Her Artifacts Lost, Volume 1 - The Vanishing Vial

Preface

I thought it bold of me to write a preface to this book. After all, I've always felt as if I am NoThing. I have had a hard time "being a person." So what could I possibly say? I've always been better at speaking through fiction than in direct, candid words.

On top of that, I've always been the kind of reader who skips forwards, prefaces, introductions, and the like.

However, I had to write a preface. Because when this book, my first book, is finished and published, it will be the beginning of a very long, fulfilling journey in the spirit.

This book and its subsequent volumes, is designed intentionally as a set of myths for the Sons and Daughters of America. The bearers of the future of our great nation, the land of the brave and the free.

This nation has been called "One Nation Under God." Over the years of my life, I have realized that it is impossible to be both brave and free, without a relationship with one's Creator. Whatever that looks like.

So not only do I wish to create the myths necessary to support the younger generation in moving our nation forward, I also hope that there is something in here for people of all ages and backgrounds. Then I know I'm doing the work justice. When the result is so deep that it encompasses the many rather than the few.

I hope to inspire people towards the belief in the existence of God in the only way a person can encounter Him: within.

Art and media are outlets in which God has guided and spoken to me, and because of this, I make art and media.

Let this preface be a declaration of this.

I strive to write a series of books which aims to be the confluence of high-fantasy, fairy tale, history, spirituality, metaphysics, mysticism, religion, media, and science fiction. A multiverse that encompasses the many diverse cultures and backgrounds of America and its peoples.

Which is to say, if I do the work honestly and forthrightly, I may have the honor of touching the hearts of the peoples of the World. To do my part in creating peace and unity in this otherwise historically precarious season in human history.

As America has, and always strived to be, a place where a person of any background, religion, or nationality, can come to build their dream. And in this way, our culture is the intersection and interaction of many cultures.

I believe that the dreams of the brave few can feed and fuel other dreams, until, one step at a time, we build a better world.

Heaven on Earth.

I want to inspire people to dream again. To have faith and to believe in the mysterious. That which lies outside of our normal perceptions.

It's partially selfish. I will not lie. I'm tired of being the only one who still dreams. Who still sees the world with the eyes of a child. Who has insisted on remaining pure and untainted, despite all I've been through. I'm tired of being the only one with lofty goals, big dreams, and a hero's complex. I'm tired of being the only person who pays deep enough attention to see, feel, and hear things that are beyond my understanding.

I want to teach other people to see, to know, and to experience the great mystery of God and Life.

It's one hell of a goal. You might be thinking to yourself: who the hell does this woman think she is?

I don't think I'm anyone particularly special. In fact, I hope to convince you that I'm NoThing. And that being NoThing is in fact the truest goal.

In being NoThing, I am.

And "I am" is said to be the name of God.