{"id":110403,"date":"2022-08-10T15:15:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=110403"},"modified":"2022-08-10T15:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:18:09","slug":"local-author-brings-readers-to-a-new-dimension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/local-author-brings-readers-to-a-new-dimension\/","title":{"rendered":"Local author brings readers to a new dimension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Local author Maria Cordaro has officially published her first book <i>Somaku\u2019: Planetary Disruption of the 5th Dimension. <\/i>It took Cordaro six years to bring her story to life, working on the sci-fi novel whenever she had a moment of free time, after being encouraged by her family to invite others into her imagination. While not originally an author, Cordaro took the leap and she now hopes to bring readers on a unique journey.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI truly believe that each and every one of us is a writer. I mean, we all have our story to tell. Originally, when my children were very small, I was reading them different books at night after bath time,\u201d recounted Cordaro. \u201c(\u2026) We had this game in the car where I would start a story, then I would stop in the middle of the story, and then it would be my daughter telling me her bit of the story, and then it would go to her sister, so we would create this whole world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Working off her love for story telling, her husband and children encouraged her to invite others into her world by publishing a book of some sorts.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMy husband came in once and said to me \u2018you know, you\u2019ve been telling stories your whole life. I see you with the children, you\u2019re always coming up with these great stories, why don\u2019t you write a book?,\u2019 mentioned Cordaro. \u201cMy first response was, \u2018I\u2019m not an author, this is not what I do.\u2019 (\u2026) But yet, he was like \u2018listen, being an author is what you feel inside of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Feeling in her heart that she had a story to tell, Cordaro took two years to put all of her ideas on paper, finding her own writing style in the process.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt really took six years to create this world, to create each character. You know, what are they about, what makes them feel, what makes them tic, what do they look like?\u201d said an ecstatic Cordaro. \u201cSo, I started sketching in a book. I would do a few sketches and then I would find my main character, which is Ciara, and I would look at her and go \u2018this is my Ciara.'<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Somaku\u2019: Planetary Disruption of the 5th Dimension <\/i>brings readers into a new dimension filled with relatable world experiences, such as war and famine. It\u2019s also an important journey of self-acceptance.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI am talking about these different cultures. Obviously, they\u2019re aliens so there\u2019s a different way of giving birth, a different way of loving. Through a priestess, this child has the building blocks to become a being of light,\u201d explained Cordaro. (\u2026) \u201cIt becomes its own creature, its own entity, so they are born with who they are. Nobody tells them through education who they should become, that\u2019s a huge message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cordaro said that it was important for her that readers not only enjoy the story, but evolve and grow with it as characters in the world of Somaku\u2019 fight to survive and find their way.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI wanted the reader to realize that if you go towards destruction, this is what might happen. (\u2026) These creatures, it is not an acceptation for them, it is the norm, they are built that way. That is the message I want to give to young children and people; that you are built that way, so be yourself,\u201d emphasized Cordaro.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Somaku\u2019:Planetary Disruption of the 5th Dimension <\/i>is the first tome in the <i>Somaku\u2019<\/i> series with more adventure waiting for readers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think, in the end, you\u2019re going to have sort of a surprise to take you to the second tome. It\u2019s going to bring you to question a lot of things,\u201d said Cordaro. \u201cYou think you know the answer, but I\u2019m taking you in a different direction. (\u2026) Tome 2 will be the epiphany, so I\u2019ll keep you guessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the full interview below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local author Maria Cordaro has officially published her first book Somaku\u2019: Planetary Disruption of the 5th Dimension. It took Cordaro six years to bring her story to life, working on the sci-fi novel whenever she had a moment of free time, after being encouraged by her family to invite others into her imagination. 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