Virginia Close: The Murder in Desert Inn

Nov 16, 2015 | Book and Borders Cafe Tomas Morato |

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“Everyone has there very own desert that everyone can relate too?”- Virginia Close

Virginia Close bravely published her very first novel after so many years of having the passion for writing during her formative years. She started showing off her works by posting on her blog and writing for publications.

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Her first book, The Murder In Dessert Inn starring Nelly, the protagonist of the story. Virginia shared she really stayed in the desert for 4 months to actually feel the vibe and find inspiration to her story. 25% of her work was based on research and her tips when it comes to writing is just write down when she has that sudden spur of the moment.

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Going back, Nelly the lead character, represents every Filipina and all about women empowerment and the journey she has to go thru. Because of the warmth of the desert, Virginia Close wants us to bring to that realm and experience it ourselves by reading her book.

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Nelly finds herself in the desert. Her adventures and the saga of a myth-like fantasy conjure the totality of her identity. The unfriendly environment synonymous to the people that she encounters and the isolation of the desert gives her the inspiration to dream of going back in time. For more than twenty years of her quintessence, the memories of her job way back annihilate and obliterate from her soul. The craving for action, the places she visited like mortuaries – courthouses – and chasing the criminals to find the truth; enigmatic transparent on her nous to the purification of her lost Ipseity. Cardinal to her happiness – is reliving her past.

The dynamics of the desert that Nelly does not know reveals to her own persona. The conglomeration of her present will guide her through; her passion for finding the truth is inevitable and unstoppable. The different characters that she meets along her path give her the greatest experience that not in her wildest dream exist. Her strong desire to write is the quest for her identity that she lost a long time ago. And little did she know that a murder in a place called Desert Inn is her ticket back to her long lost self.

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Virginia Close is a writer and poet of Filipino descent living in Cairns, Australia. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and received her training from Communication Foundation for Asia and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation. In her early 20’s, she moved to Australia in search of an adventure where she found love. Then she spent the next years raising two loving children and traveling the world. Now in her 50’s, she is taking time rediscovering her first love – writing with a particular interest in mystery, drama, love, relationship and discovering oneself. Virginia’s writings also bring the insightful perspective of a migrant in Australia.

 

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