The great news is that my book "Dolphin's Dance" is now available on Amazon.com and for the Kindle. Search using the title or author name (R.K. Raker). Unfortunately the price is too high for my liking, but the publisher sets the price not Me. If you go to Amazon.com and find the book please visit the author information page. And if you have read the book please, please, write a customer review!
The good news is that my parents were here to visit for one week. We had a wonderful visit and I was so proud of them still traveling and doing their best at 83 years old. They are from Phoenix so the wet and humid weather was a bit uncomfortable for them. But on the whole we had a nice visit and it was good to have the whole family together.
A scare occurred a week ago on Monday during thunderstorm that we had here on Oahu. Suddenly we had a very strong electrical search and all the power went out. My backup emergency battery for some reason did not kick in and I was left unable to breathe for a couple of minutes--which seemed like years for me. Luckily my good friend Michael was here and stayed calm and in a few minutes the electricity came back on. We were both pretty scared. We now have new caregiver procedures which we hope will prevent any future electrical malfunctions.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Sealand 1001
I have finished the first draft of my second attempt at science fiction. If any of you would like to read part of the excerpt and give me some suggestions or comments let me know. I have sent this off to some literary agents to see what reaction I get from professionals in the literary business... It's been fun and I continued to write. I thank all of you for your encouragement.
Sealand 1001 (Word count 49,860)
One hundred and seventy years in the future humans have survived global warming but are still faced with the problem of overpopulation. The Free Sealand organization offers an economically and politically viable solution to this problem: floating city nations. Environmentally however, the cities pose a great danger to the health of the oceans. An eco-terrorist group, Ocean Peace Resistance (OPR), and the forces of the World Council of Cetaceans work together to stop the development of Sealand cities by doing everything they can to disrupt their operations. Technology and linguistic knowledge have developed over the last hundred years allowing humans and cetaceans to communicate and begin cooperative endeavors. They team together in a variety of ways, for good and bad, as world tension mounts in the face of proliferating city states and the destruction of the oceans.
“Sealand 1001” is the newest city to be launched and targeted by OPR. The planning and execution of an attack on the city is told through the exploits of two of the terrorists, Jackie, an aquaculture expert, and Daniel, a former US Marine working undercover as a commercial fisherman out of Honolulu, Hawaii. We also follow their dolphin counterparts, Power-flukes and Long-breath, as they join the dolphin Rangers and play pivotal roles in the attack. Sealand’s perspective unfolds through the eyes of the governor of the city and Rory, an anti-terrorist expert working for the Free Sealand security forces.
The story is fast-paced and gives the author’s view of the future with a plausible blend of science and fantasy. The struggle between human civilization’s careless exploitation of the earth’s resources and nature’s need for balance are explored. The author’s positive bias leaves the reader with the hope that a final equilibrium can be reached.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Beautiful orchid
After the blossoms fell off we put the plant outside. For the next couple of weeks in late January the weather was wet, cloudy and cool. Then all of a sudden in late February new blossoms appeared. I was so happy and amazed at the resilience of this little plant. We brought it back inside and now I've been enjoying the new blossoms for the past several weeks.
This little plant reminded me that nature is so beautiful and so resilient when it's left alone and not disturbed.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
my book is in print!
Dear friends, family and caregivers:
My book, "Dolphin's Dance" is now available on the PublishAmerica website. This is the link to their online bookstore: http://www.publishamerica.net/
Scroll to the bottom and use the search feature to find the book. You can search by by last name "Raker" or by the title of the book.
You will see that there are two versions of my book available; the first is a softcover edition for $25 and the second is a special "price edition" for $13. I have seen the softcover edition and it looks pretty good, good quality and ships within two weeks. But, 25 bucks is pretty expensive!
The cheaper price edition I have not seen yet, so I have no idea what the quality looks like (perhaps is printed on tissue paper?) And also it probably takes 4 to 6 weeks to ship. PublishAmerica charges 4 dollars for shipping for each book... They are definitely not a discount bookseller like Amazon. But, they give first-time authors like myself a chance to get published.
I do expect an official release of my book within the next few months, then it will be available for Kindle and also listed on Amazon (I hope).
If you do decide to purchase my book, thank you very much! If you like it please pass it on. It is not a children's book. The cover is deceiving... I apologize in advance for the grammar mistakes, long-winded paragraphs and abundance of adverbs. I also apologize to all my loved ones for the morbid first chapter, it's just the way that I felt at the time. Thank you all for your love and support! I promise to keep writing and get better at it as time goes on.
My book, "Dolphin's Dance" is now available on the PublishAmerica website. This is the link to their online bookstore: http://www.publishamerica.net/
Scroll to the bottom and use the search feature to find the book. You can search by by last name "Raker" or by the title of the book.
You will see that there are two versions of my book available; the first is a softcover edition for $25 and the second is a special "price edition" for $13. I have seen the softcover edition and it looks pretty good, good quality and ships within two weeks. But, 25 bucks is pretty expensive!
The cheaper price edition I have not seen yet, so I have no idea what the quality looks like (perhaps is printed on tissue paper?) And also it probably takes 4 to 6 weeks to ship. PublishAmerica charges 4 dollars for shipping for each book... They are definitely not a discount bookseller like Amazon. But, they give first-time authors like myself a chance to get published.
I do expect an official release of my book within the next few months, then it will be available for Kindle and also listed on Amazon (I hope).
If you do decide to purchase my book, thank you very much! If you like it please pass it on. It is not a children's book. The cover is deceiving... I apologize in advance for the grammar mistakes, long-winded paragraphs and abundance of adverbs. I also apologize to all my loved ones for the morbid first chapter, it's just the way that I felt at the time. Thank you all for your love and support! I promise to keep writing and get better at it as time goes on.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Dolphins Dance - final manuscripts submitted
I'm happy to announce that this is finally off to the publishers. They sent me the final proofs and cover design this week and allowed me to make some corrections. On Friday I submitted these last changes and now it should be published very soon!
Friday, January 21, 2011
how is 2011 going?
Hello friends,
I was just thinking about all of you this morning when I saw the beautiful snow falling in New York Central Park on the today show. I was hoping that no matter where you are you were getting out and enjoying the winter weather. Thanks for your updates and staying in touch.
So far it's been a busy 2011 for us and things seemed to be going quite well.
I finally submitted my edited manuscript PublishAmerica just this Wednesday. It was tough for me as I wanted to add and edit and add and add, but finally just thought enough was enough and it's my best writing that I can do at this time in my life. I hope it's not too wrought with errors and grammar problems. PublishAmerica doesn't help at all with the editing process. Now, I wait for them to do their formatting and cover design. Perhaps I'll be completed by 6 to 9 months from now. In the meantime I keep on writing and have completed more than 50 pages of a science fiction/SQL to the first, so far called "Sealand 1001". And I have also finished editing my memoirs of the first 25 years of my life. So writing is still a great therapeutic adventure for me each day. I would love to find a literary agent to represent me and give me some guidance. I've written several but no response. I guess I just keep trying at my leisure, I'm in no big hurry.
I got out of the house twice in the last week. I went to the Sony open, so far I've gone every year for the last 12 years. I go with a friend of mine, a retired Air Force major who was a college friend of mine. he takes very good care of me and we had a good time. I also went to the dentist on Tuesday so I am a little bit exhausted. Going out really is a challenge for me.
My son Christopher is back in school at the University of Hawaii in the middle of his junior year. He worked at Best Buy over the holidays as a seasonal worker, learned a lot from the experience. And now he just got a job with an Internet company called "Clearwire". I'm very proud of him, works hard and seems to be very responsible for a 20-year-old. He still spends one day a week with me, which we enjoy very much.
Mineko continues to work full-time. She's always busy and has so many things to do and worry about. But her strength is amazing and her love for me and each other is still very very strong.
My health seems to be pretty stable. I think it's all perspective. I have good days and bad days, but so does everyone. I do get bored sometimes, mostly that happens in the middle of the afternoon when I'm too tired to work on the computer, or uncomfortable for being the one position for too long. I'm grateful I can still do some things. I do wonder about the future, try to take each day as it comes. I have wonderful friends and caregivers.
Thanks for checking in and have a great week!
Rick
Stay in touch with me on my blogs or website
http://sites.google.com/site/rickspossepage/
http://rickswindow.blogspot.com/
http://ricksdvdreviews.blogspot.com/
I was just thinking about all of you this morning when I saw the beautiful snow falling in New York Central Park on the today show. I was hoping that no matter where you are you were getting out and enjoying the winter weather. Thanks for your updates and staying in touch.
So far it's been a busy 2011 for us and things seemed to be going quite well.
I finally submitted my edited manuscript PublishAmerica just this Wednesday. It was tough for me as I wanted to add and edit and add and add, but finally just thought enough was enough and it's my best writing that I can do at this time in my life. I hope it's not too wrought with errors and grammar problems. PublishAmerica doesn't help at all with the editing process. Now, I wait for them to do their formatting and cover design. Perhaps I'll be completed by 6 to 9 months from now. In the meantime I keep on writing and have completed more than 50 pages of a science fiction/SQL to the first, so far called "Sealand 1001". And I have also finished editing my memoirs of the first 25 years of my life. So writing is still a great therapeutic adventure for me each day. I would love to find a literary agent to represent me and give me some guidance. I've written several but no response. I guess I just keep trying at my leisure, I'm in no big hurry.
I got out of the house twice in the last week. I went to the Sony open, so far I've gone every year for the last 12 years. I go with a friend of mine, a retired Air Force major who was a college friend of mine. he takes very good care of me and we had a good time. I also went to the dentist on Tuesday so I am a little bit exhausted. Going out really is a challenge for me.
My son Christopher is back in school at the University of Hawaii in the middle of his junior year. He worked at Best Buy over the holidays as a seasonal worker, learned a lot from the experience. And now he just got a job with an Internet company called "Clearwire". I'm very proud of him, works hard and seems to be very responsible for a 20-year-old. He still spends one day a week with me, which we enjoy very much.
Mineko continues to work full-time. She's always busy and has so many things to do and worry about. But her strength is amazing and her love for me and each other is still very very strong.
My health seems to be pretty stable. I think it's all perspective. I have good days and bad days, but so does everyone. I do get bored sometimes, mostly that happens in the middle of the afternoon when I'm too tired to work on the computer, or uncomfortable for being the one position for too long. I'm grateful I can still do some things. I do wonder about the future, try to take each day as it comes. I have wonderful friends and caregivers.
Thanks for checking in and have a great week!
Rick
Stay in touch with me on my blogs or website
http://sites.google.com/site/rickspossepage/
http://rickswindow.blogspot.com/
http://ricksdvdreviews.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
January is flying
Hello friends, is amazing to me that January is almost
halfway over and we are well into 2011. I've been busy. On Saturday I went to the Sony open with my good friend Bob. We had a great time and continue the tradition we started over 10 years ago. Yesterday, I went to the dentist. So my teeth are clean and my smile is Bright. Today, I finally finish the final manuscript for "Dolphins Dance" and sent it off to the publisher. Christopher started a new job with ClearWire last week and is still going to school full-time. So, I've been busy these days! And a thoroughly enjoying the NFL playoffs.
I hope all of you are having a wonderful January.
halfway over and we are well into 2011. I've been busy. On Saturday I went to the Sony open with my good friend Bob. We had a great time and continue the tradition we started over 10 years ago. Yesterday, I went to the dentist. So my teeth are clean and my smile is Bright. Today, I finally finish the final manuscript for "Dolphins Dance" and sent it off to the publisher. Christopher started a new job with ClearWire last week and is still going to school full-time. So, I've been busy these days! And a thoroughly enjoying the NFL playoffs.
I hope all of you are having a wonderful January.
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