"WELCOME TO THE MAZE" IS AVAILABLE @ AMAZON.COM, BORDERS.COM,TRAFFORD.COM OR EMAIL
[email protected] PSEUDONYM IS CHARLES TRUTH.I AM A SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR OUT OF DENVER COLORADO WHO LOVES BRINGING MY IDEAS TO LIFE.IN LATE 2002,WHILE INCARCERATED IN A FEDERAL PRISON, I DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INK MY CREATIVE THOUGHTS. HAVING SOME EXPERIENCE IN WRITING AS A RECORDING ARTIST, I KNEW THAT A NOVEL WOULD BE SUCH A MORE CHALLENGING EXPERIENCE THAN A SONG COMPOSITION. BEING THE EXPLORING TYPE, I BEGAN TO DESCRIBE MY SURROUNDINGS ON PAPER TO HELP DEVELOP MY WRITING STYLE. I WASTED NO TIME AT ALL AND BEGAN WRITING MY FIRST WORK OF FICTION TITLED, "WELCOME TO THE MAZE" LOSELY BASED ON MY LIFE. I REALIZED THAT I HAD TO READ A LOT IN ORDER TO BECOME A BETTER WRITER. I HAD NOBODY TO GUIDE ME THROUGH THIS JOURNEY BUT AUTHORS SUCH AS DONALD GOINES, TERI WOODS, K'WAN, SHANNON HOLMES, NIKKI TURNER & VICKIE STRINGER. THEY ALL HELPED ME SO MUCH BY CREATING WELL-ROUNDED WORK THAT MOTIVATED ME AND MENTORED ME. I RELATED TO THE STORIES I READ BY PLACING MYSELF IN THE AUTHOR'S SHOES AND TEACHING MYSELF ABOUT PERSPECTIVE. I THEN BEGAN LOOKING UP THINGS LIKE "CREATIVE WRITING" & "LITERARY" IN ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND BECAME AWARE OF THINGS LIKE QUERY LETTERS, BOOK PROPOSALS, SAMPLE CHAPTERS, & WHAT IT TAKES TO SUBMIT A MANUSCRIPT. ONE THING LEAD ME TO ANOTHER. I BEGAN TO LEARN LITERARY TERMS AND HOW TO CREATE A GOOD STORY. FROM THE TOOLS AND AUTHORS I EXPOSED MYSELF TO, I COMPOSED A PACKET THAT I ALWAYS REFER TO. I CALLED THIS PACKET " THE ART OF CREATING A GOOD STORY". IT GIVES THE DEFINITION OF CREATING A PLOT, GRAND OPENING,STORY MAP ETC...THIS REALLY MOTIVATES ME WHEN I LOOK AT IT BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF ALL THE HARD WORK AND SEARCHING IT TOOK FOR ME TO GET TO THE INFORMATION THAT THE PACKET CONTAINS....AND REMEMBER, I STARTED OUT WITH NO IDEA OR GUIDANCE FROM ANYONE. NO HELP AT ALL JUST THE GOOD SENSE THAT THE LORD BLESSED ME WITH. I RECEIVED REJECTIONS FROM TERI WOODS, TRIPLE CROWN,... ETC, BUT I DIDNT LET IT DISCOURAGE ME, IT ONLY MOTIVATED ME. I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT I LEARNED THE GAME BY TAKING THE STAIRS AND NOT THE ELEVATOR. I NOW HAVE A SELF PUBLISHED BOOK OUT AND I AM CLOSE TO FINISHING A SECOND WHICH IS VERY EXPLOSIVE AND I SEE IT AS TAKING MY MARKET BY STORM!!!HOPE I CAN HELP ANYONE IN SOME WAY...I DECIDED TO GO ALL THE WAY THERE WITH IT AND CREATED A ALBUM AS A SOUNDTRACK TO MY NOVEL(GIVE ME MY CREDIT IF YOU FOLLOW THE BLUEPRINT....LOL)THE ALBUM IS ALSO AVAILABLE:
