I’m very excited about the upcoming performance of my radio play, Zoe’s Promise!
Here is the full cast list:
Written By: Mary D. Brooks
Produced by: Sherri’s Playhouse
Directed by: Sherri Rabinowitz
Narrator – Arielle Strauss
Eva Haralambos – Jnae Rae Spano
Zoe Lambros – Tonia Carr
Henry Franz – Ray Brent
Earl Wiggins – Everett Robert
Elena Jacobs – Sherri Rabinowitz
Debbie Harrison – Arielle Strauss
I’m currently writing a new story called Mabel of the ANZACS* – story about World War I heroism through service and sacrifice.
MABEL OF THE ANZACS is a standalone novel set in the Eva and Zoe timeframe. The events of this novel take place between Book 2 (Where Shadows Linger) and Book 3 (Hidden Truths). It’s not necessary to read the novels to dive into this one.
Zoe Lambros meets Mabel Andrews, a mercurial, cantankerous World War I Australian nurse. Zoe’s introduction to the fiery octogenarian is an explosive mix of sound and fury – neither woman wants to give ground and they are determined to be proven right.
For Zoe, actions speak louder than words and she sets out to uncover the enigma that is Mabel Andrews. In the process, Mabel finds a kindred spirit which leads to an unlikely friendship. Together the two women forge a close bond that will change their lives forever. It’s a friendship for the ages.
*ANZAC stands for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
For as long as I could remember, ANZAC Day – 25 April, was one of my sacred of days. It honors the sacrifices our men and women have given in service to Australia. My stories are mainly focused on World War II and post war Australia but I have always been intrigued by the story of Gallipoli and the formation of the ANZAC legend for a long time. It wasn’t until I watched ANZAC Girls TV Series that the heroism of the Australian and New Zealand nurses came into focus (for me). The nurses were warriors – just like the men. Instead of fighting in the battlefields of Europe, they were trying to save the wounded and oftentimes would go onto the battlefield to bring back the wounded.
Mabel of the ANZACS tells the story of one of these nurses set in the Intertwined Souls Series timeline with Eva and Zoe.
To be released on ANZAC Day 25 April 2018.
Once again back by popular demand we welcome author,playwright; Mary D Brooks to Chatting With Sherri!
We are going to chat about her newest play for Sherri’s Playhouse; ZOE’S PROMISE; A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF EVA AND ZOE. It’s a continuation of the very successful play; A Widgie Knight! We will also chat with her about Mabel of the Anzacs, Zoe’s Promise as well as all her other publications and books! It’s going to be a lot of fun!!!
The one thing writers try to do is convey what they are seeing in their heads. They can see their characters and try to bring those characters to life – fleshed out people with a great deal of character, flaws and quirks. They can see the image in their head and when the image becomes real, their brain explodes!
This was on of those moments when the character’s whole attitude is portrayed in an image that just SCREAMS Zoe Lambros at me. Similar to when Kat Cavanaugh’s face somehow found itself inside my head as I was writing Eva Muller in the year 2000. I didn’t meet Kat until 2013 (this is where you insert the Twilight Zone theme song). Seriously spooky. Or that time when Kat and her awesome wife Penny brought Eva and Zoe to life in the film promo (see below for the video!) It was one of those moments.
In my eternal quest to find one perfect image to add for my book “Mabel of the ANZACS” (which is about an ANZAC Nurse Mabel, Zoe Lambros and the meaning of service, sacrifice and heroism) I found a few that just screamed Zoe to me back in August 2017. That image had Zoe’s attitude all over it.
I really wanted to use one of those images for the cover. Usually I licence the images that I use for the covers and I’m happy as a clam – similar to the images of the model that I use for Zoe. The images above were taken by Derek Cutting at Firemate Photographic – the model is Erin Elliott (a redhead…what is it with redheads Love redheads) So I do a quick google search for Firemate Photographic, find the site (thank you google) and contact Derek via FB. Explain what I’m doing and why I’m doing it.
I fully expected to pay a licence fee for the use of the image – as per standard practice. Derek and Erin have given me free reign to choose whatever image I want for the princely sum of CREDIT in the book. Imagine me squealing and doing handstands (well in my mind I was doing handstands) because I got the perfect series of images to choose from. HUGE thank you goes to Derek and Erin.
A proper credit will be added to the book but I thought I’m going to share my excitement here as well! Derek’s site is here – Firemate Photographic https://www.firemate.ca and the awesome Erin with Zoe attitude is www.nire.portfoliobox.net and you find her also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eerin.elliott/
oh and the cover of Mabel of the ANZACS? See below!
The New Yorker magazine has a very interesting article. The Root of All Cruelty? Perpetrators of violence, we’re told, dehumanize their victims. The truth is worse.
A recent episode of the dystopian television series “Black Mirror” begins with a soldier hunting down and killing hideous humanoids called roaches. It’s a standard science-fiction scenario, man against monster, but there’s a twist: it turns out that the soldier and his cohort have brain implants that make them see the faces and bodies of their targets as monstrous, to hear their pleas for mercy as noxious squeaks. When our hero’s implant fails, he discovers that he isn’t a brave defender of the human race—he’s a murderer of innocent people, part of a campaign to exterminate members of a despised group akin to the Jews of Europe in the nineteen-forties.
The philosopher David Livingstone Smith, commenting on this episode on social media, wondered whether its writer had read his book “Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others” (St. Martin’s). It’s a thoughtful and exhaustive exploration of human cruelty, and the episode perfectly captures its core idea: that acts such as genocide happen when one fails to appreciate the humanity of others.
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