When I recieved the idea for Parallel it was back when I was ten. In a few more days it will be the anniversary of my families deadly car crash that happened in Utah. I only remember waking up and looking around, at first I didn't notice we had crashed because cars drove by and so I thought we were still driving. But when I tried to move, my body froze in severe pain. My legs were covered in bits of metal and glass. I saw my father, the pain he was in. I could do nothing, but just pray.
Once the ambulance arrived I beg paramedics to take care of the rest of my family before me. Of course I was a little kid so they didn't listen. The jaw of death was used to get me out of the van. The grinding metal was almost unbearable. I knew I had to do something to stay sane. So I talked about stories.
Once we arrived at a small hospital to be transported by careflight to bigger better equipped hospitals. I was left alone, an I.V. stuck in my wrist and the tears finally briming. I looked at one of the white sterile walls and watched as it unfolded into the most beautiful white field I ever saw. And there in the field was Olim and Stark the protagonist and antagonist of my book. When they asked me what was wrong I broke down and cried for a while. They held me and then said they would always come when I needed them, but to not forget that I have worlds to escape to. That this world wasn't the only reality I knew.
Not long after the rest of my family was taken to hospitals I was then loaded up. I talked to the pilot, I felt hope and felt that things would be ok. During my stay in the hospital I learned all about Stark and his story. Olim then came and told me his story. As soon as I could I started writing the story down. I got it published when I was 17. For me it was my most prized position I had ever written.
Now it isn't the best since it wasn't really well edited but Olim was always a light for me. In the book he is being manipulated by an inner demon of sorts. He tears him down belittles him, calls him discouraging and painful things. Yet in the end Olim when and overcomes him with the conclusion in mind of escaping to another world.
On a sword in the book is the saying, "Don't Give Up, Just Escape To Another World." That saying would prove to be my strong hold. And for many who bought my book it would do the same. I love writing, and I hope to get my other book published soon. I know that we all have another world that we can escape to and those worlds are just for us to leave this reality for another for a little while. For some it is in video games, books, movies, exercise, pets, vacations, whatever it is a means of escape.
We all need it some more then others.
KEEP BELIEVING!!!!!!!!!!!
