Kenneth Atchity's Blog, page 223
November 10, 2012
STORY MERCHANT CLIENT DIANE MARONEY’S KICKSTART FOR THE IMAGINE PROJECT
The Imagine Project: Ordinary People. Extraordinary Stories.
by
Dianne Maroney
A soulful photography/storybook about ordinary people with extraordinary life stories.
by
Dianne Maroney
A soulful photography/storybook about ordinary people with extraordinary life stories.
November 9, 2012
Laurence O' Bryan's The Instanbul Puzzle Has Been Short Listed for the Irish Crime Novel of the Year!
“What road led to choosing HarperCollins to publish your book?”
I went to a HarperCollins one day workshop on crime writing in late
2010 and met an editor there who asked to see my work. I was lucky. She liked
it.
I was planning to release The Istanbul Puzzle as
an ebook if I didn't get anywhere. It had already been professionally edited
and had won a prize at a writer's conference in California, so I knew it was
good enough to be published traditionally.
The most important thing Harper Collins gave me was a great team
of editors. Two worked on my manuscript. I improved it even further as a result
of their work. They also sold it for translation into 9 foreign languages!
I have however self published a guide to social media, Social Media is Dynamite, as
only my fiction has been traditionally published. Click on either of the links
to read more.
My road started long before that though. I started writing
almost every day in 2000, so it's been a long journey for me, but one I truly
enjoyed.
I even met Ken at a conference in San Francisco in November 2010!
Wishing you all well."
Laurence O'Bryan's Istanbul Puzzle has been short listed for the Irish crime novel of the year 2012. You can support him by Voting Here . Votes are accepted internationally. The award ceremony will be televised in Ireland on the 24th November.
Also by Laurence O' Bryan
November 8, 2012
Join Me Tomorrow November 9th at Women In Film Malibu Breakfast
WIF
Networking Events
WIF MalibuBreakfast with Dr. Ken Atchity, Ph.D.
Friday, November 9th
8:00 - 10:00 am
Malibu Chart House Restaurant
18412 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90265
Ken
Atchity is
a "story merchant," writer, producer, career coach, teacher, and
literary manager, responsible for launching hundreds of books and dozens of
films. Event details: CLICK HERE
In This Issue
WIF Fall Membership Drive
WIF Board Election 2013: Vote today!
WIF Member News
WIF Networking Events: Speaker Series, Breakfast
Series, and Master Class
WIF Group Meetings
WIF Halloween Happy Hour
WIF AFI FEST 2012 Host Film: SUN DON'T SHINE
WIFI and Awareness Film Festival Present: MARGARITA
WIF PSA Production Program Meeting
WIFI Monthly Meeting
WIFTI Summit 2012
WIF Resources Page
Member Discounts
Join WIF on the Web
Dear Candace,
This
Fall is a great time to become a WIF Member! Our Autumn Membership
Drive is now through November 15th, so spread the word! 2013 WIF
Board Election time is here, so don't forget to vote using the link
below. We've got some exciting events next month as we welcome Ken
Atchity and WIF Board Member Madelyn Hammond at our Breakfast Series and
Lindsay Doran at our evening Speaker Series. Michele Gendelman also
joins us at LA Film School as we break down the "Anatomy of a
Pitch." We're proud to present our 2012 host film at AFI and WIF
International presents at Awareness Film Festival. It's almost
Halloween, so don't forget to stop by for networking (and candy) at next
Monday's Happy Hour. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming
event!
Warm regards,
WomenIn Film
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November 7, 2012
An Advanced Review from Booklist for Story Merchant Client Larry D. Thompson's Dead Peasants
Advanced Review
Dead Peasants.
Thompson, Larry D. (Author)
Oct 2012. 304 p. St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne, hardcover,
$25.99. (9781250009494).
Jack Bryant is an
übersuccessful lawyer who decides to retire after winning a huge wrongful-death
case. Jack moves back home to Fort Worth where he can spend more time with his
college-football-playing son. But he’s really too young to be retired, so he
sets up an old RV in a bad part of town, offering free legal help to whoever
needs it, and stumbles upon one of the biggest cases in his career. June Davis,
widow, accidentally discovers that her husband’s former employer had a very
large life-insurance policy, a “dead peasant” policy, on her husband, which
made the employer the beneficiary. A string of seemingly unrelated accidental
deaths are paying off handsomely for the financially strapped business. There isn’t much to the mystery that most
readers won’t figure out in a hurry, but legal-fiction fans will still
appreciate the courtroom scenes. The pacing is fast, the characters well
developed, and the lawyer is likable. Grisham aficionados should be delighted
with Thompson.
— Stacy Alesi
November 6, 2012
Join Me at Women In Film Malibu Breakfast November 9th!
WIF
Networking Events
WIF MalibuBreakfast with Dr. Ken Atchity, Ph.D.
Friday, November 9th
8:00 - 10:00 am
Malibu Chart House Restaurant
18412 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90265
Ken
Atchity is
a "story merchant," writer, producer, career coach, teacher, and
literary manager, responsible for launching hundreds of books and dozens of
films. Event details: CLICK HERE
In This Issue
WIF Fall Membership Drive
WIF Board Election 2013: Vote today!
WIF Member News
WIF Networking Events: Speaker Series, Breakfast
Series, and Master Class
WIF Group Meetings
WIF Halloween Happy Hour
WIF AFI FEST 2012 Host Film: SUN DON'T SHINE
WIFI and Awareness Film Festival Present: MARGARITA
WIF PSA Production Program Meeting
WIFI Monthly Meeting
WIFTI Summit 2012
WIF Resources Page
Member Discounts
Join WIF on the Web
Dear Candace,
This
Fall is a great time to become a WIF Member! Our Autumn Membership
Drive is now through November 15th, so spread the word! 2013 WIF
Board Election time is here, so don't forget to vote using the link
below. We've got some exciting events next month as we welcome Ken
Atchity and WIF Board Member Madelyn Hammond at our Breakfast Series and
Lindsay Doran at our evening Speaker Series. Michele Gendelman also
joins us at LA Film School as we break down the "Anatomy of a
Pitch." We're proud to present our 2012 host film at AFI and WIF
International presents at Awareness Film Festival. It's almost
Halloween, so don't forget to stop by for networking (and candy) at next
Monday's Happy Hour. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming
event!
Warm regards,
WomenIn Film
WIF Fall Membership Drive
October
15th - November 15th
Join WIF and become a part of a dynamic organization that is dedicated to
empowering, promoting, and mentoring women in the entertainment,
communication and media industries.
Free Master Classes, WIF Goal Support Group,
Writers Groups, and Actors Groups
Free Screenings
Discounts on Networking Breakfasts and Speaker
Series
WIF discounts on community film expos and forums
Join our PSA Production Program and WIF
International Committee
List your name and job skills in WIF's Membership
Directory and Career Lounge
For more details and
an application, visit wif.org/join!
Rediscovering Camelot: As Kennedy Anniversary Approaches, Art Expert Reveals New Theory
Written by Ginny Grimsley
Planning already is underway to mark the 50th anniversaryof the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 2013. Commemorative events in Dallas and in churches across the country are being organized. TV host Bill O’Reilly is set to release a new book, “Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot,” this fall, and a feature movie, “The Kennedy Detail,” is planned for release next fall.
“As people ponder the legacy of President Kennedy and his ‘Camelot,’ it’s a good time to revisit the original Camelot of King Arthur legend, and I have compelling new evidence about where it may have been located,” says art expert Terry Stanfill, author of Realms of Gold: Ritual to Romance (realmsofgoldthenovel.blogspot.com), a novel of ancient history and modern romance that posits her new theory about Camelot.
“The Arthurian legend is so ancient, and yet it has been one of the most enduring interests in Western civilization,” she says. “It’s exciting to think that after all of these centuries, we have a strong case for a real Camelot.”
Educated in Medieval history, Stanfill has traveled extensively through Asia and Europe, particularly France and Italy, and researched the art and artifacts. She offers this primer on King Arthur, including her own surprising theory about the true location of the original Camelot:
• The legend
Arthur as king was first mentioned in “The History of the Kings of Britain” by Geoffrey of Monmouth, 1100-1155. A generation later, Chrétien de Troyes, a French bard and poet, began to weave stories about King Arthur's court, introducing the characters Lancelot, Guinevere and Perceval. He was the first to mention Camelot, King Arthur’s home, describing it as "a place by a river, surrounded by forests and plains beyond."
• The reality
Toward the end of the Roman Empire, circa 450 AD, Arthur Riothamus, King of the Britons, was hired by the Romans to fight off invading Goths and Visigoths. There is documentation from multiple sources that Arthur spent a lot of time in Burgundy, France. He died after a battle near Bourges and was taken by his men to Avallon in France, a town that had existed for centuries. This is fact, not fiction.
• Avalon
While many people believe the mystical Avalon of Arthurian legend was in England, perhaps near Glastonbury, there is no record of a place called Avalon in that country.The Avallon region of France, however, has long existed. It was and still is known for its fruit trees and vines, much like the lush island of legend.
• Camelot
While many presume Camelot was in England, the extraordinary discovery in 2007 of the remains of an ancient community on Mont Lassois in France makes Stanfill wonder if this was actually the true Camelot. The community is near Avallon, and among the buildings unearthed there appear to be the remnants of a palace, including a great hall, where there is evidence of feasting.
“When Chrétien de Troyes wrote of Camelot, this place may have been held in the memory of the locals as a place where peace, prosperity and the good life held a long reign,” Stanfill says. “His vision was a nostalgic tribute to a distant, golden age of tranquility that was on this hilltop.”
Stage director Manfred Flynn Kuhnert, an Arthurian legend aficionado and teaching fellow at Harvard College, says Stanfill offers the most compelling evidence he’s heard for the historical existence of Camelot and its location in France.
“The citadel of Latisco on Mont Lassois -- a site of palatial buildings unprecedented in the Celtic world – is not far from Avallon,” Kuhnert says. “Arthur Riothamus’ time in Burgundy is documented, and we know that the first person to write about Arthur was the bard Chrétien, who lived in the area.
“This place is exactly as he described it: ‘on a hill, a place by a river, surrounded by forests, with plains beyond.’ Terry Stanfill may well have it right.”
About Terry Stanfill
Terry Stanfill holds a degree in English literature with a minor in medieval history. She is an Overseer of the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif. An enthusiastic preservationist, she was decorated by the president of Italy with the Ordine al Merito, Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana, and more recently as Commendatore, for her fundraising efforts for the restoration of San Pietro di Castello, the ancient cathedral of Venice. She is a former international representative for Christie’s auction house and former director of Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif. “Realms of Gold: Ritual to Romance” is her third novel. Her first two are “The Blood Remembers” and “A Tale of the Fortuny Gown.” Stanfill is married to Dennis Stanfill, former CEO of 20th Century Fox and MGM Studios.
Planning already is underway to mark the 50th anniversaryof the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 2013. Commemorative events in Dallas and in churches across the country are being organized. TV host Bill O’Reilly is set to release a new book, “Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot,” this fall, and a feature movie, “The Kennedy Detail,” is planned for release next fall.“As people ponder the legacy of President Kennedy and his ‘Camelot,’ it’s a good time to revisit the original Camelot of King Arthur legend, and I have compelling new evidence about where it may have been located,” says art expert Terry Stanfill, author of Realms of Gold: Ritual to Romance (realmsofgoldthenovel.blogspot.com), a novel of ancient history and modern romance that posits her new theory about Camelot.
“The Arthurian legend is so ancient, and yet it has been one of the most enduring interests in Western civilization,” she says. “It’s exciting to think that after all of these centuries, we have a strong case for a real Camelot.”
Educated in Medieval history, Stanfill has traveled extensively through Asia and Europe, particularly France and Italy, and researched the art and artifacts. She offers this primer on King Arthur, including her own surprising theory about the true location of the original Camelot:
• The legend
Arthur as king was first mentioned in “The History of the Kings of Britain” by Geoffrey of Monmouth, 1100-1155. A generation later, Chrétien de Troyes, a French bard and poet, began to weave stories about King Arthur's court, introducing the characters Lancelot, Guinevere and Perceval. He was the first to mention Camelot, King Arthur’s home, describing it as "a place by a river, surrounded by forests and plains beyond."
• The reality
Toward the end of the Roman Empire, circa 450 AD, Arthur Riothamus, King of the Britons, was hired by the Romans to fight off invading Goths and Visigoths. There is documentation from multiple sources that Arthur spent a lot of time in Burgundy, France. He died after a battle near Bourges and was taken by his men to Avallon in France, a town that had existed for centuries. This is fact, not fiction.
• Avalon
While many people believe the mystical Avalon of Arthurian legend was in England, perhaps near Glastonbury, there is no record of a place called Avalon in that country.The Avallon region of France, however, has long existed. It was and still is known for its fruit trees and vines, much like the lush island of legend.
• Camelot
While many presume Camelot was in England, the extraordinary discovery in 2007 of the remains of an ancient community on Mont Lassois in France makes Stanfill wonder if this was actually the true Camelot. The community is near Avallon, and among the buildings unearthed there appear to be the remnants of a palace, including a great hall, where there is evidence of feasting.
“When Chrétien de Troyes wrote of Camelot, this place may have been held in the memory of the locals as a place where peace, prosperity and the good life held a long reign,” Stanfill says. “His vision was a nostalgic tribute to a distant, golden age of tranquility that was on this hilltop.”
Stage director Manfred Flynn Kuhnert, an Arthurian legend aficionado and teaching fellow at Harvard College, says Stanfill offers the most compelling evidence he’s heard for the historical existence of Camelot and its location in France.
“The citadel of Latisco on Mont Lassois -- a site of palatial buildings unprecedented in the Celtic world – is not far from Avallon,” Kuhnert says. “Arthur Riothamus’ time in Burgundy is documented, and we know that the first person to write about Arthur was the bard Chrétien, who lived in the area.
“This place is exactly as he described it: ‘on a hill, a place by a river, surrounded by forests, with plains beyond.’ Terry Stanfill may well have it right.”
About Terry Stanfill
Terry Stanfill holds a degree in English literature with a minor in medieval history. She is an Overseer of the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif. An enthusiastic preservationist, she was decorated by the president of Italy with the Ordine al Merito, Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana, and more recently as Commendatore, for her fundraising efforts for the restoration of San Pietro di Castello, the ancient cathedral of Venice. She is a former international representative for Christie’s auction house and former director of Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif. “Realms of Gold: Ritual to Romance” is her third novel. Her first two are “The Blood Remembers” and “A Tale of the Fortuny Gown.” Stanfill is married to Dennis Stanfill, former CEO of 20th Century Fox and MGM Studios.
November 5, 2012
Larry Thompson's Thriller Thursday!
TT5 – The Messiah Matrix, with author Ken Atchity
Posted on November 1, 2012 by Larry
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A thriller of Biblical proportions from The Story Merchant
Ken Atchity joins us once more to discuss his new novel, The Messiah Matrix,
how it was published, and prospects for this and other novels with
Hollywood potential. More than modern thriller (which it definitely is),
The Messiah Matrix is a thought-provoking, original examination of the origins and evolution of modern Christianity.
From the website:
The Messiah Matrix is a contemporary thriller
that takes the reader on an exhilarating quest from the ancient city of
Caesarea to Rome’s catacombs and beyond, and provides gripping
confirmation for all those who have ever wondered about the actual
historical existence of the “Christian Savior”.
The Messiah Matrix may prove to be the most
thought-provoking thriller ever written. Classical scholar and Yale
Ph.D. Dr. Kenneth John Atchity is the only author alive today capable of
creating this literary and historically-based masterpiece.
The Messiah Matrix website is here: http://www.messiahmatrix.com.
November 3, 2012
Join Me at Women In Film Malibu Breakfast November 9th
WIF
Networking Events
WIF MalibuBreakfast with Dr. Ken Atchity, Ph.D.
Friday, November 9th
8:00 - 10:00 am
Malibu Chart House Restaurant
18412 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90265
Ken
Atchity is
a "story merchant," writer, producer, career coach, teacher, and
literary manager, responsible for launching hundreds of books and dozens of
films. Event details: CLICK HERE
In This Issue
WIF Fall Membership Drive
WIF Board Election 2013: Vote today!
WIF Member News
WIF Networking Events: Speaker Series, Breakfast
Series, and Master Class
WIF Group Meetings
WIF Halloween Happy Hour
WIF AFI FEST 2012 Host Film: SUN DON'T SHINE
WIFI and Awareness Film Festival Present: MARGARITA
WIF PSA Production Program Meeting
WIFI Monthly Meeting
WIFTI Summit 2012
WIF Resources Page
Member Discounts
Join WIF on the Web
Dear Candace,
This
Fall is a great time to become a WIF Member! Our Autumn Membership
Drive is now through November 15th, so spread the word! 2013 WIF
Board Election time is here, so don't forget to vote using the link
below. We've got some exciting events next month as we welcome Ken
Atchity and WIF Board Member Madelyn Hammond at our Breakfast Series and
Lindsay Doran at our evening Speaker Series. Michele Gendelman also
joins us at LA Film School as we break down the "Anatomy of a
Pitch." We're proud to present our 2012 host film at AFI and WIF
International presents at Awareness Film Festival. It's almost
Halloween, so don't forget to stop by for networking (and candy) at next
Monday's Happy Hour. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming
event!
Warm regards,
WomenIn Film
WIF Fall Membership Drive
October
15th - November 15th
Join WIF and become a part of a dynamic organization that is dedicated to
empowering, promoting, and mentoring women in the entertainment,
communication and media industries.
Free Master Classes, WIF Goal Support Group,
Writers Groups, and Actors Groups
Free Screenings
Discounts on Networking Breakfasts and Speaker
Series
WIF discounts on community film expos and forums
Join our PSA Production Program and WIF
International Committee
List your name and job skills in WIF's Membership
Directory and Career Lounge
For more details and
an application, visit wif.org/join!
