If in the area stop by, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 16 at Bolingbrook Library. I'll have books for sale! I'll be presenting: How Flash Can Spark Your Writing Writing flash (1,000 words or less) can be a springboard to creativity. Jane Hertenstein, author of Freeze Frame: How to Write Flash Memoir and Flash... Continue Reading →
Can the U.S. and Iran be friends?
A few months ago I wrote about the 40-year anniversary of the Iranian Revolution where the US Embassy in Tehran was overrun and hostages were taken. This was a bad point in Iran-America relations, and they have not improved much since then. On both sides there is great distrust. In my novel, Cloud of Witnesses,... Continue Reading →
Your Summer Reading List
Does reading make us smarter? Brain science proves that it helps us in cognitive reasoning. For example the sequential elements of a story helps us to plot our thoughts. But what about becoming a better person? Studies are drawing correlations between reading and empathy. From a recent BBC article: Dutch researchers arranged for students to... Continue Reading →
Art Exhibit by my friend from Iran
I first met Azarakhsh Farahani when he came to Chicago to promote Malaria at the 2016 Chicago International Film Festival. He contacted me on the online hospitality website Couchsurfing saying he needed a place to stay for about 15 days. That was a lot longer than I normally host--but, hey, why not! I learned as... Continue Reading →
Sorrow Estate=Welcome Laura
About a year ago, as serendipitously can happen, I met Laura Johnson of Sorrow Estate at Calvin College during the Festival of Faith & Writing. But it was even more coincidental than that. About 4 years ago I couchsurfed with a great (grand) couple in Grand Rapids and when I contacted them last year they... Continue Reading →
Pics from Reading at the Book Cellar
a good time was had by all--all the folks who braved snow, ice, and rain. Thanks for coming out!
Good News!
Chicago Public Library has ordered in copies of Cloud of Witnesses!
How to invite me to your school
Author Jane Hertenstein is available for FREE Skype School Visits *She wants to make her books and literacy a key part of young reader’s experience *She wants to make rural schools and especially Appalachia a key region for her visits *Though she would love to come to you in person, finances and winter driving in... Continue Reading →
40 Years Ago
February 1, 2019 marks the 40th year of Ayatollah Khomeini’s return to Iran from exile. What does this mean to the rest of the world? Many leaders in the Middle East placated the West by calling for democracy and modernization—while at the same time maintaining a regime of suppression and human right abuse. Today we... Continue Reading →
A Reader’s Guide for Teachers Available
Go to https://goldenalleypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Hertenstein-CloudOfWitnesses-ReaderGuide.pdf to download a PDF containing a Reader's Guide for Teachers
Local Author Night @ The Book Cellar, Feb. 20th
Join me at The Book Cellar at 4736 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625, Wednesday, February 20th at 7 pm where I'll be reading from Cloud of Witnesses. Fellow Golden Alley author Marlene Brill will also be reading.
CLOUD now on sale at Amazon
Happy New Year=CLOUD is on sale NOW on Amazon. Friends you might want to hop on this--we don't know how long it will last! $5.21 Paperback and Kindle HERE IS A LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Witnesses-Jane-Hertenstein/dp/1732027625/
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