ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hello
to all. I have some great events coming up in the next four months: Hubbel Library Author Night (March 20) with a portion
of the proceeds to benefit the library; two workshops at the Jambalaya Writer's Conference in Houma, Louisiana, March 31;
and an appearance at the 25th Annual Text & Academic Author's Conference in New Orleans in June. Please go to my
events page for specific detalis.
I am also in the production and writing phase of my newest documentary for WYES, "CITY PARK MEMORIES."
If you have any photos or home movies you would like to share, please contact me at bsillery@cox.net. City Park in New Orleans
is three times larger than New York's Central Park and New Orleans City Park has rebounded since Katrina into a wonderland
of nature, sports, kid's activities, art - truly something for everyone. The documentary is set to premier in August of 2012.
Updates forthcoming.
Don't for get to check
out DVD's of previous documentaries available through Amazon.com or at plantation gift shops, or the Historic New Orleans
Collection Gift shop in New Orleans:
FADED
LADIES & PLANTATION PORTRAITS are both perfect for the lover of plantation architecture, preservationists, and in particular
those interested in African-American heritage and the contributions of an enslaved people: their skills in cabinet making,
building, and other crafts. Amazing slave narratives brought to life along with insights into plantation lifestyles in the
big houses.
Barbara
More:
THE HAUNTING OF MISSISSIPPI, and THE HAUNTING OF LOUISIANA are available
online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, pelicanpub.com or through your local bookstore. DVDs of the cultural documentaries are
also available on Amazon. To make it easy, there's a link on the DVD page.
On Amazon you can check LIKE or write your own review. I'd love to hear from you.
Words
are my passion. And the journey is awesome. Much of what I write about requires extensive background research,and occasional
participation. I have danced at Powwows and traveled by boat to Native American burial grounds tucked deep into hidden bayous;climbed
a less-than-adequate ladder to reach the belvedere of an abandoned plantation house, and descended into the rotting hull of
a wooden oyster lugger.
I am also fortunate to work in both the print and broadcast fields. My work as a field producer
for syndicated television shows like
Extra, Strange Universe, Dangerous Destinations, and CBS News, The
Early Show has resulted in some surprising assignments.
I have interviewed celebrities on movie sets: Hilary Swank,
Dakota Fanning, Forest Whitaker, Jamie Foxx and Rob Lowe are among my favorites.
Other great interviews were with musicians
Willie Nelson and Faith Hill, and the towering giant Shaquille O'Neal. On the flip side, I've had to grit my teeth
while
asking the Why question to a peeping tom who created his own website as " . . . as a public service,"
and have had trouble maintaing a
neutral expression while interviewing young girls as they bared all at a
Girls Gone Wild Mardi Gras party on a Bourbon Street balcony.
I confess a certain fondness for legends, myths, and folklore.
As the author of THE HAUNTING OF LOUISIANA and THE HAUNTING OF MISSISSIPPI,
I have acquired a reputation as "the ghost writer." There is an undeniable appeal for tracking clues to uncover
the past: Whose footsteps, eerie whispers,
odd pranks, wispy illusions, and occasional startling appearances
are these? Why does he/she choose to haunt his/her former home? What happened to keep this troubled
spirit tethered
to the earthly world? And how do the current occupants of the historic site deal with their resident ghost? I never tire
of attempting to unravel the mystery.
After two books, countless magazine articles, a dozen documentaries, and twenty-plus
years of television assignments, I am also tackling
a mystery novel, GHOSTS WITHIN. I'll let
you know how that's going.
In the meantime, I continue to work and be available for assignments as a writer, field producer,
script consultant.
Contact me by email: bsillery@cox.net or leave me a message on Facebook. I'll be happy to discuss your next project and how we might work together.
Lagniappe Media Productions
