Fiction Writing

for his Honorable Mention in the Windward Arts Council Contest for her fiction writing piece:
"Good Night"

Our FICTION text for this year is

The third book in the Romilia Cachon mystery series. It is a must read, especially if you read Minos from the Summer Reading list. Of all of Mr. V's books, this one is his best. It is a thrilling read, one I could not put down. Once I finished reading, I wanted to the fourth book, RIGHT AWAY. Latina detective Romilia Chacón is a marvelous heroine, one who clings to her heritage, her son, and a determination to do her new job in Los Angeles better than anyone else. She has to–because inside the FBI, Romilia is the only link to a legendary criminal who may have just taken down one of their own. FBI agent Chip Pierce was found poisoned, a single word–cabrón–carved into his stomach. The only suspect is the infamous Tekún Umán, a seductive and brilliant Guatemalan drug dealer who once got under Romilia’s skin–and never quite left. Now, skirting official regulations to begin a personal hunt for Tekún, Romilia will stumble into a world where terror, fanaticism, and murder collide. What awaits her is a shocking new evil–and the ultimate threat to everything she holds dear.

Historical Fiction Multi-Genre Project

Historical Fiction Project

Midkiff Website
(you can link to the History Reference Center via EBSCO here)

Primary Sources:

Sample Primary Sources:

The Library of Congress
UH Manoa Oral History link
Berkeley Primary Sources on the Web
Primary Sources on the Internet (links to a variety of primary source documents/websites)
www.bobpenoyer.com (Mr. Penoyer's Father was a a B-17 radio operator/POW shot down over Italy)
Yad Vashem:The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Personal Histories

Credible Secondary Sources:

"My Father's in World War II" by Robert H. Penoyer (from www.bobpenoyer.com-pdf file from Mr. Penoyer sent to Mrs. B 4/10/05
eHistory.com (Ohio State Univ.)
PBS.org: The American Experience

I Left My Heart in a Book I Wrote: The Spring 2007 Fiction Writing Anthology of the Class of 2007

Malia Borje ~Truce

Wendie Burbridge ~Suicide is Painless

David Heen ~On Birth

Kuuleimana Johnson ~Revenge

Jessica Y. L. Ka'uhane ~He Didn't Mean It

Kamakani Konia ~What It's Like to Fly

John Leong ~Pulchritude

Micha K.K. McPeek ~There is a Dark Dimension

Raine Medeiros ~Lying in the Weeds

Kristy Mollena ~Longest Summer Ever

Aaron Nakamura ~Solitary Secret

Jacob Oda ~Just a Friend

Lexi Ontai ~Ode to Serotonin

Pua Plemer ~The Manipulation of Keith Vincent

Rachel L.C.S.K. Simao ~Duck Tales

Elisa Tsukayama ~Fenriyl's Memory

Writers or Conference Links:

Local publishers and authors:

We had the pleasure of meeting
TERRI FARLEY,

author of The Phantom Stallion books and Seven Tears into the Sea on Friday, March 10.

Check out her website and information about her books below.

The Phantom Stallion

visit the website

Seven Tears into the Sea

read an excerpt

I'm currently reading this book. It is very sweet and full of lovely images. I'm only on chapter three and the mood is mysterious and subtle. The characters are realistic and easy to relate to as you read the text. I encourage you to pick it up.

FICTION TO CHECK OUT:

Night by Elie Weisel