Lately we have been experiencing déjà vu concerning one of
our books.
If you have been following the news this past year there’s
been a particular issue covered which was of interest to us (yes, there has
been a ton of events happening but we wanted to discuss only one).
We’re talking about the outbreak of undrinkable water around
the United States. For example, in January 2014, West Virginia was forced to
deal with contamination of one of their rivers. Nine counties’ drinking water
began to smell like licorice. Investigation eventually discovered a potential
toxicity of Crude HCHM primarily composed of a chemical name
4-methylcyclohexand methanol had leaked from a coal company’s old storage tank
into West Virginia’s Elk River, rolling down to many towns drinking systems.
Symptoms of ingesting this chemical through water soon gave
way to various ailments such as stomachs, rashes, and other ailments. In time
over 300,000 people were forced to go without tap water for three days.
Now, in August, we hear of cities around Lake Erie
experiencing a water pollution problem as well. This time a major city, Toledo,
Ohio, and parts of SE Michigan (over 500,000 people) were affected. Not only
from their drinking water, but for bathing and cooking. The suspected cause...a
blue-green algae growing in the usually warm Lake Erie and fed by high amounts
of microcystin, a cyanotoxin. It came from excess farming runoff (nitrogen and
phosphorus) and eventually drained into the lake.
When the incident happened in West Virginia, we thought…Oh,
wow! How ironic…but now with Michigan and Ohio having problems, it really
brought home how poignant our book Color
of Dreams was turning out to be. One of the major themes in the book is
about water pollution and how, if not checked, could affect people downriver who
relied on waterways supplying their drinking water.
Color of Dreams
revolves a young woman who is determined to stop a corporation from secretly
dumping a pollutant into a river that feeds into a major water source. One
stumbling block is the hero (and a former sweetheart) who recently came to work
for the corporation.
Though the story also involves the premises of spiritual
protection of our earth, the message to our readers was to show how important we
as humans must protect our planet.
There is also another reason as to why we are so intrigued
over this incident. More and more we are discovering that often our stories are
premonition driven. We can’t say why or how it happens but we now believe it will
eventually become clear.
Right now Color of Dreams is on sale at Breathless Press for $2.50. (50% off) It's a great chance to download your copy. This sale won't last for long.
Thanks for reading,
Tia Dani
