Jill Sheet's Blog

 Chit Chatting with Anoop Judge  Interviewed by: Jill Sheets J: Tell us a little bit about yourself. A: Born and raised in New Delhi, I now reside in California. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Saint Mary’s College of California and am the recipient of the 2021 Advisory Board Award, and the 2023 Alumni Scholarship.   I am the author of four novels: The Rummy Club, which won the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Award, The Awakening of Meena Rawat an excerpt of which was nominated for the 2019 Pushcart Prize, No Ordinary Thursday, and Mercy and Grace.   You may also recognize me from the show Gems of Ruby Hill, a reality-TV series streaming on @watchcpics showcasing my life as an author and writer. I call myself a recovering litigator: I practiced in state and federal courts for many years before I  replaced legal briefs with fictional tales.  I am an Instructor at Stanford University's Stanford Continuing Studies. J: "Mercy and Grace" is your new book.  T...

 Chit Chatting with Neill McKee Interview by: Jill Sheets J: Tell us about yourself. N: I guess you could call me a world wanderer from Canada. I was never happy staying in one place, beginning in my early years, as I have described in Kid on the Go! Memoir of My Childhood and Youth. I was a mischievous child and a rebel in my youth, but I began to think differently in senior high school with the help of my English teacher and other mentors. I was rather lost in my university days—didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life, until I saw a poster to apply to become a volunteer teacher overseas, much like the Peace Corps in the US, but with no compulsion to escape the draft for the Vietnam War. At the end of the memoir, in 1968, I head off to the exotic island of Borneo in Southeast Asia to teach secondary school, an experienced that changed my life. My award-winning memoir, Finding Myself in Borneo: Sojourns in Sabah, tells readers how it all happened—a maturing experience. It also...

"My University of the World" Review Reviewed by Jill Sheets   credit:  https://www.amazon.com/My-University-World-Adventures-International/dp/1732945780 I love the detail that Neill McKee put into his memoir, "My University of the World," along with the pictures throughout the book.  It felt like he took me along with his ride. Visiting the places he went to and meeting the people he did. This amazing memoir would make a great movie.  Hopefully one day I will get to sit down and watch it.  We will have to see. Are you a traveler or have always wanted to?  This book is for you.  Just sit down and enjoy.  It will be the start of your adventure. Videos:  https://www.neillmckeevideos.com/