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New Novel 2016
My next novel, out late 2016, will be a fairy-tale for adults and the young-at-heart.
Epiphany of Sorts
I have always wanted to write a tale of fantasy for the YA market (Young Adult) because a part of me lives in this world. I have tried on a few occasions to pen a gripping tale of fantasy, but it never gelled. It felt false and hackneyed and I like to think I write original stories. However, I've had a tiny epiphany and realize that I can write a modern-day, contemporary story (like my other books), but with a Gothic fairy-tale inside it. My new book will be for adults and the young-at-heart. I have begun to work on this new untitled novel and I'm loving the atmosphere of the book and how the seemingly impossible becomes possible ( a theme that runs through my books) and now that I think about it, my previous novels do have an element of the fantastic. I LOVE how fantasy, reality, and fiction melt into one. A book should take its Reader to another place where anything is possible, a dreamlike world.
Let's see where this takes us.
Let's see where this takes us.
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German Volunteers Needed...
I'm currently writing my new novel (Untitled)which is partly based in Germany. I'm looking for Readers who have German names or wish to volunteer appropriate German names to be included in my 2016 novel - a modern-day fairy-tale.
PS, I'm also considering other names for various characters. I could come up with them myself, but I'm an Indie writer (for the people, by the people) and want to make this a collaborative project (though I do spend hours on my own in my underground writing-room and that is sacred).
Jon
PS, I'm also considering other names for various characters. I could come up with them myself, but I'm an Indie writer (for the people, by the people) and want to make this a collaborative project (though I do spend hours on my own in my underground writing-room and that is sacred).
Jon
'Untitled' Novel 2016 Synopsis
Jack shares his fiancée’s heart in more ways than he would care to admit…
Weeks following a horrific accident, Jack wakes on a hospital bed with his bride-to-be’s heart – Jeanie’s heart – pumping in his chest.
In death, Jeanie has saved Jack’s life…
What at first is a gift beyond comprehension, soon becomes a dark obsession for Jack. With every thump-thump of Jeanie’s heart, Jack is forever reminded that he owes his life to his dead lover.
Unable to find closure, Jack decides to stop his borrowed beating heart…
Until Jeanie’s best friend and Jack’s old enemy, Ruthy, tells Jack about an eccentric old character, Count Olenberg, in a German fairy-tale.
Count Olenberg, who lived on the side of a mountain in the Black Forest of Germany, was also a clock-maker and, according to the tale, was in possession of a very special clock. Instead of the clock turning its hands to the beat of the world; the world turns to the beat of the clock’s hands. It is a time-machine.
Apparently, Count Olenberg's reclusive descendent is reputed to be still in possession of this very special clock.
In utter desperation, Jack and Ruthy travel to the Black Forest of Germany.
A therapeutic guilt-trip and a way to finally lay Jeanie’s memory to rest soon becomes a dilemma, which Jack and Ruthy never saw coming…
They find themselves living a fairy-tale in a fairy-tale, where matters of the heart know no bounds.
Weeks following a horrific accident, Jack wakes on a hospital bed with his bride-to-be’s heart – Jeanie’s heart – pumping in his chest.
In death, Jeanie has saved Jack’s life…
What at first is a gift beyond comprehension, soon becomes a dark obsession for Jack. With every thump-thump of Jeanie’s heart, Jack is forever reminded that he owes his life to his dead lover.
Unable to find closure, Jack decides to stop his borrowed beating heart…
Until Jeanie’s best friend and Jack’s old enemy, Ruthy, tells Jack about an eccentric old character, Count Olenberg, in a German fairy-tale.
Count Olenberg, who lived on the side of a mountain in the Black Forest of Germany, was also a clock-maker and, according to the tale, was in possession of a very special clock. Instead of the clock turning its hands to the beat of the world; the world turns to the beat of the clock’s hands. It is a time-machine.
Apparently, Count Olenberg's reclusive descendent is reputed to be still in possession of this very special clock.
In utter desperation, Jack and Ruthy travel to the Black Forest of Germany.
A therapeutic guilt-trip and a way to finally lay Jeanie’s memory to rest soon becomes a dilemma, which Jack and Ruthy never saw coming…
They find themselves living a fairy-tale in a fairy-tale, where matters of the heart know no bounds.
'Untitled' New Novel 2016 inspiration
My new novel has been inspired by the following in no particular order…
Number 1. Not so long ago, my little girl Chloe, four years old, ran across the street and was just inches from being knocked down by a car. I almost lost my life as she almost did. I panicked, raw fear. I asked myself how I would live with myself if anything happened to her and the thoughts of the time-machine did enter my head…
This horrible morning provided the spark for my new novel in 2016 'untitled'.
Number 2. I have a grandfather clock dated 1782 and if you look into the face long enough you will begin to see the past. I also have a wood carved antique table. It is laden with folkloric and mythical beasts, dragons, fauns, and beautiful sirens.
Mix all of this up with a heart transplant and a doomed roller coaster ride and you've got your novel.
oh, and love...
Number 1. Not so long ago, my little girl Chloe, four years old, ran across the street and was just inches from being knocked down by a car. I almost lost my life as she almost did. I panicked, raw fear. I asked myself how I would live with myself if anything happened to her and the thoughts of the time-machine did enter my head…
This horrible morning provided the spark for my new novel in 2016 'untitled'.
Number 2. I have a grandfather clock dated 1782 and if you look into the face long enough you will begin to see the past. I also have a wood carved antique table. It is laden with folkloric and mythical beasts, dragons, fauns, and beautiful sirens.
Mix all of this up with a heart transplant and a doomed roller coaster ride and you've got your novel.
oh, and love...
If you like dark comedies and modern fairy-tales-in-fairy-tales, then go on and 'Add' my upcoming novel...
If you like dark comedies and modern fairy-tales-in-fairy-tales, then go on and 'Add' my upcoming novel...
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My 1782 Swedish grandfather clock which plays a role in my new novel
This clock has been a big inspiration for me in the writing of my new book which should be available around April. Part of the book takes place in the year 1782 and this clock is a real character in the book. Sometimes if I look into the face of the clock long enough, I feel that I'm going back in time.
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Last Call...
Last call for those of you who would like to see your name in my next novel
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
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