Author Instrumental In Resurrecting A Lost Genre

ELK GROVE, Calif. - Jan. 4, 2016 - PRLog -- ELK GROVE, CALIFORNIA, Dec.28, 2015—Although warned by agents and publishers that labeling her work Visionary Fiction was the “kiss of death,” Margaret Duarte refused to concede. “In a world riddled with fear, misunderstanding, and lost hope,” she says, “I believe there are people prepared to transcend the boundaries of their five senses and open to new thoughts and ideas. The audience is ready for fiction that heals, empowers, and bridges differences.”

Margaret joined forces with three other visionary fiction writers to create the Visionary Fiction Alliance, a website dedicated to bringing visionary fiction into the mainstream and providing visionary fiction writers with a place to call home. Currently, VFA has 187 members from all over the world and is visited by thousands each month.

In December 2015, Margaret launched "Between Will and Surrender," book one of her "Enter the Between" visionary fiction series, a contemporary story ofSilicon Valley resident Marjorie Veil, whose sense of reality frays when she begins hearing a voice when no one is there. Afraid that she’s losing her mind, she goes on a soul-searching journey to remote Carmel Valley. But she does not find the reprieve she desires. Instead, she encounters Morgan Van Dyke, whose romantic interest in her is a distraction she can ill afford. She then meets an identical twin sister she didn’t know she had, another blow to her already fragile sense of self. And finally, she befriends a mute and orphaned Native American child, who gives her his most valued possession, a mouse totem, introducing her to the power of selfless love.

“Between Will and Surrender” takes the reader on a journey into the wilds of the Los Padres National Forest, home of the Esselen, one of the smallest Native American populations in California nearly exterminated as a result of Spanish Missions. Readers are introduced to the teachings of the Native American Medicine Wheel, which can be applied to their personal journeys toward self-actualization.

Like the fires that blaze through the Los Padres National Forest, the voice in Marjorie Veil’s head burns the frameworks that imprison her, transforming them into blackened snags, a perfect habitat for the seeds of awareness buried deep inside her to burst into life.

Margaret Duarte, the daughter of Dutch immigrants and a former middle school teacher, lives on a California dairy farm with her family and a herd of “happy cows,” a constant reminder that the greenest pastures are closest to home.

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