Rusty A. Biesele's Blog: Children of Sophista, page 2

Cover for "Sophistan Children of Earth"

I've been working on the #cover for the "Sophistan Children of Earth" which I am currently writing. I always like working on the cover early because doing the artwork really helps me focus in my writing and work out the focus of the novel. I've a very visual person which is sort of an ironic trait for an author. The blood dripping of the word "Earth" lets you know that this will be a rather intense novel. Children just want to be children but having extraordinary talents can get in the way. E...

The Sophistan Children of Earth

"The Sophistan Children of Earth" will be the title of the rewrite of #book #1. Here is the book #blurb for the new book:
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Why, Mom and Dad, didn’t you tell me… Even the ants hate my blood as the bullies pound me. The others say I have to be a super-child—a warrior. My love, Amy, will grow up, having someone else’s children—having mine would kill her from the inside; I am immortal. Stefan, shunned by his mom, beaten by criminals—his power is frightening. His older girlfriend protects us from...

Excerpt from Rewrite of Book #1: Ms. Loveless

Ms. Loveless, school administrator, explains to Jenny, six-year-old Stefan's nanny how they have made Jenny's job easier:

Ms. Loveless points through the glass. “We have made great progress with Stefan. When we started with Stefan, he would squeal and thump books that frustrated him. Eventually he would yell, “Die!” and throw the book into the corner trashcan across the room. If a book was too basic for him, he would do the same thing. Now, we make him write a paper explaining w...

What's It Like to be a #Gifted Fairy

What's it like to be a gifted fairy among humans. Stefan can tell you in the rewrite of book #1.
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Stefan turns back toward the light and looks up inside the shade. “I wonder how this drab, decrepit little light makes such beautiful colors?” He taps the lamp. “Make it again!” Nothing happens. “Come on. Don’t you talk?” Silence. Stefan feels his shoulder length hair with an expression of puzzlement. He holds a piece of hair near the light and a bright rainbow light shines from it.
He collapses t...

Excerpt from Book #1 Rewrite Rough Draft

I am rewriting Book #1 to give it more a literary novel feel to it. The more in depth characterization should fill in many of the omitted but implicit facts of the original book #1.  Below is an excerpt from the rough draft of the first chapter. As first lines go, how do you think I did? Did I hook you on the story?

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Ten-year-old Tyco screams with the desperation of a child being murdered as the sun, rising on Tucson, Arizona, peers into his room like laser beams from a monster's eyes. He...

Disillusionment: The Day Syon Went to Oblivion

This is a day that puts the capstone on my disillusionment. This is the day that my Kickstarter for publishing a new and improved bookstore version of Book #5, “The Owl from Oblivion”, dies in total failure. It is one thing to not get enough contributions but quite another when no one shows up despite my best promotional efforts. 

The book series and especially book #5, go to great pains to have a wide variety of different gifted children, accurately portrayed, as characters. I certainly...

PRESS RELEASE "The Owl from Oblivion" Kickstarter

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“The Owl from Oblivion” is the Latest Installment of the Popular, Fantasy Children’s Book Series, The Children of Sophista

Children of Sophista is a newly emerging book imprint poised to disrupt traditional publishing from the inside. This producer of a complex, exciting fantasy/science fiction series has fine-tuned its brand of ultra-realistic fiction with an underlying social message to capture the attention of...

History of Children of Sophista via Kickstarter Video

I've put together a video that gives a brief summary of the Children of Sophista's story as well as a pitch for my upcoming Kickstarter, which will start sometime around mid-January. 

Review of "The Owl from Oblivion"

Here is a review of Book #5, "The Owl from Oblivion" from Red City Reviews. You can either click on the picture below and zoom it up or follow the LINK by clicking here .

Syon's Anxiety About Reality

Syon's #Imagination #OE increases his #anxiety. And Syon has a lot to be anxious about. He is wrenched from his magical, supernatural life and thrown into a life on the reality timeline where his alcoholic father beats him. His mind has lot of reasons to have dark thoughts. #scifi #HarryPotter #gifted #talented 

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