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Writer, Speaker, Indie Film Producer/Director, Spoken Word Poet, Entrepreneur, Lupus Warrior, Wife, Mother, Child of God 

New BooK RElease

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Not Just Survive, Thrive:
A Lupus Warrior's Guide 
To Winning Despite Chronic Illness

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This book was written for anyone dealing with chronic illness and for the people who care for them.  Filled with hard-learned lessons from over two decades dealing with Systemic Lupus and eventually chronic kidney disease, she hopes it will not only inform, give much-needed tools, but also inspire each reader to "stand up on the inside".  In other words, fight for the life that they are still capable of living.  

Purchase today and join this community of warriors who have decided that they may have a chronic illness,  but they will not allow the illness to have them.

Visit our website www.notjustsurvivethrive.com for more information and other ways to connect.​

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Book Release & Reading
Thursday, May 7, 2026
6-9 PM @
Buffalo City Ballet
307 Leroy Avenue, Buffalo 14214
Tickets $30
* Price Includes Book
 
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$25.00
(Regular $27.49)
Until April 30, 2026

 
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through May 1st!

NOW AVAILABLE
"THE GLASS FLOOR"
Feature Film
Written & Directed by
Johnette L. Warren-Askew

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Trailer

Come With Me (Single)

"Come With Me", the single by JA is available now on Apple Music, Itunes, and soon, wherever you get your music.  This is JA's first release after years of being on oxygen due to complications with Systemic Lupus.

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LINE OF SIGHT FEATURE FILM

JA is the primary writer on a feature film in post-production based on a short film produced for the Buffalo 48 Hour Film Project in 2023.  The Line of Sight Film team is currently fundraising, and you can help make this project a huge success!  

 

You can learn more about the film at www.lineofsightfilm.com .  

To help with fundraising visit:

https://givebutter.com/lineofsightfilm

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I AM JA. Writer, spoken word poet, independent  film director, producer, wife, mother, Lupus Warrior and most important, a child of God.  I AM also the owner and CEO of Expressed Entertainment LLC. and JA Expressed!, as well as Founder and Director of the EXE Jr. Youth Program.  This is the space where we connect.

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"Does a thought even matter if it is never

EXPRESSED to be reckoned with? -JA

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