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The Grimbleschnorph and Me

The Grimbleschnorph Chronicles Volume One: Savage Planet cover
The Grimbleschnorph Chronicles
Volume One: Savage Planet

I’ve finally completed my first manuscript. It isn’t the manuscript I thought I’d complete first. For the last ten years, I’ve been trying and failing, to tell my story. I’ve begun writing and then given up, and then started over more times than I care to remember.

Rather than give up, I’ve tried to roll with the changes. Much like life, a story builds itself, as a writer I simply attempt to steer it as it goes. Each attempt to complete a story has now become the foundation for a multi-tiered story arc, all of which revolve around my main story. I call the series Borderline Dimensionality Disorder.

My primary novel, which will link them all together, will be titled (tentatively) Are you listening? I’d hoped to have it completed by the end of 2019. However, I’ve placed that project on hold for a bit; becoming more concerned with my role in community activism.

I wanted to find a way to help single parents, young adults, and children initiate discussion about the topic of morality and food choices. I decided to try my hand at using fiction to deliver my message in a unique way by providing a look at the animal agriculture industry from the perspective of a stranger.

Ultimately, I decided to write a story unrelated to my primary project and that is where The Grimbleschnorph Chronicles originated. The Grimbleschnorph is a character I invented years ago as a joke; he’s stuck with me all this time and now has a home.

Savage Planet

The Grimbleschnorph Chronicles follow K’Lar Kendasiam; an above average universal pioneer who navigates the stars while gathering data for the Grimbleschnorph Knowledge Alliance. There will be two volumes in the series.

In the Volume One: Savage Planet, K’Lar is forced to make a crash landing on the planet Earth when the ship’s hyperdrive runs out of fuel. While trying to repair the ship K’Lar meets Terence, a young boy anxious to help an interesting alien. As K’Lar gets to know the Earthling, he becomes increasingly disturbed by his discoveries.

This story is a thought-provoking journey of self-discovery which highlights vegan subject matter such as equality, health, environmentalism, and morality issues while addressing myths and common misconceptions. The unique perspective will hopefully invoke curiosity and discussion about the food industry, animal agriculture, and social justice issues.

With this in mind, my goal is to highlight many of the personal questions people ask when beginning their journey to learn about the impact of their food and lifestyle choices. I think that bringing this discussion to the table is vital to the movement.

As concerned citizens, each of us should be talking about our food choices with our children, with our parents, and with our friends. These atrocities only exist because we allow them to continue in the shadows. The Grimbleschnorph Chronicles Volume One: Savage Planet is available now via digital download and paperback via Amazon.com.

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