LOVE IS SURREAL,
SURREAL IS REAL
A year ago today, I started the publication of the Alma Mater II: Surreal is our love
(American and British editions), Alma
Mater II: Surreal es nuestro amor (Spanish edition), and Alma Mater II : Surréel est notre amour
(French edition), which was completed a few weeks ago. While I am still working
on a robust marketing strategy that yields royalty, I am happy to celebrate
that Kindle Select has now surpassed the 200 thousand free downloads worldwide.
Yes, you can read any of my books free on Kindle Select when you purchase a
Kindle from amazon.com and join Kindle Select.
I started working on Alma Mater II, with the poems
accidentally excluded in Alma Mater I from 2010, after its publication in
2011. Today, you are welcome to reach
any of my books in my author's webpage
Regarding Alma Mater III: Columba, from the Latin word that means pigeon, close to swallow / hirundo or seagull / larum. The focus on Alma Mater III is to provide a
truly selected anthology, to highlight only the positive aspects of life,
prevent touching others' feelings or sensibility in any aspect,
and internalize functional strategies to avoid negative contents of any
nature, which is, in essence, the most challenging aspect of semantics and
communication in the written literature of any genre, especially, in poetry; thus, complying with the intended message. So, Columba
will be an honest message of optimism.
The title Columba is derived
from the first word that I ever learned in Latin and its declension, while
studying privately with Italian friends during my teen years, which was only of
religious motivation partly.
Meanwhile, I encourage all readers
of my blog to read Alma Mater II: Surreal is our love in American or British
English, in Spanish or in French. Incidentally, there will be an Italian
edition (Alma Mater II: Surreal è il
nostro amore), and a Portuguese edition (Alma Mater II: Surreal é o nosso amor), the whose combined schedule is
yet to be put together, in order to complete the umbrella of main languages
spoken in the American continent.
To all lovers of poetry and
literature in general, I wish of a happy new year 2020, filled with peace, love, happiness, and prosperity for all.
