It's Only Fiction...'til It Happens

Bestselling Author | Book Coach | Screenwriter | Brooke Burrell returns in Forgive Us Our Trespasses - February 2022

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Turns out I’m not crazy...almost!

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61 Years of JFK: What If? and Maybe?

Shocking Statement follows: There are only two things we will ever know for sure about the Kennedy assassination, one, the president is dead, and two, Ruby shot Oswald – Period! Furthermore, crucial evidence that could have put an end to the longest-running open-case crime story in American history was eradicated before JFK was laid to rest. My next installment will feature videos on many of…

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Beyond the Grassy Knoll

The Assassination Fascination continues through these static-riddled, radio communications transcripts. Because the locals called an area by another name, it may have been lost, on the rest of America, just where they were racing to catch the killer.

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I’m sitting in P.J. Clarke’s

A neighborhood bar in midtown Manhattan that is known worldwide.  It was a favorite watering hole for the Madison Avenue crowd, back when they constituted a crowd. Lawyers and their clients discussed strategy over oysters. Agents and their artists bickered over percentages.  P.J.’s opened in 1884 and is a time capsule of a bygone New York.  I moved out of the city two decades ago, but just…

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Do you know who your pilot is?

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The Great JFK Conspiracy Giveaway for My Loyal Subscribers

I’m offering a chance for the world to get all their JFK Conspiracy theories in one entertaining and engaging place; my new book, Ask Not! But I don’t want you, my loyal subscribers, to be left out. In case you are not familiar with my new JFK Thriller, I weave a murder mystery thriller in and out of all the controversy and contradictions of the crime of the (last) century – which is still a…

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Where were you 60 years ago today?

Today is the 60th anniversary of the 6 seconds that changed America forever. Unfortunately, this was the first “Where Were You When” event for the generation that missed Pearl Harbor, but not the last as it is joined by, MLK, RFK, and 911.

The day President Kennedy was assassinated. The day when many say America lost its innocence. The day Camelot and the New Frontier vanished along with the promise of new, youthful energy replacing the old stogey establishment generation. “The Torch has been passed to a new generation…” Kennedy proclaimed. He was against those things that held us back from being a more perfect union. His agenda…

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60 Years in the Making…

Amazon has being finicky but you can now read my latest novel, ASK NOT! on Kindle. Stay tuned for the physical release! This novel has been an uphill journey to get into the hands of thriller fans and history buffs, but it's well worth the wait!

and now it’s here at Amazon! Click Here It’s a great read, a smart thriller and also a quick refresher course on JFK’s assassination and the controversy that has followed to this day. – Anonymous In 1993, 8 out of 10 Americans didn’t believe the official account of the Kennedy assassination, namely that it was carried out solely by Lee Harvey Oswald, that only 3 shots were fired and there was…

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60 Years in the Making...

andin just a few minutes more before you’ll be able buy it! Amazon is being finicky. But it’s worth the wait. Check back hourly. Because they’re saying, “Any minute now.” In 1993, 8 out of 10 Americans didn’t believe the official account of the Kennedy assassination, namely that it was carried out solely by Lee Harvey Oswald, that only 3 shots were fired and there was no conspiracy, 80%!  One…

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The Hero I Took to Vote Yesterday

Here's nice thing to do to honor someone who sacrificed for all of us. Cost nothing, but the intention is priceless.

Every Election Day, I bring the name of someone who fought to preserve our freedom with me as I vote. I say their name and then thank them for preserving our liberties, among which is the right to vote. The cornerstone of our democracy.   This election day the hero I brought to vote with me was Robert Crater von Egloffstein.  His daughter, Elyse Migliaccio, tells me that he was drafted into the…

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JFK and the Secret Service Agent’s Secret!

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“I wanna be a paperback writer...”

New release of one of my #1 bestsellers.

Ahh, the Beatles.  Who knew that way-back-when, the lyrics to their 1966 hit song, Paperback Writer, would come to fruition six decades later!  Well, Michelle, ma belle, it has happened. I have become a paperback writer… well sort of in a Magical Mystery Tour kind of way. First it was a hard cover… but the Beatles didn’t sing, “I want to be a hardcover writer.” But in a time-honored tradition,…

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Captain Florent A. Groberg, U.S. Army; the hero I took to vote yesterday.

Captain Florent A. Groberg, U.S. Army; the hero I took to vote yesterday.

Over the years, as I exercised the most precious right of a democracy, the right of self-governance through voting, I have thanked, out loud, the names of many American heroes for their supreme sacrifice. As President Lincoln phrased it, “Those who gave their last full measure of devotion.” In the past, it was in honor of the extraordinary courage from past wars, mostly Medal of Honor recipients.…

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Take A Hero to Vote

Take A Hero to Vote

https://www.cmohs.org/recipients Use the link above to find the name of a hero who, through their valor and courage, risked or lost their life to insure our right to self govern our own. Simply say their name and, “Thank you,” right before you exercise your right to vote.

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The Pen is Mightier than the Empire!

The Pen is Mightier than the Empire!

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and reflective Independence Day. We often forget the extreme bravery it took for those 56 colonists to sign the Declaration of Independence and tell the most powerful man in the world; “Take your British Empire and stuff it! – Oh, and by the way, King George, here’s my name, you know where I live.” British Troops hunted many of the signers down and…

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I’ll Never Forget Good Ol’ What’s His Name

I’ll Never Forget Good Ol’ What’s His Name

This morning I had a shocking experience. I am sure very few people like it when they are confronted with their past. The best you could hope for is that, in the past, you didn’t make an idiot out of yourself – yet the potential and possibility remains that you can be incredibly embarrassed over the minor felonies and ‘it seemed funny at the time’ moments of your youth. And so that was the…

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Life (and everything else) is a movie...

Life (and everything else) is a movie…

Photo by Samuel Regan-Asante From my first book, The Eighth Day, to my current release, Forgive Us Our Trespasses, many readers emailed me or commented that “they could see it as a movie.” Or that “it should be a movie,” or “it would make a great movie.” My favorite is, “Why didn’t you make it as a movie?“ At some level, these well-intentioned comments bristle my literary soul. After all, a…

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