This is a very first interview I was asked to give. It was first published in December of 2011. I was so nervous because the person interviewing me was – and still is – my mentor, Elaine Littau. The reason I’m posting this here today is because, someone sent me a message on Facebook asking me some personal questions to which they didn’t get answers just by reading Remember Me. They were angry with me for not including “A Note from the Author” at the end of my book. So, I thought I’d share this. Maybe it will answer some of the questions this “friend” was curious about. I, also, talked about myself and all of the people who inspired Remember Me on my website at ww.sanelajurich.tateauthor.com. If, after going through my website, you have more questions for me, please feel free to message me on Facebook.
Interview with Author Gregory S. Lamb
Interview with: Gregory S. Lamb
Author of: The People In Between: A Cyprus Odyssey, and his soon to be released, A Dangerous Element
http://gslambpdxauthor.webs.com
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008HTEG6A
I can honestly say that the best thing about me becoming an author is meeting other authors. There is nothing better than having a conversation with someone who has a lot of the same interests as you. I love spending time with people who are filled with stories and are willing to share. Here is a pretty long interview I had with Mr. Gregory S. Lamb. I was supposed to go through it, edit and cut it in half, but I just didn’t have the heart to take anything out.
Mr. Lamb is a very interesting person who has traveled the world. He has seen so many interesting, beautiful things and places and I envy him for it. What I find absolutely fascinating about him is that he is so humble and so down to earth. After speaking with him, I can honestly say that when I grow up, I want to be just like Mr. Lamb, haha!
Remembering and Mourning the victims of Republika Srpska
Two years ago I visited my birth town, Prijedor in Bosnia. One day, I took my husband to town to show him the building where I grew up. I couldn’t show him our condo, because we were never able to get it back from the Serbs who forced us out of it, back in 1992, stealing our condo and everything in it.
My father’s land, about ten minute drive from town, however, wasn’t so easy to steal. Our ancestors owned that land in Ćela since the beginning of time and have survived all of the Balkan wars; Turkish Empire, Austor-Hungarian Empire, World Wars I and II and now, Serb-Invasion.
On our way home to my parents’ house on my father’s ancestral land, we decided to take a cab, but when we told the cab-driver we wanted to go to Ćela, he told us he didn’t know where that was. I looked at him, puzzled. It’s only a ten-minute ride if that. I figured he probably wasn’t from there if he didn’t know where Ćela was. So I told him I’d give him instructions on how to get there.
Crazy and Fun New Year’s Eve Traditions
When I was thirteen years old, a friend gave me a brand new set of tarot cards. My happiness only lasted a few hours before my dad got home from work and threw them away. His only explanation about why he did it was I should not believe in superstition.
Although I never let my dad see me follow any superstition after that day, I could not help but think about how much fun some of them are, so much so that they became traditions.
Interview with Victoria Riley
Interview with: Victoria Riley
Author of: Babs
I had such a great time talking with Victoria Riley today. She is the author of Babs, a biography Victoria wrote in honor of her Native American mother. It is truly an amazing story that talks about some burdensome times of poverty and racism. Ms. Riley, not only talks about her mother’s hard life in this book, she also talks about her mother’s great love for her family and God. In addition, she mentions some painful facts from our history that are, at times, hard to swallow.
Happy Holidays!
Around the Holidays, my husband and parents go all out for my kids. My husband loves Christmas and the magic it brings. Growing up poor, he never expected or received much for Christmas so he doesn’t want our kids to ever feel that way; his motto–no matter how much we’re struggling to make ends meet–is: “Bills can wait, make the children happy. Let them enjoy the magic for as long as they can.”
My older son, Denny, knows the big secret though, but he tries to hide it from my six year old, Devin. Denny still remembers and talks about the horror he felt when his first grade teacher decided to drop it on him. He had pulled one of his loose teeth out and excitedly showed it to the rest of his classmates. When the teacher tried to take and throw it away, he screamed terrified that if she threw it away, a tooth fairy wouldn’t come and leave money underneath his pillow and so his teacher had told him that tooth fairies didn’t exist, Santa Clause didn’t exist; it’s moms and dads who buy gifts for Christmas and it’s moms and dads who leave money under the kids’ pillows when they pull out their loose teeth!
I was livid when I found out about this. You can’t even imagine the questions he showered me with when he got home from school that day…
Dark Holidays
While most of us are excited about the holidays and are happy to be spending them with family and friends, others are still searching for their loved ones in mass graves all over Bosnia. After searching for two decades, chances are slim that their children, parents, siblings, husbands, wives, relatives, etc… will ever be found alive. Many are hoping that their remains be discovered in Tomasica. However, forensic experts will quit exhumations during the winter at a mass grave in northwestern Bosnia believed to be the largest found so far from the Bosnian 1992-95 war.
The Rave Reviews are in!
Interview with Author Lisa Tortorello
Interview with: Lisa Tortorello
Author of: Mark the Missing Moose, The Moose at the Manger, and My Hero, My Ding
http://markthemoose.tateauthor.com/
I am so excited to introduce this wonderful person to you, Author Lisa Tortorello. I’ve read all three of her books and they all left me feeling happy and at awe.
I first fell in love with Lisa’s writing when I read her book My Hero, My Ding, which is a beautifully written, heartwarming story of a special bond between a girl and her grandfather.
I caught myself smiling so many times while reading this wonderful book. Some of it reminded me of the silly things my grandfather and I used to do.
Ms Tortorello did a great job describing all the nice places she and her family had visited. I felt as if she were sitting right next to me, with a cup of tea or coffee in her hand, smiling while reminiscing about all the silly things her grandfather used to do. My favorite one was the icy window scene, ha-ha! Or, the golf ball / microwave incident…
Order an Autographed Copy of ‘Remember Me’
Author: Sanela Ramic Jurich
Happy Holidays, friends! I’d love to personalize and autograph a copy of Remember Me for you or to give as a gift. If you would like to receive your book(s) before Christmas, please order in the next few days.
Worldwide shipping of both English and Bosnian Versions is available to most countries.
Autographed copies will be processed right away. Personalization is optional. Please limit any special messages to 10 words.
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