The Alterran's established their new colony at Baalbek in Resurrection, Book 3 of The Alterran Legacy Series. Baalbek is an ancient site in Lebanon, the home of many mysteries. Read about the new discoveries at :
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/largest-known-megalithic-block-antiquity-revealed-baalbek-002385?utm_source=Ancient-Origins+Newsletter&utm_campaign=009c8d8128-Ancient_Origins_August_Newsletter_8_301_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2dcd13de15-009c8d8128-68771389
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
The Mysteries of the Coddu Vecchiu Tombs of Giants
During the Bronze Age (3300 – 700 BC), the Nuragic civilization built what are known as the Tombs of Giants (Tomba dei Gigantic). These megalithic gallery graves were used by the Nuragic people as public tombs, for the burials of many individuals from these early societies. Massive in size and astonishing to view, the giants’ grave at Coddu Vecchiu in Sardinia is one example that represents a somewhat mysterious and intriguing part of human history – providing some general answers as to the burial rituals of ancient human civilizations, but also leaving many questions unanswered. - See more at: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-ancient-places-europe/mysteries-coddu-vecchiu-tombs-giants-002487#sthash.6quzd9SU.dpuf
Monday, December 15, 2014
The Alterran Legacy Series
About THE
ALTERRAN LEGACY SERIES:
I'm fascinated by how
civilization began. Archaeologists trace human roots back hundreds of thousands
of years, yet we only know much about the last ten thousand years or so.
What did those people do and how did they live? Were there flourishing
civilization that perished?
And what made civilization blossom with agriculture across the ancient world at about 12,000 b.c.e.?
Little is known about our ancestors outside of tales labeled as mere mythology. Those tales from around the globe have amazing similarities. And then of course there are those pesky pyramids that defy explanation.
One of the oldest documented civilizations is that of Sumeria, located near present day Iraq. Recently translated Sumerian tablets report that each city was nurtured by the "ones who came from the stars." Yes, ancient aliens. With them, civilization flourished in the sophisticated cities. Although the starmen's technology was highly advanced, politically they seem backward--they were ruled by a father and his two sons. En.Lil, the primary son governing Earth, was in appearance an adolescent. If this story has any truth, how could that be? My answer is through rejuvenation.
Many of our current social, political, and technological trends might conceivably lead to a global rule by a single family. And humans are always yearning to explore the universe. If we find a planet with primitive hominid life, what will we do?
Like a forensic investigator, I interpreted their world from the morality they taught to shape the mesopotamian civilizations. And so, I constructed the world of The Alterran Legacy Series. My first installment, Colony Earth, was released in October 2012, and it won the first place 2012 global eLit Award in science fiction/fantasy. This volume imagines why they were here and decided to stay. The second installment, Khamlok, was released in March 2013, and it describes their first attempt at nurturing civilization, as well as why they changed course in Sumeria. After all, an advanced civilization doesn't go to primitives on another planet and just decide to erect high mud brick walls with a central ziggurat unless they were learning lessons from past experience. The third in the series, Resurrection, is nearing publication, and it deals with the consequences to En.Lil of his decisions on Earth. It also follows one of the most well known Sumerian "myths", or is it historical fact? I am writing the concluding volume, Redemption.
And what made civilization blossom with agriculture across the ancient world at about 12,000 b.c.e.?
Little is known about our ancestors outside of tales labeled as mere mythology. Those tales from around the globe have amazing similarities. And then of course there are those pesky pyramids that defy explanation.
One of the oldest documented civilizations is that of Sumeria, located near present day Iraq. Recently translated Sumerian tablets report that each city was nurtured by the "ones who came from the stars." Yes, ancient aliens. With them, civilization flourished in the sophisticated cities. Although the starmen's technology was highly advanced, politically they seem backward--they were ruled by a father and his two sons. En.Lil, the primary son governing Earth, was in appearance an adolescent. If this story has any truth, how could that be? My answer is through rejuvenation.
Many of our current social, political, and technological trends might conceivably lead to a global rule by a single family. And humans are always yearning to explore the universe. If we find a planet with primitive hominid life, what will we do?
Like a forensic investigator, I interpreted their world from the morality they taught to shape the mesopotamian civilizations. And so, I constructed the world of The Alterran Legacy Series. My first installment, Colony Earth, was released in October 2012, and it won the first place 2012 global eLit Award in science fiction/fantasy. This volume imagines why they were here and decided to stay. The second installment, Khamlok, was released in March 2013, and it describes their first attempt at nurturing civilization, as well as why they changed course in Sumeria. After all, an advanced civilization doesn't go to primitives on another planet and just decide to erect high mud brick walls with a central ziggurat unless they were learning lessons from past experience. The third in the series, Resurrection, is nearing publication, and it deals with the consequences to En.Lil of his decisions on Earth. It also follows one of the most well known Sumerian "myths", or is it historical fact? I am writing the concluding volume, Redemption.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Hi there! Thanks for joining me on my
awesome fourteen-day blog tour with 4Wills Publishing and my fantastic host for
today! You can find details of my other stops here: 4Wills
Author Page.
I published my first book, THE BATTLE FOR
BRISINGAMEN, in May 2013. I soon followed this up with the award winning
mystery/thriller THE GLADE in November 2013, and my first Young Adult fiction
book, ELEMENTAL EARTH, in July 2014.
Today, am promoting my latest work, POLISH
YOUR PROSE. This is my first non-fiction book, and is a powerful new guide that
gives essential editing tips for authors.
Lots of books have been written on the art
of writing, and here—at last—is a guide that will teach you the essential
techniques of editing your own book. This will help you turn a promising
manuscript into a published novel. And, it does this without the jargon. You
don’t need to know all the grammatical terms in order to make use of this book.
You don’t need to know the definition of a split infinitive, a comma splice, or
a ‘to be’ verb, as this manual explains these in detail in easy to understand
terms, and a lively and engaging style.
Chapters on Passive Writing, Tense, Point
of View, Dialogue, and other techniques take you through the same processes an
editor would go through to polish and perfect your manuscript. Good writing is
nothing without good editing. Learn the secrets of good editing and writing
with this essential author reference, which offers so much more for so much
less.
As well as being an award-winning author, I
am an accomplished editor and proofreader. My passion is helping Indie Authors
to successfully achieve their goals and dreams.
Excerpt from the preface.
“An independent author finds him or herself
with many pressures on time and financial resources. Often, any available funds
are funnelled toward advertising, rather than hiring a professional editor.
Usually, authors who do hire an editor will get a copy edit and overlook the
need for a comprehensive line edit. Some won’t even know there is a difference.
And finding a good proofreader can seem impossible at times. …
… It
is my aim, in this manual, to highlight and explain the essentials without
getting lost in the skies of academia, or drowning in a sea of words that need
translating into the common tongue. Whenever I edit for an author, I always
attempt to explain the changes I have made, so they can learn for themselves
and avoid the same errors the next time around. It is far better to write my
comments in plain English, than to confound with obfuscation.
I am all about supporting Indies, and one
of the most helpful tools I have found is that of education. If we can do it
for ourselves, it is much cheaper and less time consuming than getting someone
else to do it for us. And, we do our own work for free!”
Link to Youtube book trailer movie.
You can pick up your copy of POLISH YOUR
PROSE here:
Links for my other books:
You will also find me in the
soon-to-be-released Rave Reviews Book Club Anthology: RAVE SOUP FOR THE
WRITER’S SOUL, and the All Authors Magazine Anthology: CONCORDANT VIBRANCY.
My website is http://harmonykent.co.uk
I’m also on twitter: @harmony_kent
Thursday, December 11, 2014
The Religion, Rage & w(R)iting Blog Tour for Authors
Hi, and
welcome to The Religion, Rage &
w(R)iting Blog Tour for Authors,
Shirley-Harris Slaughter, Rhani D’Chae and Harmony Kent. (Click on each author’s name to be taken directly to
their Author Page at 4WillsPublishing,
where you can learn more about them).
These three
authors are wonderful clients of 4WillsPublishing,
a publishing House dedicated to helping authors put out the best written, and
marketing products for their literary work, possible.
This tour is
a surprise tour, which means the authors knew nothing about it until it started! This is our gift to them to show our
appreciation of their work, their dedication to putting out the great written
word, and also a big THANK YOU for
allowing us to showcase and promote them.
This is a 3 Author/7 Day/40 Blog Tour! Yes, for 7 days, The Religion, Rage & w(R)iting Blog Tour will sit on 40
blogs! And for 7 days, on 40 blogs, you
will get a tiny tid-bit of something related to Religion, so that you never
forget OUR LADY OF VICTORY, the rage
of people, such as that displayed in SHADOW
OF THE DRILL, and w(R)iting tips to help you POLISH YOUR PROSE! (Click on each book title to find out more about
it)
This will be
a fun tour, an inspirational tour, a delightful tour which has been designed to
enlighten you, entertain you and help you overcome those feelings which bind us
daily and keeps us from growing from point A to point B. Each day as you stop by each blog to find out
what bit of inspiration is being shared, we ask that you take the time to leave
a comment for the authors, visit their blogs, Follow them on Twitter and FB,
and last but not least, please PICK UP A COPY OF THEIR BOOKS! They are all 5 star reads! And this tour wouldn’t be complete, if you
didn’t check out The Religion, Rage
& w(R)iting Book Trailer!
(Please note: these bits and
quotes were not taken from the author’s books).
4WillsPub Author Blitz Trailer1
Before we
forget, we’ve included another of our authors, Nonnie Jules. Although she’s
a partner in our firm, she is STILL one of our clients! Her books, THE GOOD MOMMIES’ GUIDE TO
RAISING (ALMOST) PERFECT DAUGHTERS, Daydream’s Daughter, Nightmare’s
Friend and Sugarcoatin’ Is For Candy & Pacifyin’ Is For Kids! are also
very interesting and entertaining reads!
On this stop, we want
you to dwell on this:
"To defend what you've written is a sign that you are alive." ~ William Zinnser
Thank you
for joining us on this stop of our tour.
We are grateful to our host for allowing us to share with this audience
and we hope that we have left you wanting more!
To follow this tour, please visit the 4WillsPublishing EVENTS page for the complete tour line-up and to
also register to win a SURPRISE pack of books as well as a stint on WHO’S ON
THE SHELF WITH NONNIE JULES! Now, on to
the next stop!!!!
Sunday, December 7, 2014
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