The mental imagery of 'A Carpet of Purple Flowers’ inspired me in such a magical way that I felt compelled to write my first novel.
Once I started to place pen to paper, the story began to grow into a much greater tale. Maybe, every creative whimsy that I have ever envisaged and not acted on has waited until now… to be brought to life.
My mind raced, as folklore became entwined with love, fate entwined with choice, science entwined with spiritual teachings - all guiding me to write a romance that revolves around a karmic cycle.
Let me share with you, a secret place in which only a parted veil exposes. To an ethereal plane in which otherworldly, angelic type beings, tend to a well of souls.
In the book, I take the reader on a brief, visual journey to the home of elementals called, 'The Sindria'. Enter their realm, 'Calageata' where the purple flower of Vororbla grows, emitting a thick mist ready to greet the essence of a soul.
What keeps us going when the world can feel so harsh?
Where do we draw our strength from in times of need?
What urges us to carry on, when things become extremely overwhelming, and too much to bear?
We all know the answer... it comes from within.
Somewhere, deep inside a light refuses to fade.
This light (our inner strength), may become less bright for a time, but in its fading it is re-energising, and will again awaken from sleep.
Once, our inner light screams out its very last ray of hope - the sleeping energy awakes, re-igniting the inner, dimming ray. Reminiscent of an illuminating birth of a far away star, and from apparent nothingness, wondrous brightness can evolve.
The Sindria elementals teach… 'To be able to shine brightly, ones light must first fade’ .
In the book, I mention to 'keep your light bright', as we've all experienced at some point in our lives, a time when nothing makes sense and I really wanted to send out an important message to my readers – that you are so much more than what you initially see, and to remember... a fading light, secretly, masks eternity.