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Frank is being called an up-and-coming author whose writing has been praised as suspenseful and sophisticated. After writing articles that have been published and distributed by a professional organization, Frank was mentioned in a news story at msnCareers before turning his creative style to novels -- his debut novel praised as thrilling and a roller-coaster ride. His life has been an interesting one for his age of 47, in which time he has traveled to a dozen countries and lived in several of them. He spent 15 years working in management positions of Fortune companies and as an instructor at the college level, before providing communication skills training in other countries. Some highlights of his background include providing tutoring services to a member of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Planning Committee; holding the position of director in an international language business; and being praised as the best trainer by a former student (corporate lawyer). He has worked as a Ghostwriter for a publisher, judged a short-story competition, has provided editing services for graduate research material at USC, and writes book reviews for a POD publisher.

Monday, May 9, 2011

A COMMENT ON LEAVING ABUSE AND THE NOVEL I'M WRITING (THE RENAISSANCE SPHERE)

I came across an article titled Leaving Abuse  which looks at a topic that is very important for women, as well as people in general. Bad relationships which become so bad they are abusive can have a devastating effect on their victim. Like the article says, you can and should leave an abusive relationship. And I agree entirely.

This is an important topic for everyone; men and women, and I’ve posted this as the novel I am writing titled The Renaissance Sphere looks at this topic among others. The portrayal of a woman in a very poor relationship is looked at in the story, as Madison Skyler suffers in an abusive relationship to the point she begins falling apart over it.

The significance to a victim who choses to leave a severely bad, or abusive, relationship can be profound in their life. It gives them the chance to be a person who controls what they do and where they go in the rest of their life.

In writing the novel I wanted to explore this idea; the significance of this type of decision by a person and how important it is, because as the article mentions, it can be one of the most difficult things a person does. It is the challenge posed to the victim in deciding to confront this difficulty that makes the action so telling. I wrote the story so this revelation about Madison, who is suffering in a very bad relationship, is something that is watched carefully by a group who have devised a plan to save the world. Her decision and her ability to accept the challenge in making it, is the critical piece of what is an otherworldly design to save the future.

I don’t want to give away too much about the novel, but it’s a combination of two stories that occur at the same time. What happens in Madison’s life affects what happens in the  other story where a plan to save the future is fought over. This other place is beyond imagination and scientific reasoning, only showing itself discretely in what are referred to as moments of clarity, or in dreams. And Madison is the key to all of it, although she doesn’t know it.

Life has dealt her a bad hand which she has suffered for, and through her strength she has pulled herself close to the person she once was, except she is now in a bad relationship which takes advantage of her. Bit by bit her decisions have defined her and she is no longer the same person she had been, and as the stakes rise in the decisions posed to her, she comes closer to that moment which will present the most difficult decision she could ever make. In the surreal experience she faces the personal challenge as others secretly watch, knowing that their plan to save the future depends entirely on her.

That crystallizing moment the article refers to, which lets a woman, or person, know what they are going to do in response to their terrible situation, is the same moment Madison experiences. It is offered to her and she is touched as a person, as it happens in a way she can’t completely explain to her best friend, because of the mysterious nature of the gift brought to her in the epiphany-like experience.

For Madison, and any woman or person in a very bad, or abusive, relationship, they have a choice of starting fresh, of renewing themselves and their life, and of starting a personal renaissance for themselves. The Renaissance Sphere is the name of my book and this topic in it is very real. Like the victims of abusive relationships, Madison Skyler faces one of the most difficult challenges she could ever face.

The novel is about 70% complete, however I’ve stopped writing at the moment for some distracting circumstances.

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