WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE FROZEN SAND GLASS?

If you follow The Frozen Sand Glass Twitter account you will see the name of Francis Bacon. This is a tribute to the 1st Viscount St Alban, one time Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England who's works established and popularized an inductive methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method or simply, the scientific method. His demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today.

In his Novum Organum he sated:

"PRINTING, GUNPOWDER AND THE COMPASS: THESE THREE HAVE CHANGED THE WHOLE FACE AND STATE OF THINGS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; THE FIRST IN LITERATURE, THE SECOND IN WARFARE, THE THIRD IN NAVIGATION; WHENCE HAVE FOLLOWED INNUMERABLE CHANGES, IN SO MUCH THAT NO EMPIRE, NO SECT, NO STAR SEEMS TO HAVE EXERTED GREATER POWER AND INFLUENCE IN HUMAN AFFAIRS THAN THESE MECHANICAL DISCOVERIES."

Francis Bacon often gathered with the men at Gray's Inn to discuss politics and philosophy, and to try out various theatrical scenes that he admitted writing. Bacon's alleged connection to the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons has been widely discussed by authors and scholars in many books. However others, including Daphne du Maurier (in her biography of Bacon), have argued there is no substantive evidence to support claims of involvement with the Rosicrucians. Frances Yates does not make the claim that Bacon was a Rosicrucian, but presents evidence that he was nevertheless involved in some of the more closed intellectual movements of his day.

Various authors have alleged that Bacon faked his own death, crossed the English Channel, and secretly traveled in disguise after 1626 through France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, and other areas utilizing the secret network of Freemasons and Rosicrucians that he was associated with. It is alleged that he continued to write under pseudonyms, as he had done before 1626, continuing to write as late as 1670 (using the pseudonym "Comte De Gabalis"). Elinor Von Le Coq, wife of Professor Von Le Coq in Berlin, stated that she had found evidence in the German Archives that Francis Bacon stayed after 1626 with the family of Johannes Valentinus Andreae in Germany.

Bacon will play a huge role in the life of our protagonist Avram. For all of the above reasons this book is being written under a pseudonym, Francis Bacon.

WHAT IS THE FROZEN SAND GLASS ABOUT?

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WHEN WILL THE STORY BE FINISHED?

This story will eventually have the equivalent length of a 165,000 word novel. There will be 33 chapters containing five posts each which will be between 800 and 1200 words. At one post per week that would be 165 weeks or just over 3 years from the time of the first post. The author of The Frozen Sand Glass has a definite ending in mind. This story has been well thought out and researched. A detailed time line of events has been created and thousands of words were written in advance of the launch of this site to create a loose outline.

WHAT MAKES THE FROZEN SAND GLASS UNIQUE?

The Frozen Sand Glass is a fictional story which unfolds over a very long time span on different sides of the universe, but that isn't what makes it unique. This story is being written in "real time." That is to say that it has not been pre-written. The writing quality and tone is not the same as a polished, tightly edited and published manuscript. The author is posting the story as it comes out of his head. Yes, there is a time line, yes there is a planned plot line, but the details are up in the air. As a subscribed reader you will be experiencing the story as it is first created, unedited. Once the story is completely written there will be some editing before it is published in printed form. If you are a publisher and want to contact the author Contact me.

WHY WOULD I BE INTERESTED IN READING THE FROZEN SAND GLASS?

There are a number of reasons individuals would be interested in reading The Frozen Sand Glass. This story has many themes that resonate with those interested in Freemasonry and Masonic symbolism, Rosicrucian history, Theosophy, Hermetic philosophy, Science Fiction, Alternate History, tales about the quest for immortality, Alchemy, Faustian bargains, conspiracy theories and warfare. However those are just the themes of the story. People might be drawn to subscribe to The Frozen Sand Glass because it is more than just another story, it is an experiment. This is one mans personal quest for creative freedom. The low cost of subscription should indicate to prospective readers that the author isn't creating this story for money alone, but also to create his Magnum Opus or Great Work. By subscribing, you are participating in that work.

WHY ISN'T THIS BEING PUBLISHED BY A TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING HOUSE?

In the traditional publishing process, an author completes a manuscript, writes a query or proposal, and submits it to a publishing house. An editor reads it, considers whether it is right for the house, and decides either to reject it (leaving the author free to offer it to another publisher), or to publish it. If the publishing house decides to publish the book, the house buys the rights from the writer and pays him or her an advance on royalties. The house puts up the money to design and package the book, prints as many copies of the book as it thinks will sell, markets the book, and finally distributes the finished book to the public.

Often, an author’s joy at selling a manuscript turns to despair when an over-zealous editor at a publishing house rips that manuscript to unrecognizable shreds. Publishers might also refuse to publish a book because it is “too controversial,” it doesn’t fit the house’s list, or simply because it “won’t sell.” With traditional publishing, it can literally take years to publish a book. For one thing, an author may have to shop the manuscript to several publishing houses before it is picked up. If you figure that the bigger houses can take up to six months to work their way through the “slush pile” (the enormous amount of queries that land on editors’ desks) to get to your manuscript, and that you will likely have to try several different publishing houses before you get one to show interest… well, you do the math! That’s a lot of waiting. Then, if a house does decide to take your book, the actual process of producing the book takes at least another year.

The author of The Frozen Sand Glass has decided to circumvent the traditional publishing route and create a delivery method that could potentially bring in a small amount of revenue as the story is in the process of being written. This method is experimental and hasn't been tried before so subscribe now and take part in publishing history.

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