Jacqx Melilli, author, editor, writing mentor, and playwright, has a Master of Arts degree in Writing and Literature. Her latest publication, When The Glitter Fades, is an Australian historical novel about love and revenge set around vaudeville and circus performers touring Victoria during the Great Depression. Jacqx Enterprises was founded in 2002 as Jacq of all Trades, Master of Writing, and has since evolved from offering writing and editing services for corporate clients to assisting people to write their memoirs. Jacqx's journey of creativity fulfilled her dream to work in film, television and theatre. This chain of events led her to produce and direct multiple short films, teach drama, and write film scripts and stage plays. Sequentially, her plays were published along with four educational books on filmmaking and theatre production. Jacqx's interest in true stories prompted her to run workshops to assist people to write their memoirs, the most popular being How to Write and Sell Your Memoir Even if You're Not Famous. Check out the events page for more information.
Barry Hugh Crocker AM is an Australian Gold Logie-winner, a television personality, singer, storyteller extraordinaire, comic, and a variety entertainer.
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Who are you? Who do people think you are? What legacy do you want to leave behind? These are questions worthy to be asked for you to leave a footprint of your existence on this earth. Your life matters, whether you realise it or not. There are many people who are curious to know more about you. Whether it’s your family, friends or strangers. You have stories, skills and knowledge stored within you that are valuable. Isn’t it time you passed them on?
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Researching Australian entertainment history was well worth the effort. When The Glitter Fades encapsulates the 1920s to 1950s while entertaining with a story of murder and mayhem among spectacular performances.
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Sound of Freedom is based on the true story of Tim Ballard’s life and his mission to rescue children sold as sex slaves.
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When The Glitter Fades is my debut historical fiction novel, loosely based on Shirley Broadway’s life story of growing up performing in a vaudeville troupe in the 1930s during the Great Depression.
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Mindla Levin and Kubush Horowitz were instantly attracted. Kubush was a clown in the Circus Staniewski. Mindla’s father said “A clown is not a husband… nothing good comes from a clown.” … That clown saved their lives.
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From Hero to Zero is the incredible, true story of Captain Rod Lovell’s unbelievable castigation for doing the very thing he was paid to do – keep his passengers safe.
Rainbows Through Cobwebs covers the topic of grief in its many forms. From grieving over the death of a loved one, including pets, to grieving over the loss of your identity or dreams, Rainbows Through Cobwebs has case studies with toolbox tips on how you can overcome grief. Lyn Traill has incorporated how to find your fabulous again
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There’s hell on earth…where atrocities are committed everyday, where life has no value, where mercy and compassion do not exist; where fear reigns and survival depends on the dialect you speak; the ethnic group you belong to. Helena reveals the trauma of escaping genocide.
Fifty Years of Silence is the memoir of Jan Ruff-O’Herne, a war rape survivor. Jan’s idyllic childhood in Dutch colonial Indonesia came to an abrupt end when war intruded on her life and she was captured and imprisoned.
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Joy is a film based on Joy Mangano, inventor of the self-wringing mop. It’s a story about family rivalry & control; making mistakes; learning about business; perseverance and sheer determination to not give up on something you believe in.
The Awesome Side of Research Research sounds pretty boring, right? It may conjure up an image of someone with their nose to the books, or computer screen, slight frown creasing their forehead as they try to make sense of the bombardment of information they are suppose to screen, dissect, reword, rephrase, verify, and somehow mould
Writing a book could be life-changing for you and others.