MYSTERY SHE WROTE...
BEHIND THE SUN
This mystical-mystery-thriller was manuscript number three...
And, thinking back, its plot roots were likely due to my great-grandmother. Mattie Luella Bateman attended church every Sunday. But that wasn't so notable as the fact that each church, temple, synagogue, tabernacle, mosque etc... represented a different religion every Sunday.
As a result, my mother was completely comfortable with all spiritual beliefs which in their foundation she saw as amazingly parallel. Also, mother read everything and so did my maternal grandfather. I grew up with stacks of National Geographics from the 1930s on, two sets of encyclopedias, as well as books on every known religion. [The other books came from our local library, for which my dad was relieved because they eventually left the house, and he didn't need to build more shelves to hold them...]
Anyway, while I was still in high school my mother discovered Ruth Mongomery, journalist turned New Age author of several metaphysical based books. From Ruth Montgomery Mom drifted to the readings of Edgar Casey then some years later to a contemporary author Dr. Deepak Chopra. Curious too, I followed along...
My six main characters were an ensemble that eight literary agents were surprised I had tackled, because it shouldn't have worked. And though each was keenly interested in how I managed to do what I did, none were entirely sure how to market it - so in turn each one decided to pass. Encouraging rejection letters that praised my writing style, character development and plot organization was still rejection.
Regardless, writers truly need to consider suggestions and criticisms, but not absorb them. That is don't lose sight of your 'sight'. So, undaunted and likely too stupid or stubborn to give up, I believed in this rather unusual approach to some history, with archeology and destiny.
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Before "The DaVinci Coade" what really happened, "In the beginning..."
Where is Eden?
A lone archaeologist, Dr Guy Williams devoted the last half of his career to secure proof of a culture that thrived within other known ancient cultures. Further, Dr. Williams not only believed they existed contributing to unexplained social leaps within several ancient societies in science, medicine, law and education--he was convinced the unique culture did not die out.
Dr. Jack Sutter, aware of Guy Williams' work - seeking distance and distraction from a haunting indiscretion - gathers a distinguished collection of five other professionals - who also sign on for private reasons than scientific discovery. The odyssey takes the group from their predictable, comfortable careers to military volatility in northern Africa and a jolting discovery that throws accepted beliefs under the hooves of prevailing convictions... [Please let me know what you think.]
Author website: Patchwork Publishing, LLC
Read full chapters via: Sherrie Todd-Beshore | Substack
**Every writer's journey is the same, but different...In "FROM THERE TO HERE" a memoir, [of sorts] I share more detail of 'my' unique journey that may be of some help to others who find themselves compelled to write too...