It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
~ S. I. Hayakawa
The Succeed and Soar Authors Speak series invites writers to answer questions about their artforms and special inspirations.
Welcome Joshua David Bellin
Josh, what phrase inspires your writing and life?
I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.
Shannon Hale
Josh, share how these words helped your writing, your life.
Oftentimes, it’s the overly high expectations we put on ourselves as writers that prevent us from getting started. What Hale reminds us is that our first efforts are only the beginning of a process of shaping and refining. We have to start somewhere, and if we’re not willing to accept the messy beginnings, we’ll never reach the end.
Myriad Sample Text:
Thursday, August 31, 2017I hear the sound of fireworks, crack crack crack.
Except it’s not the Fourth of July. I know because Daddy took me and Jeremy to the parade in Lancaster the month before we moved to our new house in Pittsburgh.
Is this the way they do it in this place? Is this how they celebrate the start of school?
My teacher moves quickly to the classroom door, pulls the black blind and turns the lock. She opens the side drawer of her big wooden desk, scrabbles through it as if she’s trying to find something, then closes it and edges the desk in front of the door. When she shuts off the lights, there are shrieks of surprise. She spins toward us, her face twisted in fear.
Miriam Randle works for LifeTime, a private law enforcement agency that uses short-term time travel to prevent crimes from happening.
Though a seasoned time traveller, she is continually haunted by the death of her twin brother, whose murder remains unsolved years later. …
Myriad is a relentless time-twisting thriller filled with surprises, invention, and a killer ending. It’s the wildest of wild rides, and lovers of time travel are going to want to strap themselves in for this one. …
About Joshua David Bellin
Pittsburgh native Joshua David Bellin has worked as a teacher, umpire, miniaturist, and groundskeeper. He is the author of numerous works of science fiction, including the time-travel thriller Myriad, the Survival Colony novels, and the Ecosystem Cycle.
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