 |
richard lloyd cederberg
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author of the award winning
MONUMENTAL JOURNEY SERIES: A Monumental Journey - In Search of the First Tribe - The Underground River - Beyond Understanding - all four capturing the spirit of Jules Verne, Robert Lewis Stevenson, Edgar Rice Burroughs, & C.S. Lewis aboard the computerized schooner Heimdall and beyond ...
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
richard heard the original call for his MONUMENTAL JOURNEY SERIES in 2003. Eager for the adventure he embraced the challenge of writing about the Rognvald Vikings early journey to the Southwestern United States, which culminated over four hundred and fifty years later with the intrepid crew of the computerized schooner Heimdall retracing the original Rognvald journey in its remarkable fullness. Richard's novels have been likened to a unique blending of Jules Verne, Robert Lewis Stevenson, and C.S. Lewis. They were awarded CST's 2007 Best New Adventure, Mystery, Historical Fiction. All his books are available at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, the brick and mortar bookstores, and at www.richardlcederberg.com
richard began his personal journey into the arts with music when he was four years of age. For years he played classical trumpet, but then, because of the phenomenal British invasion of music, specifically the Beatles and the Dave Clark Five, he eagerly dropped the trumpet to begin playing acoustic and electric guitar and writing songs and lyrics. richard wrote poetry, stories, and songs, in High School and College; he spent time at Mesa College, USD, UCSB, and SBC. "There has rarely been a time in my life when I wasn’t writing in one form or another. For as long as I can remember I have always had pencil to paper to get creative ideas out,” he quotes. For twenty plus years Richard played music ranging from power rock, fusion, pop jazz, country swing, and top 40 in over 33 professional bands; he performed in clubs, cabarets, small venues, concert halls, and on TV.
the author commends his predominant literary influences as being Jules Verne, Victor Hugo, Jack London, Robert Lewis Stevenson, Edgar Rice Burrough's, Soren Kierkegaard, Johann David Wyss, Henry David Thoreau, Frank Herbert, C.S. Lewis, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Muir, Herman Hesse, Bret Harte, Daniel Defoe, Mark Twain, and various others. richard has been privileged to travel extensively throughout the USA, the provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan in Canada, the Yukon Territories, the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Azorean Archipelagoes, and through Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and Holland.
QUOTES...
1. "Don't be too preoccupied with impressing, with being relevant, or with sounding profound. As each flower of the field, (and every other living thing in nature) has its own color and shape and fragrance, so does the heart of a writer and a poet. When you write from your source, with all your heart and mind and soul, you will touch those that you are meant to touch."
richard lloyd cederberg
copyright
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
2. "Nothing of worth ever seems to be accomplished without enduring more than we think is necessary."
richard lloyd cederberg
copyright
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
3. "There is an inescapable and humorous irony associated with pursuing authorship and poetry. One must be deeply introspective to reveal the gift, ferociously disciplined to develop the gift, diligent and fearless to display the gift, and forever hopeful that upon the revealing there is understanding and acceptance."
richard lloyd cederberg
copyright
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
4. "The faith of a child can accept immeasurably more than the greatest intellect can ever refute."
richard lloyd cederberg
copyright
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
5. "Within the ambit of one's potential imagination will prosper only when what is sought is first visualized, and then realized through earnest supplication, and the unwearied discipline of patience."
richard lloyd cederberg
copyright
Birth Place: Chicago, IL
Accomplishments: richard has been blessed to realize, and accomplish, many artistic endeavors in his life. "Discipline, fortitude, focus, and my substantially unwavering faith in the Christ of the Bible are the reasons." He quotes. As a writer, from 2003 forward, a loose recollection follows. Four integrated novels were written and published. Aug/Sept 2008 featured Poet on POETRY LIFE and TIMES (sadly now defunct) In August 2007 richard was nominated for a 2008 PUSHCART PRIZE by the MISSISSIPPI CROW MAGAZINE. Richard was awarded 2007 BEST NEW FICTION at CHRISTIAN STORY TELLER for his first three novels and also 2006 POET OF THE YEAR @thewritingforum.net .... Richard is an award winning writer that has been published in varied anthologies, compendiums, and e-zines. Richard's literary work is currently in over 35,000 data bases and outlets. Richard's novels include: A MONUMENTAL JOURNEY - IN SEARCH OF THE FIRST TRIBE - THE UNDERGROUND RIVER - and BEYOND UNDERSTANDING.
richard designed, constructed, and operated a MIDI centered digital Recording Studio called TAYLOR and GRACE from 1995 - 2002. "A most powerfully focused and magical time!" For seven years he diligently pursued his own visions and those of others. Richard personally composed, and multi-track recorded, over 500 compositions during this time and has two completed CD’s to his personal credit: WHAT LOVE HAS DONE and THE PATH. Both albums were mixed and mastered by Steve Wetherbee, founder of Golden Track Studios in San Diego.
Richard retired from the music business after performing professionally for fifteen plus years. "No regrets!" He affirmed. "It was a hell-hole of arrogance and drugs." He works, now, at one of San Diego's premier historical sites as a superintendent ......... Richard is also a carpenter and a collector of books. The Easton Press is presently his favorite ........ Richard and his wife Michele have been avid adventurers and still love exploring the Laguna's, Cuyamaca's, and High Deserts in Southern California, the Eastern Sierra's, the Dixie National Forest, the Northern California and southern Oregon coastlines, and the "Four Corners" region of the United States.
_________________________________________________
|
| |
Books
|  | Beyond Understanding by richard lloyd cederberg
In this fourth and final installment the intrepid crew is taken to the limits of their endurance as they brave a subterranean world filled with dangers and bizarre wonders. When Thurid’s warriors are defeated the crew frees the Grettig family from captivity and all embark together on a vast sea inhabited by incredible creatures.
Weeks later, from evidence on three parchments found in a m...
Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
Barnes & Noble.com
Beyond Understanding
Author House Publishing
|
 | The Underground River by richard lloyd cederberg
Forced to put the schooner Heimdall into dry-dock for repairs and modifications, the crew chooses to holiday in Southern Utah so they can rendezvous with the Professor, a brilliant confidant from Rabat. What he shares at the summit stuns the crew and changes their plans. Now, instead of sailing north to Montague Island, four of the crew will travel to a hidden base in Taroudant Morocco for secret ...
Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
Barnes & Noble.com
Author House Publishing
|
 | In Search of the First Tribe by richard lloyd cederberg
Sixty-seven days after departing Flores Island in Europe’s westernmost waters, the schooner Heimdall and her stalwart crew has finally arrived at the mysterious Isla Socorro in the Revillagigedo Archipelagoes. The discoveries they make are astounding. Anders “the Norse” Vildarsen, a descendant from the original Viking voyage, joins the crew, and together they continue their search for the First Tr...
Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
Barnes & Noble.com
Christian Story Teller
Author House
|
Short Stories
mountain magic ... by richard lloyd cederberg
holiday in southwestern colorado...
image: micheles victory
...
water, people, and six foot catfish... by richard lloyd cederberg
essay ... image: lake vallecito colorado...
from Lapland, love to you ... by richard lloyd cederberg
Image: garrett richard, (my son) chillin' on our way up to Cuyamaca Peak...
therapy session ... 1 by richard lloyd cederberg
Flash Fiction -
a satirical look at the juxtaposition
between what's said, and what's meant ...
The first in the THERAPY SESSION series...
the doctor suggested psychoanalysis ... 2 by richard lloyd cederberg
Flash Fiction - second episode in the THERAPY SESSION series...
mayhem in the Sea of Cortez by richard lloyd cederberg
Chapter 21 from A MONUMENTAL JOURNEY 2, IN SEARCH OF THE FIRST TRIBE...
if only i had a magic wand by richard lloyd cederberg
When an ugly controlling spirit gets ahold of someone, not only does their personality change for the worse, but they also ruin all the good they have created around them....
essay - steadfast and focused with discernment by richard lloyd cederberg
Essay...
death and doorways by richard lloyd cederberg
In loving memory of an influential friend ......
knuckle down slave ... by richard lloyd cederberg
beware of voices mongering half-truths ...
...
contrary souls ... by richard lloyd cederberg
it's amazing what transpires when two people get past their egos and really communicate - true story!...
It All Began .... by richard lloyd cederberg
Dedicated to another victim ...
Taken from the 'Norwegian Files'...
|
Poetry
with you - without you by richard lloyd cederberg
For my wife, michele elizabeth, Valentines Day 2012 - all good things...
image: June Lake in the Eastern Sierras...
love remains eternal... by richard lloyd cederberg
"For now we see through a glass darkly ..."...
a sense of oneness... by richard lloyd cederberg
A magnificent hiking adventure, Michele and I were privileged to experience, in costal southern Oregon within the Samuel H. Boardman corridor - 12 miles of forested linear park .... Digital image: rlc...
raven on a snowy perch... by richard lloyd cederberg
holiday in southwestern colorado...
digital image: rlc...
she meditates in a cave... by richard lloyd cederberg
“To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.” Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Misérables
...
two in a skiff by richard lloyd cederberg
Image is a pencil drawing by William (Willy) Cederberg - my beloved grandfather now deceased....
in the house of Greystoke ... 14 by richard lloyd cederberg
FOURTEENTH SCENE in a burgeoning series of the new Greystoke - Tarzan Story-Poems. There is a great outpouring of love and affection when John and Jonathan return home, but after several months Lord G...
the lost descendants of Feradach the Fair … 13 by richard lloyd cederberg
THIRTEENTH SCENE in a burgeoning series of the new Greystoke-Tarzan Story-Poems… Appearances can be deceiving, as Tarzan and Jonathan discover. Prefaced by a short back-story…...
[an inevitable autumn] by richard lloyd cederberg
Ekphrastic … character study -
Painting – THE FERRY – Brooks Thomas
“I saw, in gradual vision through my tears,
The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years,
Those of my own life, ...
with the swiftness of atalanta ... 12 by richard lloyd cederberg
TWELFTH SCENE in a burgeoning series of the new Tarzan Story-Poems. Tarzan rescues Jonathan and together they embark on a long trek home to England…
1. Skree… wildcat
2. Gimla … crocodile...
oolong with nutmeg and lemon ... by richard lloyd cederberg
Ekphrastic poetry - concerning two unorthodox friends...
the abandoned castle ... 11 by richard lloyd cederberg
ELEVENTH SCENE is a burgeoning series of Tarzan Story-Poems. John Greystoke makes a remarkable discovery at an abandoned castle near Dornie in the Highlands…...
on the isle of durntwick ... 10 by richard lloyd cederberg
TENTH SCENE in a series of Tarzan Story-Poems … being damaged severely in the gale, the Aborantha requires temporary harbor for repairs on the Isle of Durntwick. That night, in the tavern, the hand of...
the Greystokes return to England ... 9 by richard lloyd cederberg
NINTH SCENE in a burgeoning series of Tarzan Story/Poems …. After Forali’s hordes are annihilated, several summonses from their son hasten the Greystokes return to England....
our one path (together) became two alone... by richard lloyd cederberg
Remembering a vibrant coaction I had some years ago that lost its vitality and ended. ...
jane becomes a catalyst for change ... 8 by richard lloyd cederberg
EIGHTH SCENE in a burgeoning series of Tarzan Story/Poems ...
From above and below, a vast multitude converges...
Taken from the Ape-English dictionary:
1. Unk-nala … climb
2...
in the lair of the beast ... 7 by richard lloyd cederberg
SEVENTH SCENE in a burgeoning series of Tarzan Story-Poems ... Being without tarzan, but being wisely enlightened, jane outfoxes forali, the kollian underlord ...
Image: Boris Vallejo...
even the gods know of him ... by richard lloyd cederberg
Celebrating a uniquely gifted multilingual Author/Poet – George Edvard Mateos
3/19/1925 - 8/30/2010...
she ran with a wolf ... by richard lloyd cederberg
No matter how disparate, friendships are forged when you find a common ground ... ekphrastic poetry
Painting by Julie Bell...
jane's abduction ... 6 by richard lloyd cederberg
SIXTH SCENE in a burgeoning series of Tarzan Story-Poems. Jane is thrust into the unknown and tested beyond her abilities
Taken from the Ape-English dictionary:
1. Mangani ... Bull apes
<...
kollian beast-men avenge their loss ... 5 by richard lloyd cederberg
FIFTH SCENE in a burgeoning series of Tarzan Story-Poems – in victory the unexpected comes
Taken from the Ape-English dictionary:
1. Manu … monkey’s
2. Mangani … bull-apes
...
tarzan confronts the earth sirens ... 4 by richard lloyd cederberg
FOURTH SCENE in a burgeoning series of Tarzan Story-Poems – Earth unleashes an ancient evil
From the Ape-English dictionary
1. Ala … Rise
2. Unk … Go
3. Wala … Home
4. M...
of reddened apples ... by richard lloyd cederberg
Protecting the wellness, accuracy, and sanctity, of creative individualism ...
tantor warns of sabertooth ... 3 by richard lloyd cederberg
THIRD SCENE in a burgeoning series of Tarzan Storypoems ... from afar wickedness cometh ...
Tarzan’s commands to Tantor:
Korak … killer
Skree … wildcat
Kas … jump
Image: ...
la's kalimba ... 2 by richard lloyd cederberg
SECOND SCENE in a burgeoning series of Tarzan Storypoems - dualism ... savagery and compassion
La’s phrases taken from the Ape-English dictionary:
1. Kreegah …… Beware, danger
2....
|
Articles
Is your literary work being exploited? by richard lloyd cederberg
Is your work being exploited in the schemes of global literary procurers? You decide!
...
|
| |
| |
Links
|
| A MONUMENTAL JOURNEY NOVELS
A Monumental Journey -
In Search of the First Tribe -
The Underground River -
Beyond Understanding -
|
CHRISTIAN STORY TELLER
Authors for Authors about Authors
|
THE WRITING FORUM
Marcia Miller Twifords love child
|
Additional information
|
| 
All Richards Novels, in the MONUMENTAL JOURNEY SERIES, are available in Hardback - Paperback - and E-Book. E-books are available only on Author House. www.richardlcederberg.com
|
| |
|
|
Contact
Information
richard lloyd cederberg
La Mesa
CA
USA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
biography
· sitemap
· books
· articles
· poetry
· short stories
· reviews
· contact author