Fysche
A novelist who graduated from
UCLA and adopted that
unflattering pen name as a way of not becoming too attached
to identity / name / ego.
Fysche's first fan letter ever
came from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and her last one came most
likely from someone in Germany or China, as they get
bootlegged movies down there, and that is where Fysche's
previous films end up - bootlegged. Yes, Fysche is also into
acting and hopefully will get more work doing this, as
Fysche has just retired from writing. However, one thing
Fysche will never retire from is being a Pisces, born on PI
= 3.14 the irrational number that goes on and on forever,
which totally signifies Fysche's writing style (or lack
thereof, Fysche admits self-deprecatingly.)
http://www.EternalYouthEmpire.com or
http://www.turnermaxwellbooks.com/220.htm
Books-and-Authors.net: Where did you grow up and was reading and
writing a part of your life?
Fysche: My name is Veronica Grey; co-founder of Eternal Youth
Empire, born in the Philippines - a mutt with British blood in there
somewhere, hence the Grey name. Apparently we are some distant
relatives of King Henry VIII, kind of a lame claim to fame. Grew up
in Las Vegas just until old enough to get a driver's license to
drive to California where we are today.
Books-and-Authors.net: Who were your earliest influences and why?
Fysche: When growing up, our parents took away television as
discipline, so books became friends. In the late 90s a book came to
us titled, "Be Here Now" by Ram Dass which sort of guided our life
into writing under a pseudonym, "Fysche," in an effort to not be too
attached to identity / ego.
Also a huge fan of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Around the year 2000 he gave a
reading at the Getty Center in LA so my friend Klas and I "snuck"
into his dressing room like nerd groupies. He was so cool to us
because we dropped his lawyer's name, which is how we got past
security. The things you can learn on the Internet, ha ha. We handed
him a manuscript for a Fysche book titled, "Tails: Swimming Both
Ways" and were in shock and awe when just a few days later, a "fan"
letter in the mail arrived from Mr. Vonnegut, Jr. It was the first
one ever and at the time we were not yet even officially published.
We were deeply saddened by his passing.
God bless all Kurts!
Books-and-Authors.net: What is the Eternal Youth Empire and its
mission/goals?
Fysche: E.Y.E. is a duly recognized not-for-profit organization
dedicated to sharing our knowledge with the masses about how to
maintain eternal youthfulness without external applications or cost!
It is simply a matter of unlocking keys that reside in all of us. We
describe this in detail in our guidebook, "6 Newly Discovered and
Never Before Published Secrets to Eternal Youth and Immortality,"
which delivers exactly as the title implies.
Books-and-Authors.net: What is "The Motivatrix"?
Fysche: Savvy magazines love catch-phrases. Fortune Magazine
came up with that moniker to encompass everyone in the personal
motivation industry, of which we consider ourselves part.
Books-and-Authors.net: "220: S I F T I N G The Alien Battle Royale
or How we met the Spirit of Kurt Cobain" is written uniquely
written in a journal / train of thought style - Explain the process
and reason for it.
Fysche: It is simply honest, written as if we are speaking to a
friend, which lends itself to the informal nature. There is no real
rhyme or reason, it just happened organically that way. Also because
it is a true story, it flows naturally, simply retelling actual
events as they unfold.
Books-and-Authors.net: Explain your title "220: S I F T I N G The
Alien Battle Royale or How we met the Spirit of Kurt Cobain" in
relation to the content. You write the word "Alien" doesn't
reference "green monsters" but that "which is foreign" - Explain.
Fysche: This is a tough one because much enlightened thought
suggests that everything that happens is "all in one's mind" so how
does one explain the fact that "light beings" appear from above and
descend and communicate with one? The only way is to tell it as it
happens. These light beings are foreign, yes, but not little green
men. They are also like a hologram, transparent, radiant, and
glowing. Some would call them angels. Others would say aliens. Like
all Eternal Youth Empire books, the title delivers exactly what is
implied. If we were asked to take a lie detector test about these
experiences, we would happily comply.
Remember the film "Ghost" where Demi Moore's character needs proof
she is communicating with the beyond and it is not simply "all in
her head?" Then Patrick Swayze's character moves a penny up the
wall, as "proof?"
Well, in the "220" book, we share the "proof" that it was not just
all in our head. It did manifest on this plane. It was not a fun
experience. Imagine if you are sitting in your room all alone
actually watching a tangible penny move up a wall. It would not be
exciting. It would be terror. Same goes for the "proof" we share. It
was the most horrific experience of our life, yet also enlightening.
One can import how something like that would change you forever.
Books-and-Authors.net: What is the importance of the number 220?
Explain the photos of the number 220 in "220: S I F T I N G The
Alien Battle Royale or How we met the Spirit of Kurt Cobain".
Fysche: The ordeal lasted about an entire week with visitations from
another dimension. On about the 4th day, another hologram appeared
to help guide through it all, because I literally thought I was
going to die. This hologram implied It is / was the spirit of Kurt
Cobain, which is interesting because I was not a Nirvana fan. Anyone
who knows me knows I was somewhat involved with Billy Corgan of
Smashing Pumpkins so it was a surprise and shock to meet the Spirit
of Kurt, who by the way now has my total allegiance (Billy who?)
You know in Star Wars how R2-D2 projects that Princess Leia hologram
that is only several inches tall where she repeats over and over,
"Help us, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you are our only hope?" That is how Kurt's
spirit looked. Only like 9 inches tall, all glittery and glowing.
Since Kurt "saved" me during the alien invasion, I went and bought
everything Nirvana available on the market, and learned Kurt's
birthday is on 2/20. The number 220 became an inspirational reminder
and because we travel a lot, anywhere we saw "220" it got
photographed. Hence the picture book.
220 is also a voltage of electricity, and Mr. Cobain is definitely
Energy.
Books-and-Authors.net: How important is music to you especially the
music of Billy Corgan and Kurt Cobain?
Fysche: This hurts to answer because in my stupid idea of a perfect
world, Billy and I would be together. And we most definitely are not
- let us set the record Gay right now. (Setting the record straight
is so Prop 8.) Pumpkins' recent #1 album "Zeitgeist" and EP
"American Gothic" allude to our relationship. Both albums are about
a special connection so what the heck happened? My side of the story
is this book. Billy is an elusive creature and his side of the story
may be in his lyrics. Their newest song "G.L.O.W." might give some
clue.
Because Kurt is there for me in a way that Billy is not, my new
loyalty is to Kurt - the kicker is because His Spirit claims a lot
of the music is written for people he had not yet met, to help them
get through what someday would be the "dark night of their soul."
There is a lyric in the song "On a Plain" where Kurt sings,
"Somewhere I have heard this before
In a dream our memory is stored
As defense I'm neutered and spayed
What the hell am I trying to say
It leads my time to make it all clear
To write off lines that don't make sense,"
as he was merely channelling messages from the Universal Mind -
past, present, and future - On a Plain. This is similar to how
Nostradamus could only give cryptic clues, because even he did not
know what they mean.
We are in no way claiming exclusivity to Kurt's lyrics. They may
save more people in the future as they have helped many in the past.
In the book we go into great detail which songs specifically
reference the Alien Battle Royale - something Kurt channels 12 years
before it occurs. Kurt is somewhat of a prophet with a sarcastic
wit, evident in lyrics like, "Well I swear that I don't have a gun,"
from the song, "Come as You Are."
To give you a taste, there is a song "Territorial Pissings" where
Kurt sings,
"When I was an alien,
Cultures weren't opinions
Got to find a way, a better way...
Just because you're paranoid
Don't mean they are not after you."
During the Battle Royale, they instructed me to shave my head, which
we did, because of the "threat" my death would feel like an
electrocution, so it would be better to be bald. Many months later
we discover with chills down our spine the nonsensical lyrics in
Kurt's song "Lithium:"
"I'm so lonely
That's ok you shaved my head
and I'm not sad"
By the way, listen closely to his lyrics as he actually sings them.
They often differ than what is guessed at online. Kurt never lists
official lyrics in any of his albums.
No wonder Kurt had no idea at the time what the lyrics meant as he
wrote them. (Shaved my head?)
Many people believe the world began with a sound and so music is
definitely key.
Books-and-Authors.net: What is a "Twin Soul"?
Fysche: Rather than reinvent the wheel, let us say that
Patricia Joudry and Martin Pressman explain it best in their book,
"Twin Souls: A Guide to Finding Your True Spiritual Partner," and
perhaps we are all souls connected in a spiritual mission. How many
know that before and after Courtney Love married Kurt, she was with
Billy Corgan? There is a reason for the phenomena of love triangles,
or octagons, as the case may extend. Really we are all a chain.
Books-and-Authors.net: What do you hope to achieve with "220: S I F
T I N G The Alien Battle Royale or How we met the Spirit of Kurt
Cobain"?
Fysche: God help anyone who receives the "same proof" we did
that the visitations were not simply "all in our mind." It ALWAYS
HELPS to know someone who has been through it and survives. That is
why there are support groups for most traumatic experiences. Perhaps
we should start a support group for stigmatics. We are here to help!
Also it seems Cobain's Spirit is still fulfilling a mission, on the
15 year anniversary of him leaving this dimension. In a new book by
Charles Cross, the title is "Cobain Unseen." No kidding. If that
title is not spiritually guided, we do not know what is.
Books-and-Authors.net: What was the importance of November 18th?
Fysche: Many believe there are no such things as coincidences
-
It was the day of our safe return home to California after the Alien
Battle Royale;
It was the final day of the Smashing Pumpkins' Zeitgeist Tour 2007;
It was the day of the haunting funeral-like foretelling performance
of Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in 1993.
Sorry TomKat, it is not about your wedding in Italy. But maybe
everything else in this world is ;)
Books-and-Authors.net: What's next?
Fysche: Again, no such things as a coincidence - only two weeks ago
we were introduced to Hunter S. Thompson. We did not pay much
attention before because his style is Gonzo and ours is Glitterature,
but now we can related to his spirit because we are unwittingly
engaged in a dark battle with the law:
http://www.1888pressrelease.com/if-you-think-the-prison-system-is-bad-the-juvenile-system-i-pr-103432.html
Basically the one we love is sitting in jail for a crime he did not
commit and all we can say is because he is a Reiki Master, it must
be his mission to heal everyone in that detention center, which is
hard to swallow, even for those of us doing our best to follow the
enlightened path of acceptance.
Books-and-Authors.net:
Do you have any hobbies? What are they? How do they enhance your
writing?
Fysche: Our hobby is travel and we often find ourselves "homeless"
by choice which means we definitely have to live in the present and
honor each moment.
It does not matter anymore about our writing, because
maybe all this has drained us forever since we have also decided to
quit writing. The press release on that is here regarding our swan
song titled, "The Giggle Crack" :
http://www.1888pressrelease.com/kindle-better-as-a-noun-or-a-verb-the-answer-is-both-as-la-pr-105687.html
We wish to
thank everyone who reads this for indulging us and also much
gratitude to everyone at Page One Lit for the exemplary service you
provide to society. Extra special thanks to our publisher Turner
Maxwell Books.
Namaste!
