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TORMENT co-written with Clyde "Bones" Rathbone
THE GHOSTS OF OKINAWA (in its third printing)
I'm a member of:
- Sisters In Crime
- Sisters In Crime New England Chapter
- CALCASA
- SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and
Illustrators)
- NWU (National Writer's Union)
- MWPA (Maine Writers & Publishers
Alliance)
- Third Marine Division Association Life
Member
- USMCCCA (United States Marine Corps Combat
Correspondents Association)
- NECP2 (New England Community Police
Partnership)
- CAUCE (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial
Email)
- NASE (National Association of the Self-Employed)
- President of WHOA (Working to Halt Online
Abuse) and WHOA-KTD (Kids/Teen Division)
I've been a teaching assistant at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) for computer-related courses including 'Internet Basics' and 'Advanced Internet' since 1996, teaching the courses 'virtually' since 1999, as well as virtual guest lectures.
Writing feature articles is different, as I am under a deadline. If I have an assignment, I usually work on my articles first thing in the morning (after two cups of coffee - gotta have that caffeine).
My advice for writers young and old:
Keep everything you write! I still have stories and poems I wrote when I was eight years old. I
was also editor of my junior high and high school newspapers and still have those.
Although writing is my "heart," it didn't pay the bills when I was younger, so I got into advertising as a copywriter for over a decade and even owned an ad agency in New Hampshire for three years. When we moved to Okinawa, Japan in 1992, I decided it was time to see if I could do anything with my writing. Well, I did - I ended up publishing four books while there.
The moral is: If you don't try, you'll never know (actually, my Mom said this. She also told me, "All someone can do is say 'no,' so ask." I've found her wisdom to be true too many times. Thanks, mom!).
Photo at the right: Co-author, Bones Rathbone, at one of our book
signings
Terunobu Tamamori, from the Bank of the Ryukyus, getting some of the books
ready for shipment
This cairn-like monument is dedicated to the unknown people who died at
Komesu Coast during the Battle of Okinawa and is located at Komesu, 1
kilometer south of Himeyuri no to.
After the war, villagers of Mawashi were relocated to Komesu by the U.S. Forces.
What the villagers found was a horrific sight of numerous exposed corpses and skeletons.
At that time, no one dared to collect the remains for fear of being considered opponents
against the U.S. Forces. However, the chief of the village was unable to remain
indifferent and finally received permission to collect the remains on February 23, 1946.
The villagers accomplished the construction of a charnel house (building built to place
bones in) on February 27 and continued to collect the remains until late May, when the
villagers were again moved to another location.
This memorial has a special meaning, as it was erected voluntarily and selflessly by the
villagers who still had not recovered from the war themselves.
Some of my books:
This photo was taken on Okinawa when Jayne A.
Hitchcock read her children's book, GIL THE GECKO, to second and
third grade students at U.S. military base schools in Okinawa.
THE GHOSTS OF
OKINAWA
by Jayne A. Hitchcock
Just $5.00, signed by the author (regular price was $7.00)
TORMENT by Bones
Rathbone with J.A. Hitchcock
FOLKTALES OF OKINAWA
Folktales of Okinawa is written in English and Japanese (I wrote the English
text), published by the Bank of the Ryukyus International Foundation in 1994, reprinted in 1995
and several reprintings since then. Although it may be available in stores on U.S. military bases in Okinawa and in Japanese bookstores, it is not available elsewhere. Sometimes you can find a copy at an online auction or through used bookstores sites such as Bibliofind.
Read one of the folktales from the book -- The Origin of Trees
(© 1994 Bank of the Ryukyus International Foundation, Okinawa, Japan)
OKINAWA TOUR GUIDE
This was my first published book, paperback size, with Japanese and English text
inside and photos of different sites to visit on Okinawa. I wrote the English text and helped with
everything else. This was also published by the Bank of the Ryukyus International
Foundation. I have them to thank for getting me started as a published author!
Terunobu Tamamori and J.A. Hitchock (far left) present 100 copies
of the book to the USMC Family Service Center on Camp Lester
Here's an excerpt from OKINAWA TOUR GUIDE - Konpaku no to (page 80 in
the SOUTH section)
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