Tuesday, December 31, 2019

2020: Alma Mater II, the prelude to Alma Mater III



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.

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