Spreading love

Spreading love

Monday, December 9, 2019

Standing the Test of Time

My life forever changed on January 28, 2018 and I've been catching up ever since.
I was forced to trade a comfortable lifestyle on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the rural Alabama Black Belt Region.I quickly found out I preferred the year-round white sand and clear blue water of the beach, not cold winters and hot summers.
During this two-year stretch, I was forced to re-invent myself and adapt to new surroundings. I'm not 25 years old anymore, but not ready for the retirement home either.
I became a grandfather for the first time, to a beautiful girl named August Amelia Tilton. I can't wait to meet her.
Even with all the changes, I did not lose my dream of becoming a screenwriter. I've made a little progress.
I'll try not to stay away. Until then, keep grinding.





Thursday, February 1, 2018

An Icy Reception

Writing An Icy Reception was one of my most enjoyable books to write, chronicling three Hispanic families.

Blurb
The generation gap between parents and their children is often complicated. 

An Icy Reception shares the details of three families at odds.

-Adam Sanchez grows impatient being a heir in Mexico and dreams of owning a National Hockey League team in Royal Icing.

-Baseball superstar Julian Ivy is forced to grow up quickly, but finds unlikely allies in Icy Diamonds.

-Alex Santos is torn between pursuing an acting career and taking care of his ailing mother in A Stormy Inheritance


Buy link: www.amazon.com/Icy-Reception-KT-Bishop-ebook/dp/B079HHPJTP/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1517496427&sr=1-1

Hope everyone enjoys the book as much as me!


Monday, September 18, 2017

Olympic Blues

I always wanted to write a book mixing romance and sports involving the Olympics.
That's where A Sporting Life came in: chronicling the lives of three couples whose lives revolved around either the Summer or Winter Olympics.

Here's a quick summation on A Sporting Life
Blurb
        The road to a championship can be difficult. A Sporting Life shares the details of four athletes chasing medals and love. 
        -Sparks fly between unlikely medalist candidates Robin Friesz and Inga Johan in Curling Up. 
        -Damian Stone's dream of a medal is paved with uncertainty after the breakup of his girlfriend, Candi Lee Stanton in A Perfect Combination. 
        -Adam Roussel is torn between playing on the France basketball team, his girlfriend Aimee Charpentier and pursuing a NBA dream in Gold Hoops.
Available paperback or digital, with Amazon.com, Kobo.com and Barnes and Noble.com among the places where its sold.



Monday, July 17, 2017

Finding closure!

On vacation last week, I took the time to glance through old files.

One of the things I discovered: my first E-book published in 2008, How to Cure a Cajun Cold, was scheduled for print release in 2012. The unlikely storybook romance of a doctor and writer: Arnaz Booker and Isis Rogers, who met at a pre-medical institute in 1990.

Well, the print book never came to fruition and I decided to make it happen. I reworked Cajun Cold and added the third book of the College Love 101 trilogy, Back in Love Again. My reason was skipping the sequel, Catching a Cuban Curveball, didn't fit. The only thing in Book 2 would've worked was a wedding and I didn't need that scene.

I planned a fourth and final e-book in the series, Final Exam,  about Arnaz and Isis' son, Quentin Booker chasing a pro baseball career and romance with an older woman in his team's organization. Isis' reaction provided the emotional arc I needed to finish the book and remade into Lost in Your Eyes.

Available e-book or print, here's a buy link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1548934798/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500267671&sr=8-1&keywords=kt+bishop

Thanks for taking the time to read my blogpost/KT BISHOP

Monday, April 17, 2017

Joining a Revolution!

The journey to screenwriting success is paved with several roadblocks.  Some promising. Some an ode to nowhere.

For an opportunity to gain exposure, I've joined an organization called Script Revolution. With over 600 members and 1,232 scripts downloaded, creator CJ Walley gives us aspiring screenwriters a chance for success.

Recently, a member had his script optioned. Pete Barry wrote Marian for Sony, which will star Margot Robbie.  

Praying I'm next to get optioned. Benjamin Mehr, who owns Grand Production Films in Baltimore, just downloaded my screenplay Put to Bed. Mehr is a member of Script Revolution.

Not sure what to make of it. In the unpredictable world of screenwriting, it may lead someplace. It may need nowhere.

When something opens up, I'll create a website exclusively for my movies.

Until Next time

Friday, October 14, 2016

We're not in Hazzard County anymore!

The transition from book writing to screenwriting has taken an interesting turn.

Monday, I attended my first-ever Film Festival, the CineFlix Festival, held in D'Iberville, Mississippi.
Actor/Director John Schneider, as part of John Schneider Studios, ran the four-day event of diverse movies and documentaries.
Before I go on, yes that John Schneider, best known as Bo Duke on the Dukes of Hazzard TV series (I didn't bring it up to show my age. Plus, I heard he's grown tired to being referred to the old 80's show).
I mainly used the festival as a learning experience to seek out advice from John about the film business.
At the same time, I met another filmmaker/artist named Trent Dion Soto. I also picked his brain about making films.
Their advice was simple: write and get a film made by someone who's done movies before.
Wish me luck in the next step.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Instant Replay

Good morning!
          Words can't describe when the Cannes Latitude Film Festival informed me yesterday that my short screenplay, Instant Replay, was selected.
           Still, I've got a long way to go. I hadn't reached the semifinal or final stages. But to reach this point, I must've pleased the judges and beat out 300 other people in the event.
           Instant Replay, the story of Ryan Walton losing his mother to cancer. His ex-girlfriend Carrie Ann Remick, attends the funeral. They get together and think about reuniting.
           What's scarier: since I submitted Instant Replay, I've constantly worked on it. The current version is better than the contest entry.
           I'll present both versions to a producer since my foot's now in the door.


Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Looking back: two teachers provided inspiration

Forty years ago, my first-grade teacher, Rosemary Cherry, placed high expectations on me. When one can speed read at age three, those things happen. She always knew what buttons to push and kept me in line when I didn't act right.
No teacher came close during the rest of my days at Cottondale Elementary. My grades were okay, but those teachers couldn't reach me.
Until my junior year at Holt High 30 years ago. Up to that point, I was inconsistent through junior high and two years of high school.
I signed up for a class called Speech Communications,  taught by Gail Cates.  The year-long class was a mixture of making a newspaper, making speeches, broadcast TV, school, newspaper, advertising and acting.
The year was a turning point for me. I decided to major in journalism. Under Cates, I found out writing was my true passion.
I've won countless awards as a newspaper reporter, written 36 E-Books and four printed books.
I can't imagine my success without the impact these two teachers had on me.
Cherry and Cates each have dedications in my print books, but their value to me is much more.



Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Weighing success

Good Morning!
As a longtime sports journalist, I have always used athletics as a measuring stick in the working world.
Professional boxing, a sport I covered at the Biloxi Sun Herald from 1992 until 2014, is the perfect way to illustrate my successes.

Here are my levels represented by weight classes:
Lightweight
My greatest success as a sports writer. I was a major part of a Pulitzer prize winning newspaper in 2006 for the newspaper's coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
Recently received an Outstanding Sports Supporter award from the Gulfport Sports Hall of Fame, honoring my 25 years of community service.
Welterweight
Moved up a division as a successful free-lance writer for magazines Alabama West, Crimson and Black Voices. No awards, but was in demand for two decades (1992-2007).
Junior Middleweight
Decided to fulfill my lifelong dream of writing Electronic Books in 2008. Wrote 36 original E-books for three different publications. Fifteen were Top 10 best-sellers at Red Rose Publishing and four Top 10 at ARE.com.
Middleweight
Made the transition with four Print books. Still a work in progress.
Light Heavyweight
Screenwritng is my greatest challenge. Million-to-one odds of making it as a screenwriter. Sent four screenplays for submission. May take several years to get a break. An empty space on my shelf is reserved for this.

Happy summer, everyone.
KT BISHOP

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Spicing up Louisiana

Good Morning!
 I'm proud to announce my latest release, Louisiana Spice. It's available at many locations, including Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Louisiana Spice chronicles the lives of Jennifer Cotton, her daughter, Gabrielle, and their cousins, Dana Rossi, Heather Morgan and Divina Wells.
Blurb
-A childhood friend seeks revenge on Jennifer Monet-Cotton for serving time in jail in Cotton & Silk. Will she succeed?
 - Gabrielle Cotton dreams of owning a National Hockey League Franchise in Cotton Candy, but she doesn't have enough money. She turns to an unlikely source for the cash.
 -Dana Rossi was hired to convince Teddy Anders to leave Cuba for the NBA, but finds herself falling in love with him in Jackpot of Hearts.
-In Game Changer, Heather Morgan loses her job and husband in the same week. Sparks fly when she meets Milwaukee Bucks owner Simon Brooks. Can she win his heart?
- Attorney Divina Wells has a difficult challenge trying to Gator Bonk off charges of cockfighting in Cajun Games. The more time Divina spends with Gator, she starts falling in love.

Here's the buy link: www.amazon.com/Louisiana-Spice-KT-Bishop/dp/1532827180/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1462216149&sr=8-2&keywords=kt+bishop
Have a great day/KT Bishop

Monday, April 25, 2016

Prince created Controversy in my life

Good afternoon!
It's been almost a week since Prince Rogers Nelson died. Like Prince's multi-million fan-base, I'm still in shock and continue to mourn his passing.
To say Prince had an impact on my life is an understatement. My musical taste began and ended with Prince (despite my mother's wishes).
I was about to get baptized at my church in Tuscaloosa, Ala. As part of the ceremony, I had to learn the Lord's Prayer and the Apostle Creed, two crucial p
ieces of giving your life to Christ.
Somehow, Prince provided assistance.  I was listening to the radio one afternoon and they played Prince's Controversy. In the extended version of the song, Prince recited the Lord's Prayer.
My cousin, who was stationed overseas in the Army at the time, sent me and my sister a tape of Prince's Controversy album. I got caught listening to the song and reciting the Lord's Prayer.
It didn't go very well. I'd love to  repeat what my mother and grandmother said, but for Political Correctness, I decline.
Several years later, my military cousin got us a bootleg copy of Purple Rain before it was released. The movie and album changed my life. I slipped out one night to attend his concert with some friends in Birmingham months after the release. Seeing Prince live was worth the punishment I later received.
The experience inspired me to help name our high school newspaper The Purple Reign. 
I didn't like any of Prince's music after Purple Rain, except Adore, mainly because I was chasing this girl at Pre-med (Later becoming the basis for my well-received College Love 101 series at then-Red Rose Publishing).
Rest in Peace, Prince and thanks for the memories.



Monday, February 29, 2016

Leaping forward

Good morning!
 I'm looking forward to Easter week at the end of March. I'm having a Book Signing at WHICH Wich in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on March 26, the day before Easter Sunday.
Since my first E-book was published in 2008, I've always wanted to do a Book Signing. Unfortunately, I lacked a print book to do so. With three books in print available (Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com), the timing's perfect for me to have a signing.
 A Book Signing at a Sandwich eatery is unusual, but that's how I roll. I'm different. My writing's different. Researched signings online and saw several authors had theirs at restaurants and coffee shops. Why can't I do the same thing?
My goal is simple. I've got a box full of Books. If I run out, that means it was a success. Just to have a signing in my hometown is awesome.
Thanks for reading/K.T. Bishop

P.S.: Here are the buy links- http://www.amazon.com/Intentional-Grounding-KT-Bishop-ebook/dp/B0151UGF8O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456761338&sr=8-1&keywords=kt+bishop

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Unlimited-K-T-Bishop/dp/1517742889/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1456761338&sr=8-2&keywords=kt+bishop
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Holiday-KT-Bishop-ebook/dp/B0151UGN7W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1456761338&sr=8-3&keywords=kt+bishop

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Happy New Year: a New beginning in 2016

Good morning!
As we turn out the lights on 2015, I'm looking forward to next year.
I'm planning to attend the George Lindsey Film Festival in March at Huntsville, Ala. if one or both of my screenplays make the cutting room.
Haven't checked the full calendar for spring or summer film festivals, but I could make my way at one if I enter a script.
I've all but left the book world and will fully focus on entering the long, tedious journey to becoming a screenwriter. My screenwriting name will be JK Jones, not KT Bishop in the literary world.
From what I've heard, it takes a decade to find success as a screenwriter unless you get a big break.  (Hoping to land somewhere in between).
Here's to a Happy New Year and have a great 2016.


Monday, November 23, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving!

Good evening!
It's Thanksgiving week. I'm sure everyone's either planning a huge Thanksgiving dinner or going out of town to see family and friends.
I'll work the holiday and throughout the weekend, which culminates with the Iron Bowl battle between Alabama and Auburn.
Enjoy the holidays.....
KT Bishop

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Love has no limits

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Good morning:
Here's my latest paperback, Love Unlimited, now available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon:

      Blurb
       Love can be found in many different ways. Love Unlimited chronicles the lives of four different families who discover the true meaning of love through unexpected circumstances
      *At the reading of her mother's will, Destiny Katz discovers her father is actor Stormy Rivers in Love Walks In. Will she accept her real father?
    *London Cox rescues Miranda Cherry from a snowstorm in Snow Crazy in Love and sparks immediately fly between them
    *In Love Overboard, Gabi Nagle is grieving the loss of her husband. She meets a young powerboat racer and falls in love
    * Two former college sweethearts reunite in Classified Love and consider getting back together.
     Buy links: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1517742889?keywords=kt%20bishop&qid=1445264704&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

Monday, September 14, 2015

Printed for success

It's been a while since we last talked.
Several things required my attention over the last two months, virtually killing any free time I had for the blog.
Two great things came from my absence: I produced my first two print books- Intentional Grounding and Love Holiday. 
Grounding is a updated version of my first book, Picking Cotton. Holiday is a collection of four previously released shorts.

For those who know me, fully understand it was a long-time goal of mine. E-books have been good to me, but I needed a print book to feel like a true author.
Thanks to Melissa Keir, it happened.
Here are the buy links: http://www.amazon.com/Love-Holiday-K-T-Bishop/dp/1516806085/ref=sr_1_2_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1442265660&sr=8-2&keywords=kt+bishop;  http://www.amazon.com/Intentional-Grounding-K-T-Bishop/dp/1517090490/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1442265660&sr=8-1&keywords=kt+bishop.

Until next time.......

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Cleaning Webs

Veteran Author Franny Armstrong drops by and promotes her latest release, The Web Cleanser.

A little info on Franny:

Franny Armstrong is a mother of three and a grandmother of four. Her husband supports her imagination and has the patience of a saint. She’s been writing since she was a child, creating plays to act out in front of the neighborhood children, charging them five cents admission to join her in the family garage for the play.
Since 2002, after a serious breakdown, Franny had to express herself on the computer since she couldn’t speak, everything coming out gibberish at that time. She’s slowly healed to the point that she can function fairly well. Writing was the best medicine for her and still is.
Franny loves to write about rainforests and Caribbean islands rather than about cities. Her characters are well rounded and share her wacky sense of humor.


Blurb:
Ryland Sanders is a feisty, no-nonsense cop who protects her heart with her smart mouth. She has no friends, and every partner she's ever had gave up on her long ago. When paired with a new cop, Ry pulls out all stops to get rid of him.
Kane Nanuq is from the Northwest Territories on Baffin Island. He's tracking a serial killer who murdered his wife and children. When he meets Ry, his carefully planned revenge is altered. She wants to become bait, but Kane wants to protect her. She cracks open his carefully guarded heart, even as she loses hers.
The duo worked together to capture the man, but neither of them realize they've lost their hearts to each other until it's too late...

Excerpt:
 As a detective, she didn't wear a uniform. The form-fitting black pants gave the impression of a narrow waist, while the tucked in t-shirt clung to her shapely body perfectly. The leather holster and gun strapped tight around her chest accentuated her breasts. He noticed that she hunched her shoulders forward slightly in an attempt to conceal them. Since she came up to his shoulder in height, he figured she stood approximately five feet, nine inches tall.


Acting as though she noticed him for the first time, she turned to face him, her eyes widening slightly. He could still see the anger burning in them, and waited patiently for her to vent. She surprised him when she spoke to him with the patience of a kindergarten teacher, talking to children. The sarcasm only showed in her simmering gaze.
"The box in front of you is called a computer. I doubt you have them at the North Pole, but here we use them to document our cases. Perhaps you'd prefer to use the drawing board. We have some pretty colored markers there. Do you have any questions, Nanuq?"
Studying her in silence for a long moment, he finally nodded. "First of all, are you this rude to everyone you meet, or did you save it up for me? Send a detailed list of every scrap of about the case to my inbox. I trust my email account is already set up?"
She seemed surprised when he remained calm and casual about her behavior. When her lips curved upwards, he knew her grin was a fake.
"I already sent you the information before you came in here," she said with a purr, turning back to her computer.
Logging onto his computer, he opened his email account, and saw that she'd told the truth. Opening one file after the other, he read them quickly until he came to the final message. Oh, are you still here, Detective? Her sour attitude would have been enough to send anyone into a rage, but he simply emailed her back.
Enough fooling around, Detective. Let's get some work done.
Here's buy links:

Some places to reach Fran: 




 

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Double Play!

Good evening!
Two of my E-books reached the Top 20 best-seller's among Men's Adventure at Smashwords.com: Curtain Call and Pacific Blue.
Curtain Call is ranked 11th in its first day. Pacific Blue sits four spots down at the 15th spot.
Both E-books are available via Splice Publishing.
Here's the blurb and link of each E-book:

Curtain Call: Actress Melissa Kaye and writer Perry Tiffin had a love-hate relationship during their time together on the soap opera A Different Corner. Their hatred often led to hot, passionate sex. At a party to celebrate the show’s twentieth and final year, Melissa and Perry are reunited again. Does lust still exist between them after ten years?
Buy link: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/553399

Pacific Blue: Lauralyn Doss and Sebastian Gates are newlyweds who just relocated from Honolulu to Hollywood, California, but their marriage is off to a rocky start. Lauralyn is frustrated because she can't find a job, while Sebastian travels around the world as a backup quarterback with the NFL's Los Angeles Stars. Will their marriage fall apart before it even begins?
Buy link: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/539074
Money is the first objective to success in the book writing,  but landing spot on the rankings will always be second.
Have a great evening!/KT Bishop