saloon was first on my right with the Brown Hotel, Gun Shop and News Stand farther along.
On the left was an Assayer’s office, Zeckendorf Building, a v… Continue
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 1:55pm —
A Tourist in Tombstone -- Jacob and the KGB
On the Ground in Tombstone
I was excited to actually see the town of Tombstone as I drove past the city limits sign. I found the motel I had booked, checked in and unloaded my bags. I doubt that I spent ten minutes in the room. I walked out to those dusty streets of Tombstone just to get a sense of place. The first day I didn’t carry a notebook or recorder, didn’t want to inhibit the atmosphere. All I wanted to do was walk, look and listen to the sights and sou… Continue
Posted on June 24, 2009 at 3:59pm —
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Scribblers’ Retreat Writers’ Conference 2009
Literacy is our purpose.
Fulfilling dreams is our goal.
www.scribblersretreatwritersconference.com
@ Sea Palms Resort, St. Simons Island, Georgia
February 12-15, 2009 – Elizabeth Blahnik, Ernest Gilbert, Pam Mueller, Kathy Kerr, Maggie Toussaint, Dr. Jim Outlaw, Lee Carter, Millie Wilcox, Monica Simmons, Roger Pinckney
May 14-17, 2009 –Dickie Anderson (F), Ed Ginn, Ervin Williams, Holly McClure, Cappy Rearick, Harlan Hambright, Constance Daley, Bud Hearn, William Rawlings
August 13-16, 2009 – “SciFi, Fantasy, Mystery, Inspirational”
November 12-15, 2009 – “Novels, Short Stories, etc”
Scribblers’ Retreat is a non-profit organization established with the goal of reaching writers of all ages; to inspire and promote their hidden gifts and talents.
By involving the local community, authors, publishers, editors, journalists and all forms of the literary world, we are opening their minds and bringing hope where there was doubt.
Scribblers’ Retreat is not the typical classroom setting. It was designed to bring world-class authors, literature professors, editors, journalists, illustrators, photo journalists, proofreaders, publishers, publicists, screenplay writers, and website/graphic designers, etc. one-on-one with young and old alike. It is the opportunity of a lifetime for someone who has had a manuscript in a desk drawer for 40 years or who has an outstanding poem that simply must be read.
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Where “can’t” is not in our vocabulary.
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Thanks for the comment. I'll add you to the list. I'll let you when I feature you. It will probably be in three weeks. Thanks for you willingness to be featured. I hope you have a great weekend.
Also, check out my latest cover for the JGDS (Junior Geography Detective Squad) children's mystery state book series:
Isn't my job cool?
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www.WillowRavenIllustration.com
IM: willowraven.illustration
Would y ou be interested in being on my show? If so, please contact me at rita@ritaschiano.com
Thanks!
Rita
Just popping in to say “Hi” and see what you have been up to lately!
Best,
Susan
Visit the storefront where I sell my books:
http://www.lulu.com/susancookjahme
Africa’s Amazing ABC (children’s)
http://www.lulu.com/content/973718
African Dust on the Soles Of my Feet (poetry)
http://www.lulu.com/content/973617
Looking forward to knowing you better!
Best,
Susan
However the publisher took out so much of the story and changed names and it's my life and I wanted everything in there It's all true and I don't care if they try to sue me for telling the truth. I can prove what I say is true.
They railroaded my son to death row and I have a letter from the minister in Nashville where he says he knows my son is innocent because Chief told him so.
But he said it was priviledged information and he won't tell it to the public....he let my son die by medical neglect after twenty two years inside for a crime he never committed and one he knew he was innocent.
To me that's protecting the guilty. Although he is on the row, my son would have been alive today had he been out on the streets with me and gotten medical care. That's why I rewrote it this year and brought it up date and put it all in there.
I mean what can they do to me. I live on SS and what I make with the books so there isn't anything they can do. I don't care. I just want to prove my son's innocence before I die. I spent the past thirty years trying to do so, living in a state I hate to do so and to be with him, but now he's gone as is my youngest son who also spoke out with me, so there isn't anything left they can do to hurt me.
I just hope I can do so before time catches up with me.....good to get to know you. Shirley
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