Juliusthompson
Julius Thompson grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York and attended Bushwick High School. The sixties in Brooklyn was an era that had a personality, a feel, and a life-force that changed a generation. Mr. Thompson felt this energy and experienced these fires of social change.
After high school, Mr. Thompson spent the next four years riding the "A" train to Harlem, in upper Manhattan, to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from the City College of New York. At CCNY, which was located just a few blocks from the famous Apollo Theater, Wednesday afternoons were hard on the undergraduates. The matinee performances of the major R&B; groups of the times was more tempting than attending a boring college lecture. Most of the time Mr. Thompson succumbed to the temptation, but still earned a college degree from one of the best universities in the country.
At CCNY, literature instructors like Prof. Thomas Tashiro, fueled the fire in him to become a writer!
Mr. Thompson’s journey to compose a trilogy began in 1995. The fourteen year fictional journey of character Andy Michael Pilgrim from Brooklyn, to Philadelphia and finally Atlanta is now complete. In this pilgrimage, readers experience places that are filled with hopes, dreams, challenges and fears that make us human.
The novels that make up the trilogy are A Brownstone in Brooklyn which was published in 2001, Philly Style and Philly Profile in 2007 and Ghost of Atlanta in January 2011. Mr. Thompson won the 2011 Readers Favorite National Gold Medal Award in General Fiction for Ghost of Atlanta. Mr. Thompson also received the Georgia Author of the Year nomination for Philly Style and Philly Profile, from the Georgia Writers Association, in 2007, and Ghost of Atlanta in 2011.
Mr. Thompson’s fourth novel, Purple Phantoms, which is a story about the haunting of a mythical high school basketball team, will be published by Passionate Writer Publising in 2012. Mr. Thompson is currently a Creative Writing/Publishing Instructor at Atlanta’s Evening at Emory’s Writers Studio.
MY BLOGS
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Thompson On
http://juliusthompsonthrillogy.wordpress.com/
Thompson On...My Personal Journey to Writing Confidence" is the first video blog and one in a series of written blogs called "Thompson On...", where I will be tackling different writing, publishing and marketing issues.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 133 )
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Thompson On…National Radio “Author Talk” Interview!
I just completed a very stimulating conversation withCaliforniabased author Mark Tierno on his national radio show—Author Talk! Mr. Read more
Posted on 11 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Thompson On…Mary Gilmartin’s Debut Novel Book Signing!
Mary Gilmartin is a published Author! When Mary walked into my creative writing class, in the Emory Continuing Education program in Atlanta three years ago,... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Thompson On…Do One Thing Everyday That Scares You!”
I can’t believe I waited until the autumn years of my life to take on risky business! For the first time in my life, I stepped out with a video blog about... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Julius Thompson Enrolled in the Digitial Revolution!!!!!!
When you read a novel, it is not only for entertainment, but to learn something about life.Oh, how we human beings must meet and overcome new challenges. Read more
Posted on 09 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
How I Reached the Writing of My Fifth Novel: Chasing The Wind
I’m writing my fifth novel: Chasing The Wind. When I look at the word “Fifth”, it scares me. It seems like just yesterday I was working on my first novel, A... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Julius Thompson’s New Video Blog Series!
For the first time in my life, I’m stepping out on a limb and putting myself out there in a video. In fact, it is a video blog. Nervous! Read more
Posted on 27 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Julius Thompson on the Julia Widdop National BlogTV Show!
I will be making my first National BlogTV Show appearance onMonday, June 18, 2012at10:30 amvia Webcam, on the Julia Widdop BlogTV show from the main studio... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Please Respond to a Quote from A Brownstone in Brooklyn
I was asked to choose a quot from my first novel, A Brownstone in Brooklyn, to reflect on the unpredictable nature of ife. How things are never the amse and... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Thompson On…One Writer’s Journey to Become a Successful Novelist!
Sometimes when I enter my writing area, in a corner of my office, it seems that words will not come and the critic inside me attacks my creativity with a... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
New Purple Phantoms Mobile Phone Website!
Technology is incredible! The next time you’re doing a book search on your mobile phone, check out my New Purple Phantoms Website: m.purplephantoms. Read more
Posted on 01 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Thompson on…Choosing a Point of View in a Novel!
How am I going to tell my story? Which Point of View? Choices? Choices? Choices? When I sit in front of my computer and start to pound the letters on the... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Thompson On…Subplots in a Novel!
Have you ever driven down one of those winding backwood roads in a rural area and couldn’t figure out how to get back to the main highway? Read more
Posted on 14 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Passionate Writer Publishing to Publish Purple Phantoms!
Purple Phantoms I’m thrilled to announce that Passionate Writer Publishing has agreed to publish my fourth novel: Purple Phantoms! This is an honor to be... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION