Author and artist Dianne
Lynn Gardner talks about her book Pouraka today on In Good Company. Check out
the cover on this one. This is an example of her great work as a fine artist.
This is one multi-talented individual.
Linda asked me to tell you all
what is ‘uppermost’ in my mind.
Wow!
Well I can tell you my projects
and I think you can guess that they are uppermost in my mind. Crazy me, I’ve
been working on an Indie film from one of my books (YA fantasy), putting myself
in the executive producer, producer and director’s chair. Add to that editing a
novel to query (a vampire comedy) and the launch of two books, I’m not too sure
I even have a mind left. And if I do it’s pretty much been split up in
fragments.
What I would love to tell you
about on Linda’s blog is my new novel Pouraka, which will be launched
officially on Valentine’s Day, but we’re taking pre orders now.
Pouraka is a mermaid story that I
tag as an Underwater Romance.
Why for heaven’s sake did I write
a mermaid story, you ask? After having written a long series about dragons and
portals and time travel fantasies, how did I end up penning a tale about two mers in love?
I have a passion for the sea. I
grew up on the coast. Beach combing was my favorite past time and I still
remember walking the sandy shores on wet foggy days, listening to the constant
rumble of the surf and lonely calls of the sea gulls. There aren’t many books
that I’ve written that don’t have a touch of sea breeze and white caps in them.
I love myths and legends and
parables that explain the reason why things happen. Like thunder comes from an
angry God or girls like Pandora can open a box of troubles with their
curiosity.
Pouraka is a fairy tale about
make believe sea people who could have lived. Who knows? Perhaps they, like
many other species are now extinct, and only their stories are left for us to
hear.
I have written a prologue to
Pouraka. It’s called Sasha and its up on Amazon as a separate book(let). It’s
only six pages. But it sets the scene for Pouraka. I hope you enjoy both of the
stories.
Synopsis to Pouraka (Pour ah kah)
Pouraka is a magical sea cavern
tucked under the rocky cliffs near Barnacle Bay. Cora, a Pouraka mer, is torn
between her friends in the seaside town, and her true love Tas, a foreign mer
whose people fled when men invaded their waters.
Life becomes more difficult for all mers. An arrogant oil rigger's son, Tom, finds the bay and the rich aquatic life it harbors. When Tas attempts to rescue a pod of dolphins from Tom's gill net, he is captured to be sold to a theme park. Cora hears changes into human form and travels south to find him, risking her life to free him.
Time away from Pouraka leaves the cavern vulnerable, and a new threat arises when tourists discover its magic.
Life becomes more difficult for all mers. An arrogant oil rigger's son, Tom, finds the bay and the rich aquatic life it harbors. When Tas attempts to rescue a pod of dolphins from Tom's gill net, he is captured to be sold to a theme park. Cora hears changes into human form and travels south to find him, risking her life to free him.
Time away from Pouraka leaves the cavern vulnerable, and a new threat arises when tourists discover its magic.
I painted
the cover for Pouraka and the photograph for Sasha was from our trip to CA at Ano Nuevo where the elephant seals beach.
Thank you so much for the lovely post!!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Dianne. Thank you for participating.
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