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Arroya's Memories: The Story of an Ancient Race
Beings from another planet are beyond our imagination. Yet, on the planet Tangania, another race does exist and has for more than 10,000 years. Although technologically and scientifically advanced, Tangis have chosen to live a simple life void of all technology. They are a people of the land and have a strong connection to their ancestors, which they call, the aurora. Life is quiet on Tangania and their world is peaceful until Crote, the prophesier, begins to have strange visions. In his visions, he sees their planet being destroyed. Finding a new home is something they never imagined they would have to consider. But in 28 days, they will be gone if they don't find a way. Arroya, the record keeper, and Crote hold the key to the ultimate survival of their people; the clues are buried deep within their psyche and their planet's history. And, possibly, on another planet. Arroya's Memories will be completed in Fall 2009.
SNEAK PEEK AT THE PROLOGUE
"The tales were beyond our imagination..."
Beings from another planet are beyond our imagination. Yet, on the planet Tangania, another race does exist and has for more than 10,000 years. Although technologically and scientifically advanced, Tangis have chosen to live a simple life void of all technology. They are a people of the land and have a strong connection to their ancestors, which they call, the aurora. Life is quiet on Tangania and their world is peaceful until Crote, the prophesier, begins to have strange visions. In his visions, he sees their planet being destroyed. Finding a new home is something they never imagined they would have to consider. But in 28 days, they will be gone if they don't find a way. Arroya, the record keeper, and Crote hold the key to the ultimate survival of their people; the clues are buried deep within their psyche and their planet's history. And, possibly, on another planet. Arroya's Memories will be completed in Fall 2009.
SNEAK PEEK AT THE PROLOGUE
"The tales were beyond our imagination..."
In A New Season
I've been busy typing away on my Underwood #5, an old piece that reminds me of a time when life wasn't so complicated. Or so I would like to believe. I'm sure the early 1900s were just as challenging as this new millennium, with its afros, dreads, twists and braids; Timberlands, Pradas, Lofts and Sean Jeans. The Model T has been replaced by red Hummers and a hot cup of tea no longer satisfies like the new and improved double-espresso-with-a-twist sold at Starbucks, now on every corner in Manhattan. But we adjust. We adjust to the yellow cabs and smog filled cities that develop yet another child with asthma. And we accept the changes we create, no matter how far they remove us from quieter days. Behind my Underwood, I re-live the many lives I've experienced first hand and create those I've never known, except through books. The antique keys remind me of something inside myself, of days gone by, days that live deep in the jungle of my memories--inside my soul. As each key hits the paper, I hear the echoes of a past that is more than history, but a constant reminder of who I am; of who I was and will always be.
Now, I have a confession to make. My Underwood #5 is actually a Mac G4 desktop computer. Active imagination, huh? This is what happens when you begin imagining what it's like to be your characters. I often wonder if what we create is our imagination or just another side of who we are. Maybe it's a web of both. Or something else we can't define.
My novel, In a New Season, coming in Fall 2006, shares the story of a 40 year old man of German ancestry, struggling with creating a life that resembles something more than a bad B flick. He is a freelance writer who can't find his muse; and without it, he cannot write the novel he has spent his life dreaming about. His Underwood is the only connection he has to a world he hopes to create in his work, a time he believes is far removed from his own and far superior. He meets Libby, an elderly woman of African descent, who invites him into her world and transforms his notions of life, love and history.
I've been busy typing away on my Underwood #5, an old piece that reminds me of a time when life wasn't so complicated. Or so I would like to believe. I'm sure the early 1900s were just as challenging as this new millennium, with its afros, dreads, twists and braids; Timberlands, Pradas, Lofts and Sean Jeans. The Model T has been replaced by red Hummers and a hot cup of tea no longer satisfies like the new and improved double-espresso-with-a-twist sold at Starbucks, now on every corner in Manhattan. But we adjust. We adjust to the yellow cabs and smog filled cities that develop yet another child with asthma. And we accept the changes we create, no matter how far they remove us from quieter days. Behind my Underwood, I re-live the many lives I've experienced first hand and create those I've never known, except through books. The antique keys remind me of something inside myself, of days gone by, days that live deep in the jungle of my memories--inside my soul. As each key hits the paper, I hear the echoes of a past that is more than history, but a constant reminder of who I am; of who I was and will always be.
Now, I have a confession to make. My Underwood #5 is actually a Mac G4 desktop computer. Active imagination, huh? This is what happens when you begin imagining what it's like to be your characters. I often wonder if what we create is our imagination or just another side of who we are. Maybe it's a web of both. Or something else we can't define.
My novel, In a New Season, coming in Fall 2006, shares the story of a 40 year old man of German ancestry, struggling with creating a life that resembles something more than a bad B flick. He is a freelance writer who can't find his muse; and without it, he cannot write the novel he has spent his life dreaming about. His Underwood is the only connection he has to a world he hopes to create in his work, a time he believes is far removed from his own and far superior. He meets Libby, an elderly woman of African descent, who invites him into her world and transforms his notions of life, love and history.
