National Fall Book Tour for NO BUDGET FILMMAKING

NO BUDGET FILMMAKING, the new groundbreaking book by filmmaker Jack Truman, will be having a national Fall Book / Speaking Tour across the country at colleges nationwide.

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NO BUDGET FILMMAKING

Written by Jack Truman

NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

Old Time Burlesque Dancer Releases Memoirs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OLD TIME BURLESQUE DANCER RELEASES MEMOIRS

New Autobiographical Book Shares Thoughts, Poems and More Over a 40 Year Period

Burbank, California – What goes through the mind of an old worn out stripper?

Dixie Publishing is proud to release the new autobiographical book 1001 RAMBLINGS OF AN OLD WORN OUT STRIPPER, written by Opal Dockery. This groundbreaking book is is a shocking, eye-opening and entertaining compilation of thoughts and memories from a former burlesque dancer over a 40 year period.

Dockery's new book is a unique, interesting, funny, serious, informative, shocking, eye-opening and entertaining compilation of short stories, poems, quotes and thoughts of her one of a kind life over a forty four year period.

“The reader gets a sneak peek at my being a stripper for 22 years, a single Mother, an animal rights activist, my childhood and personal thoughts”, Dockery stated in press materials. “It's a book you will be glad you read and one you will never forget”.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Opal Dockery is an award-winning actress, writer, poet and filmmaker. A former burlesque dancer for over 20 years, she is the author of many books, including the inspirational autobiography THOUGHTS OF A STRIPPER: A Mother's Story. Ms. Dockery has a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice. She has been a vegetarian/vegan for over 40 years, and is an animal rights activist.

1001 RAMBLINGS OF AN OLD WORN-OUT STRIPPER

Opal Dockery

Category: Biographical / Feminist / Humor / Inspirational / Poetry

ISBN: 978-1-312-09490-1 / Paperback $27.00

8 ½ by 11 inches / 375 Pages

This book is available online at http://www.lulu.com/dixiepublishing or may be ordered by calling 818-570-3415

To request a review copy, or author interview, please contact Jack Truman at dixiepublishingbooks@gmail.com or at (818) 570-3415

THE OLD STRIPPER

Starring Opal Dockery

 A Dixie Film

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins - Vegan Recipe

From THE VEGAN COOKBOOK 

By Jack Truman

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 cup potato starch

4 mashed bananas

2/3 cup mashed tofu

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup soy milk

½ cup canola oil

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 cup brown sugar

5 tablespoons baking powder

1 tablespoon baking soda

1 tablespoon cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together the flour, starch, cinnamon, baking soda and baking powder.

Mix and stir well.

Add the sugar and mix well.

In another bowl, mix the bananas, oil, soy milk, vanilla and tofu.

Beat together well the tofu mixture until smooth.

Add the tofu mixture to the dry ingredients.

Stir and mix well.

Stir in the chocolate chips.

Spoon the mixture into oiled muffin tins.

Bake for 40 minutes.

Ready to serve.

THE VEGAN COOKBOOK: 497 Recipes

By Jack Truman

A PICTURE OF LIFE - A Poem

From the book POEMS FROM A LIFE LESS TRAVELED
By Jack Truman

A PICTURE OF LIFE

As I look about

I see life

In its own picture

A picture of life

In a way

A way that makes our eyes see things

And yet our heart sees another

A picture of life

Is simple

Yet difficult

In its own way

For in the picture

You see visions

Sometimes not the same

But a picture to be seen

With a picture

You see the depthness

The meaning in the art

The art which makes a picture

A picture of life

To see as one may see

Life is a picture

For it has a frame

A frame which blocks it

To make it separate

From the others

To show of how a picture is life

And of how life is a picture

POEMS FROM A LIFE LESS TRAVELED

By Featured Author Jack Truman

Las Vegas 100 STORIES FROM AN OLD STRIPPER Book Signing Event

Author Opal Dockery will sign copies of her new burlesque book 100 STORIES FROM AN OLD STRIPPER, Saturday, March 1st from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at Polecats Aerial Fitness LLC , 7920 South Rainbow #105, Las Vegas 89139.

The event is free and open to all.

Synopsis: 100 STORIES FROM AN OLD STRIPPER is a collection of real-life stories from Opal Dockery, a former burlesque dancer. Opal shares a collection of humorous, dramatic, though-provoking and inspirational stories over a colorful period of dancing on the road during a burlesque circuit in the 1970's.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Opal Dockery is an award-winning actress, writer, poet and speaker. A former burlesque dancer for over 20 years, Ms. Dockery has a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice. She has been a vegetarian/vegan for over 40 years, and is an animal rights activist.

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Super Good Vegan Tofu Lasagna

Super Good Veggie Tofu Lasagna

Preparation time: 90 minutes

Ingredients:

1 block of tofu, mashed

4 chopped tomatoes

1 chopped onion

1 chopped carrot

1 chopped green pepper

3 chopped cloves of garlic

1 cup chopped mushrooms

1 cup salsa

4 tablespoons canola oil

12 sheets lasagna noodles

2 cups shredded vegan cheese

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Cook, drain and rinse the noodles.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Heat some oil in a large pot.

Fry the onions and tofu until the onions are soft.

Add the carrots, green pepper and mushrooms.

Cook for several minutes.

Add the tomatoes, garlic, salsa, salt and pepper.

Cook mixture until it comes to a boil.

Simmer for about 10 minutes or so.

Spread about 2 to 3 cups of the sauce in the bottom of a lasagna pan.

Lay 4 sheets of the lasagna.

Then lay 3 cups of the sauce.

Lay 1 cup of the cheese.

Repeat layer method until done.

Bake in oven about 25 to 30 minutes.

Ready to serve.

This recipe is from:

THE VEGAN COOKBOOK

By Jack Truman

Now available at AMAZON, BARNES & NOBLE and LULU:

NO BUDGET FILMMAKING BOOK EXPLODES AT SUNDANCE 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NO BUDGET FILMMAKING BOOK EXPLODES AT SUNDANCE 2014

Park City Book Event Explodes at World's Biggest Film Festival

Burbank, California – Anyone can make a movie. With no money. And be a well known filmmaker.

That's what the independent film world found out last week at the 2014 Sundance Film festival.

Dolly's Bookstore in Park City, Utah hosted a book event on January 20^th in conjunction with the Sundance Film Festival with the new filmmaking reference book NO BUDGET FILMMAKING by award winning independent filmmaker Jack Truman. Truman's book event at the festival launched the 2014 national book tour for the new innovative, alternative DIY moviemaking book.

“It's not hard to make a movie. You just have to make your movie”, Truman stated in press materials. “Everyone has a story to tell. And there is an audience out there for your film. You just have to make it and get it out there. I wrote this book with the objective to help anyone make a movie with no money and become successful in the independent film world. I'm living proof it can be done. If I can do it, anyone can”.

An informative, alternative, out-of-the-box reference book for the film industry, NO BUDGET FILMMAKING covers a wide range of tips and tools: from proven filmmaking techniques, valuable industry resources, and more, this book guides the aspiring filmmaker from concept to distribution on the film festival circuit, and beyond. A must-have resource for anyone who needs help with making a low budget film on their own, NO BUDGET FILMMAKING is a breakthrough book for the next generation of filmmakers.

“I love returning to Park City every year for the Sundance and Slamdance film festivals”, state Truman. Since my first film screened here 8 years ago, this event has warmly welcomed by films annually, and has contributed to their global success on the film festival circuit worlwide. With this book, I hope to share my experiences and help the next generation of filmmakers make movies with little to no money and become successful around the world as a true independent filmmaker”.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Author Jack Truman is an award-winning filmmaker and 25 year veteran of stage and film. A former professor at Texas A&M University, Truman has also appeared in several television series and major motion pictures. His film directorial debut, the award-winning hit cult short film PHONE SEX GRANDMA premiered at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival. Combined, Truman's films have screened at over 300 film festivals worldwide to date. Jack was recently on the Short Film Jury at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

NO BUDGET FILMMAKING or How to be a Well-Known Filmmaker

& Be Broke at the Same Time

Jack Truman

Category: Filmmaking / Entertainment / Movies / Film / Educational

ISBN: 978-1-300-61518-7

6 x 9 inches / 200 Pages

Book and Film Event at Sundance 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Local Press Release for Childhood Obesity Book & Short Film Signing Event

BOOK SIGNING and Short Film Event at Park City Cafe

Author / Filmmaker Opal Dockery will sign copies of her new reference book A CONSIDERATION THAT CHILDHOOD OBESITY COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS LEGALIZED CHILD ABUSE , Monday, January 20^h from 2:30 to 4:00 pm at Wasatch Bagel Cafe, 1300 Snow Creek Drive, Park City Utah 84060.

Included with the book will be a signing of Opal's award winning documentary short film THE ACCEPTABLE SIN, screened at over 40 film festivals worldwide.

The event is free and open to all, and will be held in conjunction with the 2014 Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals.

Synopsis: Ms. Dockery's reference book is the first of its kind to show a possible direct link between Childhood Obesity and Child Abuse. Childhood obesity is a preventable medical disorder that fulfills the legal definition of Child Abuse. Through extensive research, and finding that it captures the lives of children and is transferred to adulthood, remaining a constant lifelong problem, this book shows and educates the reader that Childhood Obesity could and should be considered a legalized form of Child Abuse.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Opal Dockery is an award-winning actress, writer, poet and speaker. Her independent films have screened at over 300 film festivals worldwide. A former burlesque dancer for over 20 years, Ms. Dockery has a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice. She has been a vegetarian/vegan for over 40 years, and is an animal rights activist.

A CONSIDERATION THAT CHILDHOOD OBESITY COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS LEGALIZED CHILD ABUSE

Opal Dockery

Category: Reference / Diet & Health / Parenting & Family / Child Abuse

ISBN: 978-0-557-72365-2

6 x 9 inches / 118 Pages

Sundance 2014 No Budget Filmmaking Event

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NO-BUDGET FILMMAKING EVENT AT SUNDANCE 2014

Award-Winning Filmmaker to Have Book Signing at Dolly's Bookstore

Burbank, California – Anyone can make a movie. With no money. And be a well known filmmaker.

That's the premise of the new filmmaking book NO BUDGET FILMMAKING: Or How to be a Well Known Filmmaker and Be Broke at the Same Time, written by Jack Truman. Truman, an award-winning independent filmmaker, shares valuable tools, tips, and secrets of the industry trade in a book designed to help any aspiring moviemaker make their movie.

Dolly's Bookstore in Park City will be hosting a special book signing event of Truman's new book on January 19^th, 2014. The event will be on Main Street in conjunction with the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

“It's not hard to make a movie. You just have to make your movie”, Truman stated in press materials. “Everyone has a story to tell. And there is an audience out there for your film. You just have to make it and get it out there. I wrote this book with the objective to help anyone make a movie with no money and become successful in the independent film world. I'm living proof it can be done. If I can do it, anyone can”.

An informative, alternative, out-of-the-box reference book for the film industry, NO BUDGET FILMMAKING covers a wide range of tips and tools: from proven filmmaking techniques, valuable industry resources, and more, this book guides the aspiring filmmaker from concept to distribution on the film festival circuit, and beyond. A must-have resource for anyone who needs help with making a low budget film on their own, NO BUDGET FILMMAKING is a breakthrough book for the next generation of filmmakers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Author Jack Truman is an award-winning filmmaker and 25 year veteran of stage and film. A former professor at Texas A&M University, Truman has also appeared in several television series and major motion pictures. His film directorial debut, the award-winning hit cult short film PHONE SEX GRANDMA premiered at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival. Combined, Truman's films have screened at over 300 film festivals worldwide to date. Jack was recently on the Short Film Jury at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

NO BUDGET FILMMAKING or How to be a Well-Known Filmmaker

& Be Broke at the Same Time

Jack Truman

Category: Filmmaking / Entertainment / Movies / Film / Educational

ISBN: 978-1-300-61518-7

6 x 9 inches / 200 Pages

So Far Away: A Poem from a Life Less Traveled

SO FAR AWAY

Here I am

So far away

Away from all I know

Everything about me is new

I am a stranger to these surroundings

I am so far away

From the life I know

Yet so close

For the life I know

Is always within me

My everyday life

Is so far away

So far away from all I know

And all I am

I am here though

My body

My soul

Is here

Wherever I am

I will be there

Nothing is so far away  

POEMS FROM A LIFE LESS TRAVELED

By Jack Truman

Copyrighted by Dixie Publishing

Now available on Amazon and Lulu:

A New Year's Vegan Recipe: No Bake Fudge Cookies

No Bake Fudge Cookies

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar

1 cup soy milk

½ cup cocoa

3 cups oats

1/3 cup vegan spread

½ cup peanut butter

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 cup coconut flakes

Directions:

In a cooking pan, add the soy milk, cocoa and sugar.

Heat and bring the mixture to a boil.

After it boils, let it continue to boil for a few minutes.

Remove from heat.

Add all of the remaining ingredients.

Stir and mix well.

Put spoonfuls on wax paper.

Let set for several minutes to cool.

Ready to serve.

THE VEGAN COOKBOOK: 497 Recipes

By Jack Truman