Saturday, October 31, 2009

Radio Show | Author, Karen Dabney http://ping.fm/XCSD6

Radio Show | Author, Karen Dabney

Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show

Author, Karen E. Dabney, discusses her debut children’s novel, “The Magic Pencil“.

So tune in.

From: http://ping.fm/MVgtm

Radio Show | Author, Karen Dabney

Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show

Author, Karen E. Dabney, discusses her debut children’s novel, “The Magic Pencil“.

So tune in.

From: http://ping.fm/3dpxL

Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Enemy at the Gates�Guardians of the Threshold ( http://ping.fm/9yvUR )

The Enemy at the Gates�Guardians of the Threshold

Guardians of the Threshold, which Christopher Vogler discusses in The Writer’s Journey, Mythic Structure for Writers, may present as enemies.

Yet instead they seek to test the protagonist or central character of a story, to ensure that she or he has integrated the wisdom and information provided by the Mentor.

The best protagonists earn success by seeking to understand the experience of the Guardian of the Threshold. Working in tandem with the Threshold Guardians the protagonist gains access to dimensions of her or himself they had yet to tap. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/VDeIV

The Enemy at the Gates�Guardians of the Threshold

Guardians of the Threshold, which Christopher Vogler discusses in The Writer’s Journey, Mythic Structure for Writers, may present as enemies.

Yet instead they seek to test the protagonist or central character of a story, to ensure that she or he has integrated the wisdom and information provided by the Mentor.

The best protagonists earn success by seeking to understand the experience of the Guardian of the Threshold. Working in tandem with the Threshold Guardians the protagonist gains access to dimensions of her or himself they had yet to tap. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/XTJAI

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Mentor and Story

Mentors are the wisdom-carriers in stories. They infect the protagonist or major character with knowledge and information needed to complete their quest.

Mentors encourage the heroine or hero to believe, and have faith in her or his ability to meet the challenge standing before them. On a psycho-spiritual level mentors represent the Imago Dei, the god-image that all humans carry. Read the rest of this entry…

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Mentor and Story ( http://ping.fm/zTRo6 )

Mentor and Story

Mentors are the wisdom-carriers in stories. They infect the protagonist or major character with knowledge and information needed to complete their quest.

Mentors encourage the heroine or hero to believe, and have faith in her or his ability to meet the challenge standing before them. On a psycho-spiritual level mentors represent the Imago Dei, the god-image that all humans carry. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/GUzlt

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Heroine/Hero and Their Function in Story ( http://ping.fm/vPgq5 )

The Heroine/Hero and Their Function in Story

The heroine or hero provides the reader with perspective and focus on the story, point of view.

She or he also serves as the point of identification allowing the reader to invest her or his feelings towards care and concern for not simply the major character but also remaining with the story to see its outcome. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/Q2YFY

The Heroine/Hero and Their Function in Story

The heroine or hero provides the reader with perspective and focus on the story, point of view.

She or he also serves as the point of identification allowing the reader to invest her or his feelings towards care and concern for not simply the major character but also remaining with the story to see its outcome. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/9gskZ

Monday, October 26, 2009

New post @ the writing life� ( http://ping.fm/0YAbP )

New post @ the writing life�

Check out my latest entry, entitled, Sunday writing.

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New post @ the writing life�

Check out my latest entry, entitled, Sunday writing.

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Civility and Order ( http://ping.fm/dsqs0 )

Civility and Order

The word, hero, in Greek means, “to protect and to serve“. We often find these words on the side of police cars. Thus we think of law enforcement.

And yet, from the etymological perspective rooted in Greek, what is to be protected?

What or who needs and desires safety of survival?

What is ultimately at stake with any story? Life; the protagonist’s survival.

The survival at stake or being risked, as with all humans, exists on at least two levels. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/xEE2h

Civility and Order

The word, hero, in Greek means, “to protect and to serve“. We often find these words on the side of police cars. Thus we think of law enforcement.

And yet, from the etymological perspective rooted in Greek, what is to be protected?

What or who needs and desires safety of survival?

What is ultimately at stake with any story? Life; the protagonist’s survival.

The survival at stake or being risked, as with all humans, exists on at least two levels. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/cV5EJ

Saturday, October 24, 2009

New post @ the writing life� ( http://ping.fm/8YKoe )

New post @ the writing life�

NaNoWriMo, the writing life

From: http://ping.fm/1Wcxb

New post @ the writing life�

NaNoWriMo, the writing life

From: http://ping.fm/Np5yM

Radio Show | Deanna Raybourn and �Lady Julia Grey�

Novelist, Deanna Raybourn discusses Lady Julia Grey, the heroine of her novels, “Silent in Grave,” “Silent in the Sanctuary,” and “Silent on the Moor“.

So tune in

From: http://ping.fm/YEFeH
Radio Show | Deanna Raybourn and �Lady Julia Grey� ( http://ping.fm/HTjRB )

Radio Show | Deanna Raybourn and �Lady Julia Grey�

Novelist, Deanna Raybourn discusses Lady Julia Grey, the heroine of her novels, “Silent in Grave,” “Silent in the Sanctuary,” and “Silent on the Moor“.

So tune in

From: http://ping.fm/W0ywV

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Archetypes and Story ( http://ping.fm/YpcxI )

Archetypes and Story

Much like the gods and goddesses of Hinduism and Yoruban spirituality reflect the forces of the human mind and heart, archetypes display aspects and dimensions of character and personality.

They show the various degrees of evolution of the human soul from birth to death. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/n45oI

Archetypes and Story

Much like the gods and goddesses of Hinduism and Yoruban spirituality reflect the forces of the human mind and heart, archetypes display aspects and dimensions of character and personality.

They show the various degrees of evolution of the human soul from birth to death. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/LKCwh

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Fuel for Change ( http://ping.fm/R1eUU )

Fuel for Change

“Summoned or not, the god will come.”

–motto on the door of Carl Jung’s home.

Archetypes help writers clarify a character’s function and role in the way of plot development and the evolution of personality regarding the protagonist. Stories are about growth and change. And archetypes carry energies. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/5tT5M

Fuel for Change

“Summoned or not, the god will come.”

–motto on the door of Carl Jung’s home.

Archetypes help writers clarify a character’s function and role in the way of plot development and the evolution of personality regarding the protagonist. Stories are about growth and change. And archetypes carry energies. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/TiRa9

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Archetypes and Human Needs ( http://ping.fm/Y7Uo9 )

Archetypes and Human Needs

Characters viewed as archetypes can be seen as facets of the protagonist’s personality come to greet her or him in the journey towards achieving a goal. Read the rest of this entry…

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Archetypes and Human Needs

Characters viewed as archetypes can be seen as facets of the protagonist’s personality come to greet her or him in the journey towards achieving a goal. Read the rest of this entry…

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Archetypes and Human Needs

Characters viewed as archetypes can be seen as facets of the protagonist’s personality come to greet her or him in the journey towards achieving a goal. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/bPyTW

Monday, October 19, 2009

Mythic Structure and Story ( http://ping.fm/C1AF0 )

Mythic Structure and Story

All stories consist of a few common elements. These elements constitute all stories, fairy tales, dreams, movies, and myths. These elements also form what Christopher Vogler describes in The Writer’s Journey–Mythic Structure for Writers, as The Hero’s Journey.

The Hero’s Journey becomes not only a universal myth for human kind, but also offers a blueprint for writers in constructing our stories. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/rcNbE

Mythic Structure and Story

All stories consist of a few common elements. These elements constitute all stories, fairy tales, dreams, movies, and myths. These elements also form what Christopher Vogler describes in The Writer’s Journey–Mythic Structure for Writers, as The Hero’s Journey.

The Hero’s Journey becomes not only a universal myth for human kind, but also offers a blueprint for writers in constructing our stories. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/YAiTh

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Radio Show | Author, Laura Brodie ( http://ping.fm/T5CbY )

Radio Show | Author, Laura Brodie

Author, Laura Brodie, discusses her debut novel, The Widow’s Season. Laura is also the author of Breaking Out: VMI and the Coming of VMI.

So tune in.

From: http://ping.fm/SpaDt

Radio Show | Author, Laura Brodie

Author, Laura Brodie, discusses her debut novel, The Widow’s Season. Laura is also the author of Breaking Out: VMI and the Coming of VMI.

So tune in.

From: http://ping.fm/ov3bz

Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Writer and The Temple ( http://ping.fm/X6Zqc )

The Writer and The Temple

–Green my life and remove my sorrows.

The picture is stunning. But it was the words underneath that caught my attention.The relationship between global warming and fiction writing may not present as clear.

Yet one need only think of their surroundings or perhaps the setting of a novel or one’s own life to grasp the reason why writers by our very nature are concerned about saving our earthly environment from the clear and present dangers facing our planet. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/AGJGN

The Writer and The Temple

–Green my life and remove my sorrows.

The picture is stunning. But it was the words underneath that caught my attention.The relationship between global warming and fiction writing may not present as clear.

Yet one need only think of their surroundings or perhaps the setting of a novel or one’s own life to grasp the reason why writers by our very nature are concerned about saving our earthly environment from the clear and present dangers facing our planet. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/6Mucf

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Conflict and Desire ( http://ping.fm/usTD0 )

Conflict and Desire

Conflict arises from a character seeking to achieve a goal and encountering an obstacle along the way.

Another way of looking at this is CHARACTER + GOAL = CONFLICT.

It is most helpful, when writing a story, if you can define the character’s goal in physical terms.

But what if your protagonist desires love? Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/qgFva
Conflict and Desire ( http://ping.fm/GYVbu )

Conflict and Desire

Conflict arises from a character seeking to achieve a goal and encountering an obstacle along the way.

Another way of looking at this is CHARACTER + GOAL = CONFLICT.

It is most helpful, when writing a story, if you can define the character’s goal in physical terms.

But what if your protagonist desires love? Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/cWAS6

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Character, Goals and Obstacles ( http://ping.fm/gt6Fi )

Character, Goals and Obstacles

A writer has three questions she or he must answer before or when beginning a story.
Who is my protagonist? What does she or he want? And what is getting in her or his way?

Each of these aspects delivers an important component of story. Together they create a force that propels plot.

A story shows what happens when a character sets out to achieve a goal, and or solve a problem. In the best of stories and usually in life, we encounter obstacles in the process of seeking to achieve our goals. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/am5V0

Character, Goals and Obstacles

A writer has three questions she or he must answer before or when beginning a story.
Who is my protagonist? What does she or he want? And what is getting in her or his way?

Each of these aspects delivers an important component of story. Together they create a force that propels plot.

A story shows what happens when a character sets out to achieve a goal, and or solve a problem. In the best of stories and usually in life, we encounter obstacles in the process of seeking to achieve our goals. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/A0LAK

Character, Goals and Obstacles

A writer has three questions she or he must answer before or when beginning a story.
Who is my protagonist? What does she or he want? And what is getting in her or his way?

Each of these aspects delivers an important component of story. Together they create a force that propels plot.

A story shows what happens when a character sets out to achieve a goal, and or solve a problem. In the best of stories and usually in life, we encounter obstacles in the process of seeking to achieve our goals. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/LB9BM

Monday, October 12, 2009

Change for the Sake of Change (http://ping.fm/rTlaH)

Change for the Sake of Change

I recently attended a book clubs summit where, for a weekend, participants gathered to meet and greet writers from around the country.

Authors signed books and thanked readers for support of our work and artistry between giving individual talks, and participating in panel discussions with other writers.

Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/2WhtS

Change for the Sake of Change

I recently attended a book clubs summit where, for a weekend, participants gathered to meet and greet writers from around the country.

Authors signed books and thanked readers for support of our work and artistry between giving individual talks, and participating in panel discussions with other writers.

Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/zrl07

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Interview | Anjuelle Floyd @ akgMag

Anjuelle Floyd, interview at akgMag.com

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Interview | Anjuelle Floyd @ akgMag (http://ping.fm/62v9c)

Interview | Anjuelle Floyd @ akgMag

Anjuelle Floyd, interview at akgMag.com

From: http://ping.fm/ogXXW
Radio Show | Catherine VanWetter and Family Healing (http://ping.fm/Eyohr)

Radio Show | Catherine VanWetter and Family Healing

Holistic family healing Practitioner, Ritual Facilitator, and author, Catherine VanWetter will discuss her book, The Soul of the Heart, and Family Healing within the context of Systemic Constellations and the Soul of a Family.

So tune in.

To the Heart of the Matter

From: http://ping.fm/5gntO

Radio Show | Catherine VanWetter and Family Healing

Holistic family healing Practitioner, Ritual Facilitator, and author, Catherine VanWetter will discuss her book, The Soul of the Heart, and Family Healing within the context of Systemic Constellations and the Soul of a Family.

So tune in.

To the Heart of the Matter

From: http://ping.fm/B0ChB

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Loves and Hates (http://ping.fm/zY5gg)

Loves and Hates

What a character hates or despises says much about what she or he loves, adores, and that for which she or he yearns.

The adage, “You can’t hate what you don’t love,” is as true for our characters as it is for us.

A protagonist who hates their mother or father, most likely yearns for acceptance and love from that parent they so loathe, and whom they fear does not approve of them. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/dwSGf

Loves and Hates

What a character hates or despises says much about what she or he loves, adores, and that for which she or he yearns.

The adage, “You can’t hate what you don’t love,” is as true for our characters as it is for us.

A protagonist who hates their mother or father, most likely yearns for acceptance and love from that parent they so loathe, and whom they fear does not approve of them. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/DDkpE

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Picture and Story (http://ping.fm/AHnkV)

Picture and Story

The face is an organic mask. It can’t hold falsehood forever. Eventually there is an unguarded moment when the muscles relax. And you see the true face of the person.”

–Lisa Book, sister of Isabel Raine in Die for Me, by Lisa Unger

Isabel Raine, the protagonist in Unger’s latest suspense thriller, Die for You, experiences the dark or shadow side of life when her husband, Marcus Raine, leaves for work one morning, and never returns. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/wggks

Picture and Story

The face is an organic mask. It can’t hold falsehood forever. Eventually there is an unguarded moment when the muscles relax. And you see the true face of the person.”

–Lisa Book, sister of Isabel Raine in Die for Me, by Lisa Unger

Isabel Raine, the protagonist in Unger’s latest suspense thriller, Die for You, experiences the dark or shadow side of life when her husband, Marcus Raine, leaves for work one morning, and never returns. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/92upI

Shadow, Self, and The Other

“A vast majority of our [violent] crimes [that take place within the United States] occur within the home. Chances are the greatest threat to [your] life comes from family. My novels explore what it means to be family, how each [family] member defines family, and what happens when someone decides to re-write the script.”

–Lisa Unger speaking on the statistics of domestic crime and that influence her novels.

All novels are about change. Lisa Unger’s literary thrillers, explore the dark side of families, those like yours and mine, which makes for tight suspense, and eventful reading. Read the rest of this entry…

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Shadow, Self, and The Other (http://ping.fm/9dNpd)

Shadow, Self, and The Other

“A vast majority of our [violent] crimes [that take place within the United States] occur within the home. Chances are the greatest threat to [your] life comes from family. My novels explore what it means to be family, how each [family] member defines family, and what happens when someone decides to re-write the script.”

–Lisa Unger speaking on the statistics of domestic crime and that influence her novels.

All novels are about change. Lisa Unger’s literary thrillers, explore the dark side of families, those like yours and mine, which makes for tight suspense, and eventful reading. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/Q1mcr

Monday, October 5, 2009

Calamity, Crime and Suspense (http://ping.fm/p5lTk)

Calamity, Crime and Suspense

My interview with Lisa Unger renewed within me the desire to just write, and see what happens. During my interview of her on Saturday, September 26, 2009, she talked about how her novels hold, “…a strong thread of domestic danger.”

Lisa then discussed a concept: “We don’t truly know the people we love an trust,” that spirals within her novels. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/IdTwV

Calamity, Crime and Suspense

My interview with Lisa Unger renewed within me the desire to just write, and see what happens. During my interview of her on Saturday, September 26, 2009, she talked about how her novels hold, “…a strong thread of domestic danger.”

Lisa then discussed a concept: “We don’t truly know the people we love an trust,” that spirals within her novels. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/vhHuj

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Radio Show | Author Druzelle Cederquist on Authors Growing A Brain (http://ping.fm/eS4wB)

Radio Show | Author Druzelle Cederquist on Authors Growing A Brain

A dash of science easily relates to writer practices, creativity as a learning process, and the qualities–like patience and perseverance–we need to develop in acquiring the craft of writing.

–Druzelle Cederquist

Author Druzelle Cederquist discusses her book, The Story of Baha’u'llah: Promised One of All Religions and the process of …growing a writer’s brain.

From: http://ping.fm/TgHpF

Radio Show | Author Druzelle Cederquist on Authors Growing A Brain

A dash of science easily relates to writer practices, creativity as a learning process, and the qualities–like patience and perseverance–we need to develop in acquiring the craft of writing.

–Druzelle Cederquist

Author Druzelle Cederquist discusses her book, The Story of Baha’u'llah: Promised One of All Religions and the process of …growing a writer’s brain.

From: http://ping.fm/umRr6

Thursday, October 1, 2009

The Writer/Mother (http://ping.fm/k7SPn)

The Writer/Mother

“I’m a better writer and certainly a better person because I am a mother,” says author, Lisa Unger. “My best times for writing and creativity are between 5 am to noon. Afternoons are devoted to my daughter when she returns home from school.”

The role of mother and writer is a taxing one for those of us who have chosen to give ourselves to the two paths of writing and mothering in whatever order they came to us. For Lisa Unger, who has penned 8 literary thrillers, nothing has rivaled her commitment and love of writing, more than her love and adoration for her daughter. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/gnpqZ

The Writer/Mother

“I’m a better writer and certainly a better person because I am a mother,” says author, Lisa Unger. “My best times for writing and creativity are between 5 am to noon. Afternoons are devoted to my daughter when she returns home from school.”

The role of mother and writer is a taxing one for those of us who have chosen to give ourselves to the two paths of writing and mothering in whatever order they came to us. For Lisa Unger, who has penned 8 literary thrillers, nothing has rivaled her commitment and love of writing, more than her love and adoration for her daughter. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/UNebS