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0:00 The following is brought to you in part by MFC Studios. The views of the show's host and guest do not necessarily reflect those of the management, owners or staff of this radio station. And now it came from the radio. Yeah, but toy and welcome once again to obtain from the radio the official show, the Big Apple Con. This is your host, Mark Torres, speaking with me. In the studio.

0:48 We have Mr. Hassan Godwin. I'm not here. And also in the studio, we have our special guest we're going to be talking to with and about, which is awesome because she's right here. We have Long Island Trading card game show's very own Rebecca RC Prasad. Hello everyone. So as I mentioned, we're going to have be talking to with and about Rebecca in just a few minutes, but also L man Jenny Feldy is going to be interviewing author Terrence L Rottering and at the Long Island Convention of Horror. In two separate interviews, senior correspondent Charlie Saladino interviews actresses Shonda Rawlings and Kate Kiddo. But before we do any of that, we have to take it away with the non news.

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7:03 Hey. It's a big deal that you're in the studio. It's been forever since. I wasn't ready. I wasn't, you know. Well, Brian, the engineer said. Stand by. I can't hear him. I was in another room. And we're also here with the Long Island Trading Card game shows very own Rebecca C Passad. Hey, guys. So Rebecca, one thing I always like to ask all people who run their own conventions, why? Because it's crazy to do it. And we see people going crazy to pulling their hair out. It's it's insane thing to make a show. So why would you decide to make your own show? So I actually wanted to do it so I could enjoy it. Like, you know, that doesn't happen though, because I run it. But I didn't realize that in the beginning.

7:46 Selfishness. Because yeah, it is in 2023. I started it and you know, my friends and I were going out to New Jersey all the time for Pokémon card events and there was nothing like that here. So I was like, all right, well, I kind of want to go to 1 closer, so I'll just start it if nobody else is going to. So that's why. So as I also like to ask other convention organizers, why don't you just name it Rebecca Kahn? Like, why the Long Island Trading Card game show? That's a long name. Yes, well, LITCG show first short, but so it is mostly Pokémon, but we do have other things like Yu-gi-oh, Dragon Ball One Piece. So I just wanted to kind of encapsulate like everything that was going to be there.

8:29 So that's why no Rebecca Kahn. I think I would go to Rebecca. How would you go to Rebecca Kahn? I would go to. Only Rebecca's are allowed, yes. At the Rebecca. In which? Case I wouldn't be able to get in to Rebecca Kahn, but I would still try to go. You got a question for Rebecca? Yes. What do you want it to be ultimately? So that's funny you ask that because a lot of people have asked that to me throughout the years. And originally I want it to be just, you know, show that I could enjoy. I started at the holiday in in Plainview, which is pretty small, like 60 tables. And I definitely did not think big picture. And it's actually funny because my mom came to the first one and she said to me, oh, like as a joke, pretty soon you'll be renting out the Nassau Coliseum.

9:16 And I laughed, not even thinking that that was possibility. And here I am, renting at the Nassau Coliseum for the second time. Because moms know. Moms do know. Moms know everything. It's interesting you mention that because as Hassan, I we've told you, we've been doing this show for quite a long time and we've known a lot of the convention organizers and a lot of conventions and I had heard of you. I was like, oh, there's this girl who runs a little tiny trading card show in Long Island, Like, oh, OK. And then she kept on doing that. I kept on hearing great things about it's a great little show. It's a great little show. It's a great little show. And all of a sudden you just exploded. It's a great big show. And that was a great big show. And then you went to the Nassau Coliseum and I was like, holy crap.

9:56 Within a small amount of time, you had this giant jump. What happened that caused that giant jump? So I mean, I think that just Pokémon in general, it's, it's so popular, people are very interested in it. I think that has a lot to do with it. You know, I, I do think that I put a lot of work into it as well, especially because I'm a convention goer myself. I kind of know like what attendees want and what I would want as an attendee. So I think that that helps a lot like my insight as a convention goer. She actually managed to have us rock out with the guy who sings the Pokémon theme song, which I thought was really cool.

10:39 Was that one of your things? Like, did you have like a list? If I'm going to run a convention, I'm going to have this, I'm going to have this, and then you start checking off stuff. So it it like in the 1st place, like it wasn't supposed to be like a convention. It was supposed to just like a small trade show. So I didn't at the time, but then once I saw, you know, the need for and the want for it, I, yeah, I do have a list of like, you know, we have to have good voice actors and, you know, people there that people want to meet and performances and panels and things like that. Yeah. That's not. OK, so like I understand that there's a it's a specialty and it's I don't know much about the gaming industry and that and, and Pokémon and I don't, I was too late too. I was too old for that to happen. So what do you want for most of that stuff? Obviously it's a big deal.

11:28 It's going to be a, it's a, it's a big industry. It's rivaling, you know, it's rivaling manga, it's rivaling the, you know, the actual video game industry for importance and, and relevance in the, in the, in the pop culture space. So what, how big do you want it to be? What? What do you want it to become ultimately? Yeah, so sorry, back to your original question that I didn't fully answer. I got sidetracked. But it's his fault. It is. It's my. Fault. It's always my fault. So I mean, I so again beginning didn't think big picture at all. So LITCG show, the name was very, I guess like gridlocked like I was, I'm gridlocked to Long Island with that name.

12:12 So I did expand the name and now it's Northeast TCG Show and LITCG Show. I have both because I've been going up to Westchester. So I do want to go into other areas. Westchester is the one of the ones that we're doing now. We're actually doing rather than just the marketplace that we've been doing. We're going to start doing big ones like at the Coliseum, at the Westchester County Convention Center. It's not quite as big. It's only going to hold about 200 tables. Not at all. Well, Coliseum, we do 400, but yeah, so I, it's tiny. It's tiny. So I do want to expand and go to other areas, yeah. So Speaking of expanding, this past year you did a non trading card game show convention called Extravacon. What caused that?

12:59 Also expansion? What happened to make you to go even further and go into the comic book world? So again, like as a convention goer, I like having things like close, close to home and things like that. And because I was doing the TCG shows, like the Pokémon convention, I was like, you know what, like let's do a pop culture convention as well because then you can go so much further and like you get so many more, you know, actors, voice actors for things outside of Pokémon and anime. So now you're deciding to just decide to take over everything. I I guess so. And part of it is that I've, I've met you before and I've been to the smaller shows.

13:46 And part of it is that I don't know what the term I can say without. You're very genuine. Thank you. I find that it's not like you're like, oh, there's money involved. Oh, I can make money at this. You're like, oh, I like this. I want to bring it to people. And then it grew naturally. I think that's a very interesting thing that happened. And do you find that that will take you all the way or is there a limit to how far you can go with that type of attitude? So I, I'm glad you brought that up because I do also think that that's a part of why my events have been successful is because I'm not in it for the money. Like I'm a teacher. I have a full time job. These things don't like pay the bills for me. You know, I started it as a hobby. I did not start as a side hustle. I didn't have money involved, like, or money in my mind at all.

14:39 Like I literally was like OK like I hope that I at least break even or like lose a little tiny bit of money, but I just, I wanted to do it 'cause I wanted to do it. I had literally 0 interest in making money from them. And that's why that's most likely why it blew up, right? Because you, you weren't looking for like money making schemes or ways to like break even on the first one. So you compromise your vision in order to make sure that the certain things happen or so you can walk away with certain percentage. And it came the honesty probably projected through the, the experience. And then it that's why I was able to get bigger and bigger.

15:22 I hesitate the ass the the next question because it's, you know, it's it's kind of the opposite of what I just said. But where, where do you want it to go? Do you want it to do you want it to feed you so that you wouldn't have to do what you do for a living? Or do you want to continue going on as you are and just let it go where it is? Which is probably why you don't call it Rebecca Kahn, because you you can't outsource Rebecca Kahn if. You're another. Find another Rebecca. Well, it's not. It's always not that easy, so. Where would you like the name? Yes, if your name is Rebecca, you want to run a convention. Come talk to me. Yeah, that's amazing. My convention has been in my car.

16:02 So to answer your question, I do want it to grow but I do not I don't plan on quitting my teaching job. I love teaching another job that you or another thing that you should go into for the love of it, not for money. I think everyone knows that. So I don't, I, I don't plan on not teaching like anytime soon. So, but I do want it to grow. I do want to keep growing it. And, but the reason why I want to keep growing is because I know that it's a good convention and I know that people enjoy it. And I do want to bring that to other areas like, you know, in the Northeast. So since you are a teacher and running a convention at times can be like handling a lot of kids, Do you find that, that, that, that yes, that that is like it gave you the, the, the advantage in running a convention because you're used to dealing with a lot of little guys running around doing things. So so I actually teach high school. I'm a chemistry teacher so my kids are very easy to deal with. I'm I'm blessed and teach honors in AP. Chemistry.

17:07 Yeah. AP OK, that's different. Yeah, I have. I have like the best kids, so I'm not running around chasing kids all day. However, I do think that the organizational skills and the communication skills that comes with being a teacher did help me with running conventions. So what was the biggest surprise you got when you're like, all right, I'm going to make my own first convention. What was the biggest surprise? Like? I didn't expect this to happen beyond exploding. What was the the thing? I mean, beyond explain because that was a surprise. I, you know, if you ask my friends, like the first time I had my show, I was like so nervous because like I obviously wanted attendees to come. So the vendors were happy, you know what I mean? And obviously ticket sales don't start booming until like, you know, a week, two weeks before the event. So I was like so nervous and I was like thinking about canceling and just giving like the few people their tickets back or their money back.

17:59 I'm sorry so but what's surprising other than the like the explosion of it? But just making convention in general, what's the biggest fight? I can't believe this comes into making a convention. I would say that maybe so. I think that this is like a weird thing to say, but this is how I feel. I feel like the conventions, like there are so many people, There are so many people in like the space I can help that I didn't know would be of help. Like there's so many things that are involved with it that it's just like, oh wow, this person with this expertise can be of great help or this person with this expertise can be of great help.

18:45 And it it, it just goes to show you like how how many different skills can be involved. Nice. And so finding out like how many people, how you can actually use the people around you to to be of assistance in order to make the thing actually go forward. And work exactly, yeah. That's pretty cool. I wish I could count on people. It's tough, but I have I have good people behind me. That was legitimate. Yeah. So you actually played a Pokémon game? You're a Pokémon player. No, so the games, the Pokémon games I play and that I love are like Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Snap. Those are like those are my two favorite games of all time. Like and then obviously Poke Opia came out recently. I love that.

19:34 But to be honest, like the video, the video games that came out in the 90s, I have them. I still like, I had them when I was a kid. I still have the same Zach once when I was a kid. I love Game Boy, but I just don't like that type of game where you walk around and just like do things. It's just not my thing. So I did play it, but I was, I got bored with it very quickly. But I'm a big, big collector. Really, Collector? Yes, so since I was a kid, been collecting. So you have that, what was the $16 billion, sixteen $1,000,000 card? We said that was the 16. Point $5,000,000. Pikachu Illustrator. Yeah. Do you have that? I know anything about it. Unfortunately I do not have that, but I I do have a. Lot of here with us right now which is why we know she does not have it.

20:14 Yeah. So when you're going to the convention, you like, you want to get like you have vendors like, hey, can I get a special deal because I'm the event organizer on a card? I do not do that. Why not I? Don't. I don't like not. You. Using I don't like. The mark on is going to be awesome. Yes, there's going to be a lot of nepotism. A. Lot of a lot of bargaining. So what is the worst thing you can say about running your own convention? Not calling the mark Con. Yeah, not naming it Rebecca Kahn. Well, I mean your company is super side entertainment. Yes, I think the worst thing is like not being able to please everyone.

20:58 Like as we were talking before we aired, you know, a lot of people want to get in as vendors. And obviously I have a limited amount of space, so I cannot approve everybody. And I know people get disappointed and stuff like that. So, you know, that does kind of stink. Just stick them on a table outside. Just put them outside. In the parking lot. Expensive parking lot. While you're at it, help some of these people park. You know, like make yourself useful. Yeah. So I think then that's probably the biggest part because like I do like everybody to be happy, but it's. Possible. Please, everyone? Yeah. Yeah. How do you find time being a teacher and running your own convention? Well, so my best friend who's also name is Mark, he helps me with a lot of stuff.

21:40 But you know, I guess I I have good time management skills. I'm also getting my doctorate. I've been doing that since I started the convention and yeah, so I'm busy. Yeah, 'cause she was supposed to be on many times before and she's like, I'm busy writing a thesis, I'm busy doing this. I'm like, how does she find how to do anything? I don't even know. I barely have enough time to just get up and come here. Which is why you don't have a mark con. Yes, that's right. You got another question for Rebecca? No, I'm absolutely astonished about all of this and about your organizational skills and being able to put all that together. That's fantastic. My other question would, would it would be another like an organizational question and you already answered that. So I just, you know, I just think it's amazing. I wish you the best of luck.

22:29 I hope it gets as big as as you wanted to, but not so big that that it gets away from you. And I think it's a good service because we don't have enough, you know, just to keep us like of merrily occupied and out of trouble and and doing something that brings people together. So thank you. Thank you. So you have multiple conventions. You have the small ones and the big ones throughout the year. You have your dates well in advance, which is awesome. I love that. Just throw out some dates. What's the next show that's coming up? When people buy tickets, how much they all have fun stuff. So the next marketplace event is March 29th at the Hilton on Broad Hollow Rd. in Melville.

23:12 You can get tickets at LITC gshow.com. And the next big event is at the Nassau Coliseum on May 2nd and 3rd. And also you can get tickets at LITC gshow.com. How much are the tickets? Tickets for the marketplace are $15.00 for Early Bird and $10.00 for general admission. So early bird gets you an hour early at 10 AM, General admission starts at 11 AM. And for the Coliseum, there are actually a wide range of tickets and ticket prices. You have the VIP weekend pass that gets you the fast lane access for the celebrity meet and greets because sometimes those lines can get incredibly long. You get an hour early both days, includes entry in both days, it comes with like a swag bag, things like that. Then you have like a regular weekend pass. Then there's the Saturday pass, the Saturday early access pass, Sunday pass, Sunday early access pass, and there are kids tickets, of course.

24:07 Do you have the late person tickets that way the. Slacker. The slacker pass. Yeah, like a last hour you pay like $10 to come in the. Sleep in pass. So how do you decide all these events, and you've had so many, How do you decide which vendors you get to pick? Because now, as of right now, you have a surplus of people that want to be part of this show. How do you pick and choose? So we have an application process. So you know, they are supposed to put a detailed reason or detailed explanations of like what are you selling like price ranges and things like that. So we like to have a wide variety of things. I mean, obviously it's Pokémon, so you know, I'm not talking about that, but.

24:48 So no, sports guys, sports guy can't come in. No, that's correct. Yeah, I gaddy here. I mean we, we, we just like, you know, would. Would that's what I would do. Gaddy here. Oh AI art, what are your thoughts on that? We don't like AI art, yes. OK. Yeah, it's not, not not for me. I don't even. I don't even buy prints. Like if I buy artwork, it has to be original. No prints like so yeah, no AI artwork. That is the correct answer. So we're almost out of time website where can people. Www.litgshow.com that's where you can apply for vendor tables and buy tickets and just find out more about us. All right, Hassan, final thought. My final thought I hope this is not my final thought.

25:30 Rebecca, do you have any final thoughts you want to share? Same with us on. I hope it's not my final thought. Thank you, Rebecca, for coming down. I really appreciate finally getting you in the studio. Welcome. You come back anytime you want. So that is it for this segment of the show. So anybody listen to us on the air, We'll see you next time. For everybody else, stay tuned for more. It came from the radio. Hey, this is Billy West from Show Business. You're listening to It came from the radio. Get out, Get out. Looking to upgrade your outdoor space? Where Products NY has you covered? Our Universal Pagolas are modern, durable aluminum structures designed to withstand the elements while adding style and value. Enjoy all weather protection with adjustable louvers and glass options. Stay codes in the winter with modernized screens and enclosures.

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26:55 Doing great. Tell everybody the movies you were in and what's coming up in your life. Oh my goodness. All right, so I do indie horror films. I've been in Bloody Summer Camp. I've been in crush with Sean Whalen, who was in People Under the Stairs, Killer Camp out Part 2, Return of the Corn Zombies. I was in Go Away. I have upcoming Black Sheep which I am. The title character of that one is going to be very good and I look forward to showing the whole world that one. It's very nice. And how many times did you get brutally killed? OK, How many times did you get brutally killed?

27:40 How many times didn't you get brutally killed? I can literally count that on one hand. I don't want to give away how many times because, you know, I don't want people to count all the films and be like, oh, she got killed in this many. Oh, trust me, it's it's a lot, but I die well. I'm sure you do, but you're from Virginia now, right? Yes, I am. And what do you think of this? What do you think of this convention thing? Oh, I absolutely love it. It's a great time. Everybody is so wonderful. The energy's high. Everybody is interested in what we have going on here. So it's I feel like it's just kinship. Yeah, it is.

28:23 There's a lot of great people here. Any chance to see the city? Not yet. I would love to though. Because as Islanders we have different. I'm from Brooklyn and Queens so us Islanders have different like this city is Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island. The city to me living in the boroughs, would be Manhattan I. Got. You so you need to get out and see that yes. Man, I maybe I can sneak away for a little bit. It's like this is my first time being here and seeing New York City for the first time. Yesterday it was just all of my dreams were coming true.

29:05 It was amazing. Definitely amazing city. If you get the chance you should should see it. Should bring protection with you, but you should see it always. Carry that with me now. So if anybody wants to get in touch with you, social media, anything, get it out there now. All right, you can follow me on Facebook at Shonda Rawlings. My name is Chanda in Rawlings. Like the back of all on on Instagram, I am spotter Shawn Shine and I think those are my only two handles as of right now. But yeah, please go on there, follow me. I would love to be friends with you and, you know, talk up horror and everything else in between. Shonda, thank you so much for taking time and talking to us. You're multi talented people.

29:55 Get out there and watch these movies. Thank you guys so much. This is Charlie Saladino live from Lich Long Island Convention of horror. Back to you, Mark in the studio. This is Michael Bell, the voice of Duke from GI Joe and I am here at Cradle Com and I. Am with it. Came from the radio. Now back to our show. This is Charlie Saladino from It Came From the Radio live at the Long Island Convention of Horrors. I'm here and very happy to be here with one of my favorite people at the convention, actress Kate Kiddo. Kate, how are you?

30:37 Hi, great to be here. It's a, it's been a wonderful event. So we're all in good spirits and. Kate, you're an amazing actress. Tell people what movies they have seen you in, or if not, we'll see you in. Well, a few movies that are out right now, one of the biggest ones that we're screening actually at this convention currently is Black Eyed Susan. It's a vinegar syndrome production shot on film, a very heavy subject matter, but I think it's worth checking out. It's really thought provoking. So that's that's the one and the one that's coming out soon that you should look out for is called the events surrounding A beeping Tom, which is also a more of a psychological horror is going to be a thinker.

31:23 So highly recommend. Now, what do you prefer? What's what's your preference with genres? With movies? Horror, definitely. Horror was the big love for me ever since I was six years old. So funny enough it started with The Bride of Chucky. So it was a good first time watch for a six year old. So that that's what started the love for horror. For me, that's I'm, I'm amazed you said that. That's one of my favorite Chucky movies. Meg Tilly, she's off the charts. Yeah, yeah, I think, I think, I think that's the one. I don't think I ever paid much attention to any other Chucky movies because, you know, The Bride of Chucky was the one, the one love song.

32:10 Did you ever have a bad experience in the movie making a movie? Oh yeah, absolutely, absolutely. I think everybody can say that they had a bad experience. But yeah, it's not really any of the trivial stuff. Usually comes down to clashing views on the project. So those are the more. So in the future, what's what's going on for Kate? Well, all of these movies coming out where actually, you know, you, you stick with the team that you tend to work with. So we do have stories and scripts in the in the works right now.

32:52 So we're really looking forward to finishing those and, and bringing those to the public as well as some voice over work. I've actually started doing narrating some old vintage ghost stories for sleep so. Beautiful. Now if people want to see you or want to see movies, where do they get in touch with you? Social media, what's going on? Usually my filmography is just on IMDb, That's the easiest way to find out what I've been in. But my social media is Kate dot kiddo KIDDO on Instagram and that's that's probably the best way to keep up with me. Beautiful.

33:36 Everybody definitely keep up with Kate and Kate, thank you so much for taking time out. Thank you, thank you. It's lovely to be here and chatting with you today. She's one of my favorite people. This is Charlie Saladino, live at the Long Island Convention of Horace. Back to you, Mark in the studio. Melina Watko, I play Hyrel on Star Trek Discovery, and you're listening to It Came from the Radio. Now back to our show. You are listening to what came from the radio. This is Jennifer Elise Feldman. I'm here with Terry Roedering. He wrote a lot of books, so I'm just going to give you the synopsis and then we're going to get into it now. He wrote the Chronicles. It's a trilogy of trilogies that encompasses angels and demons, black holes, rogue deeds.

34:23 That's a fantasy, sci-fi and spiritual warfare, epic saga. There's a synopsis. I didn't write this, so reading, forget what you know about the boundaries between genres. Terrence L Roedering's Chronicles series is a monument saga so vast it required a trilogy of trilogies to contain it. This is an epic that plunges you into the brutal, multi generational dynastic and weaves A prophecy driven narrative. Then just as you're grounded in its lore, the saga ignites. It explodes into a high concept futuristic vision challenging the civilization building of Isaac Asimov with sentient AI multi world grandeur of Dune and connecting its timelines with the dark reality bending ambition of Stephen King's The Dark Tower.

35:10 So, Terry, even though I did a summary, Simply put, like what are these books all about? Yeah, so you, you touched it on there very well. It's it's a trilogy of trilogy's, but it's also, I have a new one coming out. It's going to actually be the fourth set of trilogy's, if you will, a fourth book, a fourth volume and each one think of them as an egg within an egg. So you've got kind of a family kind of setting in the beginning, more fantasy and then you have a a preclude to it where, where or a prequel to it where you have where did this all come from? Still kind of fantasy, but then starting to delve into some sci-fi. And then the third one comes out and just explodes in sci-fi and goes in from one dimension, which was the first six books into 7 dimensions.

35:52 So it's a lot bigger world and that's where you really get into the black holes and time dilation and tesseracts and all kinds of crazy things. It all ties together pretty well though, because you got kind of ancient times and then future times. And then this last one is kind of the key to the whole thing. It just just perhaps it all together. What's it all about? Faith, family, fun, a lot of adventure and a lot of hope. So that's the big thing that that differs with this series versus maybe some of the other sci-fi that's out there or fantasy is it's very positive and hopeful and you have a purpose and there's help and there's answers to the questions, so. Now, you mentioned other dimensions and you know, I, I've, I've took, taken various psychic classes and spiritual classes and I'm friends with different people. One person from an acting class came to where I used to live in an apartment and he said that he could astral travel right now. And he started like preparing to astral travel in my living room. So do you believe that there's different dimensions in the world or have you had any experience in other dimensions? I personally haven't had that experience because you'd asked me, well, take me with you and that that would be fun. But yeah, no, I haven't specifically. But I think the more we find out about, you know, this this world and I believe we're finding out about creation stuff all the time.

37:12 And I think we have a ton more to find out about. But science is revealing things that we never thought we knew before. And and, you know, every generation has kind of thought, hey, you know, now that we know the world is round, we know everything. And, and in this day of the Internet and AI and everything, I think we're starting to think, I know we know everything, but I think we're finding out we're just scratching the surface. So yeah, I do believe there's a lot more to find out. To answer your question, I do believe in that, but I haven't had that personal experience myself. So you haven't astral travel to other dimensions or? Not that I remember, maybe I was doing it while I was sleeping or something maybe. Maybe. All right, So what inspired these books? OK, well, that's a, a, a, we need a lot more time for that because it's, but I'll, I'll touch on it very quickly.

37:57 So at first I, it was kind of following my life journey. So the first set of books was just to show my boys, hey, you can write books, you can publish books. That's not something beyond your reach. And then after that, I, the inspiration was just to finish the story, a trilogy that actually took, and I wrote the first couple in 2005, 2010. And then I had a little bout with cancer and I said, God, just give me more time to finish this trilogy. And then it took me 15 years after I was cured of that to actually finish the trilogy. And then there's been a bunch of, I call them God winks, just crazy things that we don't probably have time to get into, but that have just kind of said, you know, there's more to this story. And I I feel like I'm discovering it as I go. I'm not so much writing it. I'm just a reporter and I, I just have that.

38:40 That would be my one kind of thing that kind of gets into what you were asking. Last question is just kind of a lot of that stuff's just coming to me. It's not me sitting down trying to figure it out. It's just I take a walk and it's like, whoa. So. Interesting, what are some things that maybe came to you? Or like a God wing. Yeah, so 1 real quick. I'll try to cover it really fast. So while I was doing my, my third book forever in the first trilogy, The Chronicles of Trinian, I, I needed one land mass up in the corner that I needed to name. And I didn't know what to name it. So I said I just, I'll just take the 1st letter of each of the other land masses that I had from 2005 and 2010 in the story that were on the map. And I just put them down TOPHET. And I was like, that sounds good. That sounds kind of cool.

39:21 And then Tofit. And then a couple days later, I looked it up and it and oh, and real quick. And it was a place where people would sacrifice their children. So this got this demon called Molech over, over the fire. Yeah. It was a crazy thing. And then two days later I looked it up and I said, you know, I I asked Google, is this a place? And it's came up with yeah, it's a place in ancient Israel in the in the valley of Hinam, where people would sacrifice their children into the fire for a demon. And I was like, every time I tell that story, the hair on the back of my neck stands up because there's no way that I could have planned that 15 years earlier because I was making up all this stuff all along the way. And then 15 years later, I added a landmass, the ET, and then it came up with that name.

40:03 And I'm like, that's. Beyond believable, so I don't know. That's interesting. Yeah. No, I have interesting things that happen 11 that's a little annoying is I I've told a lot of jokes because I I tell jokes all the time. That's just how I am. And sometimes, a lot of times I tell the joke to the person that it's about. Like, for example, I had a friend who I didn't know her, one of her children had multiple personality disorder and I have nothing against anyone who has them but really Simply put, she writes on Instagram, you're never alone. So I comment jokingly, unless you have multiple personality disorder, Joking, joking. And I never saw this person ever again. He's almost like 50 years old.

40:45 She goes, my son has local personality disorder. And, and this has happened so many times where I'll, I'll joke about infidelity or I'll joke about losing a finger and their person will go, I, I lost a finger. So, you know, sometimes maybe we're picking up on things and it's not coincidence, you know? Yeah. Yeah, that's true. But it's it's kind of sad that people have that soft of a skin or, you know, I can see that initial reaction, but then to to hang on to it and not. Yeah, I wasn't making fun. And also this is someone who told me, Oh my God, I spit my coffee all over the computer. You know, this is so funny. So like, you know, I'm joking all the time and it's not nasty. But that's, I guess that's the risk when you type out anything because we're in a world where people communicate through typing.

41:27 And I'm sure I lost at least 5 friends at minimum or connections where I type something and it was from a good place, but then it's received as like nasty or something. But you know. And I know in the air, of course, we, we would pride ourselves on on always razzing on ourselves constantly and on each other. So we were used to that. And I imagine maybe you got some of that there, too, where you guys just have fun with each other and, you know, don't take everything so seriously. Yeah, I I never take anything too seriously, and that's a problem with some people. Now, back to your book. So there's heroic deeds in the book. Now, are there any heroic deeds that you've witnessed in real life that you can share? There's been a lot of them as far as flying goes, because I, I was, you know, the, the two jets, I don't know if you can see them up here in the corner, F111, the F15 E and we used to fly low and fast, 200 feet over the ground at night, you know, long missions over the mountains kind of thing. And then some combat team over Iraq. And that, you know, I, I don't really want to get too specific on that stuff.

42:27 I, I, there's a lot of, a lot of guys in the past that have done a lot of heroic DS and given up a lot. I mean it the service to your country kind of thing, if you, if you don't give it all, you know, everybody gives something and, and the biggest thing they sacrifice is, is time with their family and such. And one thing that just came to mind when you asked that was just way back in, you know, when I was just starting out in the F111 in England, a guy lost his daughter to cancer. And, and I just can't help but think about the time that that we spend doing other things when we could be spending them with our family. And I wonder how much he, you know, he really regrets maybe not having more time that he had spent with her. So I mean, a lot of people think of, yeah, the flying deeds and the, the things in combat and war and stuff that, that people have given up and the things that they've done as, as heroic deeds. But I think we just owe all of our service members, especially the ones that are overseas, they're spending a lot of time away from their families.

43:19 I think that's probably an heroic deed in and of itself just because of the you only have so much time in your life. And when you give it up for for other people instead of your family, maybe people understand, maybe they don't. But that's that's heroism in my mind, so. Yeah, no, I think about that almost every day. You know, I had two parents that went through cancer during the pandemic. They still have weird side effects. My dog is 13, so those are like 3 of my three main family members that, you know, it's like every week there's something scary. So when someone asks me to do something and when I also ask other people to do something, I know I'm taking their time away from either family if they have family. Some people don't, you know, or anything they want to do.

43:59 But yeah, for me, you know, when people ask me to do work on set, it's like, I hope they realize, which I don't think they do. You're taking time away from family. Like so even though there's a price for my work, a monetary price, there's also the price of these are days that I'm not having with my dad or my mom. I. Think you're way ahead of your time. Think you're way ahead of your time, Jenny, because you know, time is our most precious asset and people usually don't realize it till they get to be my age or older, but let alone your age. I mean, so it's great that you've got that already got that going on up here, so. Oh no, I think about every day people like let's go on vacation. I'm like, I'm sorry, I'm not travelling. I might not even travel until my parents passed.

44:40 Like I know that sounds crazy but like that's my priority I lost. My mom a couple years ago, I lost my mom a couple years ago, and I think about it every day, you know, feeling bad for some of the things that the times I didn't spend with her, what I should have. But yeah. Yeah, well, there goes to the next question, kind of. Maybe it doesn't. So the books mention angels. Maybe your mom's one of your angels now, I don't know. What are your thoughts on angels? So just touching on the books real quick. So it's, it's sci-fi, fantasy and spiritual warfare. So all of that stuff is is throughout the book. So I definitely believe in angels. You know, whether you you believe in the word or not, the, the word has plenty of plenty of references to angels and how angels watch over us and we all have our own Angel and, and all that.

45:29 So, so that's a much deeper discussion. But absolutely angels are are big time all around us and just 'cause we can't see things, that's another that goes back to that other question where we're finding out stuff more and more things that that we can't see, but there are out there. So we shouldn't dismiss angels and demons and all that spiritual aspect of life just because we can't see them with our with our eyes, because our, our, our instruments can see a lot of things our eyes can't and, and they can't see a lot of things that are out there. So. Any any Angel stories you don't mind sharing? Oh, Angel stories. I mean, you know, that's interesting. I mean, my mom used to tell about, yeah, when she was a kid and they'd look over this river or the stream in the back of their of their property and they would see like bears dressed in checkerboard clothing and only in the reflection, they'd look up and they wouldn't see them.

46:17 And, And so and they all swore all the kids were like 12 kids. They all swore they saw it. So are those angels? No, I don't think those are angels. But I mean, what do angels look like? We, we, we know or we think we know what angels would look like as from our imagination and from comic books and, and things that people have done. But you know, that's like the devil with a pitchfork. Do you really think the devil's running around with a pitchfork? I don't think so. So they're they're, they could be out there looking like a lot of different things and things that people imagine or these, these near to death experiences. They come back. They have, you know, things that they've seen. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, but no, no, I didn't have any specific Angel experiences that I know of, although there have been a number of times that I almost died in car accidents kind of things.

46:59 But by an inch you you kind of think and just being missed and you go is that was that was something there because the odds of that car missing me when I was backing up and it just grazing the bumper going 60 miles an hour, they were going, you know, what are the odds of that? So yeah. Right, right, you know, I have a lot of stories, but I'll make this real quick. I wasn't sure and I went through AI would I would say it's a near death, but you can call it whatever you want. Let's just say I couldn't sleep for 15 days. November 25th to December 9th. I took I was kind of pushed into taking this stupid IV drip thing that like celebrities and NFL players said I didn't want to take it. I my heart rate was flying for Nope again, November 25th, December 9th, I maybe slept 30 seconds to two minutes.

47:44 So if you don't sleep for about for those many days, I think that's 14 days you go a little crazy. I lost about 12 lbs. I started looking really, really sick. I went to the ER. An FBI agent called me an ex military doctor was giving me advice said you know, you could die. You got to go to the ER. The ER kind of laughed me. They couldn't help me. Apparently I got influenza A, the flu and it felt like I was overdosing for 14 days. So imagine you feel like you're overdosing. I know what that feels like. I've I've tried illegal drugs. I know what that feels like. I also have fever and really to some up, I had a woman who owned the Wellness Center. She called me and said, you ever pray to God? So this was 2023. I've entertained the idea of God, but I'm someone if I don't have 120 million percent proof, I'll say maybe. So I said, I don't know if I've ever said God. You know, I've I'm not sure.

48:34 So Long story short, I'm fighting for my life. My heart is flying out. I can't sleep and I I'm reading online that people don't sleep for a year. And so I'm thinking this can't go on for another year. I'm I'm going to die here. I'm going to lose another 10 lbs. I'm going to disappear. So I prayed to every single name ancestor I could come up with. And here's the the weird part. My heart rate went down within 30 seconds. This fever broke immediately, maybe seconds. And the weirdest one, my windows were closed and I felt wind all around my head. It felt like birds were flying around my head. So that that's, that's a weird story and, and I slept well and I fell asleep without setting my alarm. I usually set one or two alarms and I was fine.

49:17 I and I felt amazing the next day and I was perfectly healed within seconds. Wow. So I don't, I don't know. So let me just throw in there in the back of these books there's a bunch I had AI have a website, chroniclesoftrinian.com and on there I've got a blog and for years I would write every day on there of different experiences I had in my life, you know, flying experiences, all kinds of amazing things. And so if you get a chance, you know, you can look, you know, you can get it on Kindle, you can get stuff for like, you know, these books for like 2 bucks. So it's not that big a deal, but all kinds of experiences, you know, a lot of experiences we're not going to be able to get to talk to about God and about all the things we're talking about here. So I really recommend that you or whoever's listening get a chance. If you get a chance, look at some of those because it really accents what's going on here in the books. You know, the books are one thing. They're they're largely fiction, but I, I interweaved a bunch of stuff from my life that isn't fiction. That's kind of amazing too.

50:10 So if you get a chance. Well, what do you hope that readers get from these books? Is there something that you want them to gain? Yeah. So like I was kind of alluding to before, there's, you know, all of the greats and the genres of sci-fi and fantasy have really, you know, they're, they're getting, you know, if you go on, you know, Amazon or or Netflix or whatever, they're kind of dark. And there's, you know, you can't let your kids watch them until they're, you know, teenagers or above and all this stuff. And so they really lack, there's a lot of Eastern mysticism and nihilism and a lot of, you know, hopelessness that's in there. And for my books, what I want people to come away with, and the main reason I wrote them is so you come away with knowing that you do have purpose and that we are all unique and that someone is looking out for us out there. And, and, and there are answers to all these questions. And it isn't bleak.

50:58 It's very hopeful, it's very positive. And so that's the biggest thing is, is really be entertained by them. You know, each of the books are standalone by themselves. The trilogy's are standalone by themselves. And then all together they're just a massive awesome story that just keeps expanding your understanding of this whole universe that I've created. But just interweaved within, there is just the hope as opposed to the negative dark side of what can be fantasy or or sci-fi. So. Yeah, I'm always looking for what can go wrong so that I can prevent it or troubleshoot it. So I definitely am someone that needs to be reminded of hope, I would say at least weekly, you know, because I'm always focused on protecting and looking out and being hyper vigilant and you can get bogged down and worrying about stuff. So it it's really good to have that reminder. Yeah, I think if you read the, if you read these, you'll you'll come away with there are no coincidences. A lot of things are happening and and you don't have have to be that fearful because you know, things are going to work out.

51:58 And I don't want to give too much away, but but yeah, so God, God is in these in these books for sure. If I can share one more real quick thing. Yeah. So another one of the God wings kind of things is I would, you know, for the last couple years I have a kind of a sleep problem too. I can't sleep more than two to three hours a night, which I don't know how long that's going to last, but it's going to go on for like 2 years. So I'm up at before 3:00 and, and I also take a picture of my, my, my clock at 316 and put John in front of it and post it on Facebook. I've done that for years, you know, because John 316 is God loves us and, and sent us son, son to save us. But so then when I started doing these books, all these weird things started happening with three sixteens, you know, like the first one, they're self published. So I had to, I had to dig up a piece of gold that I buried in my, in my backyard so no one would, would get it from me.

52:42 But when I went to turn it into these people, how much are you going to give me for this? They're like, hey, every minute it changes. But right now it's $2316.00 and like 316. And then, you know, that was the first one. And then, you know, the first lady that reviews it, her review #316 I'm like what? And then my church, you know, it's delayed for like 2 years building a new church. It opens up on March 16th. And I'm like what? And then all of so all of these things, there's like, and I talk about them in the blocks. There's like dozens of them that are all three 16 and I'm like, so either, you know, someone trying to tell me something to inspire me to write these or, you know, keep your eyes open to all the amazing things that are happening in a world around us and don't be so fearful because there's wonderful things happening and and just, you know, so.

53:29 All right, well, Speaking of, not be fearful, my last question is gonna be about demons, but I'll just flip this in real quick. I have a four page sleep list, so I'm gonna post at least one of these pages under the interview. I have more sleep tips than anyone I know, and one of the tips is eating rice. It's actually proven to help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer. Just rice, Yeah. So that's one, that's, that's one. But the last questions we got like 2 minutes left. Demons. What are your thoughts on demons? Demons are real. Like I said, I'm I'm a big believer in the word and there's no question demons are real there and all throughout these books over here. And I don't know if you're going to post a link or whatever, but the Chronicles are Trinian, they are filled with, you know, you got the angels.

54:14 I got specific angels out there fighting for us. I got specific demons out there and what they do and, and what they're involved in and hunt and, you know, trying to mess us up fighting too. And that's all mixed in with all of the, you know, the AI and the aliens and the spaceships and the all that sci-fi stuff as well as, you know, all the fantasy things. So, yeah, demons, demons are absolutely real. And I would, I would never underestimate their power. So yeah. Very interesting. Yeah. I didn't really entertain any of this stuff until I saw some really weird things and heard some weird things like 2021 to 2023. I'm like, oh, open my eyes a little bit more. If my eyes open anymore, I'm gonna look like I have border now.

54:56 Final thoughts. Could you tell us where to find you and your final thought? Sure. So go to the website chroniclesoftrinian.com, alloneword.com. And like I said, it's and you know, you got the the first trilogy, the faithful stand forever, the second one, the promised time redeemed and then the Chronicles of the seven wheels. And then look for the last volume, the Chronicles of the wheel stones that's coming out this spring. And I think you'll really enjoy them for a lot of reasons, whether you just like sci-fi, fantasy or you're into the spiritual warfare thing with demons and and angels. It's all there. So it's it's kind of the unified theory of everything. So I put it all in one big massive book, about 5000 pages. You can do a short one book or you can do the whole thing and, and really you're rolling.

55:38 So thank you so much for your time today. Audio book available. What's that? Audiobooks. Audio, audio. Yeah, so I don't know if every, almost everybody has Amazon. So through Amazon Kindle, the audio is available. They're not on Audible yet, but they're on Kindle and the Kindle reads pretty well now, so and they're very cheap. You can get the whole series probably for 130 bucks so. Very good because I have all this to clean behind me. So reading ever since I don't rent and I have I'm a homeowner, I need my hands and I'm not a good reader anymore because I have to do stuff, but I'm always doing stuff, so I'm happy to listen. Yeah. And you can hear them. You can hear them fast. I mean, you know, as fast as you wanted to.

56:20 So yeah. Well, thank you so much, Terry. I really loved having you on. And I'm going to have to stalk you more because that's what I do. I, I interview someone maybe if I don't know them and I go, so I want to know more. It was fun. Then after the interview and then I really, really stalked them. So, via Soccer Energy, that's me. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. So awesome, beautiful. Thank you so much for being on a Chamber of the radio. Now back to the studio for more with Mark Torres. Deepika, you had any honor you would listen to sci-fi dot radio the sci-fi for your Wi-Fi Kaplan.

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