Call For Angel Stories For Inclusion In New YouTube Channel, Upcoming Book By Award Winning Author Jody Sharpe

Submitted angel stories will be considered for Sharpe's YouTube channel, Angel Stories, and the story may be fictionalized and included in her next book.

Bestselling author Jody Sharpe has been collecting angel stories for a very long time. Some of these stories are her own experiences, while others were submitted to her. Many find their way into her bestselling books. Sharpe was a 1st Place Winner of the 2023 National Association of Press Women's Communications Contest Award for Fiction For Adult Readers - Novellas, and the 2024 National Association of Press Womens's Communications Contest For Fiction - Novellas. She is now making it official.

Sharpe has issued a call for angel stories. The stories can be submitted at her website at https://jodysharpe.com. Not all stories are accepted. If accepted, the story will be included on her YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zFlB6SCAJg&t=14s, and may be included in her next book.

"I have heard so many angel encounters from others that I’ve been compelled to tell them in my novellas and on my channel," Sharpe stated. "I am writing a new novella, a prequel to the Mystic Bay series, and I will weave more of new stories people tell me and those of my own into the book."

Her latest book, New Angel In Town, is based on stories she has heard throughout the years. These fictionalized stories are embedded throughout the book.

In this book, a secret still lies in Mystic Bay, California. Angels live as humans there. But more miracles happen when Angel Ken and others help Ron, a new angel as he swoops into town. Guardian Angel Ron flies down to live a human existence to make sure his charge, Evan, a boy in foster care, finds a forever home.

Meanwhile, writer Noah Greenstreet is writing a film showcasing the townsfolk’s angel encounters. With twists and turns and a bully to turn around, Angel Ron has to decide if he will stay in the harmonious town. Will Evan find a forever home? Will love and goodwill help Angel Ron decide to stay? With angels at the helm, readers ride along on another miraculous story of the angels of Mystic Bay.

Readers and reviewers have lavished praise on the new book. One Amazon reviewer said, "Just when I thought I couldn't love the Mystic Bay series more, Jody released the most breathtaking installment yet! Book 7 is a masterclass in child advocacy, true love, & angel-ology that blends emotional depth with a community of compassion.

The concept of angels living among us as humans is handled with such grace and wit. As always, I felt deeply immersed in the world of merciful Mystic Bay. Jody’s character development is phenomenal. Experiencing these heavenly beings grapple with human love, fear, & joy is pure magic. It’s heartfelt, sizzling, & absolutely un-putdownable. The reader will come away believing in Angels!

This book is a stunning addition to her magnificent series. It is a radiant reward of Jody’s keen dedication to bringing the love of angels into our world."

Another said, "The angel experiences shared in the book seem real and remind the reader of the meaning of love and how it can change lives. Surely we can put the values illustrated in this beautifully written book in our own lives and make our world a better place for all."

The book is available at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jody-Sharpe/author/B00DPL3382?.

Other books by Jody Sharpe include:

To Catch an Angel - Jody is also the author of 'To Catch an Angel', written in memory of her late husband Steve. In 'To Catch an Angel', miracles happen in Mystic Bay, California, the town with the psychic and angel vibe. Angels are calling. Psychic Maggie Malone returns home to find she's swept up in the miracle of it all. She can't imagine why her mother left or who her father might be. But these questions pale in comparison to the wonder of the angels. Maggie meets writer, Noah Greenstreet. They realize they've met before, but where? Maggie and Noah embark on a journey to find our world is all awash with angels.

Town Of Angels - it's angel vs. Bully in the town of Mystic Bay, California, where a well-kept secret lies. Angels live as humans there. After angels appeared to three children, all was blissful in the town full of psychics, and ordinary folk. But as brute, Klaus Waxman, comes to town, angel Ken Leighton, a storeowner, must carefully guide his flock of humans not to give in to the bully's efforts.As Klaus opens a store mocking the resident angel sightings, angel Ken guides psychic Justine Greer, and her family to thwart his efforts. And with the help of the indomitable oldest psychic in town, Madam Norma, the bully meets his match through the soft voices and intuitive minds of his neighbors.

Town Of Angels Christmas - The bully never wins. A secret lies in Mystic Bay California. Angels live as humans there. Angel Ken, a storeowner, fears the secret will be revealed when vet, Jordana Hart, a woman with special healing abilities moves to town.

Years before Angel Ken materialized as an old man, changing the course of her life. Will Jordana recognize Angel Ken as the man from her past as they work together on a rescue mission to bring twenty-two horses to Mystic Bay before Christmas, will they see what lies before them, a Christmas story only the angels could write.

The Dog Who Came For Christmas - Meteorologist and psychic, Gayle Force Knight, proves to be a force to be reckoned with once more. While Gayle was sleeping, an angel sent her a vision of a future event. With her intuition, Gayle wonders, will she really meet the dog in her dream and save another one?

With the help of her intuitive husband, Alex Knight, and friends, Gayle sets on a course to rescue many more. But with surprising twists and turns of intrigue, both Gayle and Alex find there are always angels at the helm as they ride on their coattails.

20 Moon Road, An Angel's Tale - Miracles still happen in the town of Mystic Bay California. Angels live as humans there. Angel Ken, a former football coach, is surprised when his late best friend, the indomitable psychic, Madam Norma, appears in spirit form and asks him to write the story of her life through her memories she will send him. Surprising to Angel Ken, Madam Norma saw thousands of angels since childhood.

Special Needs Children followed her children's book about angels, When The Angel Sent Butterflies. The new book helps children understand that love from their parents and others surrounds them. Love conquers fear, and believing that angels are near can help sweep any childhood fear away. This concept is presented in the book when Angel Ken sends Jones and Kate butterflies. The book, appropriate for ages 2 to 7, is now available at Amazon and Ingram.

One of her latest books, Summer Of Angels, is a mystery novel. Meteorologist and psychic, Gayle Force proves a force to be reckoned with as she moves back to her beloved Mystic Bay, California. While sleeping, an angel sent her a vision in a dream of a future event. Gayle realizes she must use her intuition to save an old man from drowning. But who is this old man?

With the help of intuitive attorney, Alex Knight, she finds they are caught in the middle of a future crime. But can Gayle and Alex solve the case and save the old man before it’s too late? With surprising twists and turns of intrigue and love, Gayle and Alex find there are angels at the helm as they help prove the bully never wins.

In addition, on the "Tuesdays With The Angels" section of her site, Sharpe presents stories of real-life encounters with angels. The stories are available at Sharpe's website at http://www.jodysharpe.com.

Sharpe hopes to create a collection of angel stories that involve sightings of angels, interaction with angels, miraculous angel encounters, and other types of accounts or stories. Everyone is welcome to submit angel stories. All submissions will be considered, but inclusion is not guaranteed. Stories may be submitted at http://bit.ly/2FV8amd.

Sharpe's YouTube channel brings all of this together, offering segments on all of these topics. One topic of special interest is bullying, specifically as it relates to special needs children.

In addition to the National Federation of Press Women’s award, Jody was chosen as a winner in the annual "50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading" Book Awards. She was chosen from a field of hundreds of authors through a public voting process.

Jody also announced recently that two new screen treatments of her books are now available: The Angel's Daughter and Town Of Angels Christmas.

Jody Sharpe is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at sharpejody76@gmail.com. Angel stories can be submitted at http://bit.ly/2FV8amd. All of her books are available at online book retailers. New quotes will be added every Tuesday to the "Tuesdays With The Angels" section of her blog, which can be found at her website at http://www.JodySharpe.com.

Profile:

Jody Sharpe had a rewarding career as a Special Education teacher. Writing about angels became healing after losing her daughter and then her husband. The valuable lessons she learned about moving forward and loving life in the now have set her on a mission to tell the stories with love, humor and spiritual awakening. The fictitious town of Mystic Bay has given her an avenue to put characters and themes together hopefully enlightening the reader towards contemplation of the precious life and memories we are given.

Contact:

Jody Sharpe
sharpejody76@gmail.com
http://www.jodysharpe.com 

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Conspiracy Theory II: The Rise Of The Anti-American Alliance: Iran, Russia, And China Unite Against Trump Says Elizabeth Graham, Author Of Bestselling Book, From Democracy To Democrazy

Her bestselling ebook, ‘From Democracy To Democrazy, A Warning To All Americans’ will be available at no charge May 7 and 8, 2026 at Amazon.

Bestselling author Elizabeth Graham is an authority on the Trump/Putin relationship. Her articles have appeared worldwide, have been published on the websites of thousands of traditional media outlets and she writes a very popular Substack (www.egraham.substack.com ) on topics relating to democracy, Russia, and U.S. politics.

Kirkus Professional Book Reviewers said: "Graham's new book is an intriguing and informative ‘must read’ from a woman who is probably the best-informed American on the terrifying realities concerning Vladimir Putin's motivations and his control over Trump.” Clare Harwood, a publisher remarked: “Some books are written to entertain.  Others are written because the author feels responsible for speaking. Democrazy is clearly the latter. . . Graham draws not from theory, but from lived experience in authoritarian and communist countries. . . When she writes about Donald Trump’s similarities to leaders she encountered overseas, it does not read as partisan commentary.”

In a recent Substack post, Graham detailed the rise of an anti-American alliance comprised of Iran, Russia and China. In that post called CONSPIRACY THEORY II, she wrote in part:

“Much of the world is spiraling out of control as Donald Trump and JD Vance lie their way through daily press conferences as a pretense for “doing what is right.” Yesterday Vance said, “The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement with Iran.” The truth is, “We had an agreement with Iran in 2015. The deal imposed strict limits on uranium enrichment until 2040. It was called JCPOA and was an “agreement to limit the Iranian nuclear program in return for sanctions relief and other provisions.” (Wikipedia) It was working perfectly, until Trump tore it up in 2018 out of spite for one reason – it was Barak Obama who negotiated it. And the reason that Vance and Trump cannot negotiate a new agreement is that no one – in the entire world - wants to deal with either of them.

Donald Trump has sent two men to the Iran-US talks in Pakistan – one is his son-in-law and the other is has golf buddy.
So instead of working with Trump/Vance and the U.S. – Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, is reshaping the Western alliance with the help of other NATO nations. Rather than collaborating with Trump and Vance, Starmer from the UK, Macron from France, and thirty-one nations met in Paris this past week to discuss the possibility of NATO operating without the United States and/or against the United States.

At the same time, Russia, China, and North Korea are supporting an alliance which includes Iran against the United States – leaving Trump – and his crazy sidekick Vance – and the American people who elected these men – more isolated and alone. Putin’s wish list is reaching effectuation and NATO may not crumble, but it might reorganize without the United States.

Even Trump’s tango with MAGA, far-right Republicans, and American “oligarch’s” is now tremulous and unstable. It is becoming almost a regular occurrence for Mr. Trump to post drawings of himself as God or Jesus. No one - whether a Catholic, a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, or a Hindu appreciates or sees humor is such defamation or slander of religious leaders.        

In one post on his Truth Social network about six months ago, Trump was dressed like the Pope. Catholics worldwide were not amused. His latest description of Pope Leo is that the Pope supports nuclear weapons in Iran and Trump called him ‘weak’. This unpalatable association is typical of Donald Trump’s disturbed mind but then U.S. Congressional inaction also signals a troubling decline in the U.S. democracy.

Donald Trump is under the control of Russia.  The proof is found in several sources, The Mueller Report, the January 6th Report, the Jack Smith Report, and especially in the Craig Unger books. Mr. Unger details the who, what, where, when and why of Trump’s four decade-long relationship with Russians and subsequently his entrapment and bribery. Trump’s treasonous behavior is documented; it’s the Republican Party which has chosen to ignore the proof.

Treason is considered the topmost criminal offense in the United States – and for that matter in almost any country worldwide. The U.S. mid-term elections are only months away in 2026. If the Republicans lose the majority in the Senate, the House, or both – Donald Trump will face impeachment.  Once impeached, he is liable for other crimes such as treason. 

Daily, Trump walks a tightrope juggling Putin’s demand, many Republicans, the Senate and House, the laws and judicial system, the American public and media, the war in Iran, and his feeble attempts to cover up his crimes. This is enough psychological pressure to trigger chronic stress – possibly leading to cognitive impairment, potential psychosis, a stroke or heart attack.     

On April 23rd, Mrs. Trump’s obvious distorted speech attempting to separate herself from Jeffrey Epstein set off perfidious firecrackers in all directions. Most Americans noticed the deception, but few understood the hidden reasoning behind the speech. . .”

The full post is available at her Substack at https://egraham.substack.com/p/conspiracy-story-ii. 'From Democracy To Democrazy' will be available at no charge in ebook form May 7 and 8, 2026 at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Elizabeth-Graham/author/B0CMY189NT?. More is available at https://substack.com/@elizabethgraham. Subscribe for $5/month at www.egraham.substack.com to receive Graham's daily or weekly Substack messages which draw on her decades of experience in Russia.

All of this information and much more is available in Graham's book, 'From Democracy To Democrazy: A Warning To All Americans', now available at Amazon, and more information is available at her website at https://democrazy2020.org/.
 
About Elizabeth Graham:

Elizabeth Graham lives in a quiet rural city in northern Arizona. She had 4 children and has 3 grandchildren. Her oldest daughter died July 16, 2016 - three months before the U.S. 2016 election and while living/working in Japan. The Tokyo Police ruled her death a homicide by an unknown substance – possibly a poison - which is the signature lethal method used by Russians. There is more about her death in From Democracy to Democrazy.

Elizabeth was indoctrinated at a young age by her father who was a senior manager working undercover with the CIA. Her college days were in Los Angeles with the desire to become a high school teacher. However, she was destined to study Russia, Russian language, and live a life of Top-Secret clearances and undercover work. This led to senior nonprofit management positions and consulting jobs in strategic places like Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia, all the former Soviet - Central Asian countries, and Ukraine, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and many other locations. In this process of living and working abroad, she became bi-cultural - American to Russian and back – only to find that her birth country was in the process of losing its democracy and becoming a dictatorship.
 
Contact:  

Elizabeth Graham
https://democrazy2020.org
https://egraham.substack.com
graham1elizabeth@aol.com 

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Bestselling Author Jody Sharpe Announces Giveaway For Bestselling Ebook, New Angel In Town, Available April 20, 2026

Sharpe was a 1st Place Winner of the 2023 National Association of Press Women's Communications Contest Award for Fiction For Adult Readers - Novellas, and the 2024 National Association of Press Womens's Communications Contest For Fiction - Novellas

Jody Sharpe has announced that her latest bestselling book about angels in the Mystic Bay series, 'New Angel In Town'. will be available at no charge in ebook form April 20, 2026 at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jody-Sharpe/author/B00DPL3382?.

A secret still lies in Mystic Bay, California. Angels live as humans there. But more miracles happen when Angel Ken and others help Ron, a new angel as he swoops into town. Guardian Angel Ron flies down to live a human existence to make sure his charge, Evan, a boy in foster care, finds a forever home.

Meanwhile, writer Noah Greenstreet is writing a film showcasing the townsfolk’s angel encounters. With twists and turns and a bully to turn around, Angel Ron has to decide if he will stay in the harmonious town. Will Evan find a forever home? Will love and goodwill help Angel Ron decide to stay? With angels at the helm, readers ride along on another miraculous story of the angels of Mystic Bay.

In a recent blog post, Sharpe explained the impetus behind penning the 7 book installment Mystic Bay series:

Kate, my late daughter, was the sunshine of my life. She passed away years ago but her memory is embedded in my heart. I dream of her upon occasion, yet it one dream she spoke to me.

She was sitting on the couch with her twin brother and sister. I had been worried that day about whatever problem had come up. In fact I was ruminating about it. But love has no boundaries between heaven and earth. Kate looked up at me and said, “Just live.”

Wasn’t this a voice of reason for me to ponder at just the right moment? I woke up realizing that today, the now, is all we ever have. We can look back with regret on many decisions or happenings or we can look forward and believe in today.

I have precious memories of her that no one can take away. She was the sweetest little girl and welcomed her twin brother and sister with love, caring for them calling them, our babies and then, our twins. She lived a life full of love for her family knowing we loved her and she knows that still. Kate is in heaven’s realm with angels by her side. I feel her with me every day. I’ve written ten books with angel themes. My latest, ‘New Angel In Town‘, reflects all the true angel encounters family, friends, and those I meet at book signings have told me.

The full post is available at her website at https://JodySharpe.com.

Readers and reviewers have lavished praise on the new book. One Amazon reviewer said, "Just when I thought I couldn't love the Mystic Bay series more, Jody released the most breathtaking installment yet! Book 7 is a masterclass in child advocacy, true love, & angel-ology that blends emotional depth with a community of compassion.

The concept of angels living among us as humans is handled with such grace and wit. As always, I felt deeply immersed in the world of merciful Mystic Bay. Jody’s character development is phenomenal. Experiencing these heavenly beings grapple with human love, fear, & joy is pure magic. It’s heartfelt, sizzling, & absolutely un-putdownable. The reader will come away believing in Angels!

This book is a stunning addition to her magnificent series. It is a radiant reward of Jody’s keen dedication to bringing the love of angels into our world."

Another said, "The angel experiences shared in the book seem real and remind the reader of the meaning of love and how it can change lives. Surely we can put the values illustrated in this beautifully written book in our own lives and make our world a better place for all."

The book is available at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jody-Sharpe/author/B00DPL3382?.

Other books by Jody Sharpe include:

To Catch an Angel - Jody is also the author of 'To Catch an Angel', written in memory of her late husband Steve. In 'To Catch an Angel', miracles happen in Mystic Bay, California, the town with the psychic and angel vibe. Angels are calling. Psychic Maggie Malone returns home to find she's swept up in the miracle of it all. She can't imagine why her mother left or who her father might be. But these questions pale in comparison to the wonder of the angels. Maggie meets writer, Noah Greenstreet. They realize they've met before, but where? Maggie and Noah embark on a journey to find our world is all awash with angels.

Town Of Angels - it's angel vs. Bully in the town of Mystic Bay, California, where a well-kept secret lies. Angels live as humans there. After angels appeared to three children, all was blissful in the town full of psychics, and ordinary folk. But as brute, Klaus Waxman, comes to town, angel Ken Leighton, a storeowner, must carefully guide his flock of humans not to give in to the bully's efforts.As Klaus opens a store mocking the resident angel sightings, angel Ken guides psychic Justine Greer, and her family to thwart his efforts. And with the help of the indomitable oldest psychic in town, Madam Norma, the bully meets his match through the soft voices and intuitive minds of his neighbors.

Town Of Angels Christmas - The bully never wins. A secret lies in Mystic Bay California. Angels live as humans there. Angel Ken, a storeowner, fears the secret will be revealed when vet, Jordana Hart, a woman with special healing abilities moves to town.

Years before Angel Ken materialized as an old man, changing the course of her life. Will Jordana recognize Angel Ken as the man from her past as they work together on a rescue mission to bring twenty-two horses to Mystic Bay before Christmas, will they see what lies before them, a Christmas story only the angels could write.

Special Needs Children, The Angels On My Shoulder is a memoir based on her twenty-five years teaching children with special needs. The book placed second in the National Federation Of Press Women's At-Large Communication contest. The book is as entertaining as it is illuminating. It's a love story about the special students and others who over the years graced her life with just that, their grace.

With hearts of angels and challenges to face, the children took Sharpe along their journeys and inspired her own life's journey of self-discovery. When sorrow came, their kindness helped her through. The synchronicity of events from high school to retirement changed her life for the better, turning her face toward heaven.

Midwest Book Review stated, "Sharpe's ability to see the good in circumstances and people identifies the 'special' in 'special needs' as she delineates her journey through the education system and those teaching and social encounters which changed her perspective and life."

"Teachers (especially those working with special needs kids) will find this spiritual and social reflection easily accessible. It's presented in vignettes which offer small, digestible bites of insight into a world where angels and kindness are present in more than one form."

The Dog Who Came For Christmas - Meteorologist and psychic, Gayle Force Knight, proves to be a force to be reckoned with once more. While Gayle was sleeping, an angel sent her a vision of a future event. With her intuition, Gayle wonders, will she really meet the dog in her dream and save another one?

With the help of her intuitive husband, Alex Knight, and friends, Gayle sets on a course to rescue many more. But with surprising twists and turns of intrigue, both Gayle and Alex find there are always angels at the helm as they ride on their coattails.

20 Moon Road, An Angel's Tale - Miracles still happen in the town of Mystic Bay California. Angels live as humans there. Angel Ken, a former football coach, is surprised when his late best friend, the indomitable psychic, Madam Norma, appears in spirit form and asks him to write the story of her life through her memories she will send him. Surprising to Angel Ken, Madam Norma saw thousands of angels since childhood.

Special Needs Children followed her recently released children's book about angels, When The Angel Sent Butterflies. The new book helps children understand that love from their parents and others surrounds them. Love conquers fear, and believing that angels are near can help sweep any childhood fear away. This concept is presented in the book when Angel Ken sends Jones and Kate butterflies. The book, appropriate for ages 2 to 7, is now available at Amazon and Ingram.

One of her latest books, Summer Of Angels, is a mystery novel. Meteorologist and psychic, Gayle Force proves a force to be reckoned with as she moves back to her beloved Mystic Bay, California. While sleeping, an angel sent her a vision in a dream of a future event. Gayle realizes she must use her intuition to save an old man from drowning. But who is this old man?

With the help of intuitive attorney, Alex Knight, she finds they are caught in the middle of a future crime. But can Gayle and Alex solve the case and save the old man before it’s too late? With surprising twists and turns of intrigue and love, Gayle and Alex find there are angels at the helm as they help prove the bully never wins.

In addition, on the "Tuesdays With The Angels" section of her site, Sharpe presents stories of real-life encounters with angels. The stories are available at Sharpe's website at http://www.jodysharpe.com.

Sharpe hopes to create a collection of angel stories that involve sightings of angels, interaction with angels, miraculous angel encounters, and other types of accounts or stories. Everyone is welcome to submit angel stories. All submissions will be considered, but inclusion is not guaranteed. Stories may be submitted at http://bit.ly/2FV8amd.

Sharpe's YouTube channel brings all of this together, offering segments on all of these topics. One topic of special interest is bullying, specifically as it relates to special needs children.

In addition to the National Federation of Press Women’s award, Jody was chosen as a winner in the annual "50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading" Book Awards. She was chosen from a field of hundreds of authors through a public voting process.

Jody also announced recently that two new screen treatments of her books are now available: The Angel's Daughter and Town Of Angels Christmas.

Jody Sharpe is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at sharpejody76@gmail.com. Angel stories can be submitted at http://bit.ly/2FV8amd. All of her books are available at online book retailers. New quotes will be added every Tuesday to the "Tuesdays With The Angels" section of her blog, which can be found at her website at http://www.JodySharpe.com.

Profile:

Jody Sharpe had a rewarding career as a Special Education teacher. Writing about angels became healing after losing her daughter and then her husband. The valuable lessons she learned about moving forward and loving life in the now have set her on a mission to tell the stories with love, humor and spiritual awakening. The fictitious town of Mystic Bay has given her an avenue to put characters and themes together hopefully enlightening the reader towards contemplation of the precious life and memories we are given.

Contact:

Jody Sharpe
sharpejody76@gmail.com
http://www.jodysharpe.com 

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Author Jennifer Terry Martin Announces New Inspirational Memoir, When Illness Becomes The Teacher

 

The ebook version of the book will be available at no charge from April 6 though April 7, 2026, at Amazon.

 All of us share a common disdain for illness. Pain, fatigue, and discomfort are often results of illness, irrespective of its nature or severity. It interrupts our work, our social life, and our daily responsibilities. It can lead to feelings of isolation, anxiety, or depression. But for Jennifer Terry Martin, a diagnosis of MS became a path back to her true self, her own voice, and her inner wisdom.

Her recently released memoir, When Illness Becomes The Teacher: A Memoir of Mindfulness, Radical Honesty, and Learning to Trust the Body's Wisdom, is a deeply honest memoir about living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), discovering mindfulness, and learning to trust the body's quiet wisdom.

The ebook version of the book will be available at no charge April 6 through April 7 at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jennifer-Martin/author/B0GT65GHTC.

When Jennifer was diagnosed with MS, her life filled with uncertainty, fear, and the pressure to remain strong for everyone around her. Over time, mindfulness became more than a coping tool—it became a path back to her own voice, inner wisdom, and deeper connection with others.

Through personal storytelling and gentle reflection, Jennifer invites readers to:

* Release the pressure to hold everything together
* Honor the body's signals with compassion
* Discover calm and presence even in uncertain moments
* Reconnect with the deeper wisdom already within them

This is not just a story about illness. It is a story about awakening, self-trust, and coming home to yourself.

When Illness Becomes The Teacher is perfect for readers drawn to memoirs of healing, mindfulness, and personal transformation.

"I wrote this book from a deeply personal place, in the hope that sharing my journey might help others feel less alone in their own. Living with illness taught me that healing isn’t always about fixing what’s broken, but about learning to meet ourselves with compassion, presence, and trust. My hope is that readers find comfort in these pages and begin to reconnect with the wisdom that already lives within them. If even one person feels seen or supported because of this book, then it has done what I set out for it to do."

In a recent review, Boyd Varty, author of 'The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life' said, “When Illness Becomes the Teacher is a powerful book for anyone ready to awaken to life’s deeper dimensions of meaning and grace… Full of the courage that only true vulnerability creates, this book is both a work of compassion and a practical map for navigating life’s most formative moments.”

When Illness Becomes the Teacher is available in softcover and ebook form. The ebook version will be available for download at no charge April 6 and 7, 2026 at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jennifer-Martin/author/B0GT65GHTC. Martin is available for media interviews and can be reached through her website. More information is available at her website at https://jennifermartinwellness.com.

About Jennifer Terry Martin:

Jennifer Terry Martin is a mindfulness teacher, coach, and writer who has spent more than two decades exploring how presence, compassion, and self-trust can transform the way we meet life’s challenges. After her diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), mindfulness became a lifeline — guiding her back to herself and deepening her connection with others. Through her work, she invites people to slow down, listen inward, and live with greater authenticity and compassion.

Contact:

Jennifer Terry Martin
https://jennifermartinwellness.com
jennifermartinwellness@yahoo.com 

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Bestselling Author Eric Madeen Announces Thriller Novel, Massage World, Available In Ebook Form At No Charge March 21 and 22, 2026

Madeen is a recently retired professor of modern literature at Tokyo City University and an adjunct professor at Keio University. He writes cross-genre and has penned a number of Amazon bestsellers.

'Massage World', the latest bestselling thriller novel by Eric Madeen, will be available at no charge in ebook form March 21 and 22, 2025 at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?.

In describing the novel, Madeen stated:

Whose world is it anyway? To find out peek under the drape - and see the body in pain.

As to why crack the multicultural thriller 'Massage World' and dive deep into both sides of the massage industry, and marvel at the simultaneous unravelling of both. From the get-go you'll witness the force of that ambiguity, repelling as it is with jumper-cable sparks as in conflict galore, exceeding reader expectation and thus creating narrative drive, a kind of drive that at one point is literally hell on wheels of a massage table.

One onto which a dirty vice detective is lashed and bumped down each stair one thud at a time of the luxurious mansion housing Massage World. The mayhem throughout brings chuckles and laughs at the hilarity from SoCal, Japan and back.

As the global demand for massage therapy skyrockets, from luxurious spas to discreet outcalls with the latter evident in the media cycle, one ambitious therapist, Ingrid Swanson, dares to open Massage World, defying the local underworld kingpin.

Enter Jack Cobb, a ruthless massage parlor lord determined to seize control of Ingrid's business through a series of illicit "massage wars," aided by said vice-cop soliciting "extras" while Cobb’s sister on the “inside” flashes donut rolls of dead presidents to entice therapists over to the wild side. The chaos escalates as a media frenzy erupts on the hard-soled heels and handcuffs of a dramatic police raid, sparking neighborhood protests and the crackle and cackle of so much more, the raid itself a delirious curtain call of sorts as in each character hitherto mentioned is present but only one side bows the other out handcuffed into the cameras and newscaster announcing: "You get more than just a massage at the new 5* health spa Massage World."

Curiously, a fearless female biker gang figures in the ending, riding their rice rocket Yamahas and Hondas up the grandiose stairs of Massage World, then roaring up a floor and still another, then the thrust downstairs and onto the mean streets laid with burning rubber and wild-arced wheelies in the hellacious chase of Jack Cobb. Where he roars into is for you to savor.

Your being smitten with this Dionysian nightmare, clashing as it does with those on both sides of the tracks, be they crystally (holistic) or oily in a read you'll find zesty and informative as in what goes down or doesn't in the sliding signifier of Massage World, draped - or the heck with the drape.

'Massage World' has received rave reviews from readers:

“It combines gritty realism, lurid sensationalism, and darker-than-black comedy to conjure up a phantasmagoric vision of a world in pain … So earthquaking powerful and fresh it is, I've never read anything quite like it, not even close.” — Larry McCaffery, author notably of Some Other Frequency: Interviews with Innovative American Authors and former Professor of English and Comparative Literature at SDSU.

“It’s a sizzler of a thriller bursting with eccentric energy.” — William Luvaas, winner of a Huffington Post Book of the Year award.

“Very cinematic with a canny and calculated construction. A really high-octane potboiler. Motion and emotion. Exotica and erotica circling from SoCal to Japan and back to SoCal. Conflict galore. Kinkiness with and without aromatic oils. Who could ask for more?” — Harold Jaffe, Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and Literature at San Diego State University and former Editor of Fiction International.

The ebook version of ‘Massage World’ will be available March 14 and 15, 2026 at no charge at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?

Other books by Madeen include:

Eric Madeen's bestselling travelogue, ‘Asian Trail Mix: True Tales from Borneo to Japan,’ scales down the sprawl of Asia by focusing on the unique and revelatory in gemmy prose. See up close and personal the razzmatazz of novice monks at play in northern Laos, the bonding with hustling pedicab drivers in Ho Chi Minh City, the rainforests blazed on gutsy treks across Borneo and Thailand's Elephant Island and novel things Japanese. Served up nice and spicy, Asian Trail Mix is slathered across 12 rocking-it essays plus a tall tale at its glorious ending, making for a baker's dozen of sumptuousness.

In a review for 'Asian Trail Mix', one reader said, "The writing is lush and emotive. It contains images and turns of phrase that will stay with you." Another said, "'Mr. Madeen has a knack for taking one into the depths of a country and introducing the reader to fascinating customs and interesting characters. Five stars!"

Another stated, "The author has a discerning eye for subjects of local interest at each of the intervening destinations, and truly commendable is how he’s able to draw out characters, getting their riveting stories while sketching remarkable details on the Asian trail. Eric Madeen, an American based in Japan, is clearly fueled with high-energy. It’s a rush to keep up with him, both on and off trail, either way transcribed in a voice that’s more than a language function but the sum totality of this writer’s experiences and means of expression. Madeen has been there and proof is in his prose.”

'Water Drumming In The Soul' - a fiery tale set in steamy equatorial Africa, Peace Corps volunteer David Fields, is on mission: to build a medical dispensary in a village where spells are cast on enemies and fear of a witch doctor reigns. David seldom has his bearings – cultural or geographical – and must fight a cocktail of tropical maladies as well as social taboos as he throws himself into work. Until... he meets Assam. Captivated by her water drumming, her playing the stream as a drum, David is drawn to her early on and becomes the hunter captured by the game. And what a rollicking game of love it is - with a tension or excitement between them that never dissipates, until the haunting end.

‘Tokyo-ing!’ - This is an apt word for this trio of tales chiming with anyone even slightly interested in Asia’s or rather the world’s most dynamic megalopolis and its glazing of layers – be they cultural or taking-wing exuberant. Madeen does deep dives in three fascinating directions and voices, including the persona in first-person female. Then doesn’t let readers come up for air because they don’t want to - until the delicious end.

‘Tennis Clubbed, Snubbed and Rubbity-Dub Dubbed’ - In historically rich Yokohama, where Captain Perry and his Black Ships cracked open Japan, the wicked shiver of the tennis snub in the postmodern present pits David Adams against K: a puffed-up xenophobic tyrant who rules over the courts of a club that has as its anthem, ironically, the promotion of international friendship. Between pops of new cans of tennis balls, Madeen has interwoven chapters seemingly lived as a prof, but herein a delirious fun-house look at Japanese university life. The whole wonderous unwrapping of a kimono’s obi likened by Peter Goodman, publisher of Stone Bridge Press, to a position paper on Japan.

Eric Madeen is available for media interviews and can be reached at ericsan@gol.com. All of his books are available at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?. More information is available at his website at https://ericmadeen.com/.

About Eric Madeen:

Eric Madeen is a recently retired associate professor of modern literature at Tokyo City University and an adjunct professor at Keio University. He's an award-winning author of six books. His writing has been published widely -- in Time, Asia Week, The East, Daily Yomiuri, Tokyo Journal, Kyoto Journal, Metropolis, Mississippi Review, ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan with its 350,000 some monthly readers, Peace Corps Worldwide, East Of The Web, Japanophile, Yomimono, The Pretentious Idea, Tombstone Epitaph, several anthologies, academic journals, therein his seminal essay "Under Western and Eastern Eyes" jointly published by the Ministry of Education of the Western Federation, Russia, and the Joseph Conrad Foundation, USA, and so on.

Madeen has been featured in several radio interviews and podcasts, notably Fascinating People, Fascinating Places, about the late Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer and his creation of a durable hospital in Lambarene, Gabon. Madeen’s investigative feature of the polymath Schweitzer and his enduring hospital won him a Profile in Citizenship from Peace Corps Worldwide. Madeen once made his living copywriting for what was then the world's largest ad agency Dentsu, for clients as diverse as Mazda, Subaru, Canon, Konica, Nikko Hotels International and Sony.

Just out of the University of Arizona which made him as a penman, Madeen served for 2.3 years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Francophone Gabon, Africa, where he built a primary school complex in an equatorial village surrounded by rainforest, a mind-blowing experience which inspired his first novel, Water Drumming in the Soul, shelfed not only in the Permanent Collection of Books by Peace Corps Writers in the Library of Congress but many readers’ hearts.

Contact:

Eric Madeen
https://ericmadeen.com
ericsan@gol.com 

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Putin Is Playing The Long Game With Donald Trump And US Politics Says Elizabeth Graham, Bestselling Author Of From Democracy To Democrazy, A Warning To All Americans

Kirkus Professional Book Reviewers said: "Graham's new book is an intriguing and informative ‘must read’ from a woman who is probably the best-informed American on the terrifying realities concerning Vladimir Putin's motivations and his control over Trump. It is a warning to all Americans."

Bestselling author Elizabeth Graham is an authority on the Trump/Putin relationship. Her articles have appeared worldwide, have been published on the websites of thousands of traditional media outlets and she writes a very popular substack (www.egraham.substack.com ) on topics relating to democracy, Russia, and U.S. politics. She invites her readers to join her on her Substack for discussions.

The Ebook version of From Democracy To Democrazy, A Warning to All Americans, will be available at no charge March 9 and 10, 2026 on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Elizabeth-Graham/author/B0CMY189NT?

Clare Harwood, a publisher, remarked: “Some books are written to entertain. Others are written because the author feels responsible to speak. Democrazy is clearly the latter. In Democrazy, A ‘Warning to all Americans”, Graham draws not from theory, but from lived experience decades working within government systems, operating abroad in communist and authoritarian environments, and observing firsthand how power consolidates and manipulates. When she writes about Vladimir Putin’s long game or about Donald Trump’s similarities to leaders she encountered overseas, it does not read as partisan commentary. It reads as a warning from someone who has seen these patterns before, and the strength of ‘Democrazy’ lies in that comparative lens.

Graham had a Top-Secret Security Clearance while a senior in high school, and immediately upon graduation began working undercover with the CIA. She later joined the SAIC's Foreign Systems Research Center (FSRC) for 12 years. Eight of these years were spent studying Russia and Russian, and she managed the largest Russian-language military, technical and intelligence data base/library in the U.S. She began to travel to the Soviet Union and then became one of the very few Americans to move to the USSR.

She lived under Communism in the Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine, and Central Asia long enough to become bi-cultural, embracing Russian identity and culture. She presents her direct experience and insights regarding life under communist or authoritarian regimes to American audiences through her book and Substack posts. In a recent Substack post titled, 'Heroes' she wrote in part:

TIME100 Magazine dated June 2, 2022, was dedicated to the most influential persons worldwide. . . This edition includes the Russian dictator (Putin) behind a brutal war, and his foe, the Ukrainian President (Zelensky) whose leadership has made him a rare heroic figure in our divisive time. . . The description of President Zelensky was written by U.S. President Joe Biden. The description of President Putin was written by Alexei Navalny. For those of you who do not know Navalny, he was the leader of the Russian opposition, was poisoned by Putin but survived in a German hospital, then returned to Russia only to be arrested. He was serving nine years in a Russian maximum-security penal colony until his death.

Navalny states: “Perhaps Vladimir Putin’s true mission is to teach lessons. To everyone – from world leaders and pundits to ordinary people. He has been especially good at this in 2022. He reminded us once again that a path that begins with “just a little election rigging” always ends with a dictatorship.

When I read this statement, all I could think of was President Trump’s call (which was taped) to Brad Raffensperger (R), the Secretary of State for Georgia pressuring him to “just find about 11,780 votes” to overturn the 2020 presidential election. This was first published by The Washington Post and then The New York Times.

Navalny goes on to say: “World leaders have hypocritically talked for years about a “pragmatic” approach and the benefits of international trade. In so doing, they enabled themselves to benefit from Russian oil and gas while Putin’s grip on (international) power grew stronger. Between sanctions and military and economic aid, this war (with Ukraine) will cost hundreds of times more than those lucrative oil and gas contracts, the signing of which used to be celebrated with champagne.

Putin also has reminded us all of the “duck test”: if something looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck – or in this case, a dictator. The very same logic should be applied in this case: if someone destroys the independent media, organizes political assassinations, and sticks to his imperial delusions, then he is a madman capable of causing a bloodbath in the center of Europe in the 21st century. . . However, the answer to the main question he poses – how to stop an evil madman with an army, nuclear weapons, and membership in the U.N. Security Council – is yet to be answered.

The same could be said of Mr. Trump. Does Donald Trump remind you of the “duck test?” He is well on his way to destroy independent media in our country. He organizes politically motivated lawsuits against all who oppose him and a few have mysteriously died, and he sticks with his “imperial delusions.” Perhaps most importantly, he is a madman capable of causing a bloodbath in the middle of America and elsewhere. Every one of us has witnessed this violence. Alex Pretti and Renee Good were his victims, along with 33 others who have died in his “containment camps.”. His solidary and illegal military decisions have killed over 100 individuals in Venezuela and Iran. And perhaps most importantly, his closure of USAID has resulted in a genocide in Africa with an estimated death toll by 2040 of over 15 million people. (The Lancet)

This death toll far exceeds Putin’s number of deaths in Ukraine, and it exceeds Hitler’s number of Jews killed in Europe by more than twice the number. This is the deliberate action of a bigoted man who discriminates against Black and Brown-skinned people. This event stands as an atrocity of great historical proportions, which will burden Americans for generations - comparable to Germany’s history of Hitler.

“USAID-supported programs in low- and middle-income countries, heavily concentrated in Africa, prevented an estimated 91.8 million deaths between 2001 and 2021.

This includes over 30 million children under five and major reductions in mortality from HIV/AIDS (25.5 million deaths averted), malaria (8 million), tropical diseases and starvation.” (Wikipedia) The United States has gone from the world’s savior to the world’s most gruesome butcher in one year due to Donald Trump’s leadership.

'From Democracy To Democrazy' will be available at no charge in ebook form March 9 and 10, 2026 at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Elizabeth-Graham/author/B0CMY189NT?. More is available at https://substack.com/@elizabethgraham. Subscribe for $5/month at www.egraham.substack.com to receive Graham's daily or weekly Substack messages which draw on her decades of experience in Russia.

All of this information and much more is available in Graham's book, 'From Democracy To Democrazy: A Warning To All Americans', now available at Amazon. More information is available at her website at https://democrazy2020.org/.

About Elizabeth Graham:

Elizabeth Graham lives in a quiet rural city in northern Arizona. She had 4 children and has 3 grandchildren. Her oldest daughter died July 16, 2016 - three months before the U.S. 2016 election and while living/working in Japan. The Tokyo Police ruled her death a homicide by an unknown substance – possibly a poison - which is the signature lethal method used by Russians. There is more about her death in From Democracy to Democrazy.

Elizabeth was indoctrinated at a young age by her father who was a senior manager working undercover with the CIA. Her college days were in Los Angeles with the desire to become a high school teacher. However, she was destined to study Russia, Russian language, and live a life of Top-Secret clearances and undercover work. This led to senior nonprofit management positions and consulting jobs in strategic places like Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia, all the former Soviet - Central Asian countries, and Ukraine, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and many other locations. In this process of living and working abroad, she became bi-cultural - American to Russian and back – only to find that her birth country was in the process of losing its democracy and becoming a dictatorship.

Contact:

Elizabeth Graham
https://democrazy2020.org
graham1elizabeth@aol.com 

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Bestselling Literary Fiction Ebook, Water Drumming In The Soul By Author Eric Madeen, Will Be Available At No Charge January 31 Through February 1 At Amazon

Madeen is a Senior Associate Professor of Modern Literature at Tokyo City University and Lecturer at Keio University. He writes cross-genre but terms himself as unclassifiable, and has penned a number of Amazon bestsellers.

'Water Drumming In The Soul: A Novel of Racy Love in the Heart of Africa,’ Eric Madeen's bestselling work of literary fiction, will be available at no charge in ebook form February 20 through February 22 at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?.

'Water Drumming In The Soul' is a transformative journey inspired by Madeen's adventures in Africa.

Like wunderkind best-seller Paul Theroux, Eric Madeen will always think of himself as a Peace Corps volunteer, one who, just after graduating from the University of Arizona, constructed in Francophone Gabon, Africa a primary school complex in an equatorial village surrounded by rainforest, where he got lost for three days while hunting monkeys for the cooking pot, and where notably he fell in love, giving his first novel, 'Water Drumming in the Soul,' a vigorous fictional reality.

In this fiery tale set in steamy equatorial Africa, Peace Corps volunteer David Fields is on mission: to build a medical dispensary in a village where spells are cast on enemies and fear of a witch doctor reigns. David seldom has his bearings – cultural or geographical – and must fight a cocktail of tropical maladies as well as social taboos as he throws himself into work. Until he meets Assam. Captivated by her water drumming, her playing the stream as a drum, David is drawn to her early on and becomes the hunter captured by the game. And what a rollicking game of love it is - with a tension or excitement between them that never dissipates, until the haunting end.

Readers and reviewers have expressed high praise for 'Water Drumming In The Soul.' Zaheer Baber, Professor of Sociology at University of Toronto, said, "Madeen's storytelling prowess shines through and resonates with authenticity. The characters, particularly Assam, are beautifully developed, challenging traditional stereotypes as in presenting a more nuanced and genuine portrayal of African culture.”

One Amazon reviewer said, "Water Drumming in the Soul” not only tells a passionate love story, but it also delves into thought-provoking themes like culture, identity, and the power of human connection. It's a rollercoaster of emotions that'll have you laughing, crying, and everything in between. This isn't your typical love story! This novel is so well-written and full of unexpected twists you’ll keep flipping those pages. Plus, the characters are well-developed -- rounded in their complexities -- that you'll feel like you've known them forever. So, if you're ready for a wild and adventurous ride, grab a copy of this modern-day classic ASAP!"

Elizabeth Montano, author of The Eternal Dawn Trilogy, called it "a novel so beautifully and realistically written I found it on par with works by whom we consider masters … Hemingway definitely comes to mind."

Eric Madeen writes cross-genre, and is the author of several books:

Tokyo-ing! - This is an apt title for this bestselling trio of tales chiming with anyone even slightly interested in Asia’s or rather the world’s most dynamic megalopolis and its glazing of layers – be they cultural or taking-wing exuberant. Madeen does deep dives in three fascinating directions and voices, including the persona in first-person female. Then doesn’t let readers come up for air because they don’t want to - until the delicious end.

Asian Trail Mix: True Tales From Borneo to Japan is a bestselling travelogue mixing it up on the Asian Trail in a voice that's by turns personal, passionate and ohhhh so very soulful. "So I get up at dawn and marvel at fog burning off into mist tumbling down like the finest mosquito netting of silk. The hills beyond the rivers' confluence, like shoulders of a woman undressing, the way the misty shroud lifts off feminine curves, higher and higher ... I tingle all over, feeling there on Borneo the dream tug of Joseph Conrad's fiction, notably his early Malaya Quartet therein Lord Jim."

By turns literarily pathbreaking and intimate, this smorgasbord of travel essays scales down the sprawl of Asia by focusing on the unique and revelatory in gemmy prose. See up close and personal the razzmatazz of novice monks at play in northern Laos, the bonding with hustling pedicab drivers in Ho Chi Minh City, the rainforests blazed on gutsy treks across Borneo and Thailand's Elephant Island and novel things Japanese. Served up nice and spicy, Asian Trail Mix is slathered across 12 rocking-it essays plus a tall tale at its glorious ending, making for a baker's dozen of sumptuousness.

Tennis Clubbed, Snubbed and Rubbity-Dub Dubbed is his third novel. In historically rich Yokohama, where Captain Perry and his Black Ships cracked open Japan, the wicked shiver of the tennis snub in the postmodern present pits David Adams against K: a puffed-up xenophobic tyrant who rules over the courts of a club that has as its anthem, ironically, the promotion of international friendship, modelled on the world’s 2nd oldest tennis club on whose board Madeen had the privilege of serving.

‘Water Drumming In The Soul: A Novel Of Racy Love in the Heart of Africa' will be available at no charge in e-book format February 20 through February 22, 2026 at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?.

Eric Madeen is available for media interviews and can be reached at ericsan@gol.com. All of his books are available at Amazon. More information is available at his website at https://ericmadeen.com.

About Eric Madeen:

Eric Madeen is an associate professor of modern literature at Tokyo City University and an adjunct professor at Keio University. He's an award-winning author of six books, and his writing has been published widely -- in Time, Asia Week, The East, Daily Yomiuri, Tokyo Journal, Kyoto Journal, East of the Web, Metropolis, Mississippi Review, ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan, Peace Corps Worldwide, Japanophile, Yomimono, The Pretentious Idea, Tombstone Epitaph, several anthologies and academic journals, therein his seminal essay "Under Western and Eastern Eyes" jointly published by the Ministry of Education of the Western Federation, Russia, and the Joseph Conrad Foundation, USA, and so on.

Madeen has been featured in several radio interviews (12 in the USA and 2 in Japan) and various print media. He once made his living copywriting for then-world's largest ad agency Dentsu for clients as diverse as Mazda, Subaru, Canon, Konica, Nikko Hotels International and Sony.

He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Francophone Gabon, Africa, where he built a primary school complex in an equatorial village surrounded by rainforest, a mind-blowing experience which inspired his ambitious, in depth and breadth, Water Drumming in the Soul, which is shelved in the permanent collection of books by Peace Corps writers in the Library of Congress and readers’ minds.

Contact:

Eric Madeen
https://ericmadeen.com
ericsan@gol.com 

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Bestselling Literary Fiction Ebook, Water Drumming In The Soul By Author Eric Madeen, Will Be Available At No Charge January 31 Through February 1 At Amazon

Madeen is a Senior Associate Professor of Modern Literature at Tokyo City University and Lecturer at Keio University. He writes cross-genre and has penned a number of Amazon bestsellers.

'Water Drumming In The Soul', Eric Madeen's bestselling work of literary fiction based on his travels in Africa, will be available at no charge in ebook form January 31 through February 1 at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?.

In 'Water Drumming In The Soul' Eric Madeen, a former Peace Corps volunteer, senior associate professor of literature, empath and Amazon multi-bestselling literary writer, takes a much-needed step back from the AI zeitgeist.

According to Duke University's Literature Department founder, director and professor, the late Fredric Jameson and his seminal book Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, full postmodernism is described therein as when the artificial becomes so prevalent that there's nothing natural to compare it to. Relevant here is Ridley Scott's pathbreaking movie Blade Runner.

While the above serves as contrast, so the following cannot be construed as reductive, Madeen’s novel is a crucial step back to Romanticism. It realizes the soul in a love story that is rollicking and vibrant from the beginning. When Peace Corps volunteer David Fields is set to enter an equatorial African village for the first time to begin his project, he gets sidetracked by a stunning African lady water drumming, playing a stream as a drum while singing gloriously. She is from the outset a magnet for David who becomes the hunter captured by the game. And what a riveting game of love it is.

Throughout the novel their love proves to be so rollicking and thrilling that at its heart wrenching ending readers feel the story thrumming in their soul. And with the endings' multiplicity of interpretations, it verifies the truism of what masterful novelist of Lolita fame Vladimir Nabokov said of the finest art, that it is not simple and sincere but rather deceitful and complex.

Like wunderkind best-seller Paul Theroux, Eric Madeen will always think of himself as a Peace Corps volunteer, one who, just after graduating from the University of Arizona, constructed in Francophone Gabon, Africa a primary school complex in an equatorial village surrounded by rainforest … where he got lost for three days while hunting monkeys for the cooking pot … and where notably he fell in love, giving his first novel, 'Water Drumming in the Soul' a vigorous fictional reality.

Readers and reviewers have expressed high praise for 'Water Drumming In The Soul'. Zaheer Baber; Professor of Sociology; University of Toronto, said, "Madeen's storytelling prowess shines through and resonates with authenticity. The characters, particularly Assam, are beautifully developed, challenging traditional stereotypes as in presenting a more nuanced and genuine portrayal of African culture.”

One Amazon reviewer said, "Water Drumming in the Soul not only tells a passionate love story, but it also delves into thought-provoking themes like culture, identity, and the power of human connection. It's a rollercoaster of emotions that'll have you laughing, crying, and everything in between. This isn't your typical love story! This novel is well-written and full of unexpected twists that keep you flipping those pages. Plus, the characters are so well-developed that you'll feel like you've known them forever. So, if you're ready for a wild and adventurous ride, grab a copy of this modern-day classic ASAP!"

Elizabeth Montano, author of The Eternal Dawn Trilogy, called it " a novel so beautifully and realistically written I found it on par with works by whom we consider masters … Hemingway definitely comes to mind."

Eric Madeen writes cross-genre, and is the author of several books:

Tokyo-ing! - This is an apt word for this bestselling trio of tales chiming with anyone even slightly interested in Asia’s or even the world’s most dynamic megalopolis and its glazing of layers – be they cultural or taking-wing exuberant. Madeen does deep dives in three fascinating directions and voices, including the persona in first-person female. Then doesn’t let readers come up for air because they don’t want to -- until the delicious end.

Asian Trail Mix: True Tales From Borneo to Japan, a bestselling travelogue mixes it up on the Asian Trail in a voice that's by turns personal, passionate and ohhhh so very soulful. "So I get up at dawn and marvel at fog burning off into mist tumbling down like the finest mosquito netting of silk. The hills beyond the rivers' confluence, like shoulders of a woman undressing, the way the misty shroud lifts off feminine curves, higher and higher ... I tingle all over, feeling there on Borneo the dream tug of Joseph Conrad's fiction, notably his early Malaya Quartet therein Lord Jim."

By turns literarily pathbreaking and intimate, this smorgasbord of travel essays scales down the sprawl of Asia by focusing on the unique and revelatory in gemmy prose. See up close and personal the razzmatazz of novice monks at play in northern Laos, the bonding with hustling pedicab drivers in Ho Chi Minh City, the rainforests blazed on gutsy treks across Borneo and Thailand's Elephant Island and novel things Japanese. Served up nice and spicy, Asian Trail Mix is slathered across 12 rocking-it essays plus a tall tale at its glorious ending, making for a baker's dozen of sumptuousness.

Tennis Clubbed, Snubbed and Rubbity-Dub Dubbed - In historically rich Yokohama, where Captain Perry and his Black Ships cracked open Japan, the wicked shiver of the tennis snub in the postmodern present pits David Adams against K: a puffed-up xenophobic tyrant who rules over the courts of a club that has as its anthem, ironically, the promotion of international friendship, modelled on the world’s 2nd oldest tennis club on whose board Madeen had the privilege of serving.

'Water Drumming In The Soul: A Novel Of Racy Love in the Heart of Africa' will be available at no charge in e-book format January 31 through February 1 at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?.

Eric Madeen is available for media interviews and can be reached at ericsan@gol.com. All of his books are available at Amazon. More information is available at his website at https://ericmadeen.com.

About Eric Madeen:

Eric Madeen is an associate professor of modern literature at Tokyo City University and an adjunct professor at Keio University. He's an award-winning author of six books, and his writing has been published widely -- in Time, Asia Week, The East, Daily Yomiuri, Tokyo Journal, Kyoto Journal, East of the Web, Metropolis, Mississippi Review, ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan, Peace Corps Worldwide, Japanophile, Yomimono, The Pretentious Idea, Tombstone Epitaph, several anthologies, academic journals, therein his seminal essay "Under Western and Eastern Eyes" jointly published by the Ministry of Education of the Western Federation, Russia, and the Joseph Conrad Foundation, USA, and so on.

Madeen has been featured in several radio interviews (12 in the USA and 2 in Japan) and various print media. He once made his living copywriting for then-world's largest ad agency Dentsu for clients as diverse as Mazda, Subaru, Canon, Konica, Nikko Hotels International and Sony.

He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Francophone Gabon, Africa, where he built a primary school complex in an equatorial village surrounded by rainforest, a mind-blowing experience which inspired his first book.

Contact:

Eric Madeen
https://ericmadeen.com
ericsan@gol.com
 

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Bestselling Travel Ebook, Asian Trail Mix: True Tales From Borneo To Japan By Eric Madeen, Will Be Available At No Charge January 9 Through January 11, 2026

Asian Trail Mix features 12 essays which have been called "gorgeously rendered," relating on and off trail spontaneity and chance encounters with fascinating characters in an assortment of exotic Asian locales.

For many, the urge to travel is instinctual, woven into the very fabric of our being. Thrills of exploring exotic cultures and thus vibrant, diverse lifestyles, and engaging with little-known traditions, ignites a passion for discovery that is both exhilarating and transformative. Traveling introduces a sense of adventure and chance into our lives, breaking the monotony of everyday routine.

And if you are in a small group or flying solo as Madeen does, independence breeds growth, especially for a writer with a voice that's more than a language function but the sum totality of experiences and means of expression. Madeen takes you there. Yet, despite this deep-seated desire, traveling today is a logistical labyrinth, filled with complexities and challenges that can overshadow the joy of exploration.

Enter this backpacked travelogue. Understand, or rather deep-down sense with the turning of each essay's page your vibing with the wanderlust, a vicarious fulfillment of being there -- entirely void of delays, cancellations and atrocious costs for a miserable airline seat likened to time in a dentist’s chair.

Asian Trail Mix is an exuberant celebration of travel that transcends simple travel writing. With its soulful prose and intimate storytelling, it beckons readers not only to observe but to connect and reflect as in rereading charged passages and lively quotes. For anyone with wanderlust in their heart, this collection is a delectable treat that will linger long after the last precious page is turned, and those earmarked gone back to.

The ebook version of Asian Trail Mix will be available to the public at no charge January 9 through January 11 on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?.

This bestselling ebook scales down the sprawl of Asia by focusing on the unique and revelatory in gemmy prose. Including fresh looks at Japan, Madeen’s ambitious travels include Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.

Readers will see up close and personal the razzmatazz of novice monks at play in northern Laos, the bonding with hustling pedicab drivers in Ho Chi Minh City, the rainforests blazed on gutsy treks across Borneo and Thailand's Elephant Island and novel things Japanese. Served up nice and spicy, Asian Trail Mix is slathered across 12 rocking-it essays plus a tall tale at its glorious ending, making for a baker's dozen of sumptuousness.

In a review for 'Asian Trail Mix', one reader said, "The writing is lush and emotive. It contains images and turns of phrase that will stay with you." Another said, "'Professor Madeen has a knack for taking one into depths of not only things Japanese but also several -- ever burgeoning in popularity — Southeast Asian countries while introducing fascinating customs and unique, fleshed out characters. Five stars!"

Another stated, "The author focuses on subjects of local interest at each of the intervening destinations and equally captivating is how he bravely gets there. An American based in Japan, he has a writer’s eye for detail and is quite adept at capturing local sights, sounds, smells, and the feel of rain falling in sheets and vibrant characters in all their rounded forms. Throughout he proves to convey, up close and personal, impressions as an experienced traveler with a literary background and sensibility."

Eric Madeen writes cross-genre but terms himself as unclassifiable. He is the author of several books:

'Water Drumming In The Soul' - a fiery tale set in steamy equatorial Africa, Peace Corps volunteer David Fields is on mission: to build a medical dispensary in a village where spells are cast on enemies and fear of a witch doctor reign. David seldom has his bearings – cultural or geographical – and must fight a cocktail of tropical maladies as well as social taboos as he throws himself into work. Until... he meets Assam. Captivated by her water drumming, her playing the stream as a drum, David is drawn to her early on and becomes the hunter captured by the game. And what a rollicking game of love it is - with a tension or excitement between them that never dissipates, … until the haunting end. Notable is that this novel is shelved in the Permanent Collection of Books by Peace Corps Writers in The Library of Congress … and readers’ souls.

‘Tokyo-ing!’ - This is an apt Madeen neologism for this trio of tales chiming with anyone even slightly interested in Asia’s or rather many would say the world's most dynamic megalopolis and its glazing of layers – be they cultural or taking-wing exuberant. Madeen does deep dives in three fascinating directions and voices, including the persona in first-person female. Then doesn’t let readers come up for air because they don’t want to -- until the delicious end.

‘Tennis Clubbed, Snubbed and Rubbity-Dub Dubbed’ - In historically rich Yokohama, where Captain Perry and his Black Ships cracked open Japan, the wicked shiver of the tennis snub in the postmodern present pits David Adams against K: a puffed-up xenophobic tyrant who rules over the courts of a club that has as its anthem, ironically, the promotion of international friendship. Witty and transformative on and off court with the latter having Madeen, as 30+ year permanent resident, peering deeply and hilariously into the depths of Japanese university, where he was fortunate to spend the lion's share of his tenured career while literarily transcribing it in a back-and-forth volleying in his third novel Tennis Clubbed.

Eric Madeen is available for media interviews and can be reached at ericsan@gol.com. All of his books are available at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?. More vital information is available at his website at https://ericmadeen.com.

About Eric Madeen:

Eric Madeen is an associate professor of modern literature at Tokyo City University and an adjunct professor at Keio University. He's an award-winning author of six books, and his writing has been published widely -- in Time, Asia Week, The East, Daily Yomiuri, Tokyo Journal, Kyoto Journal, Metropolis, Mississippi Review, ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan, Peace Corps Worldwide, Japanophile, Yomimono, The Pretentious Idea, Tombstone Epitaph, several anthologies, academic journals, therein his seminal essay "Under Western and Eastern Eyes" jointly published by the Ministry of Education of the Western Federation, Russia, and the Joseph Conrad Foundation, USA, and so on.

Madeen has been featured in several radio interviews (12 in the USA and 2 in Japan) and various print media. He once made his living copywriting for then-world's largest ad agency Dentsu for clients as diverse as Mazda, Subaru, Canon, Konica, Nikko Hotels International and Sony.

He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Francophone Gabon, Africa, where he built a primary school complex in an equatorial village surrounded by rainforest, a mind-blowing experience which inspired his first book.

Contact:

Eric Madeen
https://ericmadeen.com
ericsan@gol.com 

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Books For The Holidays: No Charge Download Of Ebook Version Of Massage World By Bestselling Author Eric Madeen, Available at Amazon December 13 And 14, 2025

Madeen is a recently retired professor of modern literature at Tokyo City University and an adjunct professor at Keio University. He writes cross-genre and has penned a number of Amazon bestsellers.

Bestselling author Eric Madeen has announced his latest novel, 'Massage World', will be available at no charge in ebook form at no charge December 13 and 14 at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?, just in time for the Holiday season.

Books are the ideal Holiday present as they can offer both escape and enrichment, providing readers with a chance to explore new worlds, ideas, and perspectives. They can convey deep emotions, inspire creativity, and spark meaningful conversations - a gift tailored to individual tastes. The act of gifting a book shows care and consideration, allowing the giver to share a cherished story or a valuable lesson that can resonate with the recipient for years to come.

'Massage World' is a multicultural thriller that dives deep into both sides of the massage industry, and throughout you'll marvel at the unravelling of both sides. From the get-go you'll be struck with the force of that ambiguity, each side repelling each other like magnets thus making for a read with conflict galore, exceeding reader expectation and thus creating narrative drive ..., a kind of drive that's hell on massage tables’ wheels throughout and at times laugh out loud hilarious.

As the global demand for massage therapy skyrockets, from luxurious spas to discreet outcalls, one ambitious therapist, Ingrid Swanson, dares to open Massage World, a grand health spa, defying the local underworld kingpin.

Enter Jack Cobb, a ruthless massage parlor lord determined to seize control of Ingrid's business through a series of illicit "massage wars," aided by a crooked undercover vice cop soliciting "extras." The chaos escalates as a media frenzy erupts following a dramatic police raid, sparking neighborhood protests and the crackle of soooo much more.

A fearless female biker gang figures in the ending, riding their rice rocket Yamahas and Hondas up the grandiose stairs of Massage World then roaring up another floor ... then the hellacious chase and ...

Your being smitten with this Dionysian nightmare, clashing as it does with those on both sides of the tracks, be they crystally (holistic) or oily in a read you'll find zesty and informative as in what goes down or doesn't in the sliding signifier of Massage World, draped ... or the heck with the drape.

'Massage World' has received rave reviews from readers:

“It combines gritty realism, lurid sensationalism, and darker-than-black comedy to conjure up a phantasmagoric vision of a world in pain … So earthquaking powerful and fresh it is, I've never read anything quite like it, not even close.” — Larry McCaffery, author notably of Some Other Frequency: Interviews with Innovative American Authors and former Professor of English and Comparative Literature at SDSU.

“It’s a sizzler of a thriller bursting with eccentric energy.” — William Luvaas, winner of a Huffington Post Book of the Year award.

“Very cinematic with a canny and calculated construction. A really high-octane potboiler. Motion and emotion. Exotica and erotica from SoCal to Japan and back. Conflict galore. Kinkiness with and without aromatic oils. Who could ask for more?” — Harold Jaffe, Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and Literature at San Diego State University and former Editor of Fiction International.

The ebook version of ‘Massage World’ will be available December 13 and 14 at no charge at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?

Other books:

Eric Madeen's bestselling travelogue, ‘Asian Trail Mix: True Tales from Borneo to Japan,’ scales down the sprawl of Asia by focusing on the unique and revelatory in gemmy prose. See up close and personal the razzmatazz of novice monks at play in northern Laos, the bonding with hustling pedicab drivers in Ho Chi Minh City, the rainforests blazed on gutsy treks across Borneo and Thailand's Elephant Island and novel things Japanese. Served up nice and spicy, Asian Trail Mix is slathered across 12 rocking-it essays plus a tall tale at its glorious ending, making for a baker's dozen of sumptuousness.

In a review for 'Asian Trail Mix', one reader said, "The writing is lush and emotive. It contains images and turns of phrase that will stay with you." Another said, "'Mr. Madeen has a knack for taking one into the depths of a country and introducing the reader to fascinating customs and interesting characters. Five stars!"

Another stated, "The author focuses on subjects of local interest at each of the intervening destinations, or vignettes. An American based in Japan, he has a writer’s eye for details and is quite adept at capturing the local sights, sounds, weather, atmosphere, and such of each place as well as conveying his personal impressions as an experienced traveler with a literary background and sensibility."

'Water Drumming In The Soul' - a fiery tale set in steamy equatorial Africa, Peace Corps volunteer David Fields is on mission: to build a medical dispensary in a village where spells are cast on enemies and fear of a geek-shaman reigns. David seldom has his bearings – cultural or geographical – and must fight a cocktail of tropical maladies as well as social taboos as he throws himself into work. Until... he meets Assam. Captivated by her water drumming, her playing the stream as a drum, David is drawn to her early on and becomes the hunter captured by the game. And what a rollicking game of love it is - with a tension or excitement between them that never dissipates, … until the haunting end.

‘Tokyo-ing!’ – is an apt neologism for this trio of tales chiming through the world’s largest megalopolis. Only a multi-decade literary miner with the seal permanent resident wrapped on his pick axe could tunnel down the shaft leading to literary lucre, allowing readers to emerge enriched from the depths of Tokyo-ing! Put another way, Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim flees shame from Jim, as first mate, jumping ship packed with passengers left behind on a ship that doesn’t sink, thus even a sideways glance of suspicion cast his way has him on a continuous run from shame that cannot be outrun. Like wildfire in that regard but in reverse. Since wildfire cannot be outrun, Madeen does what he has to do and he does it boldly and literarily, as in running directly into the flames and through them, as rendered upfront in his story “About Face.” Range is further realized in “Sobering Love,” told in the persona of first-person female, and finally “Fire Horse” gallops into the fiery galaxies of 2026, a Fire Horse year, one in 60 in the Chinese lunar calendar, when births plummeted so as to avoid having a Fire Horse girl. Curious. Fascinating. The author’s wife is a Fire Horse.

‘Tennis Clubbed, Snubbed and Rubbity-Dub Dubbed’ - In historically rich Yokohama, where Captain Perry and his Black Ships cracked open Japan, the wicked shiver of the tennis snub in the postmodern present pits David Adams against K: a puffed-up xenophobic tyrant who rules over the courts of a club that has as its anthem, ironically, the promotion of international friendship.

Eric Madeen is available for media interviews and can be reached at ericsan@gol.com. All of his books are available at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Madeen/author/B08VGRNJVW?. More information is available at his website at https://ericmadeen.com/.

About Eric Madeen:

Eric Madeen is a recently retired associate professor of modern literature at Tokyo City University and an adjunct professor at Keio University. He's an award-winning author of six books. His writing has been published widely -- in Time, Asia Week, The East, Daily Yomiuri, Tokyo Journal, Kyoto Journal, Metropolis, Mississippi Review, ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan, Peace Corps Worldwide, Japanophile, Yomimono, The Pretentious Idea, Tombstone Epitaph, several anthologies, academic journals, therein his seminal essay "Under Western and Eastern Eyes" jointly published by the Ministry of Education of the Western Federation, Russia, and the Joseph Conrad Foundation, USA, and so on.

Madeen has been featured in several radio interviews (9 in the USA and 1 in Japan) and various print media. He once made his living copywriting for what was then the world's largest ad agency Dentsu, for clients as diverse as Mazda, Subaru, Canon, Konica, Nikko Hotels International and Sony.

He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Francophone Gabon, Africa, where he built a primary school complex in an equatorial village surrounded by rainforest, a mind-blowing experience which inspired his first book.

Contact:

Eric Madeen
https://ericmadeen.com
ericsan@gol.com 

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Trump's Strategy Equates To ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ Says Elizabeth Graham, Bestselling Author Of From Democracy To Democrazy, Available In Ebook At No Charge November 25, 2025

Kirkus Professional Book Reviewers said: "Graham's new book is an intriguing and informative ‘must read’ from a woman who is probably the best-informed American on the terrifying realities concerning Vladimir Putin's motivations and his control over Trump. It is a warning to all Americans."

Bestselling author Elizabeth Graham believes the closure of USAID, which may result in the potential deaths of millions of Africans is deliberate – Trunp’s bigotry against Blacks. Her book, 'From Democracy To Democrazy: A Warning To All Americans' presents startling information regarding Putin's attempt to destroy American democracy from within. The eBook version will be available at no charge November 25, 2025 at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Elizabeth-Graham/author/B0CMY189NT?.

Graham had a Top-Secret Security Clearance while a senior in high school, and immediately upon graduation began working undercover with the CIA. She later joined the SAIC's Foreign Systems Research Center (FSRC) for 12 years. Eight of these years were spent studying Russia and Russian, and she managed the largest Russian-language military, technical and intelligence data base/library in the U.S. She began to travel to the Soviet Union and then became one of the very few Americans to move to the USSR. She lived under Communism in the Soviet Union, then Russia, and Central Asia long enough to become bi-cultural - she became Russian. Her first-hand knowledge and understanding of life in a communist or dictatorship country is shared with Americans in her book and in her Substack by the same name (egraham.substack.com). In a recent Substack post titled, 'Crimes Against Humanity,' she wrote in part:

The unbelievable horrors of Auschwitz are recurring in 2025 - not the same methodology, but with the same intent of extermination.

America in a post-American world and with Mr. Trump’s malfunctioning leadership is gathering storms while fueling hostilities. “Trump’s approach is solipsism masquerading as strategy.” (*Foreign Affairs, June/August 2025) NATO and allies are placating the United States, at the same time they increase their own military budgets. “After all, they might come to loathe and distrust Mr. Trump’s America, but not as much as they already distrust China and Russia.” (Ibid) Trump’s bombing of boats in the Caribbean is viewed as “murder” by many other nations. “since there has been no provocation or proof of drug trafficking. His threats of invading Canada and Greenland have turned former American allies into adversaries. And the long-standing malevolence with Iran has solidified since his “unauthorized bombing” of their nuclear sites.

Mr. Trump’s subservient relationship with Mr. Putin is perspicuous and unmistakable – clearly observable to global foes and friends. He sees the Russian investigation as finished and history, but it is ongoing and may eventually prove his treasonous deeds.

USAID’s dismantling in February 2025 likely followed a Russian directive. This U.S. agency provided crucial funds for education and fought starvation, diseases, and poverty overseas – primarily in Africa. It was the face of American goodwill to millions of people in 122 countries. Unbeknown to most, USAID was also a source of vital information for the CIA. Contractual reports included financial and programming data, along with local demographics and political details. Over two decades, I worked with USAID multimillion dollar nonprofit contracts.

Today, Mr. Trump’s bigotry is killing Blacks and Browns in considerable numbers. His “unprovoked and unsubstantiated war on drugs” in the Caribbean has murdered innocent fishermen and others. As of November 2, 2025, “The US military has killed 70 people in 17 strikes and destroyed 18 boats.” (CNN, Nov. 2, 2025, written by Michael Rios, et.al.)

NPR (July 1, 2025, Jonathan Lambert) “estimated that 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts in Africa.” The significance of this number is that it is more than twice the number of Jews killed by Hitler. Both men have expressed inhumane prejudices against other races. Mr. Trump, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Musk have all been quoted saying variations of ‘no one has died since USAID closed.” These individuals have contributed to significant human suffering and mortality across Africa, while disregarding the severe consequences of their homicidal actions.

Mr. Kristof is an American journalist, a political commentator, and a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. He wrote about his recent trip to Africa to witness these American-caused deaths. To quote him, “An ‘impact counter’ developed by an economist estimates that about 300,000 people have died so far from the reductions in American assistance, two-thirds of them are children. The death rate is said to be rising at the rate of 103 per hour.” (Kristof, Ibid) He goes on to say that “no one knows the exact number of deaths because no one is counting since the programs closed - the flat denial of any deaths at all is preposterous and criminal.” (Ibid)

Led by Donald Trump and denied by many in his current regime, the closure of USAID and these potential deaths of millions of Africans is deliberate. Since January 2025, Mr. Trump has openly demonstrated sectarianism and discrimination against Blacks and Browns and is comparable to Hitler’s bigotry against Jews. This crime is defined as Second Degree murder. These African deaths are “an intentional, unlawful killing that is committed with an extreme indifference to human life” - A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.

“A 2025 study estimates that USAID funding saved 92 million lives globally between 2001 and 2021, with a significant portion in Africa.” (AI Overview)

This genocide in Africa was created by one man’s bigotry and had been preventable.

The full text of the piece is available at https://substack.com/@elizabethgraham.

Graham also announced the upcoming release of a new book, 'Survival: Democracy's Struggle To Survive'. 'Survival' is unlike other political or American government books available today. It is a comparative assessment, an inspiration, and an intriguing collection of Substack messages from some of the best-known and best-selling authors in the last decade covering the terrifying realities of today's political life, U.S. government, global challenges, and critical current affairs. It is an exhaustively explored and thoroughly investigated analysis of the deep, dark, clandestine linkage between Trump and Putin - a relationship which has plagued world politics and dismantled the United States government since 2015. Contributing authors include Craig Unger, Charlie Sykes, Steven Beschloss, David Adelman and Dr. Sanford Mayer. The book will be released later in 2025.

All of this information and much more is available in Graham's book, 'From Democracy To Democrazy: A Warning To All Americans', now available at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Elizabeth-Graham/author/B0CMY189NT?. The bestselling eBook version will be available at no charge November 25, 2025,  at Amazon. More information is available at her website at https://democrazy2020.org/.

 About Elizabeth Graham:

Elizabeth Graham lives in a quiet rural city in northern Arizona. She had 4 children and has 3 grandchildren. Her oldest daughter died July 16, 2016 - three months before the U.S. 2016 election and while living/working in Japan. The Tokyo Police ruled her death a homicide by an unknown substance – possibly a poison - which is the signature lethal method used by Russians. There is more about her death in From Democracy to Democrazy.

Elizabeth was indoctrinated at a young age by her father who was a senior manager working undercover with the CIA. Her college days were in Los Angeles with the desire to become a high school teacher. However, she was destined to study Russia, Russian language, and live a life of Top-Secret clearances and undercover work. This led to senior nonprofit management positions and consulting jobs in strategic places like Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia, all the former Soviet - Central Asian countries, and Ukraine, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and many other locations. In this process of living and working abroad, she became bi-cultural - American to Russian and back – only to find that her birth country was in the process of losing its democracy and becoming a dictatorship.

Contact:

Elizabeth Graham
https://democrazy2020.org
graham1elizabeth@aol.com

 

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