tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27977420678854194182024-02-08T08:01:37.674-08:00The AspirantThe Aspirant is a touching tale of exile, paradox and renewal — from a lobster’s point of view.
It’s a story for humans of all ages.Dave Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099114773857492601noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2797742067885419418.post-89277606985524913202010-07-08T11:27:00.000-07:002010-07-08T11:27:46.728-07:00Novella crawls toward a new world.<div style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b></span></div><div style="font: 18.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 21.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Novella crawls toward a new world.</b></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i>The Aspirant</i>, a novella by Dave Wilkinson, unravels the mystery of Manna Ships and the dangerous treasure they bring.</b></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Emmy-nominated Director of the popular TV show incredibleMAINE has published his first book. </span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>The Aspirant</i> is a touching tale of exile, paradox and renewal — from a lobster’s point of view. It’s a story for humans of all ages.<i> </i>Lobsters believe that Manna Ships full of food are sent from heavenly benefactors. Shortly after shedding his old shell, young Simon leaves the tribe to seek his own truth.</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Danger and desperation lead him to places he’s never seen. With unexpected help Simon finds the knowledge he desires and finds a new life.</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The book will be available on the web at Amazon.com, CreateSpace.com, plus selected bookstores.</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>About the Author:</b></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Author Dave Wilkinson has been a fantasy fan since reading <i>The Wind in the Willows </i>as a child, later looking into the darker dreams of Lovecraft, M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood. He wrote his high school senior thesis on George Orwell. Since 1965 he has read <i>Lord of the Rings </i>dozens of times. His own attempts at fiction happened as he approached fifty, when several novels and other books emerged.</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In 2006, with Producer and wife Marilyn Taylor, Wilkinson created incredibleMAINE, a half-hour weekly TV show on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. He has twice been Emmy nominated for Directing the award-winning show. </span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">contact: Dave Wilkinson</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> davewilk@suscom-maine.net</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> (207) 798-6535</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> theaspirant-novella.blogspot.com</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>REVIEW COPIES AND INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE</b></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="color: #3250ae; font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">http://theaspirant-novella.blogspot.com/</span></div><div style="font: 13.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #1a13a6; font: 12.0px Helvetica; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://my.yahoo.com/">https://www.createspace.com/3456820</a></span></div><div style="color: #1a13a6; font: 12.0px Helvetica; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="color: #3250ae; font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://twitter.com/Aspirantcrawl</span></span></div><br />
<div style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>###</b></span></div>Dave Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099114773857492601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2797742067885419418.post-78776476510543996152010-06-29T07:15:00.000-07:002010-06-29T07:15:46.468-07:00<div style="font: 12.0px 'Century Schoolbook'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Simon could feel crackling all around. The separation of shell from body seemed to him like a thousand pin-sharp stars of painful surrounding light. The process of shedding demanded both passive acceptance and active assistance. Simon could no more stop it than he could stop the shifting of the tides, but survival demanded decisive response. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Century Schoolbook'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Simon responded, twisting and jerking his small frame despite the pain it caused. This was his Third Unfoldment, and he was familiar with the stages. By now he should be almost ready to try for a Bursting, throwing off the old shell. Then came the ecstatic joy he knew waited beyond this tunnel of change, growth and pain. Transformation. A new shell.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Century Schoolbook'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Century Schoolbook'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">— excerpt from <i>The Aspirant</i></span></div>Dave Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099114773857492601noreply@blogger.com0