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| The Unholy Book Tour |
About The Unholy
"A young
curandera, a medicine woman, intent on uncovering the secrets of her past is
forced into a life-and-death battle against an evil Archbishop. Set in the
mystic land of Aztlan, the Unholy is a novel of destiny as healer and slayer.
native lore of dreams and visions, shape changing, and natural magic work to
spin a neo-gothic web in which sadness and mystery lure the unsuspecting into a
twilight realm of discovery and decision."
Guest
Post by Paul DeBlassie
The stronger the character in terms of the capacity
for both love and rage the more compelling they are and it is in this that the
true character is birthed. Love and rage are in essence the nests in which the
characters are cared for and nourished and then allowed to fly free.
I find that I must dip into my own capacity for
primal feelings of love and rage in order to discover that aspect of myself
that is like the character, has been like or felt like the character feels in
the situation.
It’s critical to always allow this to move the story
forward and not get stuck by over thinking the character, to just hit and go
into the emotional life of the character and let the character then tell me
what he or she wants to express. The rage in particular can be horrifying
because of our human capacity to inflict injury on others or society.
To express this on the page leaves me feeling
vulnerable yet also true to myself within this dimension of storytelling. It’s
mind boggling for me to experience the rage of the character and what the
character like Archbishop William Anarch in The Unholy wants to do and does to
innocent human beings.
Claire Sanchez, the medicine woman, on the other
hand needs to find rage, a healthy aggression, that has gone awry in Anarch,
and only by doing this, if she can, will she potentially be able to discover
the strength to fight the powerful archbishop.
Book
Excerpt from The Unholy
As she ran forward, out of nowhere the
two crows flew at her, scraping the air near her face with their sharp talons.
Fists clenched, she struck out at one and grabbed at the other. They flew up,
circled overhead, then dove, talons flaring. Unmoving, Claire placed her hands
by her side and held their gaze. They fluttered above her head for a minute,
then left. Claire turned and saw an eagle soaring—a healer’s spirit
manifestation. Medicine women said it came only when needed, when danger
lurked.
Frantically tugging away bush, bramble,
and cacti, she uncovered the mouth of the seventh cave and stepped in. She had
the feeling somebody was watching.
Her eyes adjusted and she made out the
contour of something. Squinting, she stooped and touched what seemed to be a
circle of stones and charred, cold logs. She stood up and pulled back. A bat
flew at her. She waved it away.
She stopped, waited for
her breathing to slow, and, stepping sideways, touched the walls of the cave.
They were damp and the stink of blood and guts was everywhere. Using the hard
surfaces as a guide, her fingertips suddenly brushed through a hollow space
roughly the size of a human body.
Book
Information
Name: Paul
DeBlassie III
Book Title: The
Unholy
Genre:
Paranormal Thriller
Publisher:
Sunstone Press
About the Author
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| Author Paul DeBlassie |
PAUL DeBLASSIE III, PhD, is a
psychologist and writer living in his native New Mexico. A member of the Depth
Psychology Alliance, the Transpersonal Psychology Association, and the International
Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, he has for over
thirty years treated survivors of the dark side of religion.
3 comments:
Thank you for hosting The Unholy!
Happy New Year,
Rebecca.
thanks for coming by and leaving a comment! blessings to you!
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