JE Thompson's Blog (70)

     Over the years people have asked me why I coach? 

         Tarone, you and the Philadelphia Blazers validate my decision.…

A Big Thank You To Everybody!

 

I was working my "Rule of  Five" today on the internet.  I learned this technique from marketing guru John Kremer. It just means you do five things everyday to market your novels.

 

I work the social media (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc) as part of my everyday "Rule of Five" routine.

Well, I decided to check the numbers…

  I was asked to choose a quote from my first novel, A Brownstone in Brooklyn, to reflect on the unpredictable nature of life. How things are never the same and human beings have to adjust to life’s…

    Recently, I was driving and passed the empty Borders bookstore building at the corner of Ronald Regan Parkway and 124 in Snellville, Georgia.

      I slowed down, turned into the parking lot. I opened the car door and walked up to the front door.

      I stared inside at the empty space.…

      How am I going to tell my story? Which Point of View?

      Choices? Choices? Choices?

     When I sit in front of my computer and start to pound the letters on the keyboard, I must decide on the point of view to tell the story! I swallow hard and try to figure out a “voice” in which to write my novel…so many choices!

      What is the definition of…

I walked into the Barnes & Nobles book store in the “The Shoppes at Webb Gin” shopping mall in Snellville, Georgia on Saturday and saw customer Nyadi Abasto checking out my two novels A Brownstone in Brooklyn and the National Award winning Ghost of Atlanta.

I’ve been waiting fifteen years to see a customer in a Barnes & Nobles store looking on the shelves and…

     Where am I?

     This is a question you DON’T want your readers to dwell on as they turn the pages of your novel.

Picking the setting of a novel is obviously a critical step.

     You must craft a vivid and realistic setting to act as a canvass for your characters to perform. This setting/sense of place must be credible.

When…

  Sitting in front of my computer slapping my head from side to side...

     Finding an agent is so difficult that at times you want to slap your head from side to side and commit physical harm to your body.

      Maybe, if I slap hard enough my brain will work in overdrive to figure out a way to make agents interested in my fourth novel: Purple…

     How to use subplots to your advantage in crafting a novel?

     Have you ever driven down one of those winding backwood roads in a rural area and couldn't figure out how to get back to the main highway? Well, that is the feeling a reader gets when they read your novel and get lost in a tangling subplot.

     Your goal as an author is to create a little…

I'm animated! I’m excited! I’m energized!

I walked into the Barnes & Nobles book store in the “The Shoppes at Webb Gin” shopping mall in Snellville, Georgia on Saturday.

I was walking down the Fiction & Literature aisle.  I was browsing and looking at the fiction books. The books were listed under the authors’ last names in alpha order. I…

    It is the time to start your spring and summer reading with an award winning author Julius Thompson novel: A Brownstone in Brooklyn and Philly Style and Philly Profile!

      Francis Grieff wrote after reading a Julius Thompson novel: “I like your crisp style, moving fast from one scene to another.”

A Brownstone in…

Please check out my new Philly Style and Philly Profile book cover and the new paperback: https://www.createspace.com/4236894

Philly Style and Philly Profile short synopsis: Philadelphia streets were never silent. Gangs wars on corners, screeching cars on avenues, and squealing steel trolley tires on…

I was asked to choose a quote from, A Brownstone in Brooklyn, to reflect on the unpredictable nature of life. How things are never the same and human beings have to adjust to life’s changing events. A Brownstone in Brooklyn is about growing up in the turbulent sixties, one of the most event filled decades in Black-American history.

A Brownstone in Brooklyn chronicles the…

My fourth novel, Purple Phantoms, is published! Here is a five-star review from Dennis DeRose that is on Amazon.Com. You can purchase the novel at www.Amazon.Com or…

       In honor of Ghost of Atlanta winning the 2011 Readers Favorite National Gold Medal Award for general fiction, I want to read a story, from another writer, about the ghosts in the crawl spaces of a character they created.

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Topic: Write a “Ghost Story” about the…

      When Mary Gilmartin strolled into my Evening at Emory Creative Writing Class, two years ago, with that effervescent smile and sparkling personality, I knew she was destined to be a successful novelist.

     What impressed even more was her personality and how she interacted with the people in the class. I knew she could be creative in marketing her…

Good Afternoon,

      I want to thank you for attending the debut of my fourth novel, Purple Phantoms.

      Sometimes, you meet people who affect you and encounter experiences that change your life. When that encounter is with a young person, it is more intense and emotional.

            As a high school varsity basketball coach, I experienced the…

Purple Phantoms are everywhere!

Purple Phantoms is now available at the publisher, Passionate Writer Publishing, website and will be at internet book sellers and national chain and independent brick-and-mortar book stores in the future.

 Please Purchase your very own copy of Purple Phantoms at:…

    The basketball player on the cover, captures the mystery of the Phantoms. The fact that you can't see his face adds to the mystery and the intrigue in the book.

    The championship banners in the background shows the final goal of the Phantoms return to Earth.

     Purple Phantoms' one-line synopsis: "Five Ghosts---basketball players whose lives were cut…

Purple Phantoms



Rating: 5.0 stars



Reviewed by Readers Favorite



Five talented young basketball players from Rockwood, Georgia's high school, were all killed at different times and in different ways but they all were much too young to die. Now they have been given a chance to come back to earth for six months to play basketball once again and help out…