Saturday, March 27, 2010

Darwin Blinks will now be 2 books

Darwin Blinks will be released in two sections; the first will be Darwin Blinks: Alpha (coming soon, they say) and the second will be Darwin Blinks: Omega. Each book will have its own unique cover, Alpha will feature the FireWheel of Darwin's visions and the cover of Darwin Blinks: Omega will be of The Marbles. Besides symbolizing 'beginning' and 'end', those are terms associated with christianity, so I'm utilizing the titles in an ironic sense. Finally, the division of the novel into two books represents myself, first, from the original inspiration of the book project the anti-christian worldview pitted against a country that was leaning towards theocracy, and second, representing my recent study of metaphysics, and my full endorsement of the existence of a metaphysical plane of reality. This knowledge and 'change of heart' enabled me to coalesce the original, but murky and undefined metaphysical aspects of the novel (particularly Darwin's "visions" early in the novel, and then the revelation that Ms. Cabal is a metaphysical being. Now all of those previously potentially contradictory 'spiritual' elements fit snugly into the novel reflecting my total worldview, along with the original, anti-christian themes and the themes of cultural transcendence, the latter of which will be explored in the second novel with the formation of the FireWheel Cult and then The Marbles.

Publishing two books allows me to get the 'world' of Darwin Grimm out there in the world.