Virtual Book Tour: Indiscernible Elements: Calcium by Korynn Newville #blogtour #giveaway #nonfiction #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours - A Life Through Books

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Virtual Book Tour: Indiscernible Elements: Calcium by Korynn Newville #blogtour #giveaway #nonfiction #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours

 


Arts & Photography, Nonfiction (Adult), Reference

Date Published: May 30, 2023

Publisher: The Black Hat Press


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i am in your teeth, your bones, you r nails. i help your muscles contract. i help your heart beat. you need me. I am in every brick in the colosseum and in the walls of caves. I am in soil, sand, and statues. every living thing requires me to function. when the living die, when a building crumbles, i will continue on. i have many jobs, i live many lives. you call me Calcium.

indiscernible elements: Calcium explores the path a molecule can take through various stages of life and death - from the perspective of Calcium itself. through the use of detailed illustrations, poetry, and dialogue, author Korynn Newville creates a discussion around how humans can change the way they create the built environment to be more conscious of the wondrous systems at work in nature. if the same Calcium in a femur bone can be used in concrete to build a cathedral, a house, a sidewalk or can be recycled by a nearby plant or tree, how can humans purposefully help that process along? what would Calcium design if it had the choice? what would Calcium say if it could tell you its story.


 


INTERVIEW


Can you tell us a little about the process of getting this book published? How did you come up with the idea and how did you start?

It started in 2019 for my architecture thesis. It started out as a story, and with only 5 large drawings. I knew I wanted to create something for my thesis work that would allow me to carry it on past graduate school. In the book, I go into depth about how I came to the idea of Calcium. A short snippet is that it started with researching and learning about funeral home design. I wanted to understand what happens when the deceased is put into the ground. These findings is what led me to Calcium. Indiscernible Elements: Calcium is making connects through non-fiction information. Everything within the drawings are also based on research – everything in the book is very intentional and thought through.

 

What surprised you most about getting your book published?

Marketing! It’s very hard! It is a whole other beast to tackle. There are two separate lives to this book, the creation and the getting it out into the world. It has been a great journey and learning curve on how to communicate the books story to get peoples attention. I am still learning!

 

Tell us a little about what you do when you aren’t writing

I live in Driggs, ID and I love the outdoors. I go white water rafting and dirtbiking in the summer. In the winter I backcountry snowboard. There is so much to explore here! I love hanging out with my dogs and going for walks. When I am not outdoors, I am studying to become an architect. Last but not least, my day job is a project manager for a construction company.

 

As a published author, what would you say was the most pivotal point of your writing life?

I remember the day when I looked at my drawings, and decided to change them completely. All the drawings use to have a white background with black linework, and I came to realize it would be much stronger with a black background and white linework. This is better for the eye, and also because the images in the book are always playing with looking like an x-ray (because bones are calcium).

 

Where do you get your best ideas and why do you think that is?

While traveling, playing with new or old material and relaxing near or in water. I think all of these times is when I allow myself to wander. It’s those moments that I’d rather not be doing anything else and can just drift into my ‘lala’ land. That’s when I start to discover and unfold.

 

What is the toughest criticism given to you as an author?

With this book its tough when people don’t see the whole intention that I have put into the book. Sometimes it’s also very clear that people do not spend a lot of time with it. Some people hate the end of the book when I go into explaining how I ended up with the book. Which is fair! Some people don’t care to know. I wanted to show the process in hopes it would other people think through own obstacles. I stand by all of my decisions, and if people aren’t getting those, then that just means I need to do a better job of getting them to understand. This will only make my future books better.

 

What has been your best accomplishment as a writer?

Finishing this book! Simple as that!

 

How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?

I will call mine, ‘half-finished ideas.’ There is a lot! I am excited for the future.

 

 

 


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