FULL MOON RISING, ECLIPSED!
ONE thing authoring THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999693859) has taught me is a new respect for astronomy, a hobby I’ve always been interested in, ignited further by the recent acquisition of a Skywatcher Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope. There aren’t many nights in the Bay Area perfect for viewing planets, but tomorrow is a sure winner, with Venus exceptionally bright and a full moon eclipsed. Didn’t know about it? In any field of interest, albeit authoring, acting or astronomy (the three big A’s in my life just now), it’s all about discipline, devotion and action. And keeping them mindfully in balance. Or, if you prefer, letting them exist in balance.
It’s easy to forget in this increasingly dis-integrating world that things greater than ourselves are happening every moment within a vast universe that’s actually “in balance.” Or maybe it’s so humbling to fully take in the thought, that many find the idea…uncomfortable, as true as it may be. I find looking out into the vastness beyond our little planet, spinning along at roughly 1.3 million miles per hour though space exactly what I need to keep the little things of life back into balance. It’s reassuring for me to know that tomorrow night there will be a full moon exactly as predicted, and even an extraordinary event like a lunar eclipse will happen as written in future sky charts!
Authoring is a lot like that for me. It involves discipline, devotion and action: The storyline in my head predicates its writing which predicates editing, polishing, proofing and publication. All very predictable, if and only if you’re willing to devote decades of your life to this pursuit. And I’m finding it much the same with acting (I play “Will” in the upcoming made-for-tv movie, “Static” – https://kspllc.media/the-static-movie): the imagined storyline predicates the screenwriting which predicates the cast’s rehearsals which predicates filming. Once again, a deeply satisfying experience when discipline, devotion and action are all present and in balance.
Even the topsy-turvy world created by TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009) (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1434403556) by Raymond Gaynor and William Maltese, it’s sequel, THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor, and the final book in the trilogy currently in writing, tentatively entitled “Prophecy” — all products of years of balanced literary discipline, devotion and action — displays an inherently sweeping internal balance and flow that, I think, makes the three a gutsy, entertaining and authentically plausible read.
The Edge of Madness
Kindle e-book version only $1.99 throughout May 2021
Soon to be an Audible audiobook read by the incomparable Peter Pollock. Purchased for manga, animation and cinematic treatment by K. Simmons Productions.
It’s easy to forget in this increasingly dis-integrating world that things greater than ourselves are happening every moment within a vast universe that’s actually “in balance.” Or maybe it’s so humbling to fully take in the thought, that many find the idea…uncomfortable, as true as it may be. I find looking out into the vastness beyond our little planet, spinning along at roughly 1.3 million miles per hour though space exactly what I need to keep the little things of life back into balance. It’s reassuring for me to know that tomorrow night there will be a full moon exactly as predicted, and even an extraordinary event like a lunar eclipse will happen as written in future sky charts!
Authoring is a lot like that for me. It involves discipline, devotion and action: The storyline in my head predicates its writing which predicates editing, polishing, proofing and publication. All very predictable, if and only if you’re willing to devote decades of your life to this pursuit. And I’m finding it much the same with acting (I play “Will” in the upcoming made-for-tv movie, “Static” – https://kspllc.media/the-static-movie): the imagined storyline predicates the screenwriting which predicates the cast’s rehearsals which predicates filming. Once again, a deeply satisfying experience when discipline, devotion and action are all present and in balance.
Even the topsy-turvy world created by TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009) (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1434403556) by Raymond Gaynor and William Maltese, it’s sequel, THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor, and the final book in the trilogy currently in writing, tentatively entitled “Prophecy” — all products of years of balanced literary discipline, devotion and action — displays an inherently sweeping internal balance and flow that, I think, makes the three a gutsy, entertaining and authentically plausible read.
The Edge of Madness
Kindle e-book version only $1.99 throughout May 2021
Soon to be an Audible audiobook read by the incomparable Peter Pollock. Purchased for manga, animation and cinematic treatment by K. Simmons Productions.
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