~T.P BOJE~
Author of The Afterlife Series
Have you ever wondered where you go when you die?
Haven’t we all at some point? I used to do it a lot as a kid. Is heaven for real and what is it going to be like once I get there? What kind of a body will I have? What will I look like? Will all of my family come with me? Will I meet my grandmother there?
When I was a child I remember reading Astrid Lindgren’s “The Brothers Lionheart”. To those who don’t know it, it is a book about two brothers that both die and goes to the country Nangijala, a land in "the campfires and storytelling days". Here the brothers experience great adventures. Together with a resistance group they lead the struggle against the evil Tengil, who rules with the aid of the fearsome fire-breathing dragon Katla. It is really a very beautiful book and I remember how it made me look upon death in a totally different way. Like it could actually be a new adventure.
As I grew up I never thought much about life after death and if there really was one or not. I was busy living my life and thinking about my life here on earth. But then one day not many months ago a thought just popped into my head. What if we have to go to school when we die?
As it so often happens, the thought wouldn't go away again once it had come into my head, and I started playing with the idea. If it is true that we leave our bodies here on earth, then we must have some new body on the other side, right? And it would probably take some time to get used to that new body. And how about going through walls and doors and stuff? I mean if we become spirits then we would have to learn how to do all those things, right? And what about flying? That is not something that comes to us easily. We would have to practice first, right? And someone would have to teach us. So eventually I started imagining this school that we all had to graduate from in order to be let into heaven, and soon Meghan popped into my head and started walking around on that school - that just had to be run by angels. She soon made some friends and fell in love (as it often happens when you are sixteen). And that was when the problems began. Because the boy was still human, living on earth, so how could they ever be together?
That was when I realized that a book-series was born. And just like the book “The Brothers Lionheart” from my childhood, it was about how dying is only the beginning of the next great adventure.
That's pretty cool how authors all seem to describe the same type of feeling when creating a story. How awesome that you took that question and turned it into a book! Thanks for stopping by the blog today and best of luck to your Afterlife series.
GIVEAWAY
Today thanks to Ms. Boje, I have one paperback and one Ebook copy of Beyond, the first book in the Afterlife series to giveaway to two readers here at TinaReviews. To enter please just leave a comment....and a link to your email or profile page. Winner will be drawn Feb 25, 2012.
Have you ever wondered where you go when you die?
Meghan is 16 when it happens to her. She wakes up on a flying steamboat on her way to a school run by Angels in a white marble castle. She meets Mick who helps her through a difficult time in a different world filled with heavenly magic. One day she finds a mirror in the cellar of the school and goes through it. She ends up back on earth where she meets Jason. But Jason is in danger and Meghan knows something important.Soon she will have to choose between the two worlds. The one she belongs to now, and the one she left.
Find out more about the author and her YA series at Goodreads~Web
Fascinating concept. Very original.
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These books have such an interesting premise and background!
ReplyDeleteI love it! I hope I don't have to go to school before I get into heaven. I've had enough of high school to last me a lifetime. In fact, the thought of going back makes me want to cry. So it stands, that this book sounds excellent. I once read a similar one for adults (Christian Fiction) it was called Angels Don't Knock. I loved it. I'm really excited for this one.
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Flying and the afterlife! Two interesting concepts! Great interview Tina.
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