[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Gerald Byrd and His Art in LIFEstyles

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 August 14, 2007

 

LIFEstyles Features Art of Gerald Byrd

 

     How may artists do you know who have an art work in the Coke Museum in Atlanta??  Remember now we are talking about an art work on PERMANENT display, one owned by the Museum -- we are not talking about a show at a gallery that will be over in a month or so.  Well, I know one, and his name is Gerald Byrd and the art work is entitled NO RELIEF.   You can see this art work and read about Byrd and his art in the latest (August 2007) issue of LIFEstyles magazine (pages 30 - 32). 

 

     One thing the article omits is the role which Cowetans played in launching Byrd's career.  The story begins with Alana Ennis who "discovered" Byrd and talked him into launching his career in Coweta, first at her Pottery Wheel in Newnan and then later at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts of Coweta County.  The attendance at both of these was sparse but the word got out to the right people, one of whom contacted Byrd to purchase one of his art works for the new Coke Museum.

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Kay Moore Displays Art By Her Students at Images Workshop

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August 17, 2007

 

 Kay Moore Displays Art By Her Students at Stained Glass Worskshop

 

     Kay Moore of Newnan, who is the one referred to as "Sookie" in Sookie's Glass Art Studio, has recently created a blog on which her latest entry shows the art works of her students at the recently concluded Stained Glass Workshop sponsored by Images Art Gallery and Studio on Main Street in Moreland.

 

     One of these students is the well-known jewelry craftsman from Sharpsburg, Mary Beth Hile, two of whose art works are shown.  The other one is simply called "Ron", whose identity is not further indicated.  There have been many news releases and articles about these and other art workshops but there usually is no follow up showing exactly what the students did.  So, Sookie is to be commended for this.  Maybe other art teachers at these workshops will do likewise in the future. 

 

     Kay Moore's blog is http://sookiesglassartstudio.blogspot.com.  It is worth visiting -- there are other interesting pictures to be found there.

 

    

 

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Coweta Included in "Grassroots Art Program"

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 August 17, 2007

 

Arts Clayton Announces:

 

This Year Coweta Included in "Grassroots Art Program"

 

     Arts Clayton has just announced something which will be good news to the Coweta arts community:  this year Coweta is included.  Included in what??  Read Arts Clayton's announcement below:

 

ARTS CLAYTON, INC.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ~ Time sensitive material; please run as soon and as often as possible

 

   Date:           August 2007                                                                                                website:     www.artsclayton.org

                           Contact:     Sara Cookson @ 770-473-5775                                                              email:         artline@artsclayton.org

 

 

Art Program Funding

Up to $2000 available (per organization)

 In Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry and Spalding Counties

 

THE GRASSROOTS ARTS PROGRAM

 

What is the Grassroots Arts Program?  The Grassroots Arts Program (GAP) is funded by the Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly to make sure that all Georgians have access to the arts activities which enrich all of our lives.  Arts Clayton has once again been named by the Georgia Council for the Arts as the FY 2008 re-granting agency for GAP in Clayton, Fayette, Henry and Spalding Counties , and is very pleased to announce that Coweta County has been added to our re-granting area for FY 2008.

 

The idea behind GAP funding is to help smaller, "emerging" groups get off the ground – to "fill in the gap" between start-up and when an organization is ready to apply directly for larger funding to agencies such as the Georgia Council for the Arts, OR become self-sustaining through admissions and/or other resources.  Ideally, Grassroots Arts Projects will create new opportunities for citizens to experience the arts, while fostering greater awareness and developing local partnerships in the arts.  Examples of projects eligible for funding include: visual arts exhibits, concerts, readings, theater and dance performances, film programs, folk art projects, storytelling, workshops, and art festivals.  Projects combining arts and education are encouraged. 

 

This statewide arts program is designed to encourage local collaborations between artists, arts organizations, and non-arts organizations, in order to serve a broad range of Georgia 's residents.  Every Georgia County receives an equal per-capita allocation.  Funding is open to any non-profit 50l(c)(3) tax exempt organization or unit of local government.  Civic clubs, churches, theatre groups, arts festivals, Boys & Girls clubs, libraries, senior citizens' centers, Parks & Recreation Departments also may be eligible to apply! 

 

            There is plenty of time to apply for the GRASSROOTS ART PROGRAM (GAP) grants.  Forms and granting guidelines are available on line at www.artsclayton.org, by email request to artline@artsclayton.org or by calling Arts Clayton at 770-473-5775.  The deadline for submitting completed applications is October 1, 2007 at 4 p.m.

 

            Four GAP application workshops will be offered by reservation/appointment, at the Arts Clayton Gallery located at 136 S. Main Street in Downtown Jonesboro.  Available times and dates are: Saturday, September 8 at 10am; Monday, September 10 at 10 am and 6 pm; and Wednesday, September 12 at 2pm.  Please call Sara Cookson at 770-473-5775 to reserve a date and time to attend one of these sessions.  Applicants should obtain application forms and funding guidelines prior to attending, and should bring their rough draft applications with them.  The purpose of the workshops is to demystify the grant-writing process for potential applicants.  All applicants (especially new) are encouraged to attend.

                       

            Funded projects must be accessible to the general public, must provide 50% of the total project cost as a cash match for the grant, and projects must be completed by June 30, 2008.  For more information about the Grassroots Arts Program, to discuss a potential project, or to request assistance with an application, visit the Arts Clayton website at www.artsclayton.org where you may download the application and granting guidelines; email Arts Clayton at artline@artsclayton.org to request information; or call Sara Cookson at Arts Clayton 770-473-5775.

 

                                   

Sara Cookson

Arts Clayton

Program/Event Coordinator

Direct Line: 770-473-5775

Fax:  770-473-5422

Email: artline@artsclayton.org

Website: www.artsclayton.org

 

 

 

    

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[Grantville Day News Release] Motorcycles at Grantville Day: Bike Ride and Bike Raffle

THE     NEW   

  GRANTVILLE DAYS FESTIVAL

 

NEWS     RELEASE

 

Composed  By:  Forrest W. Schultz  770-583-3258  schultz_forrest@yahoo.com

 

August 14, 2007

 

Motorcycles at the New Grantville Days Festival

 

Bike Ride and Bike Raffle To Be Held on September 15

 

     Motorcycles will play two important roles at the New Grantville Days Festival, which this year will be held on the balmy third weekend of September instead of the traditional super-hot second weekend of June, when it was known as Grantville Day. 

 

     First, there will be a one-hour Ride Around Grantville led by biker enthusiast B.J. Thompson, who is a member of the festival's planning committee.  This Bike Ride will begin at 4 PM on Saturday September 15 on Main Street in front of the former Railroad Freight Depot.  The $15 entry fee may be paid at that time or ahead of time by contacting BJ at 678-643-0013 or when you see him hanging around the Grantville Veterans Office on Main Street. 

 

     Second, there will be a Bike Raffle.  Each participant in the Bike Ride will receive a free raffle ticket.  The rest of the tickets will be sold for $5 each.  The prize awarded to the raffle winner will be the Panther 49 cc Mini Bike on display in the Grantville Veterans Association office on Main Street.   The money raised by the Ride and Raffle will be put into the fund for the construction of the Grantville Veterans Memorial.

 

    Information about Grantville Day is available on its website http://grantvilleday.tripod.com.  Or you can contact the Chairman, Sandy Luttrell at 770-583-9013 or by email at sangalasands@aol.com or by dropping in to her new ice cream store on Main Street.

 

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] GWTW Expert Herb Bridges Coming to CABSE

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August 14, 2007

 

GWTW Expert Herb Bridges Coming to CABSE

 

     There are so many interesting things about Coweta County that it would take a whole book to discuss all of them.  One category of interesting things is all of the Cowetans who have accomplished great things.  One of these is Mr. Herb Bridges of Sharpsburg, who is one of the world's top authorities on Gone With The Wind as well as on of the greatest GWTW memorabilia collectors of all time.  And he accomplished all of this not as some kind of professional but as a hobbyist.  Several years ago most of his memorabilia was sold for several million dollars by none other than the famous Christie's auction in New York City.  Bridges has not only spoken and been interviewed numerous times throughout his lifetime but he has also written several books on his favorite movie.  Bridges is also interested in the history of his favorite county -- Coweta -- and has also written several books on that subject.

 

     There will be an opportunity to meet Bridges and acquire autographed copies of these books at the Coweta Authors Book Signing Extravaganza (CABSE) which will be held during the third weekend of September as a special feature of the New Grantville Days Festival on the Main Street of Grantville, which is located at Exit 35 on Interstate 85.  The CABSE will be held from 10 AM through 5 PM on Saturday September 15 and from 12 Noon through 5 PM on Sunday September 16.  Info on the CABSE is available from its Co-ordinator Forrest Schultz at 770-583-3258 or schultz_forrest@yahoo.com.  Info on Grantville Day, the original name of this festival, is available on its website http://grantvilleday.tripod.com. 

 

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] "Black Warriors Curse" Author Coming to CABSE

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 August 14, 2007

 

Black Warriors Curse Author Joe Harless Coming to CABSE

 

     Until two years ago Joe Harless of Newnan was known as the founder of the Harless Performance Guild job training company and as an educational theorist who set forth his principles in The Eden Conspiracy.  In 2005 in the conclusion of his speech to the Coweta Writers Group, he dropped a bombshell -- he had written a novel Black Warriors Curse, which was published soon afterward.  Then this year there was the dramatic announcement in Variety that the film rights had been purchased by a Hollywood motion picture company.  The story is based on the lore about the Indian tribe near where Harless grew up in Alabama.  So now Harless is equally known -- or maybe even better known -- as the novelist who wrote this fascinating story.

 

     There will be an opporunity to meet Harless and acquire an autographed copies of his books at the first ever Coweta Authors Book Signing Extravaganza (CABSE) next month to which all Coweta County authors of a published book have been invited.  There are twenty so far who have agreed to come with the total expected to be about 22.  The CABSE will be held during these time periods:  Saturday September 15 from 10 AM through 5 PM and Sunday September 16 from 12 Noon through 5 PM.  The CABSE will be a special feature of this year's New Grantville Days Festival, which is held on Main  Street in Grantville, a small city in southern Coweta County at Exit 35 on I-85.  Information on Grantville Day, the original name of this festival, is available on their website at http://grantvilleday.tripod,com.  Info on the CABSE is available from its Co-ordinator, Forrest Schultz at 770-583-3258 or schultz_forrest@yahoo.com.   

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Coweta Novelist Christina Barber Wins Award

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 August 14, 2007

 

Coweta Novelist Christina Barbara Wins 2006 Dream Realm Award

 

          Christina Barber of Newnan is a very excited woman right now:  she has just learned that her paranormal-supense/romance novel Greystone

has won the  "Best Speculative Romance Novel" Award for the year 2006 presented by the Dream Realm Awards association.  Information on these awards is available on their website www.dream-realm-awards.net.

 

     There will be an opportunity to meet Barber, see her award, and receive an autographed copy of her book next month at the Coweta Authors Book Signing Extravaganza which will be held from 10 AM thru 5 PM on Saturday September 15 and 12 Noon through 5 PM on Sunday September 16 as a special feature of the New Grantville Days Festival.  Information on Barber and her book is available on her website www.christinabarber.net.  A picture of the award is on the home page of this website:

 

 

 

    

 

    

 

      

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Illustrator Joyce Revior Bringing "Her Little Garden Stories "to CABSE

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Childrens Book Illustrator Joyce Revoir  Writes Little Garden Stories

 

Will Autograph Book CD, & DVD at CABSE in September

 

     Nationally known children's book illustrator Joyce Revoir has lived in Coweta County for some time and has been involved in art activities with the Newnan-Coweta Art Association and the Images Gallery in Moreland for some time but not until just now did she write her own book, which is entitled Little Garden Stories.  The information from the website www.littlegardenstories.com provided below tells the story behind this combination Book-DVD-CD.  To really understand this, however, I believe you need to actually see how it works.  An opportunity to do this as well as meet the author, and obtain autographed copies will be provided next month at the Coweta Authors Book Signing Extravaganza (CABSE) which Revoir will be attending along with 19 other Coweta County authors.  The CABSE will be held from 10 AM through 5 PM on Saturday September 15 and from 12 Noon through 5 PM on Sunday September 16 as a special feature of the New Grantville Days Festival.  Additional information on Revoir is found on her website www.joycerevoir.com.  Info on CABSE is available from Forrest Schultz at 770-583-3258 or schultz_forrest@yahoo.com.  Info on the New Grantville Days Festival is available at http://grantvilleday.tripod.com.    

 

 

 

 

	........................................................................... ABOUT: Little Garden Stories Created by the children's book illustrator, Joyce Revoir, Little Garden Stories is the first Read-Along DVD and Sing-Along CD. This lively, educational presentation gives children plenty of fun opportunities to exercise their growing minds and use imagination as they play, sing, and dance along. .............................................................................				NEW to DVD and CD: Little Garden Stories ORDER NOW!
				GARDEN NOTES from the Artist Hi Everyone! Thanks for stopping by! I hope you had a chance to preview our new movie: Little Garden Stories. It celebrates learning with stories, music and craft-time for kids. As a children's book illustrator, I've had the privilage to work some great projects. Garden is my first original production and I had lots of help along the way. My good friends at Family Tree Media created the award wining babyfaith videos and they have been my mentors! Jess Stainbrook was one the first people I shared the movie with. Thier producer Mark Burr has worked on Baby Einstein and The Safe Side. He has been a great help and has a great eye for what works for children's videos! The art and animation was created by me using a laptop and Flash as my primary software. The photography is images I took and includes places like Dunaway Gardens to my own backyard in Newnan, Georgia. I am always taking pictures of flowers! Garden music started with my friend, Joey Agee. His wife was one of my daughter's teachers. Joey wrote some jammin tunes with my lyrics and recorded everything at his studio. We found wonderful Georgia musicians to play. We are proud of the local talent and I have to say "Georgia Rocks!" Our singers, Dana Widener and Jeremy Williams are local worship leaders and busy parents. Their voices are great and I hope we hear more recordings from them! The process has taken over a year and a half and it involved the whole family with my daughters creating Craft-Time fun. The stories were inspired by time spent in our backyard. We moved to Georgia from Colorado and fireflies were something new to my girls. They became the star of a story I made up. We always make up stories at our house and these had great potential. I am thankful for the MANY friends and family who helped me build my dream. I hope it will inspire you to share creative time with your young artist! Be sure to check out the resource pages for creative teaching tools. My girls came up with some fun SING ALONG MOTIONS to all the songs! You can print them out for FREE! I hope to see you this spring and summer at a Craft-Time visit! Keep Growing!!! Joyce Revoir
You are invited to Celebrate Learning with Stories, Music and Craft-Time for Kids! Little Garden Stories the first Read-Along DVD and Sing-Along CD for Children Joyce Revoir Illustration & Design and FamliyTree Media present Little Garden Stories, the first Read-Along DVD and Sing-Along CD for children ages 2-8. The Little Firefly and The Noisy Cricket star in their own animated, musical stories. For her first movie, Joyce Revoir was awarded a 2007 Telly Award for non-broadcast, children's audience. "Little Garden Stories™" which features "The Little Firefly" and "The Noisy Cricket" is the first read-along DVD and sing-along CD for children ages 2-8 to celebrate learning with stories, music and craft-time. Joyce grew up in Destin, Florida and her creative career has taken her to three major markets: Nashville, Denver and Atlanta. Since opening her design studio in 1998, she has illustrated more than fourteen children's books including "Sam's Rainbow" by Grammy® award-winning recording artist, Sandi Patty, "The Legend of The Christmas Kiss" (Howard Publishing) and "Alpha-kidZ™" by Cindy G. Foust. As former art director for Sparrow Records/EMI-CMG, Joyce created packaging for some of Christian music's biggest names including Steven Curtis Chapman, FFH, Wes King and Switchfoot. Clients included World Vision, LifeWay, and MOPS International. After meeting award-winning producer, Mark Burr, best known for his work with Baby Einstein and for co-creating babyfaith, Joyce began to pursue animation. "Then soon after, we moved to Atlanta, and my daughters saw fireflies for the first time. Their delightful reaction was the inspiration for the stories," Joyce explains. Designing for a child's eye with a parent's perspective, Joyce's daughter's contributed ideas to the movie, Joyce combined her music and book publishing experience to develop, "Little Garden Stories." She uses signature bright colors and narrations with original songs, co-written by Joyce and Joey Agee of Newnan, GA. Agee recorded the music with local musicians. The engaging characters, motion and color quickly capture attention, stimulating imagination of children as they sing and dance along to the lively, thirty-minute presentation. In the first story, a firefly dreams of becoming a big star when an angel shares the lesson, "Just shine where you are and let love be your light." A cricket then teaches the value of harmony by inspiring the garden to sing and work together. A silly sing-along with a ladybug and a craft-time segment with Joyce's daughters complete the video. Upon completion, Joyce shared the movie with Burr and his business partner, Emmy® award-winning producer, Jess Stainbook. The filmmakers coached Joyce and added the release to their company's catalogue at www.babyfaith.com. Little Garden Stories DVD/CD are also available at littlegardenstories.com, foxsalescompany.com and Atlanta-area stores including Scott's Book Store, Ansley's Attic, Hastings, Shenanigan's Toys, Peachtree City Christian Church and Images Gallery for $17.95. Click here to shop online or find a store near you.
Select a contact below for more information ORDER DVD and CD or find a store near you link to our online store General Information email a question or comment or contact the artist Sales/Distribution Find out how to order products for your store or for customer support email: sales and distribution

 

 

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                 www.joycerevior.com  

 

 

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Grantville Gospel Sings for August Announced

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August 3, 2007

 

Grantville Gospel Sings For August Announced:

 

Friday Sing in Colley Park; Saturday Sing at First Baptist Back Yard

 

     We cannot call the them the "Grantville DEPOT Gospel Sings" this month because they will not be held there while the Depot is being repaired.  The Sing for Friday night August 24 will be held in Colley Park on Main Street in Grantville and the Sing for Saturday night August 25 will be held in the large back yard behind the parsonage of the First Baptist Church of Grantville, which is located on 45 West Broad Street.  As usual, each Sing will begin at 7 PM and will usually last about 3 hours and the atmosphere will be informal.  The out-of-doors venues this month will provide especially appropriate venues for the Southern Country Gospel genre.  Painting which is done out-of-doors is called en plein air

art.  For some en plein air music, come to the Grantville Gospel Sings this month! 

 

Musicians on Friday August 24:

 

HEAVENS EXPRESS FROM FLAT ROCK GA,

JOYFUL SPIRITS FROM WHITESBURG GA,

CARTER TRIO LAGRANGE GA,

THE WHITES GRANTVILLE GA,

AMAZING GRACE FRANKLIN GA,

MARIE BULLOCH FROM WARM SPRINGS GA

 

 Musicians On Saturday September 25:

 

SECOND COMING FROM GRIFFIN GA,

NEW HORIZONS FROM THOMASTON GA,

YOUNG SPIRIT FROM MANCHESTER GA.

 

     For additional information on the Sings, contact Roy Smith at 770-251-5621 or depotsinging@yahoo.com. 

 

 

 

 

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] SCAVA Art Exhibit at Arts Centre for August

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August 3, 2007

 

SCAVA Traveling Art Exhibit at Arts Centre for August

 

     In honor of the late Babara Scruggs (whom we sorely miss) the 2007 President of the Southern Crescent Alliance of Visual Artists (SCAVA), I shall refrain from any comment of my own on this exhibit (at the Arts Centre for August) and will simply reproduce verbatim what Barbara wrote for the poster:

 

 

SOUTHERN CRESCENT ARTISTS

PRESENTS

ARTIST'S CHOICE

2007 TRAVELING EXHIBIT

ARTISTS EXHIBITING IN ART GROUPS FROM:

 

ARTS CLAYTON, INC, CARROLLTON ARTIST GUILD,

DOUGLAS COUNTY ART GUILD, FAYETTE SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS

NEWNAN-COWETA ART ASSOCIATION, INC.

VISUAL ARTISTS COLLECTIVE, HENRY COUNTY

 

EXHIBIT PLACES:

 PEACHTREE CITY LIBRARY~ JUNE~THOMASTON-UPSON ART COUNCIL~JULY

THE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING & VISUAL ARTS

OF NEWNAN ~AUGUST

 

ARTISTS IN EXHIBITION

 

SHERI ANDERSON, KAREN CASCIANI, CAROL COLLINS,

JANNA COLUMBUS, LOWELL CRAWFORD, MARY GREENE

 JERRY HETRICK, SANDY HOLCOMB, PETE HUGHIE,

DIXIE KRAFT, LYNN McMEANS, MARTIN PATE,

NORMA POULOS, KIMBERLY PURCELL, ANITA REID,

 MARY ROGERS, BARBARA SCRUGGS, PAM TRUED,

REBECCA WAYNE, AND JEAN WILKINSON

 

INFORMATION: Barbara Scruggs, 770-583-2093

b.l.w.g.scruggs@worldnet.att.net

View the Exhibit ~ www.scavagroup.com

 

 

 

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] "Michael George" To Autograph Melon Boys Novel at CABSE

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 August 2, 2007

 

Melon Boys Author "Michael George" Coming to CABSE

 

     It would take way too much time to list all the interesting things about the Coweta County authors who will be participating in the first-ever Coweta County Book Authors Extrvaganza (CABSE) next month, so I shall limit my remarks to the one under discussion here.  Among the twenty authors who have so far accepted the invitation to attend, Mike Ottensmeier is the only one of them who writes under a pseudonym, namely (pardon the pun) Michael George.  He is very excited about his first novel,

The Melon Boys, which was just published in June.  He intends to share his experiences with his fellow authors in the Coweta Writers Group at their next several meetings, but for the generals public the best place to meet him and get an autographed copy of his book is at the CABSE, which will be held from 10 AM through 5 PM on Saturday September 15 and from 12 Noon through 5 PM on Sunday September 16 as a special feature of the New Grantville Days Festival on Main Street in Grantville, which is a small city in southern Coweta County located at Exit 35 on I-85. 

 

Information on this novel and author is available at his website www.themelonboys.com.  Info on the CABSE is available from its Co-ordinator Forrest Schultz at 770-583-3258 or schultz_forrest@yahoo.com.  Grantville Day info is available from http://grantvilleday.tripod.com.    

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Kennedy's SF Novel Recommended for Film

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August 2, 2007

 

Novel By Coweta Author Vickie Kennedy Recommended For Film

 

     Probably the most excited author in Coweta County these days is Vickie Kennedy of Newnan, who has just learned that her excellent science fiction novel The Hidden Truth of Cytech's Randal Forty is finally getting the attention it deserves:  it has been recommended for film by the noted Reel Talk critic Betty Jo Tucker.  Kennedy has already won an EPPIE Award for the book but there has so far been little other recognition.  Kennedy is a very busy woman because she not only writes novels, she also runs the Writers Block workshop and the etreasures publishing company (both based in Newnan).  Her science fiction novel will be one of four of her books she will be autographing at the Coweta County Book Signing Extravaganza next month, which would be a good time to meet her and acquire her books.

 

Here is Betty Jo Tucker's article: 

 

 

 

Screenplay Worthy
by Betty Jo Tucker

In keeping with my practice of notifying filmmakers about books that simply cry out to be movies, I'm pleased to add The Hidden Truth of Cytech's Randall Forty to the list. Author Vickie Kennedy fills this sci-fi romantic suspense novel with action images so exciting, they would surely explode on screen! She also endows her leading characters with personality plus, especially the heroine Dixie Freeman, a homicide detective chosen by the Federal government for a secret time-travel expedition.

Dixie is a tough, feisty woman who fights hard not to take this dangerous trip, then falls head over heels for Randall Forty shortly after she arrives in the year 2250. Randall just happens to be the handsome hunk heading up New York's police department -- as well as the perfect man for Dixie. Or is he?

I can see the casting of these two roles creating quite a stir in Hollywood! My preferences? Johnny Depp and Ashley Judd. They would be perfect in the sizzling love scenes between Randall and Dixie. (Of course, I think Johnny Depp should be in every movie!)

Suspense builds as Dixie and Randall come together not only as a romantic couple but also as partners battling crime. Randall must defeat Xonn, the villain behind organized crime, and Dixie wants to help him. But danger lurks for both protagonists. To complicate things even more, Dixie worries about leaving Randall when her time-travel mission is completed, and Randall ponders over how to tell Dixie his secret.

The Hidden Truth of Cytech's Randall Forty contains elements reminiscent of both Blade Runner and Kate and Leopold, two of my favorite films. Perhaps that's one reason I enjoyed this sci-fi novel so much. Also, if made into a movie, filmmakers could go wild here with futuristic sets, holograms, hover crafts, androids, cyborgs, computers, and so forth. I can't help thinking it would be a big hit!

For more information about The Hidden Truth of Cytech's Randall Forty, go to the publishers website at www.etreasurespublishing.com.

To read about other books I recommend as screenplay worthy, click on the following feature articles:

"Make These Two Movies, Please"

"Listen Up, Jim Carrey!"

"She Oughta Be in Pictures"

 

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