So, I'm a writer...
In the past, I've started writing several books, but have not finished or worked on them for years. I always get writers block after the first few chapters. But recently I started writing a new book, and it is brilliant as well as containing a personal hidden message.
The book is called "The Waters of Narielle" and is about a writer who befriends a troubled artist. The artist has lost his family to a fire in which only two paintings of his and his beloved wife survived. The paintings were The Waters of Narielle, and The Phoenix.
The writer soon learns of the deep depression the artist suffers, and how he is slowly losing his mind. The artist blames the fire that killed his family, on the painting The Phoenix, which is said to have an ominous presence. After the artist's studio burns down, he is commited to an asylum where he confides in the writer, the story behind The Waters of Narielle, which he believes to be true. The writer believes the artist is nuts, but as the book progresses, the reader is led to consider the validity of the story.
The book is a giant conglomerate of several different metaphors pertaining to reality, transgender struggles, discrimination, depression, etc.
The transgender part comes in when a strange race of creatures is introduced to the artists story. They are outcasts and feared by the race that dominates most of the land surrounding the mystical Narielle.
