Irina's Quest - a science fiction romance

Trailer for Jade Seas

The Essence of Romance

No matter what genre a movie or book is, a romance imprints the story forever in our minds. Whether the story takes place in outer space, deep in a cave, or during a war, a romance allows a story to be told where it's important to the reader what the outcome will be. In a romance, the audience always cares. No one can sit on the sidelines in a romance. They are always rooting for a happy outcome. Love involves everyone.

A story without romance is like walking through the desert without water. How can the audience latch on to the hope and the innermost feelings of the hero and heroine?

Romance readers know this. They read romance to fall in love, that's true, but they know that to be a really good story, there needs to be two people who are dying to be together.

I'd also like to point out here that overall romance is love. For example, in the movie GLORIA, the romance wasn't between adults, it was mother-son love that was blossoming. True romance readers will know what I mean. A true romance is a story where loves transcends all.

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Green

I guess you could say that I'm obsessed with green, no not kelly
green or hunter green, I mean the concept that we have to be good to
this earth for it to continue allowing us to inhabit it. Yes, I said
that right. The Earth doesn't need us, we need the Earth.

We're just little parasites that bother Mother Earth. And one day
she'll let us know when she's had enough of us.

That's what happened in Irina's Quest. Mother Earth rebelled and rid
herself of human life and that's why Irina and her crew are
barreling through outer space looking for a new planet.

Don't worry, there is enough time for love and romance. Ken, an
alien from a more evolved group of humans is attracted to Irina and
joins her in her quest for a new home.

Although I don't want to give away too much, Ken lets her know that
the human race learns its lessons very slowly and that her people
may very well ruin the second planet they inhabit also.

Sad, huh? - that we are so hardheaded we'll probably pollute this
planet to the point we'll have to leave. And if you believe Ken,
it's possible we'll make the same mistake once we find out second
planet out there.

Can't we change what we're doing? Can't we evolve?

Actually, Irina has a choice. She can join Ken (he's a great lover -
alien sex is the greatest) people and enjoy life or she can lead her
people to peace and prosperity.

Which do you think she'll choose? Should she be dedicated to
teaching people who don't always listen to reason or go off with the
great lover of her life?

What I finished in 2008

I'm proud to say that with all the work I've done what with starting my own technical writing company, Techni-Lingo Corporation, I was able to start and finish "Jade Seas" in 2008. In fact, I just finished it in the nick of time. And, I've subbed it to Red Rose.

All my readers will enjoy reading about Jade and her swashbuckling pirate. It's set in Annapolis and Baltimore, Maryland and features a very "green" theme when Jade opens up a solar and wind art gallery.

Even though she knows it's crazy, she falls in love with Captain Alejandro Valdivia, a pirate she summons from his grave unknowingly.

Will Jade be able to leave her gallery to join Alejandro in the Caribbean? Or will she end up in jail because of her cousin's fiance?

More in 2008

Recently I signed a contract with Red Rose for a delightful story called "Raquel's Abel". Raquel's a very large woman, with a ghost with a very large crush on her. And, Raquel's grandmother thinks she's Anastasia Romanov. The old woman must be crazy - or is she?

And Abel, a World War I ghost wandering around her house, can be very mischievous. Can he persuade her not to have the gastric bypass? After all, he likes every pound of her.

So much has happened in 2008

Where do I begin? First, I published my first and only science fiction novel, Irina's Quest. It was a great challenge to write, but it certainly did turn out to be an exciting story. I call it a "green" and sobering story. It's about Irina, the ship's captain, after Earth has been destroyed, well, destroyed for human life to exist there. Irina's quest is to find another inhabitable planet for her people. She has some very dangerous enemies, but the saving grace is that she finds Ken, a very hot human from another galaxy. I won't tell you the outcome, but having sex with an alien won't let you down.

Just published my second newsletter

I am enjoying publishing a newsletter.

This time I had the privilege of interviewing Sonja Foust and I got two articles on web design, one from Nicola Beaumont on designing for different size monitors, and another from Deb Tompkins full of hints and tips for designing web pages.

I also included two articles from myself, one on making video trailers, and another on why I decided to write about a "big" heroine.

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