April 9, 2008
Joe was a guest on Jeff Miller's Blogtalkradio today where he talked about his books, his writing career and his life. It was a very engaging conversation with a very engaging host, Jeff Miller, author of the Higgins Series. To listen to the interview just go to www.blogtalkradio.com/Jeff-Miller.
July 30, 2007
An Excerpts page was added to the site today.
May 7, 2007
Joe's third published novel, Daughter of Thunder was released today.
In June, Joe will be doing a book signing at Country Corners at Nogie's Creek, Ontario. For more details visit www.countrycorners.ca.
Also, throughout the month of June Joe will be featured on www.trentsevern.com.
April 13, 2007
An article about Joe appeared in the Kawartha This Week on April 6, 2007. To read it, please visit the Press page.
April, 2007
Joe and his books are featured on www.countrycorners.ca.
December 14, 2006
PublishAmerica announced today that it will publish the sequel to "The Little Boy of the Forest". Titled "Daughter of Thunder", this 500 page thriller follows the life of Thora Meadowford from the funeral of Samuel Angus Meadowford II in 1929 to the year 2000. "Daughter of Thunder" reveals that the whole story was not told in "The Little Boy of the Forest", some of Jack Thurston's saga could not have happened without Thora's unwitting intervention. Look for "Daughter of Thunder" to be available in the spring of 2007.
June, 2006
Joe took part in a health charity campaign by having a book signing. Joe donated 100 percent of the profits to the Federated Health Campaign.
May 1, 2006
PublishAmerica released Joe's second book Corman the Carp.
March 30, 2006
Joe has joined with a group of six other authors from Canada and the U.S. to create an anthology of short stories based on Armageddon. Each of the authors will be using the same characters and the same general plot idea. Joe's submission to this anthology is called "Hounds of Perdition". Look for Publish America to release this compilation sometime alter this year. The other authors' in this group are Karen Gallant and Donna Shaw, from Trenton, Ontario; James Duncan from Baltimore, Maryland; Jim Spence from West Virginia; and Ray Mallotte from Maine.
If you want to read some of Joe's short stories go to www.nicestories.com and you will find ten tales penned by J.A. Aarntzen.
The poetry book, Reflections In Time, is still currently in the works.
Currently Joe is working on the sequel to The Little Boy of the Forest. The title of the new work is not surprisingly called "The Little Girl of the Forest".
February 27, 2006
Joe has a forum. This forum can be found on James D. Duncan's Book of Legends Trilogy forum page. The web address is: http://s3.phpbbforfre.com/forums/index.php?mforum=legendstrilogy
October 24, 2005
Current Writing Projects:
The sequel to "The Redeemer" has been completed. The new 1500-page manuscript is titled "Iron Horse Country".
Currently Joe is working on "The Fall of '29" which is the follow-up to "The Little Boy of the Forest". The setting returns to 1929 and focuses on Thora Meadowford, Jack's cousin.
October 19, 2005
Joe presented his writing at a conference held at Trillium Trails. Joe read one of his poems and an excerpt from The Little Boy of the Forest. His presentation was enthusiastically received by the audience of 70 people who stood in line for an autographed copy of the book afterwards.
Some pictures from the event:
October 15, 2005
Sheila Jupe of the Kawartha Lakes Author's Association is going to publish a book of Joe's poems in the near future. The book tentatively named "Reflections In Time" covers 35 years of Joe's poetry.
October 10, 2005
Joe Aarntzen has agreed to release a book of poetry with Sheila Jupe. The book is tentatively titled Reflections In Time. More to come.
July 12, 2005
New article posted on the Press page.
June 23, 2005
Joe held a booksigning today at Mike's Place in Oshawa, Ontario. The turnout was excellent and many people asked questions regarding 'The Little Boy of the Forest'. Sales were better than Joe believed they would be.
Here are some pictures from the event:
June 20, 2005
Joe will be at Mike's Place in Oshawa on June 23rd to sign copies of 'The Little Boy of the Forest'.
April 29, 2005
The Storyteller On The Lake website was launched. Many thanks to Paul Aarntzen for all the hard work in developing the site. Thanks as well to Michelle Bragg of PublishAmerica for designing the artwork and cover to The Little Boy of the Forest. And thanks to Karen Richards for the photograph of me on this website and the book jacket.
April 27, 2005
The Kawartha Lakes Authors Association invited J.A. Aarntzen to join their organization. This association is comprised of local writers in the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario, Canada. J.A. Aarntzen gratefully accepted the invitation to membership.
April 25, 2005
PublishAmerica will officially release The Little Boy of the Forest on June 20, 2005. But you do not have to wait until then. You can order your copy of J.A. Aarntzen's first published work by following the links on this website or by clicking here.
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