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Two Katrina animal rescue documentaries: Mine and Dark Water Rising
Posted by M.C. in Film
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I've been sitting on this blog entry for so long, it's no longer timely, but I'm posting it anyway. For while the Joplin tornado, Fukushima nuclear meltdown, and Hurricane Katrina may not command today's headlines as they did weeks or months or years ago, they're still relevant to those who are dealing with the consequences. Every mass exodus from disaster-torn areas allows us to re-evaluate animal rescue and disaster relief policies anew, hopefully with an eye on improvement and the minimization of suffering due to faulty infrastructure. This is an arduous, continuous, emotional process that is contingent on numerous cultural and political factors, so I think it's always worth sorting through the details to get a sense of what worked, what went awry, and how actions (or inactions) are perceived in historical hindsight.
I was living in Taiwan in August 2005, when Katrina struck. From the vantage point of a small Asian Pacific island that is frequently beset by earthquakes and typhoons, it was hard for me to grasp the full scope of what happened to the US. It was particularly difficult to understand the social and economic fallout in the aftermath; to this day, I feel like I missed the full arc of the story.
So Hurricane Katrina animal rescue becomes an entry point from which I feel I can worm my way in. Two documentaries about Katrina Animal Rescue that I recently saw:
Film: Dark Water Rising: Survival Stories of Hurricane Katrina Rescues aka The Truth About Hurricane Katrina Rescues
Director: Mike Shiley
Featured cast: Aaron Minjares, Larry Roberts, Kim Upham
Production Information: Shidog Films, 2006 (USA)
Breed(s) featured: pit bulls, various mixes
Over 50,000 dogs and cats were left behind in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as FEMA required that all animals be left behind in the mandatory evacuation.
This forced separation created America's first-ever major animal rescue.
A dedicated and compassionate group of volunteer rescuers and animal welfare groups from around the world risked their lives to sledgehammer down doors and brave toxic floodwaters in a truly heroic effort to save nearly 10,000 animals.
Dark Water Rising is a film about hope and survival in the face of the one of the worst natural disasters in American history.(press release)
Film: Mine
Director: Geralyn Pezanoski
Featured cast: Victor, Gloria Richardson, Jessie Pullins, Malvin Cavalier, etc.
Production Information: Smush Media, 2009 (USA)
Breed(s) featured: Terrier mix, German Shepherd, Labrador Retriever, pit bull-Akita mix, miniature poodle mix, various mixes
As Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans, the mayor issued a last-minute order for everyone to evacuate. In the clamor to get out of the city, many pet owners left their animals with food and water, fully intending to return in a few days. People without the means to leave the city on their own were forced onto buses and barred from bringing the furriest family members along.
The result was that tens of thousands of domesticated pets were left in a devastated city. Those that survived the storm and the floods faced grim odds of surviving the heat without fresh water or enough food to last the weeks or months before their owners were permitted back into the city to rescue them. Mine follows some of the hundreds of volunteers who mobilized in the hours and days after the storm, entering the city and capturing as many stranded pets as they could find. These volunteers often provided life-saving medical care to the injured, dehydrated, and hungry animals. Massive temporary animal shelters sprung up in the suburbs of New Orleans, where the lucky pets who survived waited to be reunited with their owners or adopted out.
It would not be easy or quick, or without ethical quandaries and lawsuits. Mine tracks the stories of several of the rescued pets, their original owners, and their adopted families, raising questions about what constitutes pet "ownership" and how we regard animals as both family members and property. (from PBS.org)
Dark Water Rising begins with a promise to tell "The Truth about Hurricane Katrina rescues," as if there was an absolute moral standard by which to judge the chaos. With quick and dirty exposé-style narration, the film presents a polarized rescue scene — bureaucrats vs. renegades, corporate vs. private, vigilante justice.
Shiley did take some risks with this film's content. He gives an unflinching presentation of the gruesome abuses of power that probably continue to haunt some of the same Southern jurisdictions to this day. A sequence towards the end details the St. Bernard Parish slaughters, in which several dozen family pets entrusted to the care of local police were found brutally shot — a case which has not yet been brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
Shiley also adopts a bold stance in framing the "anarchic" Winn Dixie group, as they were called in the film, as the central, pivotal characters, instead of taking the press kit-ready maneuvers of HSUS-uniformed crewmen at face value. However, it seems that the filmmakers' sympathies for fringe groups bled into production values, as the overall narration suffered from too many diversions in an attempt to explain the desolation and desperation that plagued the ongoing rescue efforts.
Then again, perhaps this is truly what the view was like from the ground, heavily skewed to the nightmares of rescuers too trapped in the frenzy for their own good. Released barely a year after Katrina, no doubt that the first documentary emerged from a very different emotional state than Mine, which came several years later. But in Dark Water Rising, the frustration, righteousness, and the desire to make the audience witness the violence suffered by Katrina animals does more to alienate and disturb than convince me to embrace the group's heroics. The film itself is deeply conflicted, which makes empathy difficult; it beckons with the promise of enlightenment by offering its audience a glimpse of the "truth", at the same time the actors keep the audience at arm's length (and I use the term actors very purposefully to acknowledge their acknowledgment of the camera), shaking their heads with the gloomy declaration that you never will and maybe don't even deserve to "get it" because you. weren't. there.
MINE: "over 100 animals were left to die at this house"
In contrast, Mine has well-plotted, interlinking story arcs, likeable and articulate characters, and emotionally cathartic conclusions (even when there was no real resolution). Pezanoski and crew selected their cast carefully to reflect some semblance of racial, gender, age, and even breed balance. For while animal rescuers interviewed in both documentaries express some honest shock at the sheer proportion of unneutered pit bulls amongst those that needed to be saved, the visuals nevertheless portray a very mixed population of dogs and people alike.
What is most significant — and sorely lacking from the first documentary — is that they gave voice to the citizens who were most directly affected by Katrina, and whose pets were rescued. Then they probed carefully to give them depth, personality, and most importantly, dignity.
"See, nobody ever thought I would come for [my dog JJ], first of all. And then if I did come for him, nobody thought I would be able to provide for JJ. See, I don't think people know who I am — that's one of the problems." (Jessie Pullins, whose akita-pitbull mix was named Jessie Jr. like a son)
Jessie displays a flyer that shows his JJ was found
These were not the willfully negligent guardians that some rescue groups presumed large swathes of NOLA pet owners to be. These were elderly folks that needed help evacuating in the first place, and only left their dogs when forced at gunpoint. These were heads of households who had to evacuate their entire multi-generational families on short notice. These were ordinary citizens with limited resources and no authority to re-enter their own city until months later, while anyone who donned a shirt declaring themselves an animal rescuer could be waved through the blockades.
Much of what happened there remains senseless and incomprehensible to me, as it must surely remain for those who have since learned to pave over their tragedies. But one thing that did resonate with me is how animal rescue can serve to radically collapse space and distance.
Sandra, Bandit, and Malvin
Volunteers swooped in from all corners of the country to offer help where it was needed. And as the nearby shelters quickly filled to capacity, the dogs had no choice but to get shipped even further out. Rescuer Jane Garrison explained the situation and ethical quandary in blunt terms:
"If you lost your dog today, and your dog ended up in the shelter, after five days, your dog can either be adopted out, or euthanized. No questions asked. But in Katrina, most of the people who lost animals were displaced. They needed to give them longer to get them. So they kept extending it — from the five days, to several weeks, to then again, a few months. If we set a precedent by saying that animals from Katrina can be reunited with their original families up to 3 years after the storm, no animal shelter will ever take animals in. You or I would never adopt an animal from a shelter if we were told the original family may claim this animal up to 3 years later. So what would happen is we would be stuck with a situation where a disaster hits, we're rescuing animals as quickly as we can, but we need to move them out in order to make room for others? Nobody would open their doors. So thousands and thousands of animals will die again, because there won't be any place to put them."
People come in, dogs go out. And because the dogs went out, people stepped back in to help reunite pets with their previous families. Many of the stories are so touching because you see communities and individuals rally around the plight of just one pet who happened to mean everything to his former owner. The unlikely partnering that most impressed me was the Canadian, Sandra Bauer, who helped elderly Malvin locate his dog in Pennsylvania. There was some resistance on the part of Bandit's new owners, and we never actually hear their side of the story. But when we finally witness Bandit and Malvin's reunion, it was a confirmation that, at least for a moment, something overwhelmingly good had just happened before your very eyes.
Now, what business has a Canadian meddling in the affairs of several states in a country she doesn't even call her own? Well, state lines and other geopolitical limitations do little to obstruct activism in the name of compassion. Sandra was moved by Malvin's plight as a pet lover, which is inextricable from her identity as a decent human being. As simple as it may seem, this realization was profound to me — particularly in light of recent events by notable bloggers in animal advocacy, as a for instance. Even if the details of each specific rescue are only amazing because they are "exceptional," you string enough exceptional stories together and you can build a pretty awesome story about how many lives were forever changed by the love of one animal. And when such a film has the power to touch a viewer in whatever corner of the world she may be viewing from, that's also when you realize that the true magnitude of these stories is global.
When viewed back-to-back, it was easy for me to come to a clear opinion as to which was the superior documentary. But after writing all this, I realize it's not entirely a fair comparison to make. 2006 did not anticipate the new information and legal changes that would come to light in 2009, nor does there seem to be much reference to these documentaries in 2011, at least not in blog form.
At any rate, I make no claims to timeliness, so I get to blog about whatever I want. And what I wanted was for some way to have the positive experiences of previous disasters lend guidance to the challenges of current and future disaster relief, even if it's just in the way we think about our pets in extreme situations. Just as sure as I don't expect the earth to stop shaking and the skies to stop storming, these won't be the last two pet rescue documentaries I'll have the opportunity to see in my lifetime. But if each iteration can be a little less agonizing, less graphic, less tragic than its predecessors, the loss of loss itself would surely make for noble progress.
MINE: Max and Victor
6 thoughts on "Two Katrina animal rescue documentaries: Mine and Dark Water Rising"
Losech said:
I watched Mine while I was in St. Louis on Netflix. It was a good one but I wanted the guy to get JJ back. That was somewhat upsetting. If it were me and someone came in and "rescued" my dog I'd be going after them with my arsenal (not small mind you) and I'd probably be the one pointing the gun when it came to evacuation orders if they didn't include my pets. All five of them.
Anyways, I liked that documentary for the most part. From your description of the other one I might pass on it, I'm not into watching people who think like that.
I love watching documentaries. Other than movies that's all I watch. More than movies actually…
I remember when hurricane Katrina happened. I stayed up all night watching the news about it. Now that I think about it I did wonder what people were going to do about all the pets, and not just the dogs and cats. Natural disasters like that one are the things that keep me away from areas like that or that are prone to those sort of things. I'd rather not deal with a hurricane, flood or tornado and what it can do. The few tornado warnings and sightings that occurred in St. Louis while I lived there are enough for me. Never going back.
If I for some reason ended up with a future natural disaster dog, I would post it's picture all over the place in an attempt to find the real owner just in case they were still trying to find them like the dogs in Mine. I probably wouldn't "adopt" one anyways due to that possibility. More like long-term fostering.
M.C. said:
23 June 2011 at 11:19 AM
I agree, it was devastating in the doc when he didn't get him back. That's part of what I meant when I said it was "emotionally cathartic," even if it didn't end the way you wanted. It was still a real feeling that knots deep in your stomach; you come to feel very strongly for or about the interviewees by the end of the film.
But good news: they were reunited afterwards! http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31109730/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/t/man-dog-reunite-years-after-katrina/
And sad news: Malvin passed away in 2010.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10330/1106197-84.stm
I think it's easy to read stories like this or watch documentaries like this and come to strong ideas about what would I do if… That's part of what makes these stories so effective. They make us solidify our stance on how to do the "right" thing. But I still think it's hard to predict with certainty that we COULD act the way we want in extreme situations. And even if a few of us would be willing to long-term foster a disaster dog for up to three years without knowing if their owners are going to come back, I think it's true that most people would not be so charitable. The woman in Florida (whom I also ended up liking a lot — you actually see her change her mind over the course of the film and talking through it; she automatically gets my respect for being willing to change her mind on such a difficult issue) said how if she had gotten her dog with the intent to foster, it would have been a "completely different" situation. But instead, "I went in there. He was mine."
Cousin Pat from Georgia said:
What happened to New Orleans wasn't a natural disaster. The hurricane did some damage, but the collapse of the levees are what flooded the city.
These days, the city assisted evacuation plan takes pet evacuation into account in a very serious way. Evacuees bring pets to the transportation center and get registered so everyone knows who each pet belongs to. The pets are placed in animal carriages and loaded into air-conditioned vehicles to be evacuated to participating out-of-city shelters. This was already done with a high degree of effectiveness during the massive city evacuation ahead of Hurricane Gustav in 2008.
Thank you for clarifying. Mine does mention the PETS act, which I understand came as a direct result of lessons learned from this tragedy. It's terrible that it took a crisis of this magnitude to change the way the system works, but it sounds like New Orleans (and the US) learned hard lessons that should necessarily be consulted by the rest of the world dealing with similar scenarios. And by similar, I'm referring to disaster as a very generalized term, natural or otherwise, resulting in mass evacuations of citizens whom we MUST assume have pets. Part of the problem is that this is a very real population that just hasn't yet been adequately accounted for in many parts of the world, and this changes only after great loss.
At any rate, if New Orleans now has effective and efficient policies in place, that's wonderful. The world could learn from that.
Nicole compliment said:
Awesome blog post. =)
I never watched those wish I knew about it ah well I'm sure I can find it online or something.
"FEMA required that all animals be left behind in the mandatory evacuation"
That really sucked about that luckily where I lived Gretna, Louisiana we weren't evacuated or forced out by gun.
I'd hate to been there for that fight my dad has some guns.. lol
"In the clamor to get out of the city, many pet owners left their animals with food and water, fully intending to return in a few days"
Good thing my dad and brother stayed with our three dogs, three cats, and three corn snakes. We had plenty of dog food and only could drink bottled water due to the power outages and stuff.
Poor dogs even though we stocked up on water and food they still lost weight probably from the high humidity and heat.
Me and my mom was at Lafayette, Louisiana at a anime convention and once that over we stayed one extra day at the hotel and then stayed with my brother.
Once things were cleared my mom had to go back to work since she was a nurse and they needed all the nurses they could. So she bought a portable terrarium and bought three mice to feed the snakes.
I stayed with my older brother for a whole week or maybe too.
The day my dad got a moving van we got packed and left took three trips to get everything sadly we left our antique stove and antique bath tub with clawed feet. =(
My Aunt lived in Mississippi near enough to the coast where the waters came to her house and swept her things and some of her dogs and cats out to sea. It sounded so horrible what she when through. She had her dear friend with her at the time they tried to get all the animals out on the house and they climbed on trees to survive.
We didn't know if they were safe or not been days and thankfully my dad's brother went to check up on them. Turned out a police came by provided them with clothes and food they didn't want to leave since they still had a lot of cats to take care of.
Cellphones didn't work during the time so it was hard for me to get updates from them.
My dad and brother stayed up all night in shifts with their guns just in case of gangs. We do have them in our neighborhood. =\
Me and my family will never leave without our pets even my snakes I'll stay for them..
I feel so sorry for owners who had to leave their pets and owners who's pets got washed into the Gulf..
Sorry for the super long reply.
Going through hurricanes is no fun that's all I can say though I still love Louisiana lots of nice culture and some friendly folks too.
Sadly there's a lot of abandoned dogs on the road when I went down to visit my older brother there were dead dogs on the side of the road or dogs at gas stations..
We have nothing against long responses here. It's hard to come up with a response that does justice to your experiences, so I'll just say thanks for sharing.
If you have Netflix, both docs are available there. Mine is available for instant play. That one should be easier to track down, as it has wider distribution.


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COMMITTED TO OUR VIETNAM WAR MIAs
Friday, January 8, 2016 @ 02:01 PM posted by Elaine Zimmer Davis
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Please join our family as we pledge to help make 2016 a year of consensus among those involved in the pursuit of accounting for our MIAs from the Vietnam War. We still have hope that Jerry's and Al's remains will be found one day soon. Like so many other families, we are grateful to have the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and others involved in the mission during these very difficult times. We are honored by the many MIA supporters following our journey — knowing that our loved ones are not forgotten means a lot.
My New Year's Resolution is to post more stories in 2016! I have a good Vietnam-era war story planned for the near future, but as always, I am humbled by the task and hope I can do it justice.
DPAA is committed to continuing efforts on behalf of our Vietnam War MIAs with no reduction in field operations planned this year. A little more than six months since it went operational, the agency under DPAA Director Michael Linnington's leadership is full speed ahead. Maj Gen Kelly McKeague, who served as DPAA's Interim Deputy Director during the transition period, was succeeded on Sept. 22, 2015, by Brig Gen Mark Spindler, USA.
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We welcome DPAA Deputy Director Spindler and look forward to supporting his efforts, of which include global analysis and investigations, search and recoveries and laboratory operations to identify unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts. Prior to joining DPAAs leadership team, Spindler served as the 47th Commandant of the United States Army Military Police School and Chief of the Military Police Regiment at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. A "mo boy" who hails from St. Louis, MO, Splindler completed his undergraduate work at University of Missouri-Columbia and over time earned three advanced degrees elsewhere.
Spindler's career also includes four overseas tours in the European Area of Operation and multiple tours of duty in the Pentagon and Military District of Washington. His operational assignments include peace enforcement in Bosnia – Herzegovina; stability Ops in Kosovo and combat ops in Baghdad, Iraq. Spindler has received numerous awards and undoubtedly has the right stuff for the job. He is following in the footsteps of a man who weathered an MIA storm and never gave up on us. Many thanks, Maj Gen McKeague, for your dedication, respect and belief in the families and the mission.
DPAA Interim Deputy Director Kelly McKeague, ended his 34-year career with the USAF on a high note. Maj Gen McKeague was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal by DPAA Director Mike Linnington for "exceptionally distinguished service." Congratulations!
Please remember that neither DPAA nor any other agency can fulfill the commitment of bringing home our loved ones without support from MIA families, veterans, military resources and humanitarian organizations — thank you. (I will be attending a regional family update later this month and will follow-up with a post.)
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Monday, June 22, 2015 @ 08:06 PM posted by Elaine Zimmer Davis
Army LTG Michael Linnington, (Ret), has been selected by Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to serve as the first Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). The agency is responsible for all POW/MIA recoveries from past wars. Linnington is not new to the accounting community, having served as an advisor before being named DPAA Director.
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June 19, 2015, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter selected Army LTG Michael Linnington, (Ret), for the position as Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). The newly formed agency is now responsible for investigations, searches, recoveries, identifications and repatriations of service members and personnel classified as POW/MIA, primarily from WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War and others as designated.
DPAAs soft roll out came in January 2015, with the consolidation of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO). JPACs former Commander, Maj Gen Kelly McKeague, USAF, assumed the interim position as Deputy Commander of DPAA, under Interim Commander Rear Adm Michael Franken, USN, who has moved on to become Deputy Commander for Military Operations at U.S. Africa Command.
It is my understanding that McKeague is currently serving as Deputy Director of DPAA; however, it is unknown if he will serve a tour of duty in that position now that the agency has a director in place. In my opinion, McKeague would be extremely helpful, dealing with the complexities of global field operations at this point in time.
MEETING MIA FAMILIES
The Linnington announcement comes less than a week before families with loved ones still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War will be attending their annual League meeting in Washington, D.C. at which time DPAA will concurrently present a briefing to the group. (MIA families from WWII and Korea will meet in August for a similar briefing). UPDATE: Linnington's DPAA leadership role well- received by POW/MIA families at 2015 League Meeting.
Now that Linnington has been selected, it is likely that he will attend the two briefings — even if able to make only a brief appearance at each. Families at the League meeting will be eager to meet him and to be reassured of his commitment to do everything possible to bring home MIAs from the Vietnam War and to quell any fears to the contrary (see update below).
LINNINGTON'S CREDENTIALS
A native of Cape May, N.J., Linnington is a 1980 graduate of West Point, at which time he was commissioned as an infantry officer. Later, the General received his MS in Applied Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., along with a Masters Degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College in Washington, D.C.
Having served in key command and staff positions during his 33 years of Army service, Linnington has accrued many domestic and international tours of duty. From 2002 to 2004 he took command of the 3d Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 101st Airborne Div (AASLT), both in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in Iraq.
Comfortable in the D.C. arena, Linnington has served multiple tours there, and in July 2013 assumed duties as Military Deputy to the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness). The General is not new to the accounting community, having served as an advisor to Franken and McKeague since the inception of DPAA, which places him in a much better position than someone coming into a start-up agency of sorts with no prior knowledge of the system.
According to recent press coverage, the Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer was tasked with assisting DPAA during the transition period with a workplace assessment to develop performance measures and a new organizational structure. It is likely that Linnington will place priority on reviewing all the recommendations compiled by the various work groups, especially as they relate to personnel. The agency is still in the growth mode.
Insiders say the competition for the job was tough and attracted a lot of high level candidates. From what I can tell, Linnington appears to be an excellent choice. I wish him the best. UPDATE: LINNINGTON VISITS EXCAVATION SITES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
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I'm excited to announce that my debut novel, THE FOURTH CHANNEL, has been released as an ebook at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble! (A paperback version is coming in the next month. I'll keep you posted.) This project has been a long time coming and I'm thrilled to finally see it done. The acknowledgments page even has a little shout-out to you guys because, without your support and interaction, I wouldn't have been so excited—or driven—to publish.
Over the last year and a half, a lot of you have asked how you can offer support. The most obvious way is to purchase a copy of the book. It's $3.99 USD. If you enjoy this website and all the fun freebies here, please pick up a copy. It would mean a lot to me, not to mention encourage me to keep going with this blog.
Something else that would help is to leave a review. Or, if you're naturally reticent, to simply leave a rating. Please be honest in your review. Don't just leave me a five-star rating because you're afraid I'm going to find you and "Jello" your keyboard. Even if the review is a mediocre one, having more reviews overall is better than having none. My goal is to have 15 reviews on Amazon, 5 on Barnes & Noble, and 20 on Goodreads. (With Goodreads reviews, I usually just copy and paste whatever review I left on Amazon or B&N.) So please go and leave a little feedback about the book. It would mean a lot to me.
There are also free ways you can help! (You know how much I love free stuff!) If you have an account on Amazon.com, you can click the "Like Button" on my book's page and also on my author page. The more "Likes" I have, the more recommendations and visibility my book will receive.
To find my author page, click on the below image. The "Like Button" is located on the right side.
My mug only has two likes.
And lastly, you can support me by sticking around this website. I know the blog has been a little lackluster while I wrapped up the book, and I apologize for that. It's going to change starting today.
I have exciting new ideas for this coming year. We're going to continue the Sci-Fi Pinups, do more satire (you guys really seemed to enjoy that Cookie Monster post), start a new VYA battle with horror/comedy writer Mark Lidstone, and a lot more. I'm even going to start doing giveaways! I've wanted to do giveaways for a long time but couldn't figure out a funny way to have everyone enter the contest. Simply asking you all to leave a comment as your entry seems kind of lame and doesn't really fit our quirky style here at JenKirchner.com. But now I know how to hold these contests—and I think you're going to love it. Bottom line: the content this coming year is going to be better than ever and I can't wait to get started.
I'm challenging myself to blog twice weekly between now and the end of January. I even have a set schedule of what will be posted. You'll see new stuff from me Mondays and Fridays. (Hopefully!) I want this schedule to become second nature.
Thanks again for all your support and enthusiasm over the last year and a half. Go pick up a copy of THE FOURTH CHANNEL, give it a read, and let me know what you think of it. And please stick around this site. The best is yet to come.
Adding to my x-mas list. I've two other books to read/review, and am looking forward to "The Fourth Channel".
Keep on writing, writing & writing.
Thanks Bryon! Hope you enjoy the book. And I'm looking forward to seeing what you bring to the table on the blogosphere.
I AM EXCITE! I can't wait to have real wifi so I can buy the book and spread the Good Word all over the webs. Congrats, proud of you!!
Thanks Nicole! Your support means so much.
You are so liked, My Dear… I am so excited for you and I hope you hit record sales with TFC!!