Practical Advice from an Evolved Soul
by Marcus
Dino
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BLURB:
"Fulfill
your destiny Fifi, as you wander through the Wilderness," Goth her spirit
guide tells her....
Marcus
Dino's latest book 'Practical Advice from an Evolved Soul', an anthology like
it's smash hit predecessor, 'Diary of a Mad Gen Yer.' has 21st century
actress/heroine Cheryl 'Fifi' Larouche coming back outrageous as ever
introducing new 'Silly Stories,' 'Silly Poems,' and 'Silly Blogs', plus an
added new twist using the world of Twitter, Fifi's 'Silly Tweets.'
'Practical
Advice from an Evolved Soul' is third in a series of 'Fifi's stories following
Marcus Dino's top ten Amazon Bestseller 'Diary of a Mad Gen Yer' in addition to
his original Hollywood novel 'Fifi.'
Many
of the major characters from Mr. Dino's two earlier book are back in 'Evolved
Soul' including Fifi's boyfriend Biff, her obstinate father Charles, and her
two alien friends from the planet Zatoris, Alocki and Helos. In addition there
are some very interesting new characters in 'Evolved Soul' including a long
dead Englishman who said he knew great literary figures such as Dickens and
Keats called 'The 200 Year Old Great Writer,' and two entities who say they are
'Fifi's Spirit Guides' Goth and Au.
Both
Goth and Au write very inspirational blogs that convey a strong message in the
'Blogs' section of 'Evolved Soul.'
'Practical
Advice from an Evolved Soul' is both humorous and inspirational and like it's
two predecessors will entertain the reader from beginning to end.
EXCERPT:
QUEEN LYMPHAMA
This is a night when strange demons and vampires arrive to
doth try to steal the soul of the innocent…Tonight oh Neptune after the party
we shall call the Royal Apothecary who will doth conduct a potient out of bat
wings and garlic and the tongues of TV talk show hosts and politicians and
other vile and smelly things…And whoever I praytell drinks of this potient will
scare off all evil souls and who ever drinks of this potient will be strong as
anyone who drinketh such foul and smelly stuff would have to be strong…and
crazy…Now.. Come my good king and my subjects let us now go to the party at the
palace to intake in wine and merriment….
(Image of Ghost from Hamlet appears)
GHOST
What noblest of misfortunes that hath cursed my son Hamlet
partakes thou fair Queen? I praytell that I shalt make amends for my son to be
of assistance to thee…My son Hamlet at times hath not believed in me…I praytell
thou noblest of Queens believe in me as I was once King Denmark…
QUEEN LYMPHAMA
I hath no misfortune oh Ghost of the King of Denmark…I
praytell that thou may get into the minds of casting directors of good theater
and good movies and good TV shows of which there are so few in 2012 and
convince them of my acting abilities…Now Ghost of the King of Denmark a place
where they doth are well known for changing men into women and women into men I
doth praytell thou join us at the palace for an evening of wine, song, and
merriment….
2.Which book of yours is your favorite? Why?
A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR
1.What's
the best and worst part of being an author?
The
best part is being 'The Artist.' The
creativity, I get to write anything I
want to write. Building an interesting
character is like creating an interesting painting. The worst part is the frustation that any
writer or artist has trying to make something or someone out of scratch and
really getting the public interested in this project. Writing a book for an author, just like
completing a work of art for an artist. is half the battle. I saw a recent movie where an artistic
promoter rented the walls of a night club where people would see the works of
art as they went...to the restroom. Of course I'm writing about a girl who keeps
on going from one audition to another so she can land that first bit role as an
actress in a two bit Hollywood flick.
Promoting a book is the same thing.
I can't tell you how many book fairs I have been to, how many authors
blogs I have participated in, how many people in the media I have contacted
with press releases, how many podcasts I
have done, how many local book stores I have placed my books 'on consignment'
with, and I just finished my 15,000th
tweet on Twitter, linked with Facebook, as 'Fifi Larouche.' But again like an artist or like Fifi, I have
to get my name out there in order to get recognition.
2.Which book of yours is your favorite? Why?
This
is a tough question because I really like all three books that I have written; Fifi,
Diary of a Mad Gen Yer, and Practical Advice from an Evolved Soul. I equally like all three. Each one has a different style. Fifi is the Hollywood Novel. It introduces who Fifi Larouche is, it
concentrates on the story line of her determination to be the best performance
artist Hollywood has ever seen and the trials and tribulations she goes through
to get there, especially the career conflict she has with her father. Diary an anthology of short stories
and poems introduces the fantasy angle as basically the theme is since
Fifi can't land Hollywood roles due to intense competition, she acts out her
roles in her 'silly dreams. I basically
go from real life characters from Fifi such as Charles. Fifi's father,
Biff her boyfriend, and Kerry her Hollywood rival to fantasy characters in
Diary like Helos and Alocki, her ET friends
from another star system and the 200 Year Old Great Writer, an English ghost
who talks in Shakespearean prose and was once a well know writer with
contemporaries such as Charles Dickens and Jane Austen. Finally the anthology Evolved Soul not only continues the
fantasy angle but introduces the Spiritual component as I introduce Fifi's 2
spirit guides, Au and Goth. These Spirit
Guides not only give real life spiritual advice but hint to Fifi that there is
more to life on earth than being 'rich and famous.'
3.What
are your favorite authors in the genre that you write? With the short stories and Fantasy in Evolved
Soul and Diary I learned a lot from science fiction and fantasy writers
such as Ray Bradbury, JR Tolkien, and Roald Dahl. With
Fifi I really emulated Hemingway's story writing and character
development,
4.Which
of your characters is most like you?
Yeah I'm a lot like Helos, Fifi's
absent minded extraterrestrial friend who is one of the smartest people she
ever met but at times a bit on the 'absent minded' side. Supposedly Helos with his partner Alocki was
able to navigate a starship trillions of miles from the nearest star system,
Alpha Centauri, and have such a mastery
of genetics that he hardly ages during the long space travel but he also wears
dress up shoes to the gym when he works out.
I get forgetful and absent minded at times just like Helos.
Author Info:
Marcus Dino
has always wanted to be a fiction writer as long as he can remember. Living in
Southern California plus his being a die hard movie buff has led him to write
stories dealing with the struggles and conquests of heroic up and coming
Hollywood actress Cheryl 'Fifi' Larouche.
Practical Advice
from an Evolved Soul is an anthology and inspirational book and is Mr. Dino's
third 'Fifi' series book. His first book, Hollywood novel Fifi was first
published in 2003. His second book in ebook format, Diary of a Mad Gen Yer, an
anthology and Amazon best seller in it's category, was published in 2009.
Mr. Dino has
a Masters degrees in Education and Engineering and is a graduate of Chapman
University. He has a distinguished
career as an electronics engineer working for several Aerospace companies and
also as a mathematics teacher in Los Angeles area schools. He currently resides in Santa Maria,
California.
Website:
www.summertimeproductions.net
'Evolved
Soul' can also be purchased on major on line bookstores such as
www.amazon.com:
and Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/217466
The printed
version of 'Evolved Soul' has just been published and is currently being placed
into numerous bookstores.
Facebook and
Twitter (over 7500 followers) username:Fifilarouche
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ReplyDeleteLoved the excerpt. This sounds like such a fun story.
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