Welcome

Welcome to my blog. I don't think I have any "blogger bones" in my body but...

My book "Escape From Silk Cotton Forest" should be crossing the Atlantic as I write this welcome note and I can't begin to tell you how excited I am.

What started off as an idea for a movie is now a book, which I hope I can make into a movie among other things, eventually. I hope you enjoy your visit.

About the book...


The Kingdom of Ierie is rife with corruption, on the brink of another war and in need of a true leader.

Domino, a rebellious teenage Goan who seeks to avenge his mother’s murder, is the hero of this story. Right now he and his best friend Peenut are having a good time partying in Market Square, in the heart of the El Tucuche Forest.

He has no idea that a State of Emergency will be declared and that it will change his life forever. He also doesn’t know that La Diablesse; the evil ruler of the Silk Cotton Forest, will bewitch him and try to steal his soul and that he will have to battle Douens, Soucouyants and giant Moongazers in his quest for the one thing that can help him and two hundred prisoners escape.

He doesn’t know that he will be mortally wounded and that the Gods would have to intervene and that he will find love and his life’s true purpose. He doesn’t know any of this, so let's not tell him.


Reading Revolution


Escape From Silk Cotton Forest and The Chalice Project - 2 novels written by Francis Escayg and Lisa Allen-Agostini respectively for the 10-16 year old age group, is leading the charge in the Reading Revolution.

These are fantasy/fiction/sci-fi/folklore titles, written and designed to give our young people a healthy entertainment alternative, which would stimulate their creativity, engage their imaginations and allow them to create new worlds. These titles were edited by Joanne Johnson and published by Macmillan Caribbean.

With design and print support from Lonsdale/Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Ltd. we now have the Reading Revolution posters which will be distributed in libraries, schools, pizza parlours and just about everywhere we can expect to find our audience. Stay logged to this blog or you can Facebook me!

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Friday, January 30, 2009

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We are all so afraid of being judged; to be “wrong”, we remain frozen in little tombs decorated in the images of those and that which we emulate, stuck in our own little pitch lakes, trapped by the fear of the voices in pit that if they were to address us in a critical manner, we would burst in shame and spew all of our blame on everything and everyone else!

Go forth and express yourself…without fear.