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REASONS: Support Campaign


The decision to publish REASONS
was one of the hardest I’ve ever had to make, and in the past few days of endless re-writing, editing, and researching, I have grown to behold it with both reverence and fear. It marks a departure from the safety of neutrality and, for better or worse, a turning point in my life. It is also the most important decision I’ve ever made: taking the leap from community writer serious author. That decision is manifested in the printing of this book. That's why I'm asking you, the community of San Antonio, to help me make this leap.

It’s taken me a long time to become confident enough in myself to publish. That time is encapsulated in REASONS, a conceptual anthology of selected work from 2006-2016. The collection of poetry, short literature, and more unconventional compositions tell a story of why things are written - not personal reasons, but five specific creative primordials: HOPE, DESPAIR, HIM, HER, and TRUTH. It seeks to illuminate the heart the writer, and the forces that drive pen to paper. Every one of the forty-plus pieces were forged of San Antonio, many of which have never seen the light of day until now, and strive to capture the raw spirit that dwells in the heart of our city and show the world just what can be shaped of it.

If you believe in my abilities as much as I have come to believe in them, your contribution will not only provide for the printing of this book, but for the stable foundation of that decision’s fulfillment, the resources and confidence of a community that supports my continued work of documenting, representing, and sometimes even defending San Antonio.

With your gift, you’ll get ten years of my life. Every contribution, no matter how small, will come with a direct download of the electronic version of the text, which is available now in eBook, Kindle, and PDF formats.

Contributions of $30 or more will receive a special hardcover imprint of Reasons that includes extra material:
- A special dedication to the city of San Antonio, which will always be my family and first love.
- A special forward, in which I acknowledge the REASONS and elucidate their role as the thematic elements of the composition.
- An expanded scope of works, including an appendix of previews from longer works-in-progress that will not be included in mainstream distribution.
- And upon request, a handwritten dedication from the author.

Click here to get a sample of the book.

This support campaign goes further than a singular book. Several titles are currently in the development phase, with some close to completion. Here are a few of the projects your gift will support, a few of which will have excerpts in the limited print edition of REASONS:


Mangonadas on Mars: A book written foremost for the children of San Antonio. Marina, a young girl, is nervous to move with her family to a new home on Mars. What will it be like? Will she have friends? More importantly, will there be mangonadas?

One Thousand Lives of an Empire (Working Title): The fictional history of an empire set in an alternate, steampunk Ottoman culture, from beginning to end, told through the separate lives of its citizens and spanning hundreds of years.

Subjunctive Mood (Working Title): Originally a 20-page short story by Chado Brown that had a timeless novel unwritten in between its brief lines. A parallel narrative that seeks to illustrate the pain we inflict on others through our choices, and the extent to which we must take responsibility for them. If it fails to do that, at the very least, it is a story about a man who walks from the Earth to the Moon.

Bones: Jim is an archeology professor who contracts something much worse than bird flu on a dig in China. Bones examines the idea of “superpowers” through the lens of realism, naturalism, and the modern novel, with just as much introspection and pathos as there is action and adventure.

Interceptor: In an alternate 1989, a young engineering student lands the internship he could only dream of. What he didn’t dream, was becoming embroiled in conspiracy, rescuing princesses, and rising to the head of an army that will reform the powers of the world.

The Ancient: The sole purpose of my writing for twenty years, and a work that won’t likely be finished for another twenty years. It is a metaphysical odyssey that chronicles gods and God, eruptions of natural order, and the place of humanity among the destiny of all existence.

To stay updated on these, and to read unpublished work, visit guydtruc.wordpress.com

Organizer

Robbie Rodgers
Organizer
San Antonio, TX

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