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Key	BIB38742
Reference type	Book
Title	Unity
Author	Connolly, James D.
Year	2022
Publisher	[Publisher not stated]
Place published	[Place not stated]
Issue	7.
Abstract	Welcome to my new novel Unity. It, like all my stories, begged to be told. For me, novels rise out of a title, or initial story idea, something meaningful that has inspired me, or something I see as important to share. It is most often all of these things, and they drive me to go through the effort it takes to write a novel. Writing for me is essentially a labour of love, love of story, and love of meaning and understanding. Sharing meaning and understanding, as well as exploring them. Writing is exploring for me, because as I write a story I explore. Ideas rise out of reflection on a particular theme, and the creative process itself; symbols and characters are found, and ideas and concepts come as you focus on the subject. But in saying all this, this particular book is essentially just a story, even though some reflection on the book, and deeper, or shared, reflection on parts of it, will yield up many essential aspects of unity. This novel is a work of fiction though, and only my own thoughts. The opening quote, and others the back of the book provide a Baha’i view of unity if you wish to explore its nature further. I wanted to write this particular story because of the original story idea. A flow of ideas was born from it and the main theme arose from the story very organically as I went. I wanted to tread more lightly with the main theme than in my other novels, yet still serve it. The story itself developed very differently than I thought it would, becoming as much a story of redemption. I tend to let a story tell itself, with the aid my characters keeping true. A story needs to be set free, yet structured; structured, yet free to roam where it will. That is the nature of writing to me. Like anyone who seeks to explore and refine their art, I needed to write this book; just a story that gently reaches deeper themes. I needed to write Crash too, and I need to write Clown Town, to develop as a writer and storyteller, and reach a more universal audience. Crash became much more than I imagined and gently beautiful. Clown Town, well that will be a life’s work, in that it explores all the ages of life we all travel through here, and lessons of life which loomed large for me in each; with a bit clowning around, huh huh. Crash and Clown Town are very human books. I hope you enjoy Unity, this far off future, space adventure. I hope the characters bring you some joy, and some humanity, as they walk the path that fate has set them on. I hope you, and I find, a greater understanding of unity; what it means in a wider sense, and what it means in the simple things of life with our very human differences. But mostly, I hope you just enjoy the story and the characters; the twists of life and the quirks of being human. So…board the Perpaduan with me…and let’s blast off together, to see what we will find.
Language	English
Keywords	YOUTH; FICTION; UNITY
Number of pages	236
File attachments	internal-pdf://2029345524/Connolly - Unity.pdf

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