Listen to the Dead on ANZAC Day
I am in Berlin right now, a strange place to be for ANZAC Day.
Lest we Forget.
In my grandfather’s day, and my great-great uncle’s day, Germany was the country of the enemy. Now, it is green and vivid and welcoming, and currently, nervous as hell because of the possibility that Russia wants to kick off World War Three. Or, as we call it in LILIUM, The Collapse.
In Memorial
When I was a child, I found a book of WW1 photographs in the local library: a huge post-book of spreads, maybe 15 x 13 inches or so. The paper was worn around the edges, and smelled musty and old. All of the photos were black and white. Picture after picture of burned out, worn out, shell-shocked, stubborn soldiers, sometimes shown as tiny dots on an endless wasted landscape. Nothing has ever affected me so deeply as those images. Men with punched out holes for eyes. Screaming trees in knee deep mud. You have to wonder. Why? Why do we do this to ourselves? And why, with the crisis in Ukraine and the possibility of war with Russia, are we tempting fate once again? Why do we act like war is an unstoppable force? The motto ‘Lest we Forget’, often heard in reference to war memorial duty in Australia, is utterly hollow if we do not learn from our mistakes. Oppose war in all its forms. Listen to the pleading voices of the dead, in Belgium and Poland and Sudan and Syria and Cambodia, to name only a few… the crushing burden of the millions and millions of people who have died in or as a result of war.
LILIUM News and Updates
But now, time for the lighter stuff! Read on:
God Has Heard has gotten some amazing reviews in the past few weeks. If you read the serial version or have bought the book, please tell us what you think by leaving a review or a comment.
New art is on the way: the main cast of Our Lady of Sorrows is being drawn, one by one. You’ll see them soon! For Work In Progress sneak peeks, join the LILIUM Email List or Follow Me on Facebook!
The God Has Heard paperback will be available soon. As soon as I get the first paperback proof, it will be up for sale!
A Beginners Guide to Writing will be published here on the LILIUM Blog: five articles helping you with the essentials of writing your own novels and stories.
I will soon be starting up Book Reviews (see below!)
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Book Reviews
I will soon begin reviewing other science fiction and military titles on the LILIUM website, because if you’re here reading my shit, you likely want lots of good books, right? I will be reviewing science fiction, military sci-fi, action and thrillers. If you are an author and would like your book or story reviewed here, send me an email at: aemath@theliliumproject.com with ‘Book Review’ and your story title as the subject. Indie titles are welcome. And while you’re here, sign up for the LILIUM Email List! It’s free.
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