Category: Writing
Introducing Brin from The Blue Diviners
Another wonderful illustration by my son Leo Pickard. This is the fifth image a series of character pages for The Blue Diviners. Brin is a navigator finding her way through Alexandria by way of her internal compass. She’ll partner with Blink, to lead lost souls to safety. This image will also be in the paperback that I am formatting. I’m so excited to share with readers a window into the world of The Blue Diviners as well as showcase Leo’s amazing artwork. Please check out the sale page for the eBook on Amazon.
Introducing Blink from The Blue Diviners
Another wonderful illustration by my son Leo Pickard. This is the fourth image a series of character pages for The Blue Diviners. Blink is the books protagonist. He is the adventurer and explorer that I have always wanted to be. This image will also be in the paperback that I am formatting. I’m so excited to share with readers a window into the world of The Blue Diviners as well as showcase Leo’s amazing artwork. Please check out the sale page for the eBook on Amazon.
Introducing Marcus from The Blue Diviners
Another wonderful illustration by my son Leo Pickard This is the third image a series of character pages for The Blue Diviners. This image will also be in the paperback that I am formatting. I’m so excited to share with readers a window into the world of The Blue Diviners as well as showcase Leo’s amazing artwork. Please check out the sale page for the eBook on Amazon.
Introducing Olga from The Blue Diviners
This wonderful illustration by my son Leo Pickard is the second in a series of character pages for The Blue Diviners. This image will also be in the paperback that I am formatting. I’m so excited to share with readers a window into the world of The Blue Diviners as well as showcase Leo’s amazing artwork. Please check out the sale page for the eBook on Amazon.
Introducing Boris from The Blue Diviners
This wonderful illustration by my son Leo Pickard is the first in a series of character pages for The Blue Diviners. This image will also be in the paperback that I am formatting. I’m so excited to share with readers a window into the world of The Blue Diviners as well as showcase Leo’s amazing artwork. Please check out the sale page for the ebook on Amazon.
Watch this trailer for The Blue Diviners
This video trailer for the novel The Blue Diviners hints at some of the story and inspiration without giving away the mystery of this dystopian sci-fi fantasy world. Available on Amazon as an eBook for a whopping $6.99.
For the second trailer, I plan on adding illustrations that will be in the paperback.
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Some inspos for The Blue Diviners
These are just a few of the cultural influences that inspired me in the writing of The Blue Diviners.
- The movie Stalker
- The movie The Iron Giant
- The movie Akira
- Patlabor
- The artist Takashi Murakami
- The writer Haruki Murakami
- J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Dante’s Inferno
- The New Yorker article Resurrecting Alexandria
- NaNoWriMo
- Final Fantasy VII / Playstation 2
- This insane Gunpla Custom – Wing Zero X Sephiroth Final Fantasy 7