Winchinchala, Featured Author

What better gift than a Book?:
*A Romance Reality Check
*A Mind-Blowing Historical Tales or
*A Cure for the Blues
by
Winchinchala
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Adjectives describing her writing are varied and positive, everything from director Oliver Stone’s “tantalizing reading” to linguist David Howland’s “knock out punch," readers: "Imaginative," "erotic," "heartwarming," "thrilling," "insightful," “engaging,” and more. Her writing is historical, cultural and sexy with a psychological bent.

HEBE JEEBIE, Winchinchala's first novel (377 pages) which came out in 1998 was printed exactly as it came out of the typewriter--yes typewriter. It sold out and became a collector's item going for as much as $199.00. (KEEP YOUR COPY IF YOU HAVE ONE.)



HEBE JEEBIE, a Little "City Indian"in the 1950's
Edited, Expanded & Fully Illustrated.

As with the original, it is a coming-of-age story of a Hebe and the challenges she faces as a biracial girl in the pre-Civil Rights era of 1954-1959. The unique cover is Upper: "Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?" a work of art by Richard Hamilton,(RIP) the British painter and collage artist who did the Beatles WHITE ALBUM.

The lower half is the author as a child photographed by her father and incorporated into artwork by Winchinchala

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ONLY HUMAN SHORT STORIES deal with relationships but not those of romance, lust or heartbreak. They focus on attraction and the need for affection, which according to many psychiatrists are more motivational in pairings than sex. They are what drive us to put up with significant others who: leave the top off the toothpaste, snore like drunken water buffaloes or keep guessing out loud what is going to happen next in a film. At a young age, our hormones encourage us to begin our quest for this magnificent specimen of humanity, who is also certain to possess whatever we consider good looks, thoughtfulness and the ability to make us laugh. Usually, we take our sweet time in playing the mating game. However it also happens that we can be separated from them, physically by circumstance or mentally by having grown apart or getting divorced if we were married. Maybe we never found anyone. What happens then? Does our need override our careful considerations for “the right one,” and cause us to be less moral or discriminating? Do we give up? Do we turn to a complete stranger, a friend or become lost in fantasy? Winchinchala’s Only Human, Short Stories are tales, sad, thought provoking, mysterious and light-hearted about people, from many walks of life faced with this challenge.

ONLY HUMAN SHORT STORIES

THE LIFE AND LOVES OF MARINER JACKIE VIK, a paranormal historical novel with a secret...Jackie Vik is an unusual bib-linear narrative with a plot twist. Jackie is a Merchant Mariner, and an involuntarily charismatic ladies' man who hopes to find the same deep love that exists between his parents, “a love that is more than a love.” They are first-generation Norwegian immigrants, a carpenter, artisan and musician and his wife who make their lives in New York in a house full of friends and music. The story is one of love and loss and the strength of human spirit follows them from Jackie’s birth through WWII and the early 50’s. It has a surprising ending which leaves readers either sad or glad for him.

THE LIFE AND LOVES OF MARINER JACKIE VIK

SEXY SOLITARY SUICIDE & THAT BEAT HIPPIE INDIAN CHICK, A TRIP THRU RACISM & CHANGES OF THE 50'S & 60'S TO OVERCOME DEPRESSION: This book sits in a special category, self/help fiction. In objective, brutally honest and personal creative language, it raises awareness of the contrary plight of the depressed in today's society. However it also offers hope and roads to recovery, including genealogical inquiry and the history and culture of ancestors' lives. Winchinchala brings to light, the enduring impact of heredity and environment on mental health in the novella section with a touching and, at times, light-hearted chronicle of "her" earlier years as a biracial person in Pre-Civil Rights America. The preface and story give the reader pause to think about whether trans-generational trauma, and what role it may play in depression. The poetry, in four parts, is inspired by her experiences and on the topics of three major themes sex, loneliness and depression is illustrated with artwork, as is the entire book, much of it executed by the author. It makes the book a unique experience.

SEXY SOLITARY SUICIDE & THAT BEAT HIPPIE INDIAN CHICK, A TRIP THRU RACISM & CHANGES OF THE 50'S & 60'S TO OVERCOME DEPRESSION

REMOTE MAN, a play (2001) was runner up for the prestigious Clauder Award due to "the expense of the technical elements." And director Oliver Stone found it a "tantalizing read." Subsequently, she has rewritten it as a screenplay NEENEEMOOSHA SWEETHEART a twenty-five year love story between musical fraternal twins. It is on the table to be optioned, again; however, a print version will be available soon.

For many years, Winchinchala taught at Boston University, Tufts University and Berklee College of Music where she was the multi-cultural artist in Residence. Work, study and life have taken her to two dozen countries around the world. However, she loves the contrasts of New England which she often calls home, though she tries to get back to Paris, Stockholm or Amsterdam when she can. Her mother was of Austrian and Irish immigrants and her father, Seawolfe,is the Sagamore of the Chappaquiddick Tribe, Wolf Clan of the Wampanoag People of the First Light, but his mother is a Cherokee from Florida. "I'm quite a wonderful mutt," Winchinchala likes to say.

At Columbia University, Winchinchala won the prestigious WARNER BROTHERS’ AWARD for her screenplay THE TEA PARTY. She went on to write SAVING GRACE a romantic comedy about a woman minister whose occupation conflicts with her free spirit and WHOM THE SEA HAS TAKEN a drama revolving around the interracial love in the 1940's and even a SEINFELD episode, SCHLEPPEN FEATHERS for which she received a letter of compliment from the producers.

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