My fearless life, being an author

My Imagination - Creating A Story

2009-01-25T12:53:00.000-08:00

Having written two (2) books, having written synopses about the books, spending time describing what I called my style; there is however something that I can't describe: "My Imagination."

What appears in my books that readers see from sentence to sentence from period to period from comma to comma is not what the writer (me) sees.

I see the clouds I write about, I see the steps I climb, I see the kiss, the murder, the survival of my character.

My pen swirls with every action, I escape, I lie brazenly, I scheme - but what the reader sees as creativity, in my memory the words fell that way because I entered a world of mystery; what actions I put on paper was the only course for me to take; given the future of my story, with me, standing in the midst of the things twirling around me at that time.

If it appeared to me that I saw darkness I remember that it was too dark to see and my mind created darkness that no man could imagine. If it was beauty and light that I saw my mind created a rainbow so bright so beautiful that no man had seen it before.

Then what made me write the story in the first place can only be described as madness, insanity, a laughable enterprise. The things of invention today come from a secret place in the mind. Literature is not for the academic; the study of proper nouns, adjectives, verbs, and class-room analysis can only frame literature, never will it create or innovate.

The source I find my strength to write from is squarely a gift, and not the work of someone toiling for inspiration or building paragraph after paragraph following the teachings of "stock artists."

Literature is not what we see, literature is not stock material. We need to see literature as art, each piece of its own value.

Sean Tarquini received a liberal education at York University, Canada and other sources in general and has been writing for 14 years, he works on literature and audio/visual presentations. Sean's books are available at http://www.amazon.com and at http://www.mobipocket.com

Writing Your Presentation. Winning Over Your Audience.

2008-06-24T07:04:00.000-07:00

Being invited to make a presentation to a group of people means that you are considered an expert on the subject at hand; a subject that the group you are speaking to has an interest in.

It is important you speak to the person who offered the invitation before you begin to write your speech. Find out about the individuals you will be speaking to, who do they represent? What part do they play in their organization? These tips will let you know in what context you should write your presentation; what type of power point presentation will be more applicable? What jargon to use? How to avoid speaking down to them or over their heads?

It is best if you research the history of your topic and not introduce your topic as if it was the first thing that occurred, realize that every thing comes to be because of organic growth. I would not discuss Web 2.0 social networks without touching on the telephone, e-mail, Napster, the media, and technology. Because it would be odd to start talking about Web 2.0 right away with out an easy build up. Write your presentation with the above thoughts in mind.

Try to establish a beginning and an end and pay attention that your audience wants to be energised, they want to feel part of your speech, they want to learn and understand things that will add to their already sophisticated knowledge.

Talk to your audience as if you were speaking to your friends, don't shout, breathe and remember that they do not know what you know, you are the expert, this should keep you from becoming nervous.

Take time when you are writing and make an effort to communicate with the audience in a way that it is in context, politically, and with taste. Know how long you are expected to speak and time your speech to fit into the time allotted to you.

I hope this article was of help to you.

Sean Tarquini received a liberal education at York University, Canada and other sources in general and has been writing for 14 years, he works on literature and audio/visual presentations. Sean's books are available at http://www.amazon.com and at http://www.mobipocket.com

Being a "wordsmith" is a repected profession

2008-01-20T12:22:00.000-08:00

If? If you follow a simple example your submission will reach the top of the table and you will be published. Is that all you write for?
Do a book to let people know how to wash their dog because someone said that is a good idea for a book; write a book for the Christmas shoppers - it is all wrong, write to express yourself or bring to the fore something important, something that requires your writing skills. Please don't write to catch a wave. Why? Because you will see your writing skills go up and down like the seasons. Once you are off the shelf your effort may become meaningless to the reading public and eventually vanish as time goes on.
The word "publisher" echoes and reverberates because that is all you are thinking about. Please write because you have something important to say. If writing is for you, and you have true talent - you will eventually become a published author, it is inevitable. It is so easy to get published in this electronic age and so easy to get known, it is a long tail and people are searching deeper to find good literature. Don't seek to be at the top of the list, simply seek to be the best in your niche. What I am saying is: it is more important to be a writer than to get your work published. It is true. A good writer can write for television documentaries, write business letters, produce newsletters at work or for their favourite association; they write letters that friends look out for, they keep friends interested in their work, by sharing their stories and work in progress.
A good writer easily catches the eye from those around him or her, they earn respect and don't be surprised they are always called upon to act as a "consultant" when their co-workers are working with the english language or other languages. A writer is respected and being a writer is no different from being a tradesman, they are a "wordsmith."
Sean Tarquini received a liberal education at York University, Canada and other sources in general and has been writing for 14 years, he works on literature and audio/visual presentations. Sean's books are available at http://www.amazon.com and at http://www.mobipocket.com

Helen Keller, Character Development and Literature

2007-12-29T19:59:00.000-08:00

How do you define and create a character? What are the secret techniques? Do you need to work on the following?

- The environment the character lives in;

- The character's position in society;

- The character's handicaps and strengths;

- Can the character be trusted, is the character inherently bad or loving;

- The character's view of the world;

- Is the character delusional about reality and where will this lead the story;

- Is the character spiritual and full of hope and bravery, or living with nothing to fall back on.

The techniques we follow can create either a weak meaningless character or a strong character that we can compare to Joan of Arc, Citizen Cane. Characters that have morals and have the will to achieve no matter the obstacles we put in their way. Or in another case someone who is bound to fail and have a sordid end.

Dracula has his environment and it works to build the type of person that is Dracula. In "The Lord of the Flies" the environment is an uninhabited island where the boys are forced to live in a certain way, in this case like savages. "Hercules" is tied to the Gods and his character revolves around his spirituality.

Creating a character takes great skill and one needs to develop and work on some of the above points. "Helen Keller" has been written about many times, to develop her character writers have concentrated their pen on her handicaps and strengths to project her character.

It is a fact that there is the rich and the poor and others somewhere in between. You need to define where your character fits in for the readers to know where your character is going and what risks the character can take? Where does the character fit into society? Is it survival for the fittest?

Characters in most cases let the reader reflect on the socio-economic, psychological, and the moral that is set, how to carry on in life in a world that is constantly challenging them. How we develop our characters makes for a good read or you can see your book make it back to the book shelf where it will be lost forever.

I have recommended these techniques and hope it helps you with your next big project.

Sean Tarquini received a liberal education at York University, Ontario, Canada. He writes books and for audio/visual presentations. His books are are available on http://www.amazon.com and http://www.mobipocket.com

Dracula, Batman and Dark Literature

2007-11-13T05:36:00.000-08:00

Dark literature presents us with two characters - Dracula and Batman - supernatural beings that came from humble beginnings.

These characters are able to make their greatest foes bow to their demands, they are fuelled by an abnormal cause which draws our sympathy, both guilty of murder and mayhem. As we look at the two we begin to see their madness at the worst and paranoia at its best.

They love strong and are independently wealthy, they control their worlds, we want to be like them but their intelligence separates us. They are the spirit inside us that we hide from the people around us.

These "dark knights" are Gods to themselves and their decisions are final, they are the most powerful beings, and we thirst to be like them - we feel their weaknesses and wonder how come these knights could have weaknesses. These traits that these dark beings possess attracts us and pulls our spirits to their cause, evil or good.

Dark literature has survived thousands of years from Oedipus to Batman because it reflects what is in our sub-conscious deep down inside and buried within. Dark literature is in fact a true reflection of the dark side of man, our hunger for power, wealth and love. We envy these "dark knights" because they got it easily. The suffering both mental and physical that they endure is the price they pay. The price we will pay to get that much power will no doubt be more severe and our suffering will be more painful; that is the moral of the story.

Sean Tarquini received a liberal education at York University, Canada and other sources in general and has been writing for 14 years, he works on literature and audio/visual presentations. His books are available at http://www.amazon.com and http://www.mobipocket.com

Dark Literature

2007-11-09T08:30:00.000-08:00

I learnt of the dark side of man in literature class, it was a course called Contemporary Theatre. I learnt that people suffer through birth defects like Helen Keller, the play, some suffer through life because of their class like the guy (Loman) in "Death of a Salesman", and I saw a woman brutally killed in "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe and see people haunted because of new-found-wealth in "The Pearl" by Steinbeck.
Children reverted to animals in "Lord of the Flies", a child poisoned mentally in the play "Aunt Dan and Lemon" and of course Oedipus digging out his own eyes after learning he killed his father and married his mother!
So I wrote my first book, after being a professional letter writer, when people still used STAMPS to send letters and ENVELOPES - remember those - well I have lived between two continents during the time I attended University, and had always been writing a letter, those were the days but it taught me about punctuation and how to inject emotions in my letters.
Thanks to all the dark or "black" writing I have read and personal experiences I can only write on the dark-side. I am an all encompassed Black Knight and only think on the dark side, I sprinkle my literature with light and colours to create literature that is a kaleidoscope of colour.
The books I have mentioned are some of the ones I want us to peruse. So I am proposing as we travel through the dark depths of space that we see colour as points to cherish that save us from being consumed by darkness.
Sean Tarquini received a liberal education at York University, Canada and other sources in general and has been writing for 14 years, he works on literature and audio/visual presentations. His books are available on http://www.Amazon.com and http://www.Mobipocket.com

The Colour Of Literature

2007-11-09T08:27:00.000-08:00

The study of literature is a study of the origin of the ideas. Ideas that make up the resources of modern writers. I took literature courses and I am now an accomplished author but no one else could have taken the exact mix of courses that I took or had the same teachers.
I consider myself to be a letter writer of contemporary literature and so do 10,000 other writers but we all have different backgrounds. Are there any standards set to be a contemporary writer? Can there be? The answer is no.
There are no standards set for the imagination, but like music there are beats that are better than the other. There are melodies more appropriate at times more wanting than another. There lies the perfection. We want our imagination to bloom, mere thoughts, to fit into the language of men. It can be a poem, it can be either a short story, a novel, or poetic prose. The category one falls under when we write are like the different types of glasses we use for drinks served at a reception: wine, brandy, champagne, or beer. The type of glass served makes the drink more palatable; much like the categories of writing which hold a story as it needs to be interpreted.
Each writer of all disciplines or levels has something to offer. It is the out pouring of the spirit that is important, looking for the top ten is not meant to be, writing is an art form and it represents one of the greatest accomplishments of mankind. It holds the thoughts of men who lived thousands of years ago, as well as, it is the wine that we all share to live in this world, to communicate in this world and even to save this world.
Sean Tarquini received a liberal education at York University, Canada and other sources in general and has been writing for 14 years, he works on literature and audio/visual presentations. His books are available at http://www.amazon.com and http://www.mobipocket.com

I have some books for sale on Amazon.com and Mobipocket.com

2007-08-04T04:06:00.000-07:00

I am with www.amazon.com and www.amazon.ca and www.amazon.co.uk I put up for sale my book called "The Grapevine" by Sean Tarquini.

On www.mobipocket.com I put up for sale an ebook called "The Olympian" as well as another ebook called "Poems."

Sean Tarquini

2007-07-09T13:19:00.000-07:00

I think I am mad but I want to make a living selling books. Amazon? Who knows. My books are listed on Amazon's sites in Japan, The UK, Canada, and the States. I have listed my book with all the bestsellers so you must see me out there, I have a good chance. What do you think. My book has a long history of being acknowledged as a major piece of literature, it was used at university on the syllabus so it's good it has a chance I need plenty publicity.

Amazon gives you the tools, I have used these tools all I need to do now is wait and see the results. My book is called "The Grapevine A Contemporary Short Story" by Sean Tarquini and it's on www.amazon.com.

I want people to check it out and tell me if I can make a living here.

Sean

Seeing through the eyes of the innocent

2007-06-24T11:33:00.000-07:00

Yes, the eyes of the innocence, the eyes of love and the harmless. All these I think of when I look at my sister, a recovering person from a terrible illness, recovering, it is hard to imagine what she looked like before, she is well now and it is if she is silently saying thanks for the support.

It is only in the blog I can express my emotions. I write literature, one of my works is "The Grapevine A Contemporary Short Story" available at www.amazon.com My writing is not emotional and I can't imagine that my pure emotion will make a full length story, but on second thought I could put my energy into poetry, like the ones I have for sale on www.mobipocket.com called "The Olympian."

Sean Tarquini

Show me the money

2007-06-20T08:10:00.000-07:00

Telecommunications is a costly enterprise. You need finacing, you need millions. I am doing business with the richest company around and it seems I'll need to wait a month more before the funds I need are released, they swalllowed up enough shares in my company to give them idigestion, technically I am now working for them but I cut a good deal, they will get richer but I will be rich for the first time thank the stars that IP is a respected word in this technological world so yeah I got to keep the copyright, they get my balls.

Sean

Check out my book "The Grapevine a Contemporary Short Story" available at www.amazon.com

How I became an author

2007-06-07T18:21:00.000-07:00

How I became an author: - I have been to colleges 2,000 miles away from home, before email, and I wrote hundreds of letters back home. When I got back home I left behind friends 2,000 miles away, girlfriends, and I wrote them hundreds of letters. Slowly I developed into a writer, I mean the only way I communicated was by writing. I easily got a job as a script writer for a TV production house and I moved slowly to books.

I wrote "The Grapevine: A Contemporary Short Story" available on www.amazon.com and I wrote "The Olympian" and "Poems" both available on www.mobipocket.com

Feel free to check out my books and I'll give you the inside into the story, every detail I promise. :)

Living the adventure, being an author by Sean Tarquini

2007-05-12T13:39:00.000-07:00

I have the travel agency very tense as I go over every detail concerning my trip to India. I am a telecommunications expert by training, I was educated at York University, in Toronto, Canada and recently took a refresher course so as they say "I am a hot wizz kid."

India has some of the best software developers in the world and they work for half the price of the nerds elswhere. I am building a one of a kind program and I am on the verge of making millions.

I am already branching out from telecommunications, I wrote my first book published under my own name "Sean Tarquini": "The Grapevine a Contemporary Short Story." It is available on www.amazon.com and Amazon in the UK.

I have two (2) ebooks, "The Olympian" and "Poems" available on www.mobipocket.com

Writing is nice. I hope to see plenty of India and then meditate on the experience and possibly write the next best seller, I don't write for the money though, my mind is so beautiful that I want to share my thoughts with my family first, then with my friends and the rest of the planet.