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"Pelican Patty"
I
began writing a book about some of my travels and adventures World Wide. This is the first book, not published
yet. The working title is called "Peru The Sleeping Giant".
This is "Copywrite" protected. Had 5 interested publishers but never had the
time to finish it.. The whole idea is making a bit of an interesting turn. Now, I am thinking of putting some bits and pieces in short stories, cartoon form
for children's books with illustrations. I like the name (c) 'Heroes, Golden Odyssey Books'. The Story Teller
will be my little Logo Explorer "Pelican Patty" from Siesta Key, (see logo above of Pelican Patty- (c) copywrite
protected), as she unexpectedly discovers our world. The World needs some Heroes these days.....not necessarily
the huge screen boom busting, bloody distorted reality stuff that Hollywood puts out, but every day Heroes not so loud. You'd
be amazed where you can find Heroes. They can be found in the most unexpected places..... Serendipity....
with morals! Below is the original query letter
I sent to the publishers. Some events would make great stories for kids... some, maybe, not.
Peru, The Sleeping Giant To
dare without a man? Oh, God!…. Just prior to the crash of October ’87 a girlfriend and I decided to leave the
United States and brave raw, unbridled adventure in South America without any tour-guided camouflage. Back-packs were "loaded"
and instructions to the travel agent were simple: We needed a plane to drop us off in Lima and pick us up, same place, two
weeks later, we hoped. Got a super economy rate on the plane tickets! From Day One landing at a strange-looking, heavily guarded military base-like airport where Special Forces
were deactivating mega-bombs, incredible events with gut busting Woody Allen-type humor, simultaneously exploded with frightening
circumstance! (..when the plane touched down, the silence erupted into shouts, screams! Every passenger on the plane burst
into cheers and applause! Hell, I would have sworn we were at the Super Bowl game and the star quarterback had just made the
winning points. Little did I know this was only the kickoff!) . This is no closet drama! It is an actual account of two unescorted
women in a very Spanish, macho man’s world, and their attempt to capture a dream. Unprecedented invitations to clandestine meetings, secretly recorded out of naïve curiosity
for later translation, along with spontaneous documentation and photos of the political unrest, government installations and
drug dealings evoked more realism and hilarious chance explosions of horror than the women could ever have anticipated. Black
market exchanges were commonplace; terrorist groups and protests ran rampant. Dumbfounded and caught captive in a "Revolution"
near the Chilean border, the women could not hire a plane, a train, a bus, nor would anyone rent them a Jeep to get out of
town. Every vehicle of escape was shut down. What a queer panic and perplexity. Expect the unexpected was the only dependable
attitude to deal with. Somehow, after losing her passport, and facing jail in this hostile and repugnant place, the two women
bribed a pilot to help them escape into the high Sierras of Argentina. There, after being raped of their belongings, they
continued to explore, in a more romantic vein, the European charisma of Cordoba. The uncanny diversity of the personalities of Annie and Carman add more intrigue to mystery. Annie,
a politically inspired California dreamer and humanitarian of the late 60’s had been involved in every facet of life
she could summon artistically from slum to millionaire’s splendor in her 36 years. And, Carman, some years her senior,
a glamorous bananarama from Havana, an escapee from the Castro/Communist takeover of Cuba in the 50’s, was a self-taught,
arrogant, survival tactician. Initially, the dream was to venture, without embellishment, into the mysterious riddles and
rhymes of the unknown culture that had captivated treasure-seekers since the beginning of time: the extraordinary improbabilities
only Peru could passionately muster. Government introductions
were made for permission to visit archeologists at a dig near Machu Pichu where Extraterrestrial sitings were commonplace.
To experience strange myths and fantasies of factions so unlike our own would requite the most grandiose concourse for an
empirical formula. However, the unexpected, diabolical dilemma these two women dared to happen reveals more astonishing facts
than blank determination. The span of subject matter is enormous, sportively exhilarating, terrifying and real. You are about
to share the sum total riot of events, as the pendulum of emotions does challenge its apex from extravagant, lascivious pleasures
to deplorably wretched despair as Annie and Carman discover incredible inhabitants and unparalleled customs, ironically, while
ever flirting with dramatic comedy… Remarkable,
what happens in just two weeks time!
This Doll below is another interest of mine.
I thought I'd
become a kind of a sculptor.... |
(just for example: borrowed photo of Lama on mountain top at Machu Picchu) ***************************************************** ***************************************************** ***************************************************** ***************************************************** Breathtaking views of Mountains towering higher than the clouds... Pacific
Rim ocean views and other photos will
be published in my finished books. *************************************** Don't know about the
Cover Photo of my book, haven't
decided. yet. So many, many awesome
sites as well you may know......
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