Rosemary: Yes, it has been quite a journey. I have been in a type of designated retirement for eleven years, although I was extremely busy. At the age of 55 is when I officially retired from my career as a School Psychologist. I had many mishaps along my journey to retirement with a lot of unexpected events. I decided to write a narrative story about my journey in the "Freedom 55 years" which then with the help of two of my colleagues was expanded in a self-help book for Baby Boomers who wanted a new type of retirement in which they could strike the perfect balance between leisure and purpose. The book we wrote is called "The Way of the Supernova: A New Baby Boomer Retirement Era That Will Change The World."
However, I've also just released a riveting action/adventure novel set in West Papua on the Island of New Guinea that highlights the plight of West Papuan tribesmen.
My Bio And Books
Questions And Answers With
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1) Rosemary, how did you first become interested in writing historical fiction novels?
Rosemary: I am a former School Psychologist who now does career assessment work and retirement coaching/planning through my office in beautiful Qualicum Beach BC. I started to write when I visited Hawaii back in 1988 and I thought about the culture clash that existed between the Native Hawaiians and the Americans. Since I had Psychology training, I explored how Erik Erikson's Adolescent Identity Achievement Task (who am I and what do I want to do with my life) would apply to all the multi-cultural teenagers such as those in Hawaii. Do they, for instance, decide to identify with their American counterparts, or people from their own cultural backgrounds (in Hawaii people can often be a mixture of Hawaiian, Japanese, European, Chinese, Portugese, etc.) as a result of all the people who came to work the sugar plantations in the 1900's. The result of this musing and travels has been twelve novels about multi-cultural people growing up with their cultural backgrounds and becoming involved in issues involving injustice in their countries.
2) Where in particular have you set your novels?
Rosemary: So far I've set novels in Hawaii, Tahiti, Malaysia, Australia, West Papua on the Island of New Guinea, Canada, Alaska, and California.
3) What are some of your most successful moments as an Author of your novels?
Rosemary: My Hawaiian novel "Aloha and Mai Tais" received a 5 star review from Midwest Book Review and my Australian novel "Journey Great Barrier Reef" became a winner in the 2003 Telluride Indiefest Contest when I turned it into a Screenplay.
4) Is it true that you have switched genres and made the transition from Historical Fiction Writer to Self-Help Expert around Baby Boomers and retirement issues? How did this happen?
