John M. Weiskopf

“The Ascendancy” is a 21st Century fantasy-adventure about the volatile world in which we live today. Dr. Thomas Allen Nelson says, “An inspiring and compassionate twenty-first century epic adventure, part Paradise Lost and part Wizard of Oz… An evolutionary and cultural vision that blends the grim equations of survival and extinction with the regenerative powers of courage and hope.”

I finished the motion picture screenplay for “The Ascendancy” two weeks ago. My attorney sent it out to major producers over the last week. A gifted, graphic artist Jesse Randall drew this graphic, which encapsulates the magic and awe of “The Ascendancy” story.

Thanks to Jesse and all those who supported this great endeavor. “The Ascendancy” is the first novel/film in a trilogy series.  -in Gratitude, John M. Weiskopf

All of the recent activity, discussions and the current release of government classified UFO sightings by England, France and many other countries, prompted me to review an official report, which I made to a UFO reporting agency on November 30, 1994 regarding a UFO, which I spotted (about seven days before) 15 years ago on November 24, 1994, while traveling East at 6:45 a.m. on Route 60 in a somewhat rural area on my way to skydive at Perris Valley Skydive Center in Riverside, California.

Unbeknown to me, there were a rash of UFO sightings that were reported during this time period in the United States, Russia, Canada, Mexico, and the Ukraine. You can click on the link just below, where it says UFO REPORT to read the official report.

UFO REPORT: LISTE D’OBSERVATIONS DE PHENOMENES.

–John M. Weiskopf

On Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. I did an author talk/book signing for my novel THE ASCENDANCY at the Barnes & Noble in Ellicott City, Maryland. One of the attendees was Gina Brillante, the daughter of my close childhood-teen friend from College Park, Frannie Brillante. His daughter Gina is a writer. She has been writing poems, short stories, essays and novels since she was eight years old. Below is the poem which she wrote during my author talk at the Barnes & Noble booksigning event. Gina gave me permission to share it with you. Please take a look. You will not be sorry. Machu Picchu

Hi All! I do a series of book signings in Washington D.C.-Maryland-Virginia for my novel THE ASCENDANCY between November 10 – 21. I will be doing signings at Barnes & Nobles, two high schools, and possibly one university, that is still in the works. There will also be a 30 – 60 minute syndicated radio interview, and some newspaper coverage. This is the poster for one of the events. If you know people in the Rockville, Gaithersburg, Derwood, Montgomery County area of Maryland or the Ellicott City, Baltimore area, please let them know. THE ASCENDANCY deals with the whole 2012 concerns that people are concerned about. I spent ten years of travel and research to write the book which deals with 2012, and the volatile times in which we live.

THE ASCENDANCY. 

I will be giving author talk/book signing events at four locations in November. November 13, Friday: meet and talk with AP Literature, Honors, Journalism students at Paint Branch High School, Montgomery County, Silver Spring, Md. . November 13, Friday: Barnes & Noble, Gaithersburg, Maryland (Washington Center), 7 – 8:30 p.m.  November 16, Monday: Author talk at my alumni St, John’s College Prep High School in Washington D.C. on Military Road. Will speak with the De La Salle honors students in 10th – 12th grades. November 17, Tuesday: Barnes & Noble, Ellicott City, Maryland, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Author talk/Book Signing.

Please come to one of the events! You’ll find it fascinating.  -John

During my undergraduate years at the University of Maryland, I worked part-time in the Physics Department, which was internationally known for their work in lasers and gravitational field theory.

In July 1969, my boss Walter Cree at the physics department asked me to be a courier and deliver three expensive green filters to the Apollo 11 astronauts at Cape Kennedy days before the historic Apollo 11 launch. My ex-wife Patricia (then my fiance’) worked at the Space Physics Department and, though she paid her own way (UofMD paid my fare and lodging), she decided to fly with me to the Cape in Florida. This audio excerpt is taken from the a “call in” interview that I did with historian Tim Miller & George Noory on Coast-to-Coast on the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 touchdown on the Sea of Tranquility and Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon.To hear the interview, Weiskopf Delivers Green filters to Apollo 11 Astronauts at Cape Kennedy

A little over a week ago, I had the good fortune to speak with famous author & visionary Drunvalo Melchizedek during his interview on Coast-to-Coast with George Noory.

I am grateful to George and Tom for taking my call. If you want to hear the interview, please click on the following link. You will find it interesting.  Drunvalo Melchizedek Interview

I have been struggling with my next novel “THE WAYNACK’S WORD.”

I know the story, the concepts, the contemporary spiritual, scientific, philosophical and sociological themes and underpinnings of “THE WAYNACK’S WORD” and the characters, locations (I have seen them in my head, they are extraordinary… like nothing ever done), I have been struggling with the narrative voice, really struggling. Deep inside, I was not going to begin until I knew I had the narrative voice because it is the key to the whole novel.

So yesterday, while walking home from the post office (where I mailed my baseball screenplay “SIXTY-THREE” back East to my in-laws), I looked at the trees. I let my mind, my consciousness, my imagination feel them, receive them, their individuality, their presence, their consciousness. A Palm Tree, inside he felt lean, towering, strong, but isolated and overseeing. A Bottlebrush Tree that I slowly walked toward felt woolly, full and heavy, weighted but burly with a protection of the gentle red flowers, lightness “lighted” upon its dangling arms. I felt their presences inside me, as if I were these trees.

Then, while being with the Bottlebrush, THE WAYNACK’S WORD narrator jumped into my head, or it was always there, I just couldn’t see it. So simple, so clear, so brilliant. The narrator’s voice will be the very first word on the page, and close with the very last word on the last page.

So my journey with THE WAYNACK WORD begins! The magic of surrender, of the letting go of the ego, of being afraid to meld with the existences that surround us from tiniest of flowers to the stars.

I am grateful. I am blessed. Onward.

John

My Swiss Army wristwatch stopped today at 10:27 a.m. for no reason. Seven minutes before at 10:20 a.m., I had just finished a powerful screenplay called “SIXTY-THREE” that is about baseball, miracles, myth and mysticism. It goes to my agent Joel Gotler next Monday. As the screenplay was printing, I noticed two spacing and wording mistakes, one of page 133 and one on page 140, the the very last page, which is a powerful white letters over black screen epilogue to the story that concerns the main character Jon Winters and a team. I made those changes at 10:24 (my Final Draft program indicated) at 10:24 a.m.

When I went to get dressed to go to physical therapy for my knee, I reached for my watch and noticed that the time on it has stopped at 10:27 a.m. I knew that I was running late, so how could it be 10:27 a.m.? I was taken aback by this 17 minute discrepancy (I checked the time on my cell phone; it was 10:44 a.m.). It felt weird. It stopped me “in my tracks” so to speak. My watch had been cleaned, oiled, and given a new two year battery just seven months ago, and it has run flawlessly since I took it to the watchmaker. I pulled out the winder on my wristwatch and re-set it to the correct time, 10:44 a.m. Nothing was wrong. It runs perfectly. I sat down on the couch and sent a text to my wife Judy (“My watch stopped inexplicably at 10:27 a.m. R U okay?”) asking her if she was okay? She called two minutes later whispering saying that she was alright. She was at a conference and there were presentations being given.

I do know from speaking with people and reading much that sometimes it happens that watches and clocks (personal items) stop when someone near you dies.

Three weeks ago, I was most fortunate to meet Ron Cassie, reporter of The Frederick News Post, and the newspaper’s feature editor Nancy Luse. After some brief conversations, they decided to do a feature article about my education, writing, travel experiences and goals. The article was published in the “Horizon Section” of The Frederick News Post’s Sunday edition, July 5, 2009. I have scanned it and assembled it as a low resolution JPG document. The article was good publicity and journalist Ron Cassie took a different approach to The Ascendancy. The article is about from journey from 18 years old to where I am today and where I want to go. To Ron & Nancy, I am most grateful. Thank You!