Life Creates Art Creates Life 3 & 4

For this final installment of Life Creates Art Creates Life I’m going to discuss two amazing coincidental parallels to plot elements in my Metatron’s Army series.

Background

While doing EMF Sensitivity research in Asia I came across a number of physical similarities to plot elements in a fiction story I began working on in high school.

 The Lounge

I had a routine wherein I would spend time in the hotel lobby working on EMF Sensitivity revelations.

On a particular day I looked up and was startled by what to most people would seem an ordinary if stylish table lamp.  

It stood out because the square base put me in the mind of a lamp the heroine is fascinated by while sitting in a study lounge.  

What alternately intrigues and disgusts her is for all the time she’s spent in the technologically advanced universe she has no idea how it remains lit given there is no electrical cord or anything else to suggest how it works.  An explanation is provided in Book 3 of the series.

From Positional Play

Alexander left, returning with a table lamp that resembled the one in the study lounge.  Just like the other, this lamp had no plug.

 “It runs on a rechargeable energy circuit.”  He lifted it up to show the bottom.  “It charges by setting it on the recharging surface.”

Though the table lamp in the hotel lobby was different in design I always visualized the recharging surface to be square.

And finally…

A Hero’s Real-Life Counterpart

I was fortunate to meet a couple who became friends of ours.  Over the course of our friendship I learned that like Shane Turner – a main character in the series – the husband protected his high-school friend (now wife) from a bad home situation by opening the window when she showed up frightened, not knowing where else to turn.

Christine does this with Shane, running across town at night and tossing rocks at his second story window to wake him up.  He lets her in and keeps her safe, trying to comfort her while she shakes.

On a side note:  The Turner house in Berkley, MI is based on a house around the block from a childhood friend of mine.

It’s been a bit surreal to see all these parallels to my fiction but for someone passionate about manifesting through visualization?  It’s also gratifying.

New Fiction: Project Update

Hope everyone is doing well.  I’m excited to announce after years in which I never thought I’d be able to write again…

Thank you post-Covid burnout.

I’m about to release a work of fiction and already at work on the follow-up.

Soothsayer – a Port Gallatan novel – was released some years ago.  I was never satisfied with it so I pulled it, set it aside.

Never thought I’d touch it again – just assumed I’d work on the follow-on which will launch into a sub-series I’m really excited about.

The Idea That Won’t Die

The same challenge that haunted me years ago has been eating up mental cycles in recent months.  I wanted to move on to this very cool sub-series but there was another book that had to happen first and for that to happen – I had to release the follow-on to Port In a Storm.

Any other way would be a betrayal to the series and my vision for it.

Digging deep I pulled together the same energy that put me on this path in 2011 when I published Riding the Waves.

Courage to face the unknown.

I edited the manuscript, updated it with an eye to how the winds of fiction shift.

In terms of manuscript this translates to grammar as well as the potential for an oversaturated market.

I’m proud to say Soothsayer will be available soon.

With Gimme Shelter in the works.

Release dates TBD.

I’m also determined to make Podcast 4 work.

Stay tuned.