Writer Jana Zinser’s Blog

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Another Feature Filming in Hawaii

March 16, 2021

Filming begins on Oahu for Disney+ series ‘Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.’

Free Webinar Series from Roadmap Writers

March 16, 2021

Roadmap Writers offers a FREE webinar series: “Dealing With the Big Leagues” showcasing successful Hollywood Insiders. Click here to sign up.

Use Some Imagination!

February 3, 2021

Thin Edge of the Wedge Project

January 27, 2021

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Check out my friend and fellow writer Phyllis Zimbler Miller’s project THIN EDGE OF THE WEDGE: Educating Through Theater to Combat Anti-Semitism and Hate. Click Here for THIN EDGE OF THE WEDGE Project

Words Matter. December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor

December 7, 2020

Today, December 7th, is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The day Japan attacked Hawaii in 1941. At the Pearl Harbor Memorial, a copy of President Roosevelt’s edited speech to Congress asking that war be declared on Japan shows the first line was changed from “a date that will live in world history” to what is…

5 Star Amazon Review

December 5, 2020

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this Book! “I loved “The Children’s Train” by Jana Zinser. Jana writes about the dire topic of the holocaust, but she comes at it with an entirely different light. Readers view the holocaust through the eyes of children. They see the inner feelings of young Jewish children as they…

Free with Kindle-Unlimited on Amazon!

December 5, 2020

If you have Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited, both THE CHILDREN’S TRAIN and THE PATRIOTIC FLY eBooks are free on Amazon!

The Stories Must Be Told

December 4, 2020

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Honor World Kindertransport Day-December 1

December 1, 2020

December 1 is World Kindertransport Day, honoring the 82nd Anniversary of the first Kindertransport arriving in Great Britain. The Kindertransports brought almost 10,000 children fleeing the Nazis from their homes in Germany, Austria, Poland, and Czechoslovakia to the safety of England and foster homes.

Five Star Amazon Review from Joy Poth-Aleman, producer

November 30, 2020

Five Star Amazon Review of FLY LIKE A BIRD “I did not put it down. I felt like I knew these people. Iowans remind me of West Texans. I laughed and cried and I remain really happy I can read it again. Well done Ms. Zinser.”–Amazon Review by Joy Poth-Aleman

Five Star Amazon Review from Len Joy Author of EVERYONE DIES FAMOUS

November 30, 2020

Five Star Amazon Review of FLY LIKE A BIRD An ambitious, compassionate saga of a girl growing up in a small town in Iowa in the ‘70s and ‘80s. The book jacket summarizes the novel as “A coming-of-age story of a young white girl who fights racism and betrayal as she tries to unravel the…

Good News! Today’s sale of THE CHILDREN’S TRAIN eBook Expanded!

November 25, 2020

The $1.99 sale for the eBook of The Children’s Train for today only is now also available at most other retailers like iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Amazon.