Starting A Wave

In this podcast, Jackie Roberts talks to Tom Evans about how and why his new novel "Soulwaves" came about. While it is a book and audiobook, discover why it’s already spawned spin-offs, including an ambient music album and set of guided meditations which are being serialised exclusively on the Insight Timer app. Find out why this is starting a soulwave of its own making, in a kind of self-fulfilling way.

Transcript

Hola, Tom! Tom, Pots donar-nos una mica de background a les teves propostes per a Soul Waves i al llibre, A la història del futur, Però abans donant-nos una història de l'estat. Molt bé. Gràcies, Jackie, És molt bo veure't. I també t'he de compartir que ara seràs el co-host de la sèrie Zones, No? És fantàstic. Estic estimant-me això, Sí. Fantàstic. Sí, Doncs, En realitat, Vas conèixer a mi a través de 100 anys d'hermètica, No? Sí, Oh, Déu meu, Sí. Vaig anar-me'n a dormir i vaig tornar-me'n i al dormir hi havia aquesta tarantula i era tan gran que m'imaginava que m'estaria mirant. Llançava-me-la molt, Perquè no m'acostaria. Vaig arribar a la recepció per agafar-la i van trobar que era una tarantula babuna i no m'hauria matat, Però m'hauria donat una bèstia. De totes maneres, Vaig calmar-me amb un parell de gins i tònics forts i alhora vaig llegir aquest llibre que el Xavier Deschardin anomenava El fenomen de l'home. Jo era molt a fàbrica de llibres metafísics i científics a l'època. I va arribar aquesta tarantula i va ser com un moment llum. Totes aquestes llibres que llegeixo, Que són molt complexes, Com si tingués aquestes grans piles de llibres i les sumaria en un novel que la gent que mai s'acostaria a això pogués llegir. I com que era un novel, Ho feia més acceptable, Més llegible i més digestible. Vaig mirar totes les coses que sabia o que tenia les meves dades i vaig pensar que totes aquestes coses eren les que volia llegir. No feia res amb el temps quan era de vacances, Però quan tornava, Vaig pensar que podia fer una història. Llavors vaig escriure aquesta història molt línea sobre què passaria la següent història sobre tot això. I vaig publicar una mica d'això com una història curta al voltant de l'any 2011. Pots trobar-ho en internet. Però després totes aquestes altres llibres van anar enrere. Vaig començar a ajudar gent com la Writers Block. La gent em va començar a aprofitar per ajudar-me a escriure llibres. Vaig tornar a escriure llibres. I després vaig començar a posar meditacions juntament amb els meus llibres. I vaig pensar que era un autor amb meditacions al costat. I la meravellosa aplicació Insight Timer em va trobar el 2015 i les meditacions van començar. I el meu 59è aniversari ho vaig passar amb el meu amic del funeral de l'escola, Brian Docherty. I vaig pensar que m'havia d'aconseguir aquest llibre publicat a l'època dels 60 en cas que jo no estigués al voltant. I després, Lawrence Udell va tornar i volia escriure aquest llibre. Volia ajudar-me a ajudar-lo a escriure un llibre. Vam coautorar i va ser The Big U. Aquest és el meu últim llibre que vaig escriure, El meu últim llibre de non-ficció. Així que això va entrar enrere. I després vaig marxar de casa. Moltes coses van passar a la família i tot això. I finalment, Finalment, Vaig aconseguir-lo aquest gener. I a partir d'aquí, Aquesta vegada, Ho havia completament reescrit. Originalment, No vull posar-hi cap espòiler, Però una de les filles de la gran filla del llibre era la heroïna central i després Shen era només en el background, Gairebé secretament. No va fer gaire aparèixer, Però en el llibre nou ell és el caràcter central. Uau! Quina. . . Així que el llibre va tenir moltíssima vida. És un adolescent, No? Sí, Sí. És com totes les coses. Està reencarnat d'alguna manera, Crec, No? Estava viva, Gairebé. Va tenir una mica de mirada al món. Va posar el cap sobre el parapet. Vaig tenir 7 o 8 millors revius per la versió de la història que deia més d'aquest llibre en aquest gènere. Em va donar confiança per anar endavant. Però tot el temps vaig aprendre a escriure, Que és bo. Al mig vaig produir un llibre de històries curtes anomenat The German Atrix. I vaig adonar-me que m'agrada la història. I, Si penso en això, Totes les meves meditacions són històries per la ment. Oh, Absolutament. Quin era l'aspecte més desafiant de escriure el llibre? 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Reviews

Very enjoyable! Thank you x

Thank you both for this 🙏

Wow Tom! Thank you to you both. That was fantastic! 💜🤗

Excellent interview, chock full of little background tidbits of the type I adore having when I read a piece of work. Thank you for this wonderful insight. 😉 Looking forward to diving into Soulwaves very soon. ☺️ And as ever, I see the light within you. 🤲🏻❤️🤲🏻