Sydney
Shiu a nine year old illustrator and her mother Tricia Steward Shiu
have launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the publishing of
their new book "Iron Shinto."
Los
Angeles, CA, USA (October 31, 2013) -- Sydney Shiu a nine year
old illustrator and her mother Tricia Steward Shiu have launched a
Kickstarter campaign to help fund the publishing of their new book
"Iron Shinto."
Kickstarter
is the world's largest crowd-funding platform. The company's mission
is to help bring creative projects to life and "Iron Shinto"
is now one of them. The worldwide campaign will cover editing,
publishing and publicity for "Iron Shinto," as well as the
audio books for all three books in the Moa series. "Sydney does
an incredible job in the project video of explaining her role in this
breakout series, "Moa," "Statue of Ku," and "Iron
Shinto," says Tricia. "We would love the support of Young
Adult Fantasy Fictions readers and others who just love books,"
adds Shiu.
Donations
begin at $1.00 and top off at $1,200. "We also have some
incredible rewards for donating: an exclusive ritual for Kickstarter
donors, an hour long book talk, signed paperbacks, MP3s, eBooks and
much more!" says Shiu. Find out more at: Kickstarter or
http://j.mp/1aqsJWb.
Iron
Shinto, now in manuscript form has already garnered a FIVE STAR
review by an Amazon Hall of Fame (Top 50) Reviewer Grady Harp who
writes:
'What
exactly is real? Your thoughts make whatever you perceive to be real.
Beyond that, what exists?' Tricia Stewart Shiu has stepped into
territory that few contemporary writers of novels have journeyed -
concepts of many permutations of the spirit world as experienced and
acted out by contemporary characters. Reading Shiu's book IRON SHINTO
(the third volume of her series of books entitled The Moa Books) is
not only immensely entertaining as a story, but also illuminating as
to the concepts of the levels of existence that bond the corporeal
world with the spirit world.
Each
chapter opens with a ritual that the reader can actually follow and
perform, moments of enlightenment that heighten the meaning of the
novel but also serve to open the reader's mind to the seemingly
endless possibilities of realms of existence - call it reincarnation
or alternative levels of being or whatever connects the reader with a
willingness to think along different lines. Though Shiu writes her
books for a Teen or Young Adult audience, her commitment to expand
the mind is so well centered that her audience could comfortably and
satisfyingly include adult readers, especially those curious about
universal levels of being.
--Grady
Harp, Amazon Hall of Fame Reviewer
Iron
Shinto is the third book in the Moa series by Tricia Stewart Shiu.
All three chronicle a fanciful flight through time and space in a
multi-dimensional universe of interplanetary spirits.
The
author, in addition to being an award-winning playwright, is also a
metaphysical adept who actually met Moa, the ancient Hawaiian spirit
at the heart of the series. "When I was five," Ms. Shiu
explained, "I was visited by a vision. I'll never forget it, I
was running down the stairs and the entity, a girl with dark hair,
stopped me in my tracks. The spirit said that I would go through a
deeply challenging time in my life, but would resurface, later in
life, with unimaginable joy and fulfillment. That vision stayed with
me."
Many
years later, taking a nap during a visit to her husband's family home
in Honolulu, that dark-haired girl came back. "In my mind's eye,
I saw a beautiful young woman with dark hair, who said her name was
Moaahuulikkiaaakea'o Haanaapeekuluueehuehakipuunahe'e-Moa for short."
Ms.
Shiu's experience with this benevolent spirit launched her into a
personal journey of spiritual exploration which included studies in
mediumship, pagan and Huna rituals as well as an energy healing
technique called "Crystalline Consciousness Technique." She
also studied a variety of shamanic clearing methods and healing
rituals.
The
result of the author's unique background is that each chapter of the
book begins with a meditative ritual that pertains to that chapter.
Some of the rituals, oils or meditations are even mentioned in the
plot of the book. All of these rituals are easily done by the reader
and have remarkably soothing and healing properties.
The
author sums it all up this way; "Whatever your belief or
understanding of the metaphysical world, I believe that if one person
is transformed through learning, then we are all transformed. I truly
believe the Moa I met came through in this work and, just as I
connected with her as I wrote, those who read the book will
experience her as well."
Iron
Shinto (ISBN: 978-0-9840020-8-5, 2013 Human Being Publishing, 208
Pages, Available on Amazon in Paperback, $12.95 and for $6.99 on
Kindle 978-0-9840020-6-1 or on the author's website
http://humanbeingcompany.com.
Find out more about the Kickstarter campaign for Iron Shinto at:
Kickstarter or http://j.mp/1aqsJWb.
About
Tricia Stewart Shiu
Tricia
Stewart Shiu is an award-winning screenwriter, author and playwright,
but her passion lies in creating mystical stories. Her latest series,
The Moa Books, which includes "Moa," "The Statue of
Ku" and "The Iron Shinto," were, by far, her favorite
to write.
Media
Contact: For a review copy of Iron Shinto, or to schedule an
interview with Tricia Stewart Shiu, please contact Scott Lorenz,
President of Westwind Communications Book Marketing, 734-667-2090 or
scottlorenz [at] westwindcos [dot] com or
http://www.book-marketing-expert.com.
