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Thursday, May 2, 2019
A supernatural novella - ASCENDING
Inspired and Committed Author Gets the Job Done
ASCENDING, a new novella, is on pre-release on Amazon. I'm really excited about this book, which is a short read, because it's about what would have happened if my first husband, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1971, had come back as a ghost.
This supernatural novella is mostly fiction but based on some facts.
1974. A ghost in the house – a
young Canadian widow forced to choose between the living and the dead. Will she
prove strong enough to let go of the manacles of obsession?
Scarlett Kane and her son Troy
battle paranormal elements in this vintage story of the supernatural. Her late
husband Michael’s head was crushed in a horrific motorbike accident in June 1971.
Ten years later a resolution defies
the bonds of heaven and earth. An incredible secret releases her from the
inconceivable burden of her past.
A gentle, occasionally vicious, steampunk story of
first love and redemption.
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Friday, May 6, 2016
New 5-Star Review for Short Circuit
Music of the spheres rounds out this quirky collection of short stories written in memory of my son, Steve Wild, 1968-2012. He had a quirky sense of humor and loved robots and "hard" SF - he may very well have loved these tales, first published after his death the last day of summer 2012 at the age of 44.
Bjonsmom said, "Even if you don’t understand Geekology (is that a word?), you will find nothing opaque or incomprehensible to the layperson in McKinnon’s book. Any technical terminology is so artfully blended into the prose that what you will find are a collection of fictional vignettes that are either touching, hilarious, captivating, satirical, delicious, and any number of adjectives that come to mind. Using the least amount of words that deliver the maximum impact, Short Circuit creates vistas of imagery that are usually found in longer narratives. Every ending is a surprise, like a genie jumping out of a giant birthday cake.McKinnon has one of those creative minds that can wander uninhibited into fictional terrains to create snappy short stories that are more like abstract paintings. Each tale creates a completely alternate literary universe: a little metaphysical, a bit mythological, often poetic and poignant, a touch Biblical, at times moving and intimate, and often a little bit scary.You’ll find how technology is overtaking humanity (especially household chores), some thoughts on immortality or making deals with the devil; some cross-cultural mishaps, the pairing of soulmates, and maybe some alien bees or wasps, or both. One thing for sure, you will never want to take a shower again using a curtain with colorful animal appliques. OMG."
Sunday, August 24, 2014
An eBook and this is special
My new book of short stories is on Amazon right now and I believe it's available on Amazon Prime.
I'm looking for reviews for Short Circuit and Other Geek Stories. I'll send you a free eBook in exchange for a fair and honest review on Amazon.
This book was written in honor and memory of my son, who passed away two years ago this September on the last day of summer 2012.
I will give any of my own proceeds from the sale of this book to the Humane Society of Edmonton, a charity close to Steve's heart. It was published through Authors for a Cause, which funds literacy for children with their share.
If you like sci-fi, fantasy with a twist and a bit of humor, and a bit of everything else thrown in for good measure, you'll love this book of short stories.
Let's help make it a best seller! I'll keep you posted on Twitter and Facebook as to the progress of Short Circuit.
Right now it stands at 735,442 paid in Amazon. It's not available yet in print.
If I get enough interest in the eBook I'll publish this fantastic book of tales in print.
I'll keep you all appraised.
I'm looking for reviews for Short Circuit and Other Geek Stories. I'll send you a free eBook in exchange for a fair and honest review on Amazon.
I will give any of my own proceeds from the sale of this book to the Humane Society of Edmonton, a charity close to Steve's heart. It was published through Authors for a Cause, which funds literacy for children with their share.
If you like sci-fi, fantasy with a twist and a bit of humor, and a bit of everything else thrown in for good measure, you'll love this book of short stories.
Let's help make it a best seller! I'll keep you posted on Twitter and Facebook as to the progress of Short Circuit.
Right now it stands at 735,442 paid in Amazon. It's not available yet in print.
If I get enough interest in the eBook I'll publish this fantastic book of tales in print.
I'll keep you all appraised.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
An Agnostic's Perspective in a Catholic Christian World
As a former member of RCIA, and lost on an ocean of
shipwrecked souls, I approach this season of Lent with a different point of
view than before.
In the few short months I was in RCIA, I learned that Catholics
do not fornicate outside of marriage, they don't lie, and they welcome sinners
as one of them all. Really? The reality escapes the ideal.
Perhaps in another church will be found those who walk the
talk, or at least the acceptance of imperfection? Then I thought some more; I
thought it over—this apparent incongruence of reality and the ideal is in every
Christian church. That it should be more obvious amongst the devout leads to
the realization that hypocrisy springs from the human heart when moral demands
are too great for the flesh. I would say the flesh is willing but the spirit is
weak.
A moral dilemma dogged the very roots of our faith in the
mystery of Mary and the virgin birth. The villagers would have stoned her had
Joseph not put her away privately and fulfilled his vows to protect her. Their
marriage is not recorded other than to say Mary was "espoused" to
Joseph when she rode her way to Bethlehem where the babe was born.
All Christians were Catholic before the Reformation. William
the Conqueror, the "Bastard," was Catholic. Entire countries remain
dominated by the Catholic faith. Yet
human nature hasn't changed.
I learned something interesting in RCIA, that this world is
not the end and heaven nor hell are not guaranteed. There was no mention of
Purgatory, but when my first husband died unbaptized in 1971, I was sure at that time, at the age
of 26 years, that he could work out his salvation in another realm, perhaps
with my help as a believer on this world. I had no basis at the time for this
belief. My son died in September 2012, an unbeliever, and I know he's in the
Light of God. How do I know? I don't think it through. I feel it, and know it must
be right, because it is right.
Because God is Love and, as a good father, He would secure a
second chance. He gave the people of the Earth a second chance after the great
Flood, when he framed the earth with a rainbow as his promise. David, the
adulterer and murderer, was "a man after God's own heart." Jesus came
out of the line of David and Bathsheba, to give us the greatest promise this
world has ever known.
The Catholic faith is not a closely guarded secret, but many
have slipped away, and many Protestants believe in untruths and half truths
about the original Christian church. Mary remains shrouded in mystery and
superstition. The usual meaning of Mary in Hebrew is "bitterness"
from "myrrh." Myrrh, of course, was one of the gifts given by the
Wise Men to the holy child, and myrrh was also used as perfume and to anoint
the dead.
I'm divorced. If I married again, in the Catholic church, my
second marriage would have to be annulled, though perhaps not, as my second
husband died many years after I divorced him (no correlation there!). What a tangled web we weave. How is it
possible to annul a relationship after the fact, simply to comply with an
ideal? How many Catholics attend church piously, while not living within the
tenets of the church? And how may I judge them?
I belong to no church, but someday this shipwrecked soul
will rejoin the priests and sisters of the Catholic church with a new spirit of
freedom, but a familiar and old spirit of rebellion.
A priest once told a parishioner, "If you attend a
church that requires you to leave your intelligence at the door,
run." You can count on that.
God is Love. It's unlikely that Jesus was born in December.
We celebrate anyhow, Christians and non-Christians alike; we are one world at
that time. A global village. Mary, you pondered these things in your heart. You
thought things over, and you didn't respond immediately to emotion.
The laughing face of Mary is one I long to see on an icon.
Why does Mary never laugh in the ideal Catholic world? I think she does. I think
her Son throws back his head and roars, because the reality is much more amusing
and profound than the ideal.
My son met his father last year, the son who succumbed to an
aggressive and cruel form of cancer, and the father who rode his motorbike too
fast in the rain on a winding road 41 years ago. Neither beloved of mine was Christian,
neither beloved was ideal, but both were treasured by God and man, and both are
mine to meet at some point in the future when I, too, am in the Light and able
to work out my salvation.
This I believe.
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