The writer provides a magical account of Ageless Wanderer
Irene Watson, Editor-in-Chief of Reader Views talks with Richard L. Evans, writer of “Lifetime of the Eagle.”
Irene: Your e-book “The Eagle’s Life” is taken into account mystical and magical, it attracts the reader into a lifetime of a person who can not die, however should watch era after era move earlier than his eyes. Please inform us about your character’s struggles as she watches issues occur over which she has no management.
Richard: The primary character (by no means named within the e-book) first discovers that he has a “reward” of therapeutic when he was nonetheless a baby. However each time he cures somebody of a critical sickness, they die quickly after in horrible circumstances. Aren’t you supposed to make use of such a beautiful reward? Rising to maturity, he discovers that he stays younger and robust, whereas different males his age don’t, he has stopped growing older. As a result of? He later involves imagine that God is protecting him alive for a motive. However what motive? Does he have to satisfy some job, some miracle that God has in thoughts? And if he does what God desires, will God grant him his best want: his demise? Immortality has a horrible draw back. He additionally bears a mark, a scar from the primary time he murdered one other man. Is it the mark of Cain? God marked Cain in order that nobody would kill him, so he would reside and nonetheless.
Irene: Even whether it is thought of fiction, how a lot reality is there on this story?
Richard: The reality of the story is the story that the reader sees by the eyes of the primary character. All historical past is correct inside this framework. And there’s a lot of historical past. My analysis required me to analyze all the following: what a baby would find out about crusing in colonial occasions; on the Center Passage slave commerce, together with life on a slave ship; the army campaigns of Common Washington in the course of the American Revolution; frontier life within the jap woods, together with the language and customs of the Shawnee folks; the life and explorations of the western mountain males within the fur commerce; San Francisco and the times of the gold rush; captain a clipper ship that sails from San Francisco round Cape Horn to the East Coast; the Civil Battle battles in New Bern, North Carolina and Antietam; medical college practices within the 1870s; first Marine Corps aviators in World Battle I; World Battle II and Korea (the reservoir of alternative); Viet Nam and the Hue bloodbath (which so few Individuals have ever heard of); and plenty of biblical passages (The lifetime of the eagle is a religious journey in addition to an ideal historic journey).
Irene: You have written two different books, however “The Eagle’s Life” appears very completely different out of your earlier writings. Inform us what impressed you to write down this e-book.
Richard: “The Eagle’s Life” wasn’t meant to be a e-book. I had by no means written a e-book earlier than and had no intention of ever writing one. It was imagined to be an article about trendy American attitudes towards demise and dying. However it was remodeled right into a e-book about life and dwelling. When it turned clear that it needed to be a e-book, I relaxed and loved it.
Irene: Your foremost character is a metaphor for every of us. Please inform our readers how they could relate to this character.
Richard: I’ve by no means studied writing. However I’ve a buddy, a artistic writing instructor, who instructed me after writing the e-book that he all the time has his college students title their characters as a result of it helps readers determine with them. Nicely, I assume I blew it. However we’re all mortal. We do not like to consider it however we all know it. So that you would possibly assume we won’t perceive this non-deadly man, however we do. We determine with their best want, to have what we now have: the assure of a finite life. If you happen to assume demise is horrible, do not even take into consideration immortality.
Irene: Writers usually put a few of their very own character into one of many characters in a fictional story they write. Is there part of you that was written into “The Eagle’s Life”? In that case, what areas of your individual expertise or ideas did you carry to the story?
Richard: My foremost character isn’t a foul individual. He does very dangerous issues in his life, however they’re hardly ever performed out of malice. Sound like somebody you understand? It makes me
Irene: You made a remark that “you do not wish to reside perpetually.” Many individuals wouldn’t perceive this assertion, some really wish to reside perpetually. May you inform us extra about your ideas?
Richard: Okay, to illustrate that medical immortality is feasible now, which can be true, if it isn’t proper now, it’s going to positively be with us in lower than ten years, I’ve performed the analysis, imagine me. So take a capsule and that is it! you bought it. No extra wrinkles, age spots, osteoporosis, rotten enamel, sight, listening to or respiratory. You can too bear in mind issues. However now you are an outcast. You are not like anybody else and that makes you look harmful. You’ll have to watch everybody you’re keen on die. All of your outdated pals will go too. After which your new pals will observe. You need to study to not love, it might be too painful. Let’s assume, nonetheless, that you’re not alone, that there are others who’ve additionally chosen to take the “capsule”. How will you order your new society? What in regards to the kids? I do not assume there might be household items as we at present consider them, not until you wish to starve for eternity. And what is going to you do with all this new and lengthy life? No matter it’s, you will need to watch out: break your again and you may spend eternity in a wheelchair or worse. I depart you with this quote from Susan Ertz that I exploit as an introduction to my e-book: “Tens of millions yearn for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a wet Sunday afternoon.”
Irene: There may be an underlying message in each story. What’s the message you need readers to remove from this e-book?
Richard: God is with us. God works by us. There actually are angels on this world.
Irene: Thanks very a lot Richard. Is there the rest you want your readers to learn about you or your e-book?
Richard: No, I can not consider the rest. If anybody desires extra details about me or my books they will go to my web site at http://www.ncauthor.com/. And thanks on your considerate questions.
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