<![CDATA[WELCOME TO IMPETTUS - IMPETTUS SPEAKS]]>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 09:20:40 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[A SNEAK PEEK AT A CHARACTER IN MY COMING NOVEL]]>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 05:16:09 GMThttp://impettus.com/impettus-speaks/a-sneak-peek-at-a-character-in-my-coming-novel
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I'm unveiling some of the characters in my historical novel SOJOURNER that will soon be published. This is a Kanem-Bornu knight covered in chain mail circa 1591. This impressive knight will be the commander of royal procession that encounters the caravan my main protagonists are a part of. Sub-Saharan Africa had many feudal dominions at this time each with their own specialized weapons. I will reveal more soon.
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MY HISTORICAL NOVEL SOJOURNER IS ALMOST READY FOR PUBLICATION. I WILL BE PROVIDING NEWS OF HOW AND WHEN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AS WELL AS INSIGHTS INTO THE STORY I'VE KEPT TOP SECRET UNTIL NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS IT AND MY FOLLOWUP STORIES WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT.
]]><![CDATA[WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR 2023!]]>Sat, 24 Dec 2022 07:09:43 GMThttp://impettus.com/impettus-speaks/welcome-to-the-new-year-2023
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HELLO, ALL!  I HAVE RECOVERED FROM MY OPERATION AND I AM FINISHING THE LAST CHAPTER OF MY NOVEL, SOJOURNER. I CAN'T WAIT TO PUBLISH THIS BOOK. IT WILL BE LIKE NOTHING YOU'VE EVER SEEN. IT IS HISTORICAL FICTION BUT IT IS SET IN A VERY REAL TIME IN HISTORY AND THE PEOPLE AND CULTURES WRITTEN ABOUT ARE VERY REAL. MANY OF THEM ARE AROUND TO THIS VERY DAY. I WILL BE NOTIFYING YOU MORE FREQUENTLY WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING NOW THAT MY HEALTH IS BETTER. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! 2023 WILL BE GREAT!
]]><![CDATA[WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN 2022]]>Wed, 06 Apr 2022 08:50:55 GMThttp://impettus.com/impettus-speaks/what-has-been-going-on-in-2022SOJOURNER, THE NOVEL, WILL BE FINISHED SOON UNDER MY PEN NAME, AYAAN PETTUS. AT THE MOMENT I AM AT WORK TRYING TO FINISH A SCREENPLAY THAT I PLAN TO ENTER INTO A RENOWNED SCREENPLAY CONTEST. THINGS ARE VERY BUSY AND THE FUTURE LOOKS EXCITING. I ALWAYS KNOW WHEN I'M ON A GREAT DIRECTION, A TON OF OBSTACLES POP UP TO GET IN THE WAY. I HAVE TO LEARN TO AVOID TEMPTATION AND TRIBULATIONS AND STAY ON THE COURSE. IT WILL GET DONE.
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]]><![CDATA[GET READY FOR 2022]]>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 05:10:52 GMThttp://impettus.com/impettus-speaks/get-ready-for-2022
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2022 WILL FINALLY BE THE YEAR OF 
SOJOURNER
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THROUGHOUT MY CONVALESCENCE I HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK TRYING TO FINISH MY NOVEL SOJOURNER AND I CAN SEE THE FINISH LINE FINALLY. I WILL BEGIN PROMOTING THE BOOK IMMEDIATELY UPON COMPLETION AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO SEE IT AND SEE WHAT MAKES IT SO EXCITING AND DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING YOU HAVE SEEN!
]]><![CDATA[IN REMEMBRANCE OF MY BROTHER]]>Thu, 06 May 2021 09:36:02 GMThttp://impettus.com/impettus-speaks/in-remembrance-of-my-brother
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​I just found this: this is me on top and my brother below, John Chatworth Pettus. We grew up together, even wore the same shirts when we were kids (This is me in the second grade). Johnny was three years older than me and I followed his track career assiduously as he was a legend in the sprints in high school and college carrying his teams wherever he went. At San Francisco State University he ran the 100 yrd dash (or 100 meters), 220 yrd dash (or 200 meters), the 440 yrd relay (or 400 meter relay) and the mile relay where each runner runs 440 yards (or 400 meters). He ran four races in a meet because he was the best in all the events and the team needed all the points he racked up to have a chance at winning against whatever rival teams they competed against. They overworked him but he was faithful to his teammates and did what he could to help.

You ask anyone at the time and John Pettus struck fear into the hearts of whoever he ran against. The biggest fear any sprinter had in the relays was getting snatched by John Pettus. SF State's sprint relays in the big state events were always in last place til John got the handoff and you'd hear the crowd go "WOOO" as John would pass everyone and put his team in first place. That's what was called getting "snatched" and nobody ever wanted that embarrassment. Bruce Jenner( yes, back when he was unquestionably Bruce) was a Bay Area athlete and he knew my brother. I've had people recognize me from always being on the sidelines, rooting for my brother or carrying his stuff. I even got out of getting pulled over when a cop knew my brother's name.

John went on to join the Bay Area Striders after college and just missed the Olympic team in the 200 meters in the 1970s. He was a quiet guy and never promoted himself so his name was eventually lost in the dunes of time. He was forgotten. He lived his last years with me as he became mentally sluggish, no doubt dementia eventually set in, physical afflictions took hold, and he succumbed to a stroke which left him bedridden until he died last November. I was alone at his casket at the end. No one else came. I didn't have access to his old pictures so I wasn't able to give him a respectable obituary. It was like he didn't matter. But he did matter: he mattered to me.

I just wanted to remember him as a pretty good guy who never got into trouble (unlike me) and he was my best friend though we were very different. He was ice and I was fire. There are things we could laugh about that others wouldn't be able to relate to cause we had a lot of things we liked in common and a lot of it I was exposed to from being around my older brother. I never told him I loved him. We weren't able to do stuff like that but there were a few times in those last days he looked at me and knew. I wanted to tell him a joke the other day that I knew only we would get but I don't have him to do that with anymore. Wow, I'm really alone. I miss him.
]]><![CDATA[WELCOME TO 2021!]]>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:47:26 GMThttp://impettus.com/impettus-speaks/welcome-to-2021IT'S BEEN A TERRIBLE YEAR FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY ME, BUT THE NEW YEAR BEAMS BRIGHTLY. I SHOULD BE BACK ON MY FEET, THE PANDEMIC WILL IN TIME BE BEHIND US, AND I'M GETTING BACK TO WORK ON MY WRITING. 

IN FUTURE MONTHS, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO BEGIN DO PROMOTION FOR MY BOOKS AND PROJECTS AS THE VACCINES MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE POPULACE. I LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING EXCITING STORIES FOR YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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]]><![CDATA[I'M STILL KICKING]]>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:40:13 GMThttp://impettus.com/impettus-speaks/im-still-kicking
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HI! I'M STILL IN SECLUSION WAITING OUT THE COVID PANDEMIC LIKE MOST OF YOU SHOULD BE. I FOR ONE CAN'T WAIT FOR 2020 TO BE OVER WITH AND WE CAN POSSIBLY LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING SOME KIND OF VACCINE FOR COVID 19. I WILL GET BACK TO YOU WHEN MY BOOK IS FINISHED OR CLOSE TO FINISHING. BY THE WAY, THE SILHOUETTE ABOVE IS NOT ME BUT IT IS JACK KIRBY, THE ORIGINATOR OF MOST OF THE ESSENTIAL MARVEL COMICS UNIVERSE AND HIS BIRTHDAY IS THE SAME AS MINE SO I GENERALLY CELEBRATE IT MORE THAN MY OWN SINCE HE WAS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF IMAGINATIVE INSPIRATION FOR ME.

STAY SAFE, AND KEEP OTHERS SAFE AROUND YOU,

ANTHONY WAYNE PETTUS
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UNLIKE THIS SCENE FROM MY SCIENCE FANTASY GRAPHIC NOVEL, THE INHERITORS OF ENTOMO (WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON KINDLE), IT'S HARDLY BEEN A BALL THUS FAR IN THE YEAR 2020. THE ONE SAVING GRACE OF THIS WORLD VIRUS CALAMITY IS I FINALLY HAVE QUALITY STAY AT HOME TIME TO WRITE. I'M HARD AT WORK ON MY HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL TITLED SOJOURNER. I'LL BE GIVING UPDATES FROM NOW ON UNTIL I FINISH THIS STORY. IT WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING YOU'VE READ. STAY HOME, STAY SAFE, AND I'LL BE BACK WITH YOU SOON.
]]><![CDATA[IMPETTUS LIVES AGAIN!]]>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 08:59:33 GMThttp://impettus.com/impettus-speaks/impettus-lives-againI AM WITH YOU AGAIN. I WENT THROUGH SEVERAL MONTHS OF RECOVERY FROM MY SUCCESSFUL SURGERY AND AM FINALLY BACK AT WORK ON MY NOVELS. UNFORTUNATELY, I AM ALSO RECOVERING FROM SEVERE DEPRESSION BECAUSE MY DEAR BROTHER, JOHN CHATWORTH PETTUS, PASSED AWAY, HIS BODY AND MIND DEGENERATED SEVERELY THE MANY MONTHS AFTER HIS STROKE. I LOST MY BEST FRIEND AND CONFIDANT AND WAS LEFT QUESTIONING THE MEANING OF LIFE AND WHERE I AM GOING. I HAVEN'T FOUND THE ANSWERS I SEEK BUT I AM PLUNGING AHEAD. THE REVELATIONS OF MY THOUGHTS IN SUCH DEEP MATTERS WILL DOUBTLESSLY BE REVEALED IN MY WRITING. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS WILL TAKE ME BUT YOU ALL WILL BE VISITORS TO MY PSYCHE. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THIS TAKES ME.
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