Laurie Perez's Blog, page 4
April 7, 2018
take the ride
New characters to discover : known characters to further uncover : things done wrong for the right reasons {maybe?} : so much happens in eleven chapters. . . Years waking, dreaming, not-sleeping to bring it out so you can enter and take the ride.
ISBN 1986913783 | 438 pages
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Amie Martine — Deceiver, Anti-healer, Wielder of The LOOK & Powers Emergent
D Dodds Berry — Poet, Lover, Bringer of Gems
Connor Berry — Agent of Numbness and Death, Bringer of Whiskey
Faas Offerman — Killer, Avatar of Danger, sometimes called Attar by mistake
Orpheus — Agent of Chaos and Cacophony
Sunny — Producer, Movie Star, Pilot, Pusher of Limits
Nigel — Bajan Guesthouse Owner, Witness to the Inexplicable
Oriana, Maxine and Riordan — The Unborn
Temujin — Purveyor of Sweeping Change, Fear and Ferocity, aka Genghis Khan
Carter — Neighbor, Reveler, Witness to the Impossible
Kate — Midwife, Kenyan Immigrant, Agent of The Mystery and Birth
The Actor — Shapeshifter, Bringer of Wine, Wielder of Compassion
Eurydice — Timeless Come-hither Liberator, Gatekeeper
Ahm — UN Operative, Underground Networker, Zaatari POC
Sammy — Peacekeeper, Socotran Transplant, Bringer of Coffee
Attar of Nishapur — Great Grandad of Sufi Poets, Purveyor of Awakening & Riddles of Consciousness
The Leader — Keeper of Wounds, Agent of Widespread Malevolence and Brutal Death
LOCATIONS
Phoenix
Aguadilla
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Barbados
Washington D.C.
Amman
Zaatari
Socotra
Mari
“He knew when it happened, it would be strange and woefully wonderful.”
The POWER of Amie Martine https://www.amazon.com/dp/1986913783
February 4, 2018
harrowing and resplendent
Simple. Elegant. Powerful. Realistic.
Lighthearted, silly and transformative.
Much too curious to be all-knowing;
Too free to linger in the clueless dark.
I’ll meet you here. The moment you feel ready.
January 27, 2018
the want criteria
Every action is a choice and there are only three types of actions to choose from:
Things you want to do.
Things you want to have done.
Things you don’t want to do.
You want to have done the laundry (clean clothes are delicious).
You want to have paid the bills (clean slates are liberating).
You want to have completed that assignment (fulfilled promises are your gain).
You don’t want to bark at your kids or co-workers (grouchiness isn’t sexy).
You don’t want to skip breakfast (running on fumes wears you down).
You don’t want to argue for your limitations (you know you’re capable of greatness).
You want to live a jazzy, very cool life.
You want to summon inspiration and encouragement from all available resources.
You want to be true to yourself, no matter what.
Be.
Breathe.
Expand.
Keep clarifying what you want.
Be picky, in favor…
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October 7, 2017
March 6, 2017
strangely euphoric
“Strangely intimate. Strangely nuclear and cosmic at the same time – time that you point out is circular in the prologue, ‘We are not wired to process.’ Strangely euphoric in the way it hits secret passworded buttons that open niches, cracks and gates to hidden gardens in the mind that unveil insights. Beautiful.” ~P. Shukla
“This book is a masterpiece! It should be made into a movie! It has the fire, it has the spark we all crave. I do not read many novels any more, but this… this book pulls you inside and you can’t put it down… You will want to BE the main character. The books starts in a poetic way and it only gets better. One may think it’s fantasy, but if you are working in certain field, you know that what for one may be impossible- for another is a possibility and a reality.” ~Amazon Reviewer
“…a fantastical trip through the possiBilitiEs,,, smashing illusions, holding space for us to realize the expansiveness of our souls place in this human experience… what a gift she offers us, right here and NOW.!!! I love Amie Martine and so will you…” ~N. Halberstadt
“This novel is so beautiful! I certainly hope the author shares much more of her work with us all. Wonderful writing. It is luminous!” ~M. Schaller
“Every few pages, there’s a line that cracks me wide open. Or an experience that is exactly as I experience things. Or a way of describing something that fits precisely something I’ve been trying to understand, or at least hoping I’m not the only one who sees it that way.” ~M. Chai
“It’s like you are writing me as Amie… The being of the person. It’s incredible how you write similar to my experiences… I love it!” ~T. Wry
The LOOK of Amie Martine by Laurie Perez | ISBN 1523664339
The Amie series: novels for lightworkers, filmmakers, saboteurs, vodka drinkers, poets, myth lovers, Phoenicians, paradigm shifters, travelers, creatives, people who are stuck, people who are rising, introverts, extroverts, women, men, human beings – (yes, you!).
https://www.amazon.com/LOOK-Amie-Martine-1/dp/1523664339/
December 29, 2016
it’s time
You love authors. You love books. You love perspectives that elevate humanity and make you think – differently. Help get the party started – I’m well underway with book two in the Amie series and could use a boost to rock it all the way.
Start the new year right: Chip in a buck and support an indie writer!
The most common question I’ve received in dozens of letters from fans of The LOOK is: “When’s the movie coming out?” Indirectly, your backing will fuel that happening as well. I’m entertaining offers to option the book and have a screenwriter already diving into that project. When it’s right, you roll with it.
As D says in The LOOK: There’s no matter here you can’t re-matter into love.
I’m grateful for your presence here. Let’s see this through!
June 12, 2016
fear grips on – i’m typing anyway
Writing book two, it turns out, is more terrifying than writing the first in the series. It’s more terrifying as the downloads of scenes and dialogues and meaningful discoveries line up to be delivered to the page – each bigger than the last (will I be able to type that fast?). It’s more terrifying as the sense of obligation to these characters roots deeper, pushing down into the unseen well. It’s more terrifying – but also more compelling. More than the first, writing the second book is something I can’t not do.
After The LOOK, The POWER of Amie Martine is a non-negotiable promise to be kept. Each new page turn effects (on a personal scale) the next rotation of the earth – a pulse essential to my heart – respect for a binding agreement to have more fun, be more true, excavate something undeniably new.
June 5, 2016
starlight and legend
Rumi said: unfold your own myth. That is exactly what she did.
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“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” -from The Essential Rumi, by Coleman Barks
May 24, 2016
Dare
the vivid performance of the presentJorie Graham
In the late '90s, this was the line I hastily wrote on a yellow post-it and stuck on a high cabinet in my cubicle. High enough to greet anyone stepping in where I had been planted - daring them right in the eye. High enough to be the phrase I looked up to - one heart beat at a time, allowing myself to be reminded.
Every now and then, the line drifts in - a mantra, a call to reverence, a spark of mischief, release from smallness.
