Book of Diverse Writings - Volume I

By M. Oliva

As the title suggests, this Book of Diverse Writings – Volume I - compiles a variety of works: short stories, essays, anecdotes and trivia.

A featured crime story is followed by fifteen other short tales with single of mixed genres: action, adventure, family, fantasy, light romance and science fiction (Sci-Fi), a wide choice of plots all with surprise endings. 

The Anecdotes are about personal real life thrilling experiences with a touch of drama.

The essays range from honor and pride to inspirational and motivational themes; from personal views on life or careers to philosophical renderings and other subjects.

Young adults and adults can enjoy this anthology at leisure. The stories can be read in the short time frame of two minutes to thirty or more for HIDDEN, A Crime Mystery, the featured story. The book ends with seven one minute, one-paragraph trivia stories all sharing a famous opening line.

While the first book deals with prose, Volume II, in its final stages of editing, consists of a great variety of poems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: M. Oliva
• Release date: Apr 13, 2015
• ISBN: 9781513050799

M. Oliva

ABOUT MIRTA, THE ARTIST-WRITER Once a writer, always a writer! As a child, I used to write about anything that came to mind; later on,my writings were focused on essays, anecdotes and poems. But I also had a passion for painting, initially drawing the human figure, followed by oil renditions of landscapes and animals. When it became necessary to divert my full attention to a successful career path in banking, I had to put aside my artistic dreams. Down the road, after selective antiques collecting and planning, I opened my first store "Antiques are Forever," now inactive. My involvement in antiques brought me back to art. My new emphasis was to study the masters' techniques by visiting museums or from acquired antique paintings. My new artistic vision included abstracts and modernism. New creations included a series of over one hundred comic animals, several abstracts and, more recently, a series of paper birds set in a somewhat realistic environment. One day I realized that the paintings told a story; thus, the book-writing began. Birdyjosh and Birdylu, a Paper Birds' Story was published in 2011 in both paper back and eBook format. In 2012 a General Fiction young adult novel - Sublime Adoption, a Tale of Love and Mendacity - was published in Smashwords as an eBook. Another fully-illustrated book is in the works plus the Spanish version of the paper birds story, "Joseliyo y Lorilu, Mis Dos Pajaritos de Papel." Other projects include several novellas. For the artist at heart, the calling never fades . . .