Showing posts with label Dremiks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dremiks. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
The Story Before the Story
As if I have no clue about “what’s at stake.” Like I somehow forgot the war that raged during my entire childhood and killed four hundred million people.
The Hudson would carry her forty member crew and one hundred fifty colonists on a seven month journey to Dremiks—a Saturn-sized planet
These brief lines from the first two pages of "Dremiks" offer the succinct backstory of the novel. Humanity has been at war--as it always is-- and has nearly destroyed itself once again. Aliens need help from humans and offer technology in exchange for that help. They also broker a peace. In their naivete, the Dremikians believe that human beings will move past pettiness and genocide once presented with a uniting cause beyond the solar system. The story of "Dremiks" explores the challenges human's face in trying to overcome the harsh Universe and our own brutal natures.
This is why my weekly offerings for Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday will now take the form of snippets serializing the backstory of "Dremiks". Each week, readers will get a ten sentence look at the journal of a man imprisoned for following his conscience. He gets to be caustic, sarcastic, despondent, and insightful because no one cares what he writes. He's been sent to Lunar colony to die.
He is prisoner 1138. His journal is our cautionary tale.
The Hudson would carry her forty member crew and one hundred fifty colonists on a seven month journey to Dremiks—a Saturn-sized planet
orbiting the sun Santalas. Santalas, its system of six planets, and its corner of the universe had been unknown twenty-five years before.
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These brief lines from the first two pages of "Dremiks" offer the succinct backstory of the novel. Humanity has been at war--as it always is-- and has nearly destroyed itself once again. Aliens need help from humans and offer technology in exchange for that help. They also broker a peace. In their naivete, the Dremikians believe that human beings will move past pettiness and genocide once presented with a uniting cause beyond the solar system. The story of "Dremiks" explores the challenges human's face in trying to overcome the harsh Universe and our own brutal natures.
Before the Hudson's journey, though, there was a war. Admiral O'Connell rose to power during that war, dragging his motherless daughter along on his quest for prestige. Four hundred million people died during Maggie's childhood as a direct result of the war. Many more died from so called "natural causes". Alliances and countries tumbled at the same time that an alien race made first contact. There is a story here that needs to be told.
This is why my weekly offerings for Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday will now take the form of snippets serializing the backstory of "Dremiks". Each week, readers will get a ten sentence look at the journal of a man imprisoned for following his conscience. He gets to be caustic, sarcastic, despondent, and insightful because no one cares what he writes. He's been sent to Lunar colony to die.
He is prisoner 1138. His journal is our cautionary tale.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
KBR "Best Indie Books of 2012" Finalist
Not long after I released Dremiks, I stumbled upon The Kindle Book Review. They had several advertising options, offered reviews of indie books, and were taking submissions for a contest. I didn't have the money for the advertising, and didn't yet meet their requirements for review requests, but I took a chance and entered the contest.
In July, Jeff Bennington and his talented review team picked as semi-finalists 25 books from each category. Since that day, The Kindle Book Review has been faithfully Tweeting, Facebook posting, and reviewing the books chosen to be semi-finalists.
August 2nd, my husband broke his leg in three places, playing Ultimate Frisbee, of all things. On Friday, August 31st, Paragon Studios closed it's doors, laying off the entire staff, including my husband, a talented game producer with eleven years experience in the industry. The very next day, September 1st, I stopped to check my email before I went to run errands and got another shock:
"Dremiks", my first published novel, had made the Top 5 Finalists in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category.
I was--AM-- blown away by this honor. The other books in the finals are great reads by very talented authors. I encourage you to follow the links in this post and then buy every single one of the books that made the semi-finals and finals.
For all of you who have purchased "Dremiks", recommended it to your friends, and reviewed it: Thank you.
In July, Jeff Bennington and his talented review team picked as semi-finalists 25 books from each category. Since that day, The Kindle Book Review has been faithfully Tweeting, Facebook posting, and reviewing the books chosen to be semi-finalists.
August 2nd, my husband broke his leg in three places, playing Ultimate Frisbee, of all things. On Friday, August 31st, Paragon Studios closed it's doors, laying off the entire staff, including my husband, a talented game producer with eleven years experience in the industry. The very next day, September 1st, I stopped to check my email before I went to run errands and got another shock:
"Dremiks", my first published novel, had made the Top 5 Finalists in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category.
I was--AM-- blown away by this honor. The other books in the finals are great reads by very talented authors. I encourage you to follow the links in this post and then buy every single one of the books that made the semi-finals and finals.
For all of you who have purchased "Dremiks", recommended it to your friends, and reviewed it: Thank you.
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