New Sun Rising Stories for Japan

New Sun Rising: Stories for Japan is a completely volunteer project. Frankie Sachs was Volunteer 0; it all started because she was looking for a project like 100 Stories for Haiti or 50 Stories for Pakistan where she could send a story for Japan.

There wasn’t one.

Through Dan Holloway’s miracle networking, Frankie got a quick lesson in the world of charity anthology organizing from Greg McQueen.  Sessha Batto and Solange Noir threw in their encouragement, support, and (considerable) dedication and talent.

And New Sun Rising: Stories for Japan was off and running.

Andrew Brenton stepped up to offer the publishing resources of Endaxi Press and to do the layout and formatting for e and print versions, and also production and distribution of the print version.

New Sun project volunteers come from around the world. Collectively they have experience as writers, editors, film-makers, and artists. Several of the volunteers on New Sun Rising are old hands, they’ve been involved with the 100 Stories for Haiti, 50 Stories for Pakistan, and(or) 100 Stories for Queensland anthologies.

Frankie Sachs’ literary qualifications consist of an extensive collection of restraining orders from editors. Being in charge of this project is karma.

Greg McQueen is the organizer of 100 Stories for Haiti and 50 Stories for Pakistan. He is also a founding member of the Cabal of Charity Anthologists.

Dan Holloway is a spoken word performer and writes novels heavily influenced by Banana Yoshimoto and Haruki Murakami. The royalties from his novel The Man Who Painted Agnieszka’s Shoes (ebook and paperback) will be donated to the Tsunami Relief Fund in perpetuity.

Sessha Batto turned to writing full time two years ago after a twenty year stint in video production editing, scripting and creating motion graphics. Her first novel Strength of Will is currently being edited for re-release. Her short story Wintersong appears in Dancing in the Dark - An Anthology of Erotica. Her latest novel, Shinobi, is out on query.

Solange Noir is a photographer, documentary film producer and poet. She is currently writing her first novel which is based in Japan.

Lou Freshwater is working on a Masters degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing, and her work can be found in numerous literary and critical journals. She is also a freelance writer and editor.

Vaishali Shroff runs a home reading club for children and writes to make sense of this world. She is published by the Chicken Soup India series and her children’s stories have been filmed for online viewing.

Bradley Wind comes from American stock, boiled and baked in pies, fruit mainly. His work can be seen here.

Toni Rakestraw is a freelance editor residing in the Pacific Northwest. She was first published at the tender age of 15. Now, editing at Unbridled Editor keeps her busy, though she usually finds time to write a few book reviews here and there.

Jane Roberts is a freelance writer living in Shropshire, UK. She has a degree in Classics (Cambridge), yet looks nothing like Socrates. Fact and fiction included in various gent’s and women’s magazines, ezines and anthologies. Currently working on first collection of short stories for publication. Likes pseudonyms and green tea.

Diana Mair is a wife, mother, writer and freelance editor. Her first novel stilled the voices in her head. They’re back and helping to develop her next novel.

Michelle Goode is a writer, freelance scriptreader and proofreader from Bedfordshire in the UK. Despite having gained a degree in French and Fine Art, a love of writing and editing has won her heart. During the past three years she’s had a comedy radio sketch and four comedy web show episodes produced, a short story published by Ether Books and has been a finalist for the prestigious Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award.

Jennifer Bogart started her writing career as a technical writer and then branched into copy writing. After a brief sabbatical from the working world (to raise her four children), she has returned to writing full-time.

Annie is a prolific scribbler of characters, weaver of story lines and wields a finely balanced editing razor . She infuses her eclectic writing and artwork with life experience drawn on years teaching, traversing the corporate landscape and motherhood. Annie is the creative energy behind the cutting edge collaborative writing project CYOA and is a contributing editor on a number of sites and publications.

Ellie is an archaeologist and computer geek. She mostly writes non-fiction.

Sylvia helping as proofreader, a kangaroo in Austria, so don’t believe those t-shirts that say there aren’t any.

This page exists because we’ve had a lot of questions asking who we are. We don’t really think that’s important.

We think what we’re doing here is what really matters.