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 About Steven Maines |
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 Born in northern California, I began to have an interest in
writing at a young age. I was trained on the piano in the classical
tradition starting at age eight, and began composing music at age
twelve. My experiences with music fueled my imagination for
story-telling. Perhaps it was because, in my mind, music always
conjured images, images of a given story that the piece of music was
conveying, the soundtrack to a story, as it were. Whatever the
reason, I became interested in the art of story-telling and began to
write short-stories.Philosophy and spirituality are fields that have always been of great interest to me as well. I agree with Socrates in that, “the unexamined life is not worth living.” I was baptized into the Mormon Church when I was eight and attended the church regularly for most of my childhood. When I came of an age to realize that the Mormon beliefs were not mine, I left the church. But my experiences with Mormonism kindled a life-long desire to investigate my own nature, as well as philosophy and spirituality in general. I began studying the teachings of Eastern mysticism, as well as the deeper teachings of Catholic and Christian mysticism. The teachings of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC became quite prominent in my life as did studies with Religious Science and the “New Thought” movement in general. I studied philosophy in college (The philosophy program I was in was also a writing program) and graduated with a degree in the subject. I was actually working on a postgraduate degree in philosophy, when the creative urges became too strong and I left -- for Los Angeles. I started to work in the film & TV industry and continued to work in the field as an actor and actor-double for many years. During this time, though, I continued my studies in spirituality and philosophy. I also continued to write short-stories and began to write screenplays as well, all of which were preparation for writing novels. My studies in spirituality, philosophy and mysticism are important to note simply because my writing always contains, hopefully, a spiritual point of view or perspective. Of course, included in a given story are many things, not the least of which are also conflict, love, sex, redemption, and so forth, all of which, are certainly part of my stories as well. Longinus: Book I of The Merlin Factor, is the first in a trilogy of books. Visit Steven's website at www.stevenmaines.com. |
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