In another's world

Colors are what I use as a medium of telling my stories, but my first love was “words”. And it’s a shame that I never got mastered enough over my first love to merry her into a book, but my respect for writer’s had and would remain immense. As an artist, to me, to create a fictional character and win hearts at the same time is the most perfect form of art. Creativity can’t get any better than this. So, just the thought that I got the honor today to introduce two such awesome writers on my journal is too much for me to contain. You can say; I am as excited as a little kid over a new toy to play with. Honestly, I am sitting on edges now as I write this and my mind playing haphazardly. I think I am losing my mind (Not joking). But before I introduce these two very sensational writers, let’s first see what surprise we’ve got in their recently published book “Ten Yen True”. (A synopsis of the book by the author herself, wow!!! we can’t get any luckier than this).

You may also purchase the book by Clicking Here.  (The writer’s would have really appreciated it).

Synopsis:

Ten Yen True tells a story of hope, love, forgiveness and miracles.

Through the mystical ways of a monk in Japan who, following the recent tsunami, finds himself questioning the work of the gods, four people each receive a ten yen coin.

Initially, none of these people understand why they have received the coin, nor do they recognize its purpose.

Each recipient has a different background and a story to tell: we follow their lives, learning what made each of them who they are today.

Tommy is five years old and dying of cancer: he has not seen his father since he was a baby and is desperate to meet him before he dies something his English mother Holly has tried to make happen.

Paul Somerville, Tommy’s father and former Hollywood actor is campaigning to be governor of Kentucky, his natal state. Having battled drink and drug addictions in his past, he is keen to show he is reformed, but his motives are not purely unselfish.

Caitlin, a strong-minded career woman has closed her heart to everyone after the loss of a sibling during her childhood and the subsequent desertion of her father.

Joseph Jackson (JJ) former nurse in the US Military has for years struggled to tolerate his oppressive pastor father. He relocates to Louisville Kentucky to work in a Children’s Hospital.

Eventually, the lives of these characters become inter-linked as they come to terms with what happened in their past and they learn to accept their past grievances and to forgive.

The story takes us from Japan to England and onto Kentucky where the characters come together to witness a miracle.

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The book is dedicated “To Anyone Who Ever Lost Hope”

And I think it’s already falling in love with me. Oh God, I am such a romantic (lol). Well, I wouldn’t keep you waiting any longer to meet this two awesome people and artist.

Amanda Armstrong: 

A friend and a sweetheart, Amanda has been writing since she could hold a pen. What was I doing at that time? No clue!!! In 2011, she had her first debut book “Rose” released. Ten Yen True is her second book. Amanda lives in Bexley, UK, with her husband and daughter. The last time she invited me over dinner, I ended up cooking and doing the dishes, so it might not be a very good idea to invite her over a dinner (hahaha…I was just kidding). However, you can follow her on twitter @mandymia and maybe say “Hello”. You will not regret this, I will give you my word (and she doesn’t bite back). But on the serious note, she is one of the sweetest and very cheerful person’s I have met and it’s always amazing to catch her up over a chat. No surprise, I call her sister now. And, she has the cutest daughter in the whole world, Mia. 
And now for our next guest, I will let Amanda herself introduce her to you.

Do visit her website and read more about her at http://www.amandaarmstrong1974.co.uk/

You may also want to purchase and read her first book “Rose”,  ClickHere.

Christina St. Clair:

 

Hi, I’m Amanda, the author that my good friend Zhoniu has mentioned. He has kindly allowed me to intrude on his blog, so now it’s my turn to be honoured!

I just wanted to tell you a little about Christina St. Clair, my co-author for Ten Yen True.

She is also my aunt and she lives in Kentucky, USA. She has written many articles, essays and fiction, of which you can take a look at on her website www.christinastclair.com

Christina and I had so much fun writing this book, the idea of which came about from a very strange reality. You can read about this on my blog entitled Ten Yen True – The Reality Behind The Fiction, which is available on my website.

Ten Yen True was such a journey and an experience for us, so much so that we are currently working on the sequel, Ten Yen Forever. 

We also continue to work on our own separate works, updates and previews of which are also available on our websites.

Ok, I’m going to stop blabbering on now! Thanks for listening and (hopefully) reading our book. Thank you also to Zhoniu for having me as his guest on here.

Bye for now :)

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Thank you Amanda dropping by and also it’s such an honor to have you as a guest on my blog. It seems now that my blog is taken to the next level. Be blessed.