ipad

Word of mouth

presently messy, papers all over for shuffling too many ideas...have to get down to Planet Earth

I grew up in Canada. I'm originally from La Penitence in Guyana, located northeast of South America. I lived in Edmonton and in Toronto as a boy. My life in Guyana was surreal, almost dreamlike. It was great, riding in speed boats and on carnival parade floats. While living in Canada I wanted to make a family tree and I had asked one of great uncle for information, and he built a huge family tree. I always wanted to know more about Guyana. My writing days began in writing about my childhood days in Guyana. I wrote a series of 5 books called the Adventured of the Cottonfield Kids, and another series called The Cottonfield Kids Mysteries. I will be re-editing these books soon.

I first start writing songs at age 15, and I've never stopped writing songs since then. One of my cousin told that when I as a boy, maybe around age 11 or 12, I used to send letters to Guyana, telling all kinds of stories about things going on. I attempted writing my first sic-fi around age 20, and then let it sit as I write songs and entered university.

It's a historical fiction based on the Indian labourers that left India back in January 1838 and arrived in British Guiana (Guyana) in South America on May 5, 1838. My goal was to recreate history using real people, places and events, blended with fictional people, and events to create more of a love story, while teaching the history of that era.

I love the art, and that means writing for growth, enjoyment, and most of all for my satisfaction. I like the independence of being free to create without the politics or someone telling me what i should write.

So far, this is a medium for me to upload my work, track my work, and let others know where my work is. It also allows me to market my books.

The journey. The roads. Learning and growing and succeeding at it and getting to the end, and making it happen, and then seeing an amazing book cover and holding the book in my hand. I will be redoing a lot of my book covers soon.

I'm new to promoting my work. It's great when someone acknowledges my work and treats me with respect for the time and effort I put into creating my work and credit me for my work, especially when I come up with unique ideas.

I have many books and songs on the go. I will be re-editing books such as Signature with Love, which is a true story based on cats. I will also complete some other books and songs.

Carl Sagan; Deepak Chopra; Zakaria Sitchin; Bruce Lipton; Karen Armstrong...there are many more.

Knowing that I have to fulfil my duties in life, such as caring for others and completing important projects.

I enjoy bike riding, ice skaking, exercise, tai kwan do, and assisting others.

I haven't read any ebooks as yet, except for the synopsis on Smashwords when I log on. I'm so busy with my own work, that I hardly find time to read books by other authors

The first complete one is called "Laura Flew The Coop" which was the first children's book from the 5 book series called "The Adventure of the Cottonfield Kids."

I like to come up with ideas. Get the ideas down roughly without thinking too much about it. I let it flow, in whatever order they come in and then let them evolve. Later I begging to organize the ideas. I do not edit right away. I try to get a layout, and after that then I may fix up a few things. I continue to expand without wasting time editing. Once I see a rough book evolving, then I go back and do a quick edit. I let it unfold more and then edit again, removing the fluff. Once I feel I have a book with the story, then I start cleaning up more and adding a bit of flavour to the writing. I repeat this process a few more times.

As a child in Guyana, we always told stories. There were so many, that the first one that comes to mind is Bera Nancy, but don't remember any of it. I used to trade comic books, but at that time I didn't enjoy reading; I like looking at the pictures instead.

I like to sketch out something quickly to get an idea, and then start looking for pictures that may work. I try a few layouts and graphics and writing.

Cosmo by Carl Sagan
Ageless Body Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra
The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton
The Field by (I believe by Karen Armstrong)
Self Confident (I think it's by Anthony Roberts)

I like self-help books such as books by the Buddha and how he cultivate his practices. By reading such books, I come to understand more about what religion and prayers is all about.

How do I market this series of book and get it out there, knowing that there are many out there who do not know about this history, and may want to learn about it?