Excitement continues to build for Secrets of the Rainbow Bridge with the release of the remaining character artwork and a stunning map of Tír na nÓg. More developments to come. Check back! Criofan Criofan is one of Baudwin’s best friends. He’s quite a fancy dresser, and always looks his best. The ladies love his cool, confident charm, and so will you! When he performs with Baudwin in their acrobatic troupe, he never misses a trick. As a member of the Water Guild, he’s loyal to the old ways, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t like to try out new things. Matha Matha is Baudwin’s other best friend. He’s very perceptive, and he likes to analyze the world around him. He …
SOTRB Releases Artwork from Forthcoming Fantasy Book Series
SOTRB has had a wonderfully eventful week with the artwork releases of Auralia, Baudwin, Steamway Toys, Kelven and Seamus. Let us introduce you: Aurali, a broken hearted faery whose dire warning on page one of Secrets of the Rainbow Bridge (SOTRB) welcomes you to the Otherworld–where the Light is quickly fading, and a great befalling has scarred the hearts of elves and faeries. Time is running out to discover the truth. Baudwin, the hero of our story, is a water faery from the hamlet of Deuona. Baudwin lives with his father and grandfather, helping to operate a dam that provides water to neighboring farms. He is a spirited, adventurous soul, with a brave heart and an important destiny he …
Aurali Welcomes You to the Otherworld!
Meet Aurali, a broken hearted faery whose dire warning on page one of Secrets of the Rainbow Bridge (SOTRB) welcomes you to the Otherworld–where the Light is quickly fading, and a great befalling has scarred the hearts of elves and faeries. Time is running out to discover the truth.Visit our Facebook page and blog on Wednesday, September 3rd, as we reveal glimpses of the mystery by introducing some of the most colorful characters to hit fantasy pages in eons. How many will we introduce? Only time will tell. All we say for now is — check back!
Why Women Like Fantasy
In the same way that men do, women read fantasy because they enjoy exciting stories set in imaginative places, with clever plot lines and intriguing characters. Women also read fantasy because they like to imagine a world where men and women relate to each other on a level playing field. For better and for worse, fantasy provides a way for us to see just how level the playing field is between men and women, as well as what needs to be improved. In an ideal world, men are still men, and women are still women, but instead of being adversaries when they relate to each other, they are allies. Instead of one sex succeeding at the expense of the other, …
Entering the Unknown
When I was nineteen, I hopped a Yugoslavian freighter, and jumped ship in Casa Blanca for no other reason than it sounded like a romantic and adventurous way to get across the Atlantic. I didn’t have any idea about where the journey would end up taking me. Months later while I was travelling in Europe, my older sister was back in the States studying with Joseph Campbell at Sarah Lawrence College. I wrote to her telling her that I was becoming interested in Indian philosophy. She was excited about her professor’s work, and on a hunch she sent me a copy of Campbell’s book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. When I began reading the book, I remember feeling that I …
How Three People Write A Fantasy Book Together
Curious about what our process has been like while writing Secrets of the Rainbow Bridge? Not only are we three people—we’re also three people who happen to be related. That’s right. Family writing fantasy for families; Olivia, Douglas and Jonah Rosestone. Here’s how the roles and responsibilities have been shared amongst us: Olivia Primary Writer / Choreographer Primary Clothing / Set Designer Primary Character Designer Primary Dialogue Writer Primary Narrator Primary Scene Researcher Primary Poetry Writer HR Lady General Editor General Concept Creator Douglas Primary Mythologist / Spiritualist Primary Humorist Primary Beat Miner Primary Visionary / Obstacle Breaker First Draft In-Line Support Optimism / Moral General Editor General Concept Creator General Dialogue Writer Jonah Primary Story Designer / Director Primary Plot Checker …
Olivia Rosestone: Most Influential Books and Authors
SOTRB co-writer, Olivia Rosestone, shares some of the most influential books and authors she has read: The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies by Jan Werner & Garth Williams Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen Grimm’s Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume, and other books by her The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield Elfland by Freda Warrington The Alphabet vs. the Goddess and Art and Science by Leonard Shlain I like fantasy, science fiction, historical novels, self-help/personal growth, cutting edge books about science and human nature, …
Secrets of the Rainbow Bridge Video Shoot
Hello Everyone! I have exciting news. Our video for our upcoming crowdfunding campaign is being shot this weekend. I can’t wait to share it with all of you. Cheers, Jonah
The Mythic Influences on the Writing of Secrets of the Rainbow Bridge
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ~Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken I’ve been reminded of Robert Frost’s words over and over again as I’ve heard Douglas Rosestone’s story about the direction he took in his life forty years ago—at the juncture when the teachings of Joseph Campbell and J. Krishnamurti first entered his life. And, more recently how fortuitous the interplay of both teachers’ lessons have been on guiding the mythical theme for Secrets of the Rainbow Bridge (SOTRB), a book he is co-writing with his wife, Olivia and son, Jonah. In 1966, at age 19, while Douglas was living on the Mediterranean …
Why I Write Fantasy by Jonah Rosestone
People need wonder so they can connect to something greater than themselves. Everyday life can be very disheartening. Many of us toil away at jobs we dislike, or at best we are indifferent towards. Certainly, a lucky few are on top of the world working their dream jobs, but for the rest of us commoners, we are where we are because our professions were thrust upon us, or because they were our only opportunities in life. When we are asked in job interviews why we have chosen our paths, we say, “I do this because I want to make a difference.” But, deep down inside many of us wonder if we really can. Fantasy allows us to vicariously be part …
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