tag:gaia.com,2008,:Gaia http://groups.gaia.com/creative_spirit/discussions/feeds/thread/365038 en-us 1 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:40:03 GMT Gaia: Creative Spirit - What is your creative gift to the world? - Help get my novel published! http://22.gaia.com Stultus tag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-365038 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:40:03 GMT http://groups.gaia.com/creative_spirit/conversations/view/365038 <p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 5px">Dear friends,<div><br /></div><div>Please forgive me if this is not the correct place to post this information. I have been a member of Zaadz (Gaia) for quite a long time now and love the positive atmosphere it (and its members) have created.</div><div><br /></div><div>I&#39;m currently in the process of writing my first novel (I&#39;m about half way through). Its aim is to present a positive look at spiritual/esoteric &quot;abilities&quot;. The protagonist (Ethan) is gay -- in my opinion, there aren&#39;t enough positive gay role models in the media (or books) today.</div><div><br /></div><div>I&#39;m aware that it can be VERY difficult to get a book published these days, particularly if it doesn&#39;t happen to fit into a pre-defined genre. What would help is if I could show that there is a readership for &quot;esoteric fiction&quot;.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don&#39;t enjoy &quot;publicising&quot; myself in this way, but sometimes it&#39;s necessary to achieve something different, eh?</div><div><br /></div><div>I would be deeply grateful if you could spare a few minutes to visit my website and sign the guestbook.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>www.ethankingnovel.com</div><div><br /></div><div>Feel free to post this link in others places if you think it may be of interest.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks in advance!</div><div><br /></div><div>Martin</div></div></span> </p>