How and why I wrote Theta Head by Greg Dawe
Twenty years ago I was a young man wielding a freshly dispensed adult library card, roaming the aisles of my local public library. I found myself trying to find myself there – searching for something that might explain what this life thing was all about. Time and again I found myself gravitating to the ‘alternative’ section – the runes and pagans, the spiritual and metaphysical. I was on the lookout for something different, mysterious – Tibetan monks with extraordinary powers, out of body experiences. And just there, tucked between UFO Abductions 101 and How to Levitate, a book with an intriguing title and an enticing concept. It was a non-fiction, mind-technology book, a niche I’d never heard about before.
From what I could make out, this little known but very real technology had enormous transformational potential for mankind. If only everyone would embrace this technology, I thought, the world would surely be changed beyond all recognition. I was convinced of it. Which is always a neat discovery for a 13-year-old boy.
I was surprised to learn that this area of science hadn’t been fictionalized, and so I tried. And, at first, failed. Adolescence had its grip then, and lasted for the next 15 years. But if adolescence is growth, I do hope it’s still in progress.
I had another crack at fictionalizing this area of science 6 years ago – May 2004 – and by March 2009 had a complete manuscript. It took so long because of a combination of laziness and procrastination (2 years), writer’s block (2 years), and finally there it was.
(Download the first 7 Chapters of Theta Head here: link)
Twenty years ago I was a young man wielding a freshly dispensed adult library card, roaming the aisles of my local public library. I found myself trying to find myself there – searching for something that might explain what this life thing was all about. Time and again I found myself gravitating to the ‘alternative’ section – the runes and pagans, the spiritual and metaphysical. I was on the lookout for something different, mysterious – Tibetan monks with extraordinary powers, out of body experiences. And just there, tucked between UFO Abductions 101 and How to Levitate, a book with an intriguing title and an enticing concept. It was a non-fiction, mind-technology book, a niche I’d never heard about before.
From what I could make out, this little known but very real technology had enormous transformational potential for mankind. If only everyone would embrace this technology, I thought, the world would surely be changed beyond all recognition. I was convinced of it. Which is always a neat discovery for a 13-year-old boy.
I was surprised to learn that this area of science hadn’t been fictionalized, and so I tried. And, at first, failed. Adolescence had its grip then, and lasted for the next 15 years. But if adolescence is growth, I do hope it’s still in progress.
I had another crack at fictionalizing this area of science 6 years ago – May 2004 – and by March 2009 had a complete manuscript. It took so long because of a combination of laziness and procrastination (2 years), writer’s block (2 years), and finally there it was.
(Download the first 7 Chapters of Theta Head here: link)
I am an upcoming Manga lover and these r the three books out of the 5 series i read that were the most interesting:::
1) Pet Shop Of Horrors ~ A mysterious pet shop owner named Count D owns a shop in Chinatown that sells "dreams" but if u don't fallow the rules, it might kill u...or worse.
2) The Dreaming ~ Two twin sisters go to a privite school with a past of girls going missing in the bushes around the school. So they decide to solve it.
3) Princess Ai ~ A princess ends up in Tokyo and becomes a star, and meets the love of her life. But will that stop her enemies from coming back to kill her?
These r three great series of Manga, I hope u read and enjoy.
1) Pet Shop Of Horrors ~ A mysterious pet shop owner named Count D owns a shop in Chinatown that sells "dreams" but if u don't fallow the rules, it might kill u...or worse.
2) The Dreaming ~ Two twin sisters go to a privite school with a past of girls going missing in the bushes around the school. So they decide to solve it.
3) Princess Ai ~ A princess ends up in Tokyo and becomes a star, and meets the love of her life. But will that stop her enemies from coming back to kill her?
These r three great series of Manga, I hope u read and enjoy.
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list.
Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.