Post date: Aug 05, 2010 9:3:29 PM
I've been posting on the Amazon Kindle boards to try to tell people about my book. I have seen some results, which is pleasing. I have also been asked questions there by some of my readers, and I'd like to share a couple of the more interesting ones now:
Sylvia Oliver says:
so now Im curious, what is this book about?? other then color and imagry?? im pretty old and have white hair...never mind...i looked it up and seems to be a fairy tale for adults...
Noah K. Mullette-Gillman says:
Sylvia, yeah that's a fair description.
Some people might see it as a bit of a contradiction. On the one hand it's about a creature named Farshoul who's something like a Yeti or an Abominable Snowman. The story starts with his first experiments in Astral Projection. He goes off and explores the world inside of the wind... but when he comes back he's told that he didn't actually leave his body, that he imagined the whole thing.
On the other hand I think it's quite a sophisticated story that will be best appreciated by people who have lived and who have lost some parts of themselves in the process. My hope is that you will identify with Farshoul when he loses this essential component, and then maybe when he turns around and fights to get that part of himself back.... well maybe you'll be able to take some similar steps in your own psyche!
Not too ambitious!;)
Janine Hager says:
Dear Mr. Mullette-Gillman,
Have you ever had a out-of-body experience? If so, did you use some of that experience in the book?
Kind Regards,
Janine M. Gerade
Noah K. Mullette-Gillman says:
Janine,
I'm not sure of the answer to this question. I had to think about it. I remember an experience I had with my friend Mike just after high school. We were in his backyard, talking about life; talking about the girl who had stood me up for a date that night, when a circle appeared to open in the clouds above us.
We weren't drinking, neither of us did drugs.
Then in the center, this face seemed to appear, like a bearded man - a God or Zeus sort of a face. We both had the sensation that it was getting closer to us. We quietly watched it getting large and nearer for quite a while.
Then I spoke out loud and said "What do you want?"
And we each had the sensation of falling for just a second.
It was strange and I don't claim that I know what happened. Maybe we each had too much imagination, or maybe something unusual really did happen. I don't know, but to me it doesn't matter what the "truth" of the experience might be. We each had a "real" subjective experience.
Did this influence the book? Maybe, but not more than other experiences I've had when there's a big storm and I feel connected with the wind and the power of the rain. I don't have an opinion on whether astral projection is "possible." That couldn't possibly matter to me less. In the realm of myth and dream it certainly does exist. It has its place in human experience.
P.S. I just had a second interview go up. David Wiseheart interviewed me for Kindle Author and asked some really interesting questions:
http://kindle-author.blogspot.com/2010/08/interview-noah-k-mullette-gillman.html
Locke says:
Hello Mr. Mullette-Gillman, thanks for taking the time to post in this discussion. I wanted to know, how do you get your ideas? Have you published any other books?
Noah K. Mullette-Gillman says:
Locke, a lot of writers will tell you that they hate being asked where their ideas come from. I think they like to imagine that they just appear in their heads magically as some birth right, not requiring effort on their part. I think that's a terrible myth for them to push.
I have worked very hard for many years to inspire myself. Any artist has to do exactly this. I take care when I choose what books to read, movies to watch, places to travel. It is very important to give yourself the right input in order to generate the kind of output that you would like to see. You have to put a lot of work into cultivating an imagination and not simply assume that it will take care of itself!
So, to answer your question: I read a lot of books on old myths and legends, druidry, magic, folk-tales, and quite a bit of history. I read more non-fiction than I do fiction. I have done quite a bit of traveling and wherever I go I seek out the mysterious and strange. When I was in Prague I made sure to go on the "Haunted Prague" tour, spend a lot of time in the marionette shops, explore the grounds of the Castle, and spend time talking to the prettiest girl in the whole country!
But an important point I'd like to make is: I'm never looking for ideas to STEAL. I'm simply trying to get a feel for the magical and wonderful so that I can create new magical and maybe even wonderful things.
This is my first published novel. I have had a few articles published online. One was about the last U2 album, and two were about the movie Coraline. (I got to visit Henry Selick's set in Portland!!!!) :) But I do hope to have more books published in the course of the next year.
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