Happy Leap Day, everyone! This is a day for making up lost time, for
taking chances that don’t come around very often. In that light, I am very pleased to announce
a new project to be launched on March 21: my very first online publication of
fiction, “Tales of Love from the Stolen Earth.” The
website may look like an ordinary blog, but don’t be
fooled. I am running it entirely in the
persona of a very special entity: Asa’el, principality cupid, probationary
first wing, north-west quadrant. That’s
right—in just a few weeks, I will be getting my wings.
Asa’el
lives in a world where angels are not the primary warriors in the battle
against the Enemy. Angels, having no
free will of their own, no uniqueness, do not have the same power that humans
do. With that power invested in us comes
risk, however, as we can choose to use it wrongly. Angels, then, serve as guides in everything we
do. There are Fortunes who guide the
good and back luck in our lives, Justices who watch out for right versus wrong,
Guardians who protect us from physical and spiritual dangers, and yes, Cupids,
whose role it is to protect love in all its forms.
A
new cupid, Asa’el is journeying to the Stolen Earth—the Garden claimed by the
Enemy in the Fall—to begin his first assignment with a human couple. He is a great lover of stories and
information, and believes that he must contribute to the Repository—the heavenly
collection of universal knowledge. For
this, he has chosen a human method, and thus, his blog recounting his work to
his fellow angels.
I’ve
been very interested lately in viewpoints of humanity from outside of
humanity. The main character of my
science fiction novel, Youngest, is one of those; now Asa’el is another. It’s been refreshing to work in his voice,
which is much more cheerful and humorous than Youngest’s. Trust me, though, it isn’t going to be all
hearts and roses for our newest Cupid friend.
He will face discrimination, miscommunication, sin and pain,
disappointment, and a very challenging redheaded woman.
I’m
very excited about this project, and I hope you will be, too. The first post will go up on the first day of
spring when a new year of love begins. Stolen
Earth is my first foray into the world of online publication, and I’m leaping
in. Here’s hoping my Guardian is with
me!
Note: I owe thanks to Rob Mening for assistance in
setting up the blog site. If you’re also
looking into starting something new online, definitely check out his free
online guide at http://websitesetup.org/. It was an enormous help for me!
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