I have always loved the ocean, ever since I was a child. We used to go to the beach as a family, every weekend and we would swim. The sea contains a range of colours and because it moves and because it is salty, it seems alive.
In later years, I learnt to love rocks, rocky platforms and coloured cliffs. Sunset at the beach, over the ocean, is transfixing, flaming pink or gold and different every night.
A charismatic university lecturer took us to some rocky seaside platforms while teaching about evolution. He would lift up a rock and find a small animal there. He would tell us all about it and how these simple organisms were probably the first to evolve. It was very exciting.
Later, I wrote a short story, set on the beach, with light glittering on the surface of the water. I loved the sea, the beach and the moon.
“Manuscript Incubator” was a course run by Writers SA, in 2017, to teach us how to write a novel. I used the short story as a starting point. After those seminars were over, I finished off the book, edited it and revised it.
“Transfigured Sea” was published in October 2022, by Austin Macauley in London. I hope you enjoy it.
I’m looking forward to reading Transfigured Sea after reading this post. Thanks for sharing.
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