Funny thing happened yesterday while I was working at my
conventional job. A young, beautiful girl happened to stumble upon my books on
the internet and came up to talk to me about them. She said how much she
respected someone who could do what writers are born to do and she wished she
could author a book. (What I didn’t tell her about was the years of isolation
and sacrifices made). Anyway, she then said something to me that struck as both
humorous and poignant. She said, and I quote “Wow, you’ve written nine books!
You’re going to be famous!” I replied with a little laugh “Maybe I’ll get rich,
but writers don’t really get famous.” That thought stuck in my head for the
rest of the night and obviously into today. Unlike musicians and actors,
writers aren’t usually in the lime light. We don’t ache for public attention
(at least I don’t), and generally prefer being alone. Even if I sell a million
books I don’t expect to walk into a restaurant, be recognized, and be given a
special table. Or go shopping and have a crowd of admirers follow me around the
store snapping photos. Writers write because they have to. They tell stories
because it’s an urge that must be fulfilled. Whether getting famous or not.
Rich or not. Real writers must put pen to paper (or in my case, fingers to
keyboard) every day or they feel somehow disconnected from the world. Some
would call it lunacy. Others, mad genius. And still others would say I waste a
huge amount of time tapping away. Whatever it is that drives writers cannot be
understood by those who don’t. So if you see me out and about you don’t need to
come running for an autograph or pull out your phone for a picture. You can
just step up and say hi, because I’m nobody famous; just a writer.
As promised, here is another example of a query that got a
lot of publisher and agent requests. I’ve omitted the last paragraph of
credentials since I’ve listed them in prior posts.
DREAM TRAVELER
In the far reaches of the galaxy, thoughts can become
reality. DREAM TRAVELER is a 30,000-word
young adult fantasy adventure in which a fifteen-year-old girl journeys to the
future and risks her soul to understand the politics of an alien civil war and
stop the destruction of the universe.
After centuries of conflict, ageless spirits called
Phelastians, who live on a magnificent floating city, are finally making peace
with Dwellers, ape creatures who live on a decimated planet Earth. Ancient
formalities require that a human be present as a witness to the treaty. A
Phelastian travels through the interstellar continuum back in time and recruits
Jamie Richards, a geeky, everyday teenager.
Core, a Dweller overlord, is pro war and sabotages the link
connecting Jamie to her world. Jamie vanishes from the signing, crumbling the
negotiations, and sending her on a series of fantastic, alternate-reality
adventures that shatter the boundaries of possibility. Stumbling into shifting
prisms of both worlds, she visits war-ravaged landscapes, returns to an Earth
ruled by mechanical aliens, and even meets herself as a frail, old woman.
Through it all, Jamie pieces together the disjointed fragments of space and
time and discovers a stable vortex. She returns to the moment of signing and
stabilizes the link seconds before creation explodes with parallel dimensions.
DREAM TRAVELER is
the second in a completed three book sci-fi/fantasy series. Readers can expect
a mind-bending adventure punctuated by bizarre plot twists. Jamie faces and
overcomes unimaginable obstacles. She is a strong, smart, female hero. The
story will delight children, teens, and adults alike.
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