Interview with Tamara Veitch and Rene DeFazio, authors of The Emissary
Tell us about your
latest book.
When the world collapses from a Golden Age into one of chaos and strife,
mankind’s salvation lies in the hands of eternal Emissaries — guardians chosen
to protect the secrets of a sacred, ancient civilization and to guide humanity
back to enlightenment even as its darkest hour approaches. Marcus and Theron
are two lovers bound by an eternal and unshakable bond. As a series of
catastrophic events nearly destroys their world, the two -- along with a chosen
few -- become Emissaries destined -- over the course of 13,000 years and
through many reincarnations -- to lead humanity into an era of peace and
prosperity as foretold by the Elders of their race. But the forces of evil have
taken possession of one man, Helghul, who relentlessly pursues Marcus and
Theron through time, determined to destroy them and ruin all hope for salvation.
The Emissary, Book I in The One Great Year Series, tracks Marcus’s
epic adventure across centuries of human civilization to present day, where
envoys of darkness gather around them, threatening to bury the life-giving
secrets of Atitala forever. Good and evil come to blows and the future of
mankind hangs in the balance.
What formats is the
book available in?
The Emissary is available in paperback, E-Book
and Audiobook. We are excited to release our first audiobook. We narrated the
book together and Rene’s extensive acting and voiceover background made a huge
difference! It was wonderful to read the words and especially the dialogue the
way we heard it when we wrote it.
What advice do you
have for other writers?
Read and write as much as you can and if there
is an author, or a single line that you think is really well written and
resonates with you, dissect it and figure out why. Every writer is influenced
by others, but find your own voice by taking the best of what you learn from
others. In writing The Emissary, and our entire series, we have been influenced
by classic writers like Dickens and Austen and modern writers like Rowling and
King.
What's the best thing
about being a writer?
Our favourite thing about being writers is the
constant creativity. Even beyond the actual planning, researching and writing
of the novels, the creativity continues. We try to give our readers a very
personal and entertaining look inside our writing, so with our video blog,
social media posts, meme’s audiobook narration, guest blogs and working on
storyboards for the book trailers, we have
no shortage of opportunities to create!
Where can people find
out more about you and your writing?
To find out more about us and our writing please
visit www.onegreatyear.com, We have begun doing an informal Video Blog for
readers and writers and we hope to have weekly updates of our vlog
affectionately called The Emissary’s Journey to Becoming a Bestseller.
Who
is you favourite character in your book and why?
We are two authors, so there
are two answers: Tamara’s favourite character is Sartaña. She is a high priestess
in a conquered village who faces incredible tragedy and suffering, yet finds it
within herself to return to hope and to make a difference in her small corner
of the world. Like Tamara, she is a mother, and exploring that powerful love
connection was especially meaningful for her.
Rene’s favourite character is
Quinn. Quinn is Marcus, reincarnated 13,000 years after the fall of the Golden
Age in Atitala. He’s been reincarnated an exhausting number of times, but
somehow his passion for Theron and for helping humanity continues. It all
starts with present day Quinn and Rene likes that even after all his lifetimes
and with all of his knowledge, Quinn still struggles with the same life
dilemmas we all do: finding love, keeping it, and not losing hope in an
increasingly chaotic world.
Where
can a reader purchase your book?
The Emissary is available
absolutely everywhere in the USA
and Canada
How do you
research your books?
We have been researching and writing
the Emissary and the series for nine years now. We have consulted
encyclopedias, books on philosophy, history, theoretical physics, alternative
history, spirituality, metaphysics, geography, the internet, and personal
interviews. We have traveled the world visiting ancient sites, museums and locations.
In the Emissary one of the lifetimes takes place in 800 BCE at Stone-at-center.
Currently, this location is known as Tiahuanaco ,
Bolivia
What is your
work in progress? Tell us about it.
Our work in progress is threefold. Book
II, The Emerald Tablet is set for release February 12, 2019 so soon we will
have signed off on all of the final edits and have begun recording for the
audiobook. We will be doing all of the
narration and character voices for the second book as we have for The Emissary.
It turned out amazingly well, thanks in no small part to Rene’s excellent
training as an actor. At the same time, we are well underway writing Book III
in the Series. Book III picks up where The Emissary and The Emerald Tablet end,
but takes the series in a very unexpected and exciting direction, still in
keeping with the original characters but exploring new possibilities.
What books or
authors have most influenced your life?
What if human civilization is far older
than we have been taught and human existence cycles? The alternative view of
world history laid out in Graham Hancock’s non-fiction book Fingerprints of the
Gods was the initial inspiration for the novel The Emissary. Rene was
backpacking the ancient sites in Egypt, England, Indonesia and others when he
read the book and it inspired him to place characters in that world. Further
research into the Great Year or Yuga Cycle in The Holy Science by Sri Yukteswar
added to our story. By incorporating Yukteswar and Hancock’s notions, and having our characters reincarnated over
26,000 years, it opens The Emissary and The One Great Year Series to endless,
entertaining possibilities.
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