The Creation of Newstead Project
I didn’t know it, but Newstead was created about ten years ago when a patient of mine asked me what Nephilim were. I had no idea. I hated having no idea. So I did some vague research and forgot about it. But apparently there was a part of my mind that never did, because on September 3, 2010, while I was nature journaling in my yard, Joel and Newstead found their way into my notes. I’d written poems before, but that day I sat down and started writing what was later to become The Newstead Project. Now, I’m not saying that first draft was good, or even readable. But it was the bones that became this book. I spent the next two and a half years researching, revising, and editing, until finally it was ready. It had grown a bit from the 64,000 words it was initially, actually it had grown by almost double. A lot of scenes were added that gave depth to the story, but the basic premise is the same as that question that man asked me ten years ago: What is a Nephilim and why would one be created?
Blurb!
The giant.
Joel Cranston shouldn’t exist. He just doesn’t know that yet. He’s lived a pretty normal life for the last sixteen years. If you consider being almost seven feet tall and good at about every sport you’ve ever played normal. Normal ends the day Newstead shows up with an invitation to come to their school.
The school.
Newstead is a private high school in Central Vermont by the Green Mountains. It’s a great place to hide a few hundred people who shouldn’t exist while you train them to become tomorrow’s rulers, tomorrow’s dictators, tomorrow’s gods.
The unexpected.
Rachel Newell thinks she’s just passing through. She never stays any place more than four months and with Newstead so close to Weston, she has even more reason to make this her shortest stop ever. The last thing she expects is to have a reason to stay.
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