It is with great pleasure that I
formally announce that the contract between Andrea C. Missias and
myself has been signed, and that production of the audio version of
my poetry book "Call of the Kami" will soon start. I just
adore her voice, I sincerely hope that you will love and enjoy her
reading.
"Call of the Kami" I
originally published in 2007 on Lulu, and was the result of years of
research into Shinto and Japanese culture, which then inspired a
complete avalanche of poetry (I still have tons that I have yet to
polish up and release in other books). In the case of the poems that
went into "Call of the Kami" it was more like a storm of
sakura petals and snow. With these on my hardrive, I then was given
the idea to publish this and help raise awareness of Japanese and
Shinto culture, and to show one example of how it could mesh with a
Western mindset, being American myself and quite Western despite how
deeply I was influenced since very small.
Each new section of poems is preceded
by a bit of prose explaining the idea and general theme. In the back
is the explanation of how to incorporate Shinto styled worship into
your life.
In the spirit of celebration of the
beginning of the audiobook version, as well as to honor the yearly
travel of the myriad Okami to Ise for their annual meetings, I have
decided that I will set the Smashwords re-release at free till
November 1st, 2012. This ebook version does include the original
pictures. The cover is different from the original edition, and
matches with the cover that will be on the audiobook version. For
those that choose to download a plaintext version, the images will
not be there, sadly, but there are several formats available that do
have the pictures.
If you cannot get epub or pdf from the
smashwords site, send an email to me requesting a copy in your
preferred format, and I will be happy to convert you a copy. Please
use subject line: Call of the Kami promotional and mail to
ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com.
~Teresa
