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John Joseph Teressi

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John Teressi, a native Californian and second generation Italian, is fascinated by nature’s design, time and space, and the meaning and power of words. At the age of ten, he began writing stories and did a series of readings to the assembly of students in the auditorium. He continued to write and share stories with his friends and worked on a science fiction novel for over a year while traveling in Europe, but it was lost when his car was stolen from the storage garage.

Fast forward twenty years and John has just completed his second novel, “Portals in Time: The Quest for Un-Old-Age,” and this one has been published. Asked where he got his ideas for this unique, adventure story, he replies, “Concepts, ideas, and stories seem to float into my John Teressi, a native Californian and second generation Italian, is fascinated by nature’s design, time and space, and the meaning and power of words. At the age of ten, he began writing stories and did a series of readings to the assembly of students in the auditorium. He continued to write and share stories with his friends and worked on a science fiction novel for over a year while traveling in Europe, but it was lost when his car was stolen from the storage garage.

Fast forward twenty years and John has just completed his second novel, “Portals in Time: The Quest for Un-Old-Age,” and this one has been published. Asked where he got his ideas for this unique, adventure story, he replies, “Concepts, ideas, and stories seem to float into my mind. I begin to see the action and the characters. I let them percolate, and then I write the visions down, filling in the sounds and dialog I hear. My imagination leads me onward, and if I get tired or bored, I know it’s time to stop and start again another day.”

Teressi studied psychology, specializing in human factors engineering. His conceptual and writing abilities led to marketing, design, and fine art; and in his spare time, he entered the design contest for the new World Trade Center in New York. He created amazing, futuristic complex to replace the WTC on the website, www.7thProposal.com.

Curious about the underlying nature of reality, Teressi explored higher consciousness through the study of psychology and metaphysics. In his twenties when walking through a forest on the Monterey Peninsula, CA, he experienced a transformational "moment suspended in time."

That spiritual awakening led him on a quest to experience many Power Places in Europe (Stonehenge and Avebury in England, Rennes Chateau in France, and the Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain and caves of Drach in Majorca) and the pyramids of the Mexico City and the Yucatan among many others. These experiences influenced various passages in “Portals in Time: The Quest for Un-Old-Age.”

During his travels, he met many fascinating people. When living in Carmel on the Monterey Peninsula, Teressi became acquainted with Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Merv Griffin and many more celebrities. At a charity event in London, he met Princess Diana. "It was a highlight of my life," says Teressi. "She was as lovely in person as you could possibly want her to be!"

John also was honored to enjoy Christmas dinner with Lord and Lady Dashwood at their beautiful Palladium home, West Wycombe Estate, frequently featured in screen adaptations of literary classics such as Cranford and Little Dorrit and more recently in the television series, Downton Abbey.

The wisdom derived from Teressi’s extensive travels, led by curiosity and guided by intuition, inspired this lyrical adventure, “Portals in Time: The Quest for Un-Old-Age” that was written to uplift your soul and empower your heart. ...more

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John Joseph Teressi A book is an expression of multiple energies, usually dominated by the characters and then by their environment and individual circumstances. When you…moreA book is an expression of multiple energies, usually dominated by the characters and then by their environment and individual circumstances. When you have writer's block, your emotion or Energy in Motion is damned up and unable to be used constructively. If that happens, you need to look again at your characters and examine what is happening in the storyline. A particular person may no longer be contributing to the flow of the story, and they need to be developed more fully, substituted or perhaps add a new character.

If you have a compelling story, the story should write itself, and you are just the taking notes.

If you don’t feel like writing, it is best to wait. Go and do something that inspires you or challenges you. Read a book that excites you. Do something to get the juices flowing so that you once again want to express what you see, feel, and hear in your mind and heart.

One idea is to pretend that you are writing a news release about the events in the story. Put down all the facts. Then become a detective and ask, what is the meaning behind the story? Why did it happen? That exercise might get you interested in detailing the events more thoroughly, writing more description of the scene, and describing what the characters are seeing and feeling.

It is essential to write a general outline of what you want to say and describe the action in as much detail as possible. Create strong characters. If they are not sharp and memorable, make them so or throw them out. If they are boring you, they will bore others. Try to envision scenes from your outline. Describe the location and how the characters interact with their environment and other people.
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	Portals in Time: The Quest for Un-Old-Age by John Joseph Teressi (Goodreads Author), Verlaine Crawford (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Portals in Time: The Quest for Un-Old-Age by John Joseph Teressi has won Eleven Awards

We are very excited to announce that Portals in Time: The Quest for Un-Old-Age by John Joseph Teressi is the winner of ELEVEN AWARDS in the Genres of Inspirational, Visionary, Fantasy, and New Age Fiction.

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“Life is always about the Now and not the Then of When. Power is ONLY available at each moment and all those extended moments, becoming more moments, ultimately becoming the Powerful Momentum of Time moving through all things!”
― John Joseph Teressi, Portals in Time: The Quest for Un-Old-Age

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