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In the movie Castaway,
if Tom Hanks unearthed a copy of Realms of Edenocht, how would that help
Tom find a way off the island?
In the Realms
of Edenocht two of the supporting characters are two brothers which are a small
race of jungle people called the Minca. They live in the dense jungles and are
very ingenious in using vines and planks made of bamboo and other materials
that make a massive arrangement of pully systems to carry water and items
through the jungle. Tom could use the cleverness of the Minca as an inspiration
to build himself a raft with a sail to sail off the island.
Everyone knows Miley Cyrus is the wild child in the music business. But she read your book and wants to let you know that it changed her life for the better. Why did your book give Miley a new lease on life?
Miley related to the character Amirra, who was given to an evil Necromancer and was a slave to the Shadow when she was a child. Miley had always been doing what everyone else wanted her to do like Amirra, but when Amirra met Nitida the Runecaster and learned that she had a choice and that the Shadow, aka. (the lable company) didn’t have control over her and that she could make her own choices, she decided to do things her way.
You have a chance to appear on the hit talent show for authors, American Book Idol, and the mighty judges will determine whether your book will make it to Hollywood and become a big screenplay. What would impress them more – your book cover, an excerpt or your best review – and why?
I believe and excerpt would impress the judges more because if Simon Cowel were
one of the judges I don’t think he would care what anyone else thought of the
book and if the cover was pretty or not. I believe he would want to hear for
himself the work itself and judge for himself the quality, depth, character and
charisma of the piece.
A homeless man was caught stealing your book out of a bookstore. When
asked why he did it, he opened the book and pointed a passage out. What
was that passage?
He opened to the passage where the Runecaster Nitida offers the chants on
Choice to Amirra, a slave to the Shadow. The piece illustrates how the power of
words can evoke a strength of choice within ourselves to change our
circumstances if we believe in ourselves.
The Arbor Day Foundation has decided to pick one tree in your honor because of your writing brilliance. What kind of tree is it and why did they choose that tree in relation to your book?
I would select the Waslick tree. It’s a poplar tree called, Liriodendron tulipifera or Tulip tree. A tree that grows to between 60 and 90ft tall and sometimes up to 150ft tall with most of its foliage in the highest elevations of the tree. It blooms a tulip like flower and grows in together in clumps making it a sturdy group of trees perfect for tree houses and fortress’s. It grows predominately in the Waslick Nantahala National Forest near Franklin NC. They are the inspired trees that grows on the Island of Torob and the tree house that Shaz grew up in.
First of all, I want to thank my husband and family for all of the years of support and encouragement to write the stories that were in our heart and the time we spent talking and laughing and make believing together. I want to thank everyone who gave me a chance and read my book, as a self-published author I know that can be a risky move, but I am forever thankful that you took the chance to look inside and found the incredibly unique story and adventure. With characters so real and raw and circumstances that are relatable to just about everyone with none of the old and tired clichés of the fantasy genre. Thank you to you the readers, to my fans, and to those of you who have gained new friends through my books.
About the Author
She went on to start beauty school, figuring she wasn’t college material. Suddenly, she learned that she wasn’t dumb after all. She was what is called a kinesthetic learner or ‘hands on’ learner. She LOVED it. She went on to do very well, for many years. Until, life got complicated. She had five children, a husband, and a disabled mother who now required constant care. While contemplating how to earn a little bit of extra income, now that doing hair wasn’t an option, a thought came to her.
‘Write a book’ it said.
She replied by looking around and with her finger pointing at herself, and said,
“Who me? I graduated high school with a 2.9 remember?”
The little thought came again, “Yes, you. Write a book.”
It so happened, that she told her younger sister a bedtime story almost every night as a child and had been telling her children nighttime stories for most of their lives, so she did. It took five years to learn from the internet, a few writing classes, some great blogs, a lot of practice, one very good editor and the awesome support of her family. But she did it. DS has a wonderful adaption of the intricately detailed structure of role playing games mixed with the vivid descriptions of the fantasy genre to create a unique world of elemental magic, wizards, sorcery and quest filled adventure unlike any adventure you have seen before.
Her latest book is the action adventure fantasy, Realms
of Edenocht Descendants and Heirs.
Website: www.dsjohnsonbooks.com
Website: www.dsjohnsonbooks.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DSJohnsonBooks
About the Book:
Shaz, Edenocht's forbidden War Wizard, his elemental mage
Serin and, miniature warriors, the Minca
begin their unsurmountable task of
securing the ancient artifacts, the Sev-Rin-Ac-Lava. Their first task of
finding the sheath to the sword Shaz already has, takes them to the realm of
their friends the Minca. The companions find themselves in a world torn open by
earthquakes and melted earth as the evil Necromancer Semias Trevelis
re-incarnates an ancient Runecaster to remake one of the ancient artifacts. The
only hope in closing the torn and scorched realm is with the help of the two
remaining descendants of the original mages of old, but Shaz doesn't even know
about them, to begin with, let alone who they are or how to find them. Riddick,
the Earth Sage, is deep in his own dilemma of figuring out his powers and the
appearance of new Islands in the Turbulent Reef, is
thrust from one realm to another until he meets back up with Shaz and the
others. Can Shaz and his friends outsmart the cosmic powers at play and bring
together the elements once again or will there be a ripple of desolation across
the planet?
