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Monday, March 24, 2014

Wonder what you can do to save the world?

SpaceHive

Wonder what you can do for yourself?
Wonder what you can do for the world?
Would you consider saving the world like Jason did?
He was 12 years old and his friend was from northern India. His friend was Muslim and his name was Aadab Ali.
How about that?
Together they saved the world.
So can you. One gesture at a time.


Bigfoot Boy: Lost on Earth

Joey and Errl were bullied, each in their own way. Read how they fought back.

Read these two books now on your eReader or take a print book home. 




Friday, September 13, 2013

Alien Stories


Alien stories of fear, humor, and courage

SpaceHive lands on Earth


Alien stories of giant, angry bees and wasps are stories of terror to anyone allergic to bee or wasp stings.

Read SpaceHive for a ride of fear, humor, and courage.

Meet 12-year-old Jason and his South Asian pal


12-year-old Jason Anderson battles for his life and the lives of humanity on a world engaged in nuclear war with the Black Watch from a planet 8 light years away.

His new friend, Aadab Ali from India, battles shoulder to shoulder with Jason as they remain Earth's last hope.

See the video, feel Earth's near defeat

 

Buy SpaceHive in eBook or Print

Alien stories of family values, two brave young men, and a voyage to India and beyond await you here

$3.03 US on Amazon, you save seven dollars, or buy the print book and hold the awesomeness in your hands!


Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Radio talk show hostess Naz Sohni Uppal



Naz Sohni Uppal is the Radio South Asia Friday hostess of a show called Naz at Night that runs from 10 p.m. to midnight on World FM 101.7.
South Asian woman

Their website promises "only the quirky and esoteric need apply" for anyone interested in an interview with Naz.

She has asked to interview me, as the author of SpaceHive, a middle grade/young adult novel that takes place partially in India. 

SpaceHive features Jason Anderson, the 12-year-old Canadian protagonist, with a South Asian Muslim young man named Aadab Ali and his Hindu girlfriend Iodine. Aadab speaks Urdu and some of that language is included in the novel.










It's a multicultural and multinational story with a moral that the world is a "global village"  (thanks, Canadian philosopher/educator Marshall McLuhan).

The world must cooperate in order to combat the alien invasion of giant bees and wasps, headed by the dreadful General Vard and his Black Watch.

If indeed the interview takes place as planned and is aired, I presume the listeners will be South Asian and other cultures with a world view, and will generate interest in SpaceHive, especially with my Indian and Pakistani readers, whom I have been trying to cultivate quite unsuccessfully.

I look forward to meeting Naz Sohni Uppal and chatting before the actual interview takes place.

I'll try to be "quirky and esoteric."




Thursday, May 23, 2013

Russia, India and China

I notice that I have quite a large Russian audience, nothing this week from India or China, and I think I'll focus simply on writing a good blog.

If India or China, who figure largely in my debut novel, SpaceHive, want to read a good middle grade book, perhaps suitable for those adults learning English, then be sure and buy SpaceHive on Amazon worldwide for $2.99. 

It's a really good deal, and if you want the print version that's available, too.

Here are a few excerpts from SpaceHive:



"What should we do, sir?" the minister of staff asked the prime minister of Canada.
"Call the president," the prime minister said. "Call the United Federation of Nations and our European allies. Call Russia, China and India. We must agree to work together. We've never faced a danger like this before."
And the earth's leaders gathered to devise a strategy.



Zibb flew with Queen Taranta and the nurses over the Himalayas.
"The queen is in China." Zibb's barbed hands grasped the red translator.
"Zibb, you're with the queen?"
"I can't talk anymore, little pet."
"We're losing power, Zibb. Stay there. I'll be in touch."
Back in India, General Vard stood his ground and snarled.
"Show them mercy," Zibb said.
"Mercy? They'll take it as a sign of weakness. We must kill them all."

WARNING: SPOILER



He wiped his face with a dirty hand. "I believe the wasps are still alive, still in what's left of the mother ship or in pods that fell over India. The smaller alien ships that remain are now getting ready for a second wave of attacks."
"The Black Watch? The black general? Where are they?"
"They went down with their mother ship, now scattered in smoking pieces on the sides of the mountain. We don't know for sure if the alien general was killed when his ship went down. If he's alive, then in his rage he could still be an awesome force against us."
"Do you know the whereabouts of their queen?" Zeller asked.
"Yes. She's in China, and my friend is with her."


  Have fun, my friends!

 


Sunday, May 19, 2013

India News and Pictures

 
India figures large in my sci-fi fantasy novel, SpaceHive, appropriate for boys and girls 10 - 14 years old and available on Amazon worldwide.

Himachal Pradesh in India

Map of India
Himachal Pradesh stars in my middle grade novel, SpaceHive, which is an area in India where the space ship touches down after destroying most of North America.

Hear what the Wasps have to say about relocating to beautiful northern India:



Crops just coming up in India at sunrise


SpaceHive lands in India



Its shadow covered all of western Canada and the northwestern USA. Superconductors whined and screeched. They locked on latitude and longitude. The ship rocketed far into space, whirled and shattered the sound barrier landing minutes later in a distant mountain area of India called Himachal Pradesh.

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The people had fled to the caves in the hills
The population of Himachal Pradesh had fled to the caves with the first wave of alien ships. No one lived on the plains or towns.
Ocean and beach in India
"Our Black Watch is pleased with India," Zibb said. "We worker bees, nurses and drones were told we could leave the ship right away to explore and eat fresh food, collect nectar for honey, stretch our legs in a forest that's like our old Jive Hive."
"The area is ideal." Queen Taranta preened. "We chose well. There are snowy mountains in the north to hide the ship, rivers and trees, tropics in the south and types of animals which have not yet been driven away as the area is so remote. There's plenty of fresh water now."
Snow-capped Himalayan mountains


The great ship sucked up water, running cold and sweet from the Himalaya Mountains. Robot scrubs were set around the outside of the ship to mop up radiation. The wasps opened the doors and ports to let in fresh air.
"We can hang meat and have ripe fruit," the queen said, her antennae twitching at the thought of good food. "We can make more honey and royal jelly."
Zibb and her cousins jumped up and down, flapping their arms. "We'll feed the queen sweet nectar and find her a nice palace with honey stored in wax honeycombs."
"I'm pleased," General Vard remarked. "You've done well to choose this India place, human."

Bollywood News

Reprinted from The India Times


Could Bollywood make a movie from SpaceHive? Maybe something like RIPD from India Times..."meet your new partner...you got to earn that...I'm the biggest  lawman that ever lived and died."




Aadab Ali from SpaceHive
"My name is Aadab Ali. May Allah be praised. I'm young Indian, take engineering courses, want to go to engineering college, but aliens come."

2. Aadab talks about Iodine:

 



Aadab's girlfriend Iodine
"I'm freedom fighter now, fierce yet gentle and a good man. My girlfriend Iodine loves such a man. I'm twenty years old and she is sixteen, perfect ages. How happy I am to find a girl like Iodine. Allah be praised, but I must send her away now, to the farther hills where she will be safe like my parents and sisters."

Would it be a spoiler to say all ends happily? The fruit thinks so... 

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Learn about the latest scientific developments in the world of space science, paranormal activities, and lots more. 


Remember Doomsday? Lots of 2012 movies. That's history now, like the Millennium. What exciting future do we have now that Earth has (once again) survived?


  DISCOVERY at the CAPE. A home movie. 

Do any of you have a home movie to share of something exciting and magical? Would you like to share it here? I love new content from new and exciting young minds. Or mature minds...doesn't matter to me. I'm pretty mature myself, entered my seventh decade 9 years ago. You know, the first 10 years of life are the first decade. So it goes. When you're 20 you're entering your third decade...right?

Comments, please? All will be answered and I'll link to your blog if you include it.