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Pia

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I'm grateful for the generous feedback I received here, which improved my writing no end. I had to work for it. My best advice for newcomers - if you want feedback, give it ☼

I can be contacted through my website (blog,) see link below, where I post weekly what's on my mind and occasionally share short stories in instalments.

The few chapters posted here do not reflect edits and changes. The novel is complete at 120 000 words and has been re-named.

I have recently signed a publishing agreement with a small, devoted publisher. 'Cabal of Mirrors' will be released as e-book and POD in spring 2014.

A sequel I'm working on loops into the future - and is both a Science of the Heart and a Science Fiction.

A bit about me appeared on the authonomy blog:
http://blog.authonomy.com/2011/01/authonomy-showcase-ashen-venema.html

There are BRILLIANT BOOKS on the authonomy site. Since they would make a long list, I mention only one, for impact - it's on my shelf - deeply touching and original ... 'Last Days of the Transitional Objects Institute' by Andrea Levine.

favourite books

Authors ...

1001 Nights - 1001 Nights - 1001 Nights - 1001 Nights

Grimm Brother's, Alice, Huckleberry, Jack Vance, 2 Banks, J.L. Borges, I. Allende, Garcia Marquez, D. Lessing, Ian Mc Ewan, Murakami, S.Faulks, R.Eco, Anthony Stevens, Seamus Heaney, E. Dickinson, C.G. Jung, T.S. Eliot, Ibn Arabi, Rumi ....
Start again - Joseph Campbell, F. Herbert, Harper Lee, C. Ruiz Zafon, BB, The Little Green Men go down the Stream, Ramsay Wood - Kalila and Dimna, Selected Fables of Bidpai, Muriel Spark, R. Chandler, Fowles, Italio Calvino, J. L. Borges, Bruce Chatwin, Sebald, Markus Zusak, Idries Shah, Tahir Shah .... Course of Mirrors ...

my websites

http://www.courseofmirrors.wordpress.com    

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my books

Course of Mirrors

Ashen Venema

Gran gazed right through me with a solemn air. ‘We must never give up our search for The Real,’ she said.


Isolated for years as the result of a pandemic and confounded by the bitter rift between her parents, 19-year-old Ana has a numinous experience.

… Everything around me shimmered from within itself. I was bridge, river, riverbed and water falling from the cliff, the aria of water. I was air, breeze and water dust rising. I was mirror to mirrors - looking from beyond mirrors ...

Empowered; Ana travels along the River Gazal to find Cara, her soul-sister from a parallel future, who predicted their lives would conjoin in the West. Her quest is burdened with the secrecy of a confidential letter entrusted to her by Gran for the King of Itaka. Disguising her identity she crosses dangerous bridges between her parents' contrasting realms, battles outer and inner enemies and discovers her gift. She meets Luke, an artisan and twin to a maverick preacher, neither of whom is aware of the other’s existence or their true parentage. As the brothers fight over her, and family betrayals unravel in Itaka, Ana’s deeper quest begins.

This is the mystical journey of a woman who realises the creative power of what is reflected in the heart.

 

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zan wrote 23 days ago

Good luck with the negotiations with that publisher, Pia. Thanks for ....

BeeJoy wrote 24 days ago

Hello. How are you? I would appreciate to switch comments and feedbac....

flygurl wrote 24 days ago

Hey Pia, I am the author of Keep Your Friends Close & Your Co-Work....

zan wrote 25 days ago

Hi Pia, Gosh, apologies--long time since you sent last message on he....

Ted Cross wrote 64 days ago

You're very kind, Pia. Thank you. Ted

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I wrote 145 days ago

Lovely surprise, I'm enjoying reading Margaret Anthony again. Engaging writing, rich depiction of human nature that convinces through the subtleties of detail. Will read on ... Pia view book

I wrote 513 days ago

Entwined ... by Rodney Jonez ... A very satisfying read, with a whiff of metaphysics. Evelyn's voice is fresh and likeable. The food-terms made me smile ... hamberry bagel, deep fried breaded choke hearts ... and the Zin thing ... and, having read in your previous works, the link to The other Mr. ... view book

I wrote 576 days ago

Sarah - Of Nature and Man - Thanks for bringing your poems to my attention. I read half-way, addicted :) It's not often that I find poetry I like here. Some great lines, and much passion. Will come back for more. Pia view book

I wrote 644 days ago

Hi Andrea, check out the authonomy blog via the homepage today. Your story is today's (Wednesday's) choice. Best Luck, Pia view book

I wrote 661 days ago

Ha, ha, like meeting old friends. A wonderful book that gifts fragments of inspiration to any poetry lover and writer, irrespective of my few contributions :) Thanks again to all. Still waiting for the come-back from the poetry society. They had a major leadership crisis which was just resolved. ... view book

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