Alumni Update-- Creative Writing major Garrison Stima (2018)
Since graduating from AU in 2018, Garrison Stima (Creative Writing major) has been busy! He and his wife Jamie moved to Mansfield and he has been working with writing in some capacity ever since graduation.
Garrison worked at McGraw Hill Education in Ashland for several months and then started working on Fiverr.com as a ghostwriter and is always on the lookout for new writing opportunities. Other than that, he says he’s trying to get a book series off the ground. His wife, Jamie, is a teacher in Crestline and Mansfield at two different Catholic schools. “Altogether, we’re well, just really busy!"
He gave us a short description of his book, The Lost Voices:
“It’s a steampunk, fantasy adventure that follows four different perspectives during a swelling conflict. Each perspective has their own stake in what’s happening, but also has their own reasons to want the conflict’s conclusion. As the story unfolds, the concepts of loss, purpose, friendship, nationalism, and war-time morality are brought up time and time again.
The story is understandably geared toward anyone eighteen and older.”
A summary of the book is below:
“Malien Kinray has lived a quiet life in the corner of his home country: Terrarin. However, with the recent passing of his father, Malien's old life is uprooted and the political arguments against magic have reached critical mass. With the changing era, a terrorist organization threatens to dismantle his society with bullets and blood.
Soon, a grieving machine-smith, an immigrant to Terrarin with burning memories, a man who knows everyone's secrets but his own, and a foreign agent seeking answers to the mysterious Old World, will intertwine in a conflict beyond them. The world of Regelia is swelling with fear and, as wonder meets peril, no one can ignore what's coming.
The Lost Voices dives into the phantasmal world of Regelia, brimming with new machines, an industrial revolution, magic, and political strife. In this world, what unites people in a genuine, lifelong manner and what can separate them in the end?”
Readers can find sample chapters of the book and keep up with Garrison at: https://medium.com/@havenlayne7
