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!
Tir na Nog Serves as Archetype for the Writing of Secrets of the Rainbow Bridge
Douglas and Olivia Rosestone have worked together for the past twenty years as “life coaches for couples by a couple” and together with their son, screenwriter Jonah Rosestone, are drawing upon their personal influences and inspirations for writing a fantasy book series, Secrets of the Rainbow Bridge. The Rosestone’s work as life coaches, along with lessons-learned as students of archetypal psychology, and their family’s shared beliefs that fantasy is a vehicle for adults, as Tolkien says, “to suspend apprehensions and feel deep joy” have served as guideposts along the way. The Rosestone’s are using the major archetype of elven and faery “Other-world” Tir na Nog, in the series. Douglas explains, “The Sidhe races of the Otherworld are of various kinds, which …
Influences for Writing Secrets of the Rainbow Bridge
Knowing the point in which you have been influenced by a person, book, or place and how it goes on to shape your life may be one of the greatest gifts any of us could hope for. In this post, Secrets of the Rainbow Bridge (SOTRB) co-authors and family-as-fantasy-writers discuss what has been influential to them. Douglas Rosestone: When fantasy crosses over into mythology, it truly becomes interesting to me. When fantasy is not only for entertainment, but also contains instruction for what Joseph Campbell called “the capacity to live a human lifetime under any circumstance, fantasy then becomes Mythology. I hope that SOTRB becomes a classic beloved by great numbers of people. I think its scope is grand, the characters …