Showing posts with label forever series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label forever series. Show all posts

Sunday, 20 April 2014

Fun Tagging Questions from ongoing Goodreads Blog Tag

Hi Julie, here we go!




1. What am I working on?
Experimental Eve, a science fiction novel. I’m hoping to write a crossover novel at some point during my writing career. By this I mean a book that speaks across the genres and to a wider audience. I hope that this new book might be a possible contender. I just finished writing, The Cinderella Proposition and The Virgin Lottery, both contemporary new adult.


2. How does my work differ from others of its genre?
For Experimental Eve, I think its biggest difference is that it’s truly an experiment! I’m bringing together an Ice Queen heroin, an alien protagonist that could easily exist, and a catastrophe of epic proportions that has occurred on another exoplanet outside our solar system making Earth a target. To up the game I’m writing half from the alien’s point of view and the other half (interspaced by chapters beginning with their names) from the human’s point of view. It’s also very humorous due to the misunderstanding in the two planet’s cultures and traditions.


3. Why do I write what I do?
I cannot imagine not writing in every possible moment. Writing is my life. Beginning a new book is the same endorphin rush for me as falling in love.


4. How does my writing process work?
My writing is always either on the front of my brain, or swirling around at the back waiting for time to write.  The more you write the more it finds you. I’ve never been one to wait for their muse to strike, but get myself there by dedication and persistence. If you sit down to write I guarantee something good will happen.


Best,
January Bain
Storyteller


 


 


 


 

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Armageddon

The Journey of PLANET:

PLANET is going to be a difficult journey for this writer. Perhaps this is why I have put it off for some time, because Armageddon is a hard topic for humans to face. With an ice comet from the Kuiper belt, directly inline to destroy Earth, all human inhabitants have been told they have to vacate Earth by their World government. The need has unleashed von Neumann probes, those self-replicating robots that are “seeding” the galaxy with terraform, which is, changing the new chosen planet’s surface and climate to be like Earths.

Logistic questions have arisen:

How will all the billions of Earth’s inhabitants leave? Could they go in digital data streams? Or on ships?

Is the Kardashev scale for categorizing civilizations a good choice? A three level advancement or a five level advancement?

Okay, I admit, that’s a very interesting part to be thinking about, and one I truly relish. I hope you will find a little time to follow me on this journey as I report back what I learn and how it all unfolds. I will mainly discuss the scientific and philosophical questions that arise for me, rather than excerpts from the actual book.


Wednesday, 25 April 2012

My first Book Launch

Just two months until my first book launches and I'm getting butterflies just thinking about it! Forever Man will be coming out July 2, 2012 as an e-book from Champagne Books. Wow! Never thought I'd get here.

I thought I'd add a photo of myself today taken at the time just before I began writing, Forever Man, as I like it because it was taken by my beloved husband, Don, which brings me to today's blog. Without the support of wonderful husbands, lovers, friends, and family an author would have a difficult journey indeed! Thanks to my wonderful, precious darling for being there for me. Don is my very own Forever Man!!! Xxxooo

Who has made your journey easier?

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

The Magic of Storytelling!



Why write and devour romance novels? Simple, it always ends happily. I’m a sucker for a happy ending as it makes everything right with my world. And the trial and tribulations along the way just add to the suspense of how will the author make it all work out? I’m fascinated by how many twists and turns one novel can contain. . .

And even though I know it’s going to work out in the end, still, I want to be caught up in the story so much that I’m uncertain on how it possibly could!? I love the magic of storytelling.
Opening a new book is so exciting. What journey does it contain...

Why do you write romances?

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Sunday, 22 April 2012

The Power of Healing

This excerpt from Forever Man contains one of the biggest reasons I wrote this novel, I wanted the gift of healing that our heroine possesses.


While I waited for her to return I looked out the window, admiring the view of snow-peaked mountains when I heard the screeching of brakes and a thud, then realized someone had hit a dog with a half ton truck right in front of the restaurant. The driver, a young woman in obvious distress, jumped out and cradled the animal’s head in her lap. In an instant I turned and rushed for the stairs, taking them two at a time.

As I reached the woman she looked up at me with stark pleading in her eyes. “I didn’t see him! Please, I need help!”

Crouching down beside them, I carefully laid my hands on the whimpering dog. It looked like a husky, probably a sled dog. He or she was still breathing, but it was labored and loud. I could also see blood on its soft white fur. My heart instantly melted and reached out to the poor creature with its pain-filled, whiskey-brown eyes that seemed to beg me to do something. Despite the gut-wrenching plea, I felt helpless, sheer happenstance had brought this poor animal to this end and I had no power to save it from its fate.

Hesitantly, I reached my hands out and laid them on the poor dog’s head and its eyes seemed to tell me that it knew its fate. Tears flowed and the image of the dog blurred. I felt its pain as my own as I closed my eyes in sheer anguish.

Please God, let this beautiful creature be okay. Suddenly, something came alive inside me like a dam bursting its banks, and a great tidal wave of energy flowed through me from my very core. It was so strong it made me shake and my legs, cramping in the crouch, almost gave way.
A surge of pure power seemed to drive through my hands into the dog as I concentrated my thoughts on it and then all I could see and feel was hot, white light surrounding me for a few brief incredibly thrilling seconds. The light blinded me, its power as strong as the noonday sun. A sense of pure aliveness electrified me, as if I was at the pinnacle of my strength and could rise up and fill the world with goodness and healing. Then, just as suddenly, the floodgates in my mind closed and the white hot energy retreated back into my hands that began to shake violently with the excess energy.

The sensation left as abruptly as it had come and I fell back exhausted from the effort. The dog whimpered, shook itself and sat up. It looked at the two of us as if nothing had happened, its brown eyes shining and its tail wagging as if it didn’t even remember the last few minutes of its life.

Friday, 20 April 2012

Forever Man’s Muse

A couple of years ago October (I remember it very clearly) a fierce urge to write a book overcame me. This wasn't my first try, but this was the first time I was going to give it my all. I had been watching the movie, The Green Mile, with Tom Hanks and it really spoke to me. I wanted to be a healer like the gentle giant that had that gift in the story. At the time I had just lost two dear brothers to cancer and I was grieving their loss. And so I lost myself and buried my grief in writing a novel about a gifted healer named Ellie Hightower.

As her journey unfolded I began to heal. I was the character and I could do what she did for long stretches of time. It was pure freedom and so a series was born, The Forever Series, which appears to be never ending.

What has caused you to write the stories you do?

Thursday, 19 April 2012

Eclectic Muse



When my eclectic muse insisted on taking the paranormal route, I knew instinctively that the stories would include vampires. But which vampires and why?

If you could save someone, who would it be and why?

Well, the obvious choice is loved ones. But then, who next? So I went looking for important characters in history that would add something to this Earth if they were able to live forever. Some will be far less deserving of this honor, of course, because they create that all important story conflicts that keep the novels racing along.

It was an interesting journey and brought in some amazing characters from history, some altruistic, some not so much. Like Joan of Arc, (the) Anastasia, Dracula, Dr. Jonas Salk, Queen Isis, and Pharaoh kings.

Why do you choose the characters you do or do they choose you?

Monday, 16 April 2012

Meet you on the other side

The two hero’s are now approaching the wormhole with extreme apprehension as they have no idea what awaits them on the other side.

I had an epiphany: My multi-universe story should have multiple endings. (Explains why I saw so many ways to go.) I am deeply thrilled about this development as I get to spend extra time telling this never ending story!

Sunday, 15 April 2012

Timelines and reading aloud

Now at 64, 225 words. It's going well. Thinking about timelines and will the past mirror the future with the same amount of time passing at the same rate. This will affect the story. The question is swirling around my fevered brain today.

I read an excerpt (a chapter) to a classroom of grade 7 and 8 students. It was a surprisingly good experience. I chose one that contained many space-travel facts to engage the boys and some romance to engage the girls. I would certainly do that again!

Saturday, 14 April 2012

Back to Earth?

Ah, my heroes are on their way back to Earth.

The only question remaining is will they make it back to their future lives or not? They've done all they can to try to prevent a time-split. Will it be enough? I hope to know soon...

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

Great Books

I have been reading everything I could get my hands on about the physical realms of our amazing universe. After this wonderful journey I now highly recommend the following books:

(1) The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

(2) The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene

(3) Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos by Michio Kaku

(4) In Search of the Multiverse by John Gribbins

(5) The Cosmos by Carl Sagan

(6) A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

I also thoroughly enjoyed the personal diary of an astronaut that went to the moon in the 1960's. A better understanding of spaceship travel with a rocket ship can only help my writing! It is titled Carrying the Fire.

Sunday, 8 April 2012

Lovers and other muses

Our heroine, Jazlyn Martin, Jaz for short, and our hero, Will J. Hugh, have fallen deeply in love. This is a wonderful time for a writer because the characters take over completely in their desire and lust and drive the story to new heights!!! I've found this pair of lovers to be quite different from others I have known. They first met in a "mind-meld" where they explored and found each others brains to be very much to their liking before the lust hit. Perhaps because this is a pair of scientists who value intelligence and research above all things. At least until they met . . .

Thursday, 5 April 2012

Computer cliches and deja vos

Very little time to write this past 24 hours as I got a brand new computer and the learning curve and setting everything up took all my attention. Hopefully, that part is completed now and I can get back to the business of writing, though I don't consider it a "business", but the way I keep my sanity!

I am wrestling with how the ending will unfold in my book. I'm considering a deja vos ending that loops back to the beginning, much like a closed time loop would do. Seems appropriate, it's just getting there in the best way that's challenging . . .

Tuesday, 3 April 2012

The RX-8 Rocket

What a great writing bonanza! 5000 plus words spilled out over the two days. The Time Key is now at 30,000 words in total. Things are really heating up and new possibilities are presenting themselves in unexpected ways which means the characters now have the control. In a matter of a few days there will be a test run of the RX-8 Atlantis rocket to the far side of the moon. Will the traversable wormhole be all the scientists have hoped for? This week should tell the tale. . .

Monday, 2 April 2012

Our incredible universe!

“You know what blows me away about our known universe. It’s how it’s so ideally suited for life as we know it. For example, if the protons in an atom were just 0.2 more massive than they actually are, they would be unstable and decay into smaller particles. Atoms would not exist and neither would we! If gravity were just slightly more powerful, the consequences would be nearly as grave. It would cause stars to run through their fuel at a fraction of the time and sputter out before life as we know it had a chance to evolve. In other words, the universe is life-friendly. Too many coincidences to be mere accidents according to many scientists.”

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Multiverse

*Multiverse: Brian Greene's topic on Nova last evening got me to thinking. Will the separate time track that is created by the split in the past caused by backward time travel actually be a different multiverse instead? If each one is supposedly 'curled up', will a new one uncurl from this planned intervention/tinkering with the past? The show suggested that a vast number of these multiverses exist, perhaps peopled with exact replicas of you and I, but maybe a different outcome is in the range of possibilities? Opens an amazing set of opportunities for a writer. . .

Thursday, 29 March 2012

Wouldn't you love to change the past

My interest in time travel has come about because what if you could change the past? Save someone you loved? What kind of events would that set in motion for others. My scenario revolves around a plane crash and the idea of who's on standby to travel next, if the first person is kept from getting on. Who will die?

On an entirely different note: Watched a great special last evening on Quantum mechanics on Nova. Brian Greene really knows his stuff! Note to self, buy his book.

Sunday, 25 March 2012

"Splitting" Time...

One of my characters will be "splitting" time when he goes back to try to change the past, consequently causing much havoc to other's lives. This separate time-track will split space and change the present and the past and create a closed time loop. This brings up all kinds of issues that I look forward to working on shortly!

I have discovered that it is much harder to time travel to the past then to the future. So many more issues are involved. You begin to worry about such things as Time Police; that some unknown force will stop the passage as it is not allowed by the natural rules of our universe.
You begin to understand that space time in not intuitive--that most things that seem logical on Earth are not 'logical' in our galaxy. It's like learning to 'think' all over again and I could not be more fascinated. . .

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Mayan or not?

If we see time as a closed time loop to allow for time travel, then I need to find a distant past advanced civilization that will be able to give the characters in my book the coordinates in the fourth dimension (using a World time-line) of the transversable wormhole that has been previously used, thereby making it a plausible route back to the past. I'm thinking perhaps Mayan? Fascinating conundrum, which civilization to choose.

Sunday, 18 March 2012

Plausible Time Travel makes one really think...

Thinking about all the possibilities involved with plausible time travel is so invigorating! My mind is awash with ideas and plots and characters that would create the best possible first story in this brand new genre (to me that is). I am thrilled to be thinking about the cosmos, and Einstein's theory about general reality and ways to achieve my objective of going back into the past. Wormholes, Cosmic Strings, Black Holes and Kerr Rings...

In particular, thinking about "causality" today, the relationship between a first event (cause) and a second event (effect) as it relates to my favorite subject this spring, time travel. Looks like to avoid paradoxes into the past, I'll need to have the time machine invented before the time in the past it is needed to "fix" an event, with a character, for example. Definitely affects how the story will unfold, but I really want the story to be seen well by hard science people as well as churn up the imagination of all my hoped for readers! Wish me luck.