With the passing of crisis in a story comes celebration, perhaps a love scene. Survival or resurrection from death provides the central character a wider scope of consciousness.
Personal concerns no longer drive the protagonist. Those of the community dominate her or his thoughts and actions instead. Agape love now influences their choices and behavior.
Personal suffering has yielded a greater respect and understanding of those aches and pains that affect, and beset the collective. From this emerges empathy guided by the wish to heal. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/3y9DV
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Of Agape, Climax, and Transubstantiation?
With the passing of crisis in a story comes celebration, perhaps a love scene. Survival or resurrection from death provides the central character a wider scope of consciousness.
Personal concerns no longer drive the protagonist. Those of the community dominate her or his thoughts and actions instead. Agape love now influences their choices and behavior.
Personal suffering has yielded a greater respect and understanding of those aches and pains that affect, and beset the collective. From this emerges empathy guided by the wish to heal. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Z7Lig
Personal concerns no longer drive the protagonist. Those of the community dominate her or his thoughts and actions instead. Agape love now influences their choices and behavior.
Personal suffering has yielded a greater respect and understanding of those aches and pains that affect, and beset the collective. From this emerges empathy guided by the wish to heal. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Z7Lig
Friday, February 26, 2010
Guest Blog Post @ Embrace the Whirlwind?
Check out the 1st in a series of 4 guest posts I have written for the blogsite, Embrace the Whirlwind, hosted by author, Laurel Rain-Snow.
Passion, Commitment and Endurance…
From: http://ping.fm/EfQPI
Passion, Commitment and Endurance…
From: http://ping.fm/EfQPI
Guest Blog Post @ Embrace the Whirlwind?
Check out the 1st in a series of 4 guest posts I have written for the blogsite, Embrace the Whirlwind, hosted by author, Laurel Rain-Snow.
Passion, Commitment and Endurance…
From: http://ping.fm/8g61Y
Passion, Commitment and Endurance…
From: http://ping.fm/8g61Y
Guest Blog Post @ Embrace the Whirlwind?
Check out the 1st in a series of 4 guest posts I have written for the blogsite, Embrace the Whirlwind, hosted by author, Laurel Rain-Snow.
Passion, Commitment and Endurance…
From: http://ping.fm/nm12V
Passion, Commitment and Endurance…
From: http://ping.fm/nm12V
Radio Show | Author, Fran Lewis
Author, Fran Lewis, discusses her series of books, My Name is Bertha, and Bertha Speaks Out, and Bertha Fights Back.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/SDg3t
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/SDg3t
Radio Show | Author, Fran Lewis
Author, Fran Lewis, discusses her series of books, My Name is Bertha, and Bertha Speaks Out, and Bertha Fights Back.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/MtxNA
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/MtxNA
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
African Bushmen, God, and Reality in Writing…
There is a Dream dreaming us.
–African Bushman
(The Mystic Vision–Daily Encounters with the Divine, Compiled by Andrew Harvey and Anne Baring)
How often do I create characters, work with them in uncovering their stories and personalities as I put write them on the page only to then meet a person who within seconds I recognize as one of my characters in a novel?
Very.
Of course these people have most often been around since long before I wrote or even conceived of the story to my novel, and its characters. I have not breathed them into life. And yet a connection exists between what we write and the life around us.
Let’s say for instance that the people I meet who remind me of characters I have created or who have emerged in my stories, have risen in some sense, from my novels.
What would that mean, that we as writers create characters whom we will then encounter in the physical form of human individuals through engagements and interactions and life?
And let’s say these people do not know, have no understanding or awareness that we are their creator. Continue reading ‘African Bushmen, God, and Reality in Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/VAXgz
–African Bushman
(The Mystic Vision–Daily Encounters with the Divine, Compiled by Andrew Harvey and Anne Baring)
How often do I create characters, work with them in uncovering their stories and personalities as I put write them on the page only to then meet a person who within seconds I recognize as one of my characters in a novel?
Very.
Of course these people have most often been around since long before I wrote or even conceived of the story to my novel, and its characters. I have not breathed them into life. And yet a connection exists between what we write and the life around us.
Let’s say for instance that the people I meet who remind me of characters I have created or who have emerged in my stories, have risen in some sense, from my novels.
What would that mean, that we as writers create characters whom we will then encounter in the physical form of human individuals through engagements and interactions and life?
And let’s say these people do not know, have no understanding or awareness that we are their creator. Continue reading ‘African Bushmen, God, and Reality in Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/VAXgz
African Bushmen, God, and Reality in Writing…
There is a Dream dreaming us.
–African Bushman
(The Mystic Vision–Daily Encounters with the Divine, Compiled by Andrew Harvey and Anne Baring)
How often do I create characters, work with them in uncovering their stories and personalities as I put write them on the page only to then meet a person who within seconds I recognize as one of my characters in a novel?
Very.
Of course these people have most often been around since long before I wrote or even conceived of the story to my novel, and its characters. I have not breathed them into life. And yet a connection exists between what we write and the life around us.
Let’s say for instance that the people I meet who remind me of characters I have created or who have emerged in my stories, have risen in some sense, from my novels.
What would that mean, that we as writers create characters whom we will then encounter in the physical form of human individuals through engagements and interactions and life?
And let’s say these people do not know, have no understanding or awareness that we are their creator. Continue reading ‘African Bushmen, God, and Reality in Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/TAZko
–African Bushman
(The Mystic Vision–Daily Encounters with the Divine, Compiled by Andrew Harvey and Anne Baring)
How often do I create characters, work with them in uncovering their stories and personalities as I put write them on the page only to then meet a person who within seconds I recognize as one of my characters in a novel?
Very.
Of course these people have most often been around since long before I wrote or even conceived of the story to my novel, and its characters. I have not breathed them into life. And yet a connection exists between what we write and the life around us.
Let’s say for instance that the people I meet who remind me of characters I have created or who have emerged in my stories, have risen in some sense, from my novels.
What would that mean, that we as writers create characters whom we will then encounter in the physical form of human individuals through engagements and interactions and life?
And let’s say these people do not know, have no understanding or awareness that we are their creator. Continue reading ‘African Bushmen, God, and Reality in Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/TAZko
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Of Illusions, Diamonds, and The Imago Dei…
Crises consist of many obstacles, the least of which include illusions, and deceptions. Illusions held about life, and deceptions by others, and self fiercely clung to often comprise the nets limiting awareness.
Reaching the peak of crisis, and fighting the battle that awaits requires perseverance and remaining focused on the task at hand.
Doing so generates the strength and acuity to cut through the gales of misconceptions and shatter intricate pillars supporting half-truths, and lies of omission.
To the degree these inconsistencies are destroyed the protagonist gains a depth of insight nearly parallel or akin to prophecy.
In reality their vision to does not extend into the future.
Rather they are more able to behold the events and consequences of actions that stand before them.
Climbing the summit of one’s dilemma’s and problems, meeting the physical obstacles tied to inner demons and slaying the monsters of betrayal, and self-delusions grants clearer vision, both within and around one.
Experience and knowledge sows seeds from which sprout the gifts of truth and honesty wrapped in a bow of fortitude to remain committed to what is, and not turn away, when our wishes are not immediately granted. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/x29dj
Reaching the peak of crisis, and fighting the battle that awaits requires perseverance and remaining focused on the task at hand.
Doing so generates the strength and acuity to cut through the gales of misconceptions and shatter intricate pillars supporting half-truths, and lies of omission.
To the degree these inconsistencies are destroyed the protagonist gains a depth of insight nearly parallel or akin to prophecy.
In reality their vision to does not extend into the future.
Rather they are more able to behold the events and consequences of actions that stand before them.
Climbing the summit of one’s dilemma’s and problems, meeting the physical obstacles tied to inner demons and slaying the monsters of betrayal, and self-delusions grants clearer vision, both within and around one.
Experience and knowledge sows seeds from which sprout the gifts of truth and honesty wrapped in a bow of fortitude to remain committed to what is, and not turn away, when our wishes are not immediately granted. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/x29dj
Of Illusions, Diamonds, and The Imago Dei…
Crises consist of many obstacles, the least of which include illusions, and deceptions. Illusions held about life, and deceptions by others, and self fiercely clung to often comprise the nets limiting awareness.
Reaching the peak of crisis, and fighting the battle that awaits requires perseverance and remaining focused on the task at hand.
Doing so generates the strength and acuity to cut through the gales of misconceptions and shatter intricate pillars supporting half-truths, and lies of omission.
To the degree these inconsistencies are destroyed the protagonist gains a depth of insight nearly parallel or akin to prophecy.
In reality their vision to does not extend into the future.
Rather they are more able to behold the events and consequences of actions that stand before them.
Climbing the summit of one’s dilemma’s and problems, meeting the physical obstacles tied to inner demons and slaying the monsters of betrayal, and self-delusions grants clearer vision, both within and around one.
Experience and knowledge sows seeds from which sprout the gifts of truth and honesty wrapped in a bow of fortitude to remain committed to what is, and not turn away, when our wishes are not immediately granted. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/XVzNG
Reaching the peak of crisis, and fighting the battle that awaits requires perseverance and remaining focused on the task at hand.
Doing so generates the strength and acuity to cut through the gales of misconceptions and shatter intricate pillars supporting half-truths, and lies of omission.
To the degree these inconsistencies are destroyed the protagonist gains a depth of insight nearly parallel or akin to prophecy.
In reality their vision to does not extend into the future.
Rather they are more able to behold the events and consequences of actions that stand before them.
Climbing the summit of one’s dilemma’s and problems, meeting the physical obstacles tied to inner demons and slaying the monsters of betrayal, and self-delusions grants clearer vision, both within and around one.
Experience and knowledge sows seeds from which sprout the gifts of truth and honesty wrapped in a bow of fortitude to remain committed to what is, and not turn away, when our wishes are not immediately granted. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/XVzNG
Monday, February 22, 2010
The Genuine, Truth and Liberation...r
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.–
Howard Thurman, African American mystic
So much of what we do as writers extends from, if not flows out of the voice of our genuine and authentic self.
The genuine of which Thurman speaks holds both the key to what we write, and our ability and commitment to writing the words of our hearts as delivered to us through the various dimensions of life that channel into and through us.
At a time when so much about and within our society seeks to silence the genuine, what is honest, unfettered and pure, writers of today stand upon the threshold of a new day.
It is a dawning, not unlike times and past eras where old paradigms shifted and some fell in the wake of new ones arising. Continue reading ‘The Genuine, Truth and Liberation..’
From: http://ping.fm/5AzdT
Howard Thurman, African American mystic
So much of what we do as writers extends from, if not flows out of the voice of our genuine and authentic self.
The genuine of which Thurman speaks holds both the key to what we write, and our ability and commitment to writing the words of our hearts as delivered to us through the various dimensions of life that channel into and through us.
At a time when so much about and within our society seeks to silence the genuine, what is honest, unfettered and pure, writers of today stand upon the threshold of a new day.
It is a dawning, not unlike times and past eras where old paradigms shifted and some fell in the wake of new ones arising. Continue reading ‘The Genuine, Truth and Liberation..’
From: http://ping.fm/5AzdT
The Genuine, Truth and Liberation...r
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.–
Howard Thurman, African American mystic
So much of what we do as writers extends from, if not flows out of the voice of our genuine and authentic self.
The genuine of which Thurman speaks holds both the key to what we write, and our ability and commitment to writing the words of our hearts as delivered to us through the various dimensions of life that channel into and through us.
At a time when so much about and within our society seeks to silence the genuine, what is honest, unfettered and pure, writers of today stand upon the threshold of a new day.
It is a dawning, not unlike times and past eras where old paradigms shifted and some fell in the wake of new ones arising. Continue reading ‘The Genuine, Truth and Liberation..’
From: http://ping.fm/2AE16
Howard Thurman, African American mystic
So much of what we do as writers extends from, if not flows out of the voice of our genuine and authentic self.
The genuine of which Thurman speaks holds both the key to what we write, and our ability and commitment to writing the words of our hearts as delivered to us through the various dimensions of life that channel into and through us.
At a time when so much about and within our society seeks to silence the genuine, what is honest, unfettered and pure, writers of today stand upon the threshold of a new day.
It is a dawning, not unlike times and past eras where old paradigms shifted and some fell in the wake of new ones arising. Continue reading ‘The Genuine, Truth and Liberation..’
From: http://ping.fm/2AE16
The Genuine, Truth and Liberation...r
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.–
Howard Thurman, African American mystic
So much of what we do as writers extends from, if not flows out of the voice of our genuine and authentic self.
The genuine of which Thurman speaks holds both the key to what we write, and our ability and commitment to writing the words of our hearts as delivered to us through the various dimensions of life that channel into and through us.
At a time when so much about and within our society seeks to silence the genuine, what is honest, unfettered and pure, writers of today stand upon the threshold of a new day.
It is a dawning, not unlike times and past eras where old paradigms shifted and some fell in the wake of new ones arising. Continue reading ‘The Genuine, Truth and Liberation..’
From: http://ping.fm/rTV0m
Howard Thurman, African American mystic
So much of what we do as writers extends from, if not flows out of the voice of our genuine and authentic self.
The genuine of which Thurman speaks holds both the key to what we write, and our ability and commitment to writing the words of our hearts as delivered to us through the various dimensions of life that channel into and through us.
At a time when so much about and within our society seeks to silence the genuine, what is honest, unfettered and pure, writers of today stand upon the threshold of a new day.
It is a dawning, not unlike times and past eras where old paradigms shifted and some fell in the wake of new ones arising. Continue reading ‘The Genuine, Truth and Liberation..’
From: http://ping.fm/rTV0m
Of Crises, Experience and Goals?
Surviving a crisis bestows special knowledge garnered, and held by few.
It also grants admittance into various orders of wisdom yielded by experience.
Every novel or story a writer crafts tells the life of a certain crisis, and chronicles a central character’s survival of that crisis. The process of writing that novel flows out of an upheaval, the completion of which involves many obstacles that reach a crescendo of conflict and tension. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/wLAmq
It also grants admittance into various orders of wisdom yielded by experience.
Every novel or story a writer crafts tells the life of a certain crisis, and chronicles a central character’s survival of that crisis. The process of writing that novel flows out of an upheaval, the completion of which involves many obstacles that reach a crescendo of conflict and tension. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/wLAmq
Of Crises, Experience and Goals?
Surviving a crisis bestows special knowledge garnered, and held by few.
It also grants admittance into various orders of wisdom yielded by experience.
Every novel or story a writer crafts tells the life of a certain crisis, and chronicles a central character’s survival of that crisis. The process of writing that novel flows out of an upheaval, the completion of which involves many obstacles that reach a crescendo of conflict and tension. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/3YMiY
It also grants admittance into various orders of wisdom yielded by experience.
Every novel or story a writer crafts tells the life of a certain crisis, and chronicles a central character’s survival of that crisis. The process of writing that novel flows out of an upheaval, the completion of which involves many obstacles that reach a crescendo of conflict and tension. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/3YMiY
Of Crises, Experience and Goals?
Surviving a crisis bestows special knowledge garnered, and held by few.
It also grants admittance into various orders of wisdom yielded by experience.
Every novel or story a writer crafts tells the life of a certain crisis, and chronicles a central character’s survival of that crisis. The process of writing that novel flows out of an upheaval, the completion of which involves many obstacles that reach a crescendo of conflict and tension. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Ya6rH
It also grants admittance into various orders of wisdom yielded by experience.
Every novel or story a writer crafts tells the life of a certain crisis, and chronicles a central character’s survival of that crisis. The process of writing that novel flows out of an upheaval, the completion of which involves many obstacles that reach a crescendo of conflict and tension. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Ya6rH
Of Crises, Experience and Goals?
Surviving a crisis bestows special knowledge garnered, and held by few.
It also grants admittance into various orders of wisdom yielded by experience.
Every novel or story a writer crafts tells the life of a certain crisis, and chronicles a central character’s survival of that crisis. The process of writing that novel flows out of an upheaval, the completion of which involves many obstacles that reach a crescendo of conflict and tension. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Spa9b
It also grants admittance into various orders of wisdom yielded by experience.
Every novel or story a writer crafts tells the life of a certain crisis, and chronicles a central character’s survival of that crisis. The process of writing that novel flows out of an upheaval, the completion of which involves many obstacles that reach a crescendo of conflict and tension. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Spa9b
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Radio Show | Author, Tommy Taylor
Author and librarian, Tommy Taylor, discusses his suspense thriller, “The Second Virgin Birth“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/a89E1
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/a89E1
Radio Show | Author, Tommy Taylor
Author and librarian, Tommy Taylor, discusses his suspense thriller, “The Second Virgin Birth“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/KHYgM
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/KHYgM
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
‘My Name is Khan’, Bollywood, and Writing…
This weekend I saw the movie, “My Name is Khan“. It was a lovely, entertaining and deeply moving experience for both me and my husband.
For writers unfamiliar with Bollywood movies, I high recommend beginning to watch them.
Though long, they are a wonderful artistic creation to behold. As with any art form, not all are excellent.
A significant number have moved and restored hope to my consciousness over the last decade such that I now have a collection of around 100 DVD’s of various Bollywood movies.
My children, ages 10 years to 23 years love them and even purchase their own. Through a contract made with Fox/Searchlight Pictures, Bollywood, located in Mumbhai, India, will now have its films shown on the big screen throughout America.
This is a wonderful venture that ideally will lift the craft of American movie-making from the dearth of ideas and imagination. Continue reading ‘‘My Name is Khan’, Bollywood, and Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/BHAc3
For writers unfamiliar with Bollywood movies, I high recommend beginning to watch them.
Though long, they are a wonderful artistic creation to behold. As with any art form, not all are excellent.
A significant number have moved and restored hope to my consciousness over the last decade such that I now have a collection of around 100 DVD’s of various Bollywood movies.
My children, ages 10 years to 23 years love them and even purchase their own. Through a contract made with Fox/Searchlight Pictures, Bollywood, located in Mumbhai, India, will now have its films shown on the big screen throughout America.
This is a wonderful venture that ideally will lift the craft of American movie-making from the dearth of ideas and imagination. Continue reading ‘‘My Name is Khan’, Bollywood, and Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/BHAc3
‘My Name is Khan’, Bollywood, and Writing… r
This weekend I saw the movie, “My Name is Khan“. It was a lovely, entertaining and deeply moving experience for both me and my husband.
For writers unfamiliar with Bollywood movies, I high recommend beginning to watch them.
Though long, they are a wonderful artistic creation to behold. As with any art form, not all are excellent.
A significant number have moved and restored hope to my consciousness over the last decade such that I now have a collection of around 100 DVD’s of various Bollywood movies.
My children, ages 10 years to 23 years love them and even purchase their own. Through a contract made with Fox/Searchlight Pictures, Bollywood, located in Mumbhai, India, will now have its films shown on the big screen throughout America.
This is a wonderful venture that ideally will lift the craft of American movie-making from the dearth of ideas and imagination. Continue reading ‘‘My Name is Khan’, Bollywood, and Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/jsNwr
For writers unfamiliar with Bollywood movies, I high recommend beginning to watch them.
Though long, they are a wonderful artistic creation to behold. As with any art form, not all are excellent.
A significant number have moved and restored hope to my consciousness over the last decade such that I now have a collection of around 100 DVD’s of various Bollywood movies.
My children, ages 10 years to 23 years love them and even purchase their own. Through a contract made with Fox/Searchlight Pictures, Bollywood, located in Mumbhai, India, will now have its films shown on the big screen throughout America.
This is a wonderful venture that ideally will lift the craft of American movie-making from the dearth of ideas and imagination. Continue reading ‘‘My Name is Khan’, Bollywood, and Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/jsNwr
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Of Judas, Kali, and Transcendence?
Without Judas, the Crucifixion may not have taken place.
In the absence of Ma Kali, with her teeth dripping of blood, Lord Siva would have no consort to usher in a time of death and rebirth manifested through the fiery dance he performs when angry.
Upon raising the knife above his head, Abraham, out of obedience to Jehovah, moved to kill his son, Isaac, as sacrifice Abraham. In so doing Abraham opened the opportunity for God to show mercy by then ordering him to stop.
The antagonisms of our life provoke us to create. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/8wZrX
In the absence of Ma Kali, with her teeth dripping of blood, Lord Siva would have no consort to usher in a time of death and rebirth manifested through the fiery dance he performs when angry.
Upon raising the knife above his head, Abraham, out of obedience to Jehovah, moved to kill his son, Isaac, as sacrifice Abraham. In so doing Abraham opened the opportunity for God to show mercy by then ordering him to stop.
The antagonisms of our life provoke us to create. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/8wZrX
Of Judas, Kali, and Transcendence?
Without Judas, the Crucifixion may not have taken place.
In the absence of Ma Kali, with her teeth dripping of blood, Lord Siva would have no consort to usher in a time of death and rebirth manifested through the fiery dance he performs when angry.
Upon raising the knife above his head, Abraham, out of obedience to Jehovah, moved to kill his son, Isaac, as sacrifice Abraham. In so doing Abraham opened the opportunity for God to show mercy by then ordering him to stop.
The antagonisms of our life provoke us to create. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Ffkt0
In the absence of Ma Kali, with her teeth dripping of blood, Lord Siva would have no consort to usher in a time of death and rebirth manifested through the fiery dance he performs when angry.
Upon raising the knife above his head, Abraham, out of obedience to Jehovah, moved to kill his son, Isaac, as sacrifice Abraham. In so doing Abraham opened the opportunity for God to show mercy by then ordering him to stop.
The antagonisms of our life provoke us to create. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Ffkt0
Monday, February 15, 2010
Writing, The Enemy of Good, and ‘Goldilocks’…
What draws us to write often comprises that which presents our greatest challenge when writing a story, or novel.
The psychic and emotional wounds that compel us to write present the greatest, and yet oftentimes, most invisible obstacles we encounter throughout the process of crafting and refining our stories for public consumption.
So what are these demons that lay in way upon the trail we hew in seeking to manifest our dreams, the demons that rear their heads, beautiful and ugly that can distract and pull me from the path as ordered by my heart?
They come in many sizes and shapes. Continue reading ‘Writing, The Enemy of Good, and ‘Goldilocks’…’
From: http://ping.fm/zeC4R
The psychic and emotional wounds that compel us to write present the greatest, and yet oftentimes, most invisible obstacles we encounter throughout the process of crafting and refining our stories for public consumption.
So what are these demons that lay in way upon the trail we hew in seeking to manifest our dreams, the demons that rear their heads, beautiful and ugly that can distract and pull me from the path as ordered by my heart?
They come in many sizes and shapes. Continue reading ‘Writing, The Enemy of Good, and ‘Goldilocks’…’
From: http://ping.fm/zeC4R
Writing, The Enemy of Good, and ‘Goldilocks’…
What draws us to write often comprises that which presents our greatest challenge when writing a story, or novel.
The psychic and emotional wounds that compel us to write present the greatest, and yet oftentimes, most invisible obstacles we encounter throughout the process of crafting and refining our stories for public consumption.
So what are these demons that lay in way upon the trail we hew in seeking to manifest our dreams, the demons that rear their heads, beautiful and ugly that can distract and pull me from the path as ordered by my heart?
They come in many sizes and shapes. Continue reading ‘Writing, The Enemy of Good, and ‘Goldilocks’…’
From: http://ping.fm/6N8ix
The psychic and emotional wounds that compel us to write present the greatest, and yet oftentimes, most invisible obstacles we encounter throughout the process of crafting and refining our stories for public consumption.
So what are these demons that lay in way upon the trail we hew in seeking to manifest our dreams, the demons that rear their heads, beautiful and ugly that can distract and pull me from the path as ordered by my heart?
They come in many sizes and shapes. Continue reading ‘Writing, The Enemy of Good, and ‘Goldilocks’…’
From: http://ping.fm/6N8ix
Of Easter, The Vedas, and Passion�
The roots of Easter morning lie in the sad and turbulent time extending from when Christ, with his crown of thorns, was led to the cross, fastened upon it, nails holding him in place, and then allowed to die.
This horrific time includes the moment in which the Son of Man, utters, “It is done,” onto Mary arriving, as promised, at the tomb, and to surprisingly discover the huge stone slab rolled away. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/8KycP
This horrific time includes the moment in which the Son of Man, utters, “It is done,” onto Mary arriving, as promised, at the tomb, and to surprisingly discover the huge stone slab rolled away. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/8KycP
Of Easter, The Vedas, and Passion�
The roots of Easter morning lie in the sad and turbulent time extending from when Christ, with his crown of thorns, was led to the cross, fastened upon it, nails holding him in place, and then allowed to die.
This horrific time includes the moment in which the Son of Man, utters, “It is done,” onto Mary arriving, as promised, at the tomb, and to surprisingly discover the huge stone slab rolled away. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/P0e5D
This horrific time includes the moment in which the Son of Man, utters, “It is done,” onto Mary arriving, as promised, at the tomb, and to surprisingly discover the huge stone slab rolled away. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/P0e5D
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Radio Show | Author, Jennifer Chase and �Dead Games�
Jennifer Chase, author of the thriller, “Compulsion,” returns to discuss her second, and recent novel, “Dead Games“.
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/6CkCV
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/6CkCV
Radio Show | Author, Jennifer Chase and �Dead Games�
Jennifer Chase, author of the thriller, “Compulsion,” returns to discuss her second, and recent novel, “Dead Games“.
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/q29gy
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/q29gy
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Perfectionism, Fears and Good Husbands…
Readying your book for publication, i.e. the printing and binding of the words you have penned is an illuminating process.
First of all, if you’re like me, a perfectionist, nothing you read of the novel or story seems right.
All the sentences you spent hours upon hours crafting, shaping, editing, refining and then re-writing sound horrible. I read my stories and novels aloud during the last stages of editing.
Perhaps the words sound awkward because I don’t want to believe that I’ve reached this point. And under my own steam. Continue reading ‘Perfectionism, Fears and Good Husbands…’
From: http://ping.fm/EVNEj
First of all, if you’re like me, a perfectionist, nothing you read of the novel or story seems right.
All the sentences you spent hours upon hours crafting, shaping, editing, refining and then re-writing sound horrible. I read my stories and novels aloud during the last stages of editing.
Perhaps the words sound awkward because I don’t want to believe that I’ve reached this point. And under my own steam. Continue reading ‘Perfectionism, Fears and Good Husbands…’
From: http://ping.fm/EVNEj
Perfectionism, Fears and Good Husbands…
Readying your book for publication, i.e. the printing and binding of the words you have penned is an illuminating process.
First of all, if you’re like me, a perfectionist, nothing you read of the novel or story seems right.
All the sentences you spent hours upon hours crafting, shaping, editing, refining and then re-writing sound horrible. I read my stories and novels aloud during the last stages of editing.
Perhaps the words sound awkward because I don’t want to believe that I’ve reached this point. And under my own steam. Continue reading ‘Perfectionism, Fears and Good Husbands…’
From: http://ping.fm/4UZZ9
First of all, if you’re like me, a perfectionist, nothing you read of the novel or story seems right.
All the sentences you spent hours upon hours crafting, shaping, editing, refining and then re-writing sound horrible. I read my stories and novels aloud during the last stages of editing.
Perhaps the words sound awkward because I don’t want to believe that I’ve reached this point. And under my own steam. Continue reading ‘Perfectionism, Fears and Good Husbands…’
From: http://ping.fm/4UZZ9
Of Romance, Truth, and Purging the Hidden Pools of Consciousness�
Many things can happen during the approach towards the heart of a story, or novel, both for the protagonist, and the writer.
The blossoming flower of romance provides a mainstay in many stories that tug and keep open the hearts and minds of readers, wherein new possibilities enter for them to ponder both in the narrative line of the story, or novel, that perhaps offers a mirror into their own lives.
We come to books, and read not only to know that we are not alone, but also to solidify, validate and unconsciously prepare ourselves for the one constant in all of human living–change. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/RYjje
The blossoming flower of romance provides a mainstay in many stories that tug and keep open the hearts and minds of readers, wherein new possibilities enter for them to ponder both in the narrative line of the story, or novel, that perhaps offers a mirror into their own lives.
We come to books, and read not only to know that we are not alone, but also to solidify, validate and unconsciously prepare ourselves for the one constant in all of human living–change. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/RYjje
Of Romance, Truth, and Purging the Hidden Pools of Consciousness�
Many things can happen during the approach towards the heart of a story, or novel, both for the protagonist, and the writer.
The blossoming flower of romance provides a mainstay in many stories that tug and keep open the hearts and minds of readers, wherein new possibilities enter for them to ponder both in the narrative line of the story, or novel, that perhaps offers a mirror into their own lives.
We come to books, and read not only to know that we are not alone, but also to solidify, validate and unconsciously prepare ourselves for the one constant in all of human living–change. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/du1m1
The blossoming flower of romance provides a mainstay in many stories that tug and keep open the hearts and minds of readers, wherein new possibilities enter for them to ponder both in the narrative line of the story, or novel, that perhaps offers a mirror into their own lives.
We come to books, and read not only to know that we are not alone, but also to solidify, validate and unconsciously prepare ourselves for the one constant in all of human living–change. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/du1m1
Monday, February 8, 2010
Last Edits, My Personal Best, and Being Present…
The past two weeks have been a blur.
I’m in the last stages of editing my novel, The House, that is due out later this year, and times have been quite interesting.
It’s funny what happens when you reach a point of having to let go of a book and “put it out there” so to speak.
For me it’s a scary time.
And particularly so, since I’m self-publishing this novel. My first work, Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident” a collection of short stories, was brought to print by a traditional publishing house. Continue reading ‘Last Edits, My Personal Best, and Being Present…’
From: http://ping.fm/TFjrA
I’m in the last stages of editing my novel, The House, that is due out later this year, and times have been quite interesting.
It’s funny what happens when you reach a point of having to let go of a book and “put it out there” so to speak.
For me it’s a scary time.
And particularly so, since I’m self-publishing this novel. My first work, Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident” a collection of short stories, was brought to print by a traditional publishing house. Continue reading ‘Last Edits, My Personal Best, and Being Present…’
From: http://ping.fm/TFjrA
Last Edits, My Personal Best, and Being Present…
The past two weeks have been a blur.
I’m in the last stages of editing my novel, The House, that is due out later this year, and times have been quite interesting.
It’s funny what happens when you reach a point of having to let go of a book and “put it out there” so to speak.
For me it’s a scary time.
And particularly so, since I’m self-publishing this novel. My first work, Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident” a collection of short stories, was brought to print by a traditional publishing house. Continue reading ‘Last Edits, My Personal Best, and Being Present…’
From: http://ping.fm/X13r2
I’m in the last stages of editing my novel, The House, that is due out later this year, and times have been quite interesting.
It’s funny what happens when you reach a point of having to let go of a book and “put it out there” so to speak.
For me it’s a scary time.
And particularly so, since I’m self-publishing this novel. My first work, Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident” a collection of short stories, was brought to print by a traditional publishing house. Continue reading ‘Last Edits, My Personal Best, and Being Present…’
From: http://ping.fm/X13r2
Of Intermediate Regions, Hunger and Thirst�
There stands an intermediate region in the life and structure of a novel, that place between crossing the border of the opening and beginning and entering into a series of actions that lead to the penultimate center of the journey.
It lies between the edge of that vast new world of survival that constitutes the protagonist’s path of growth and transformation, the steps she or he makes towards achieving their goal. It is a land filled obstacles of varied sorts, and the ultimate crisis that manifests profound change.
This area operates much like the night before that big game, the minutes ticking up to giving one’s debut concert. For writers this can function much like reading one’s novel for those last times wherein we institute final edits towards bringing the work to its brightest hue. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/TPKTs
It lies between the edge of that vast new world of survival that constitutes the protagonist’s path of growth and transformation, the steps she or he makes towards achieving their goal. It is a land filled obstacles of varied sorts, and the ultimate crisis that manifests profound change.
This area operates much like the night before that big game, the minutes ticking up to giving one’s debut concert. For writers this can function much like reading one’s novel for those last times wherein we institute final edits towards bringing the work to its brightest hue. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/TPKTs
Of Intermediate Regions, Hunger and Thirst�
There stands an intermediate region in the life and structure of a novel, that place between crossing the border of the opening and beginning and entering into a series of actions that lead to the penultimate center of the journey.
It lies between the edge of that vast new world of survival that constitutes the protagonist’s path of growth and transformation, the steps she or he makes towards achieving their goal. It is a land filled obstacles of varied sorts, and the ultimate crisis that manifests profound change.
This area operates much like the night before that big game, the minutes ticking up to giving one’s debut concert. For writers this can function much like reading one’s novel for those last times wherein we institute final edits towards bringing the work to its brightest hue. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/4Xxjz
It lies between the edge of that vast new world of survival that constitutes the protagonist’s path of growth and transformation, the steps she or he makes towards achieving their goal. It is a land filled obstacles of varied sorts, and the ultimate crisis that manifests profound change.
This area operates much like the night before that big game, the minutes ticking up to giving one’s debut concert. For writers this can function much like reading one’s novel for those last times wherein we institute final edits towards bringing the work to its brightest hue. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/4Xxjz
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Radio Show | Sandra Miller Linhart
Sandra Miller Linhart discusses her collection of stories, “The Elementary Adventures of Jones, JEEP, Buck & Blue“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/4trTZ
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/4trTZ
Radio Show | Sandra Miller Linhart
Sandra Miller Linhart discusses her collection of stories, “The Elementary Adventures of Jones, JEEP, Buck & Blue“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/RaOaB
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/RaOaB
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Give-and-Take, Mysteries and Playgrounds…
Networking is an interesting and weird thing. It requires give-and-take.
In a world or culture so focused on taking, and amassing, the 21st century version of connecting with others can cause us to see some things about ourselves that are not so pretty.
The Internet is clearly a place where transparency is a plus.
You must give to get. And what you give has to be of service to those from whom seek to receive.
So how does one get into this mode of giving without worrying so much of what I’ll receive? Continue reading ‘Give-and-Take, Mysteries and Playgrounds…’
From: http://ping.fm/1AKWc
In a world or culture so focused on taking, and amassing, the 21st century version of connecting with others can cause us to see some things about ourselves that are not so pretty.
The Internet is clearly a place where transparency is a plus.
You must give to get. And what you give has to be of service to those from whom seek to receive.
So how does one get into this mode of giving without worrying so much of what I’ll receive? Continue reading ‘Give-and-Take, Mysteries and Playgrounds…’
From: http://ping.fm/1AKWc
Give-and-Take, Mysteries and Playgrounds… d
Networking is an interesting and weird thing. It requires give-and-take.
In a world or culture so focused on taking, and amassing, the 21st century version of connecting with others can cause us to see some things about ourselves that are not so pretty.
The Internet is clearly a place where transparency is a plus.
You must give to get. And what you give has to be of service to those from whom seek to receive.
So how does one get into this mode of giving without worrying so much of what I’ll receive? Continue reading ‘Give-and-Take, Mysteries and Playgrounds…’
From: http://ping.fm/k69Gx
In a world or culture so focused on taking, and amassing, the 21st century version of connecting with others can cause us to see some things about ourselves that are not so pretty.
The Internet is clearly a place where transparency is a plus.
You must give to get. And what you give has to be of service to those from whom seek to receive.
So how does one get into this mode of giving without worrying so much of what I’ll receive? Continue reading ‘Give-and-Take, Mysteries and Playgrounds…’
From: http://ping.fm/k69Gx
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Of Perseverance, Remaining Open, and Characters that Embody Our Change�
Perseverance in completing that first draft it the first act of embarking on the journey of evolution we undergo each time we craft a story.
Thus we focus our energies and concentration on towards typing each word so that we might complete each sentence, craft every paragraph, shape each scene.
At this time, we, the writer must not fall under the spell of judgment and self-criticism of what we write.
Our goal is to remain open to the words coming through us. We must turn off the internal editor and write. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/ynjKe
Thus we focus our energies and concentration on towards typing each word so that we might complete each sentence, craft every paragraph, shape each scene.
At this time, we, the writer must not fall under the spell of judgment and self-criticism of what we write.
Our goal is to remain open to the words coming through us. We must turn off the internal editor and write. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/ynjKe
Of Perseverance, Remaining Open, and Characters that Embody Our Change�
Perseverance in completing that first draft it the first act of embarking on the journey of evolution we undergo each time we craft a story.
Thus we focus our energies and concentration on towards typing each word so that we might complete each sentence, craft every paragraph, shape each scene.
At this time, we, the writer must not fall under the spell of judgment and self-criticism of what we write.
Our goal is to remain open to the words coming through us. We must turn off the internal editor and write. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/S6n2B
Thus we focus our energies and concentration on towards typing each word so that we might complete each sentence, craft every paragraph, shape each scene.
At this time, we, the writer must not fall under the spell of judgment and self-criticism of what we write.
Our goal is to remain open to the words coming through us. We must turn off the internal editor and write. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/S6n2B
Monday, February 1, 2010
Distractions, Passion and Showing Up...
Why is it so difficult to write sometimes?
Distraction.
It is the secret enemy of writers and authors that slithers in, most often unnoticed, when we have many things going on.
Ahhh, the art of multi-tasking.
Distraction presents an especially difficult challenge when good and positive things are happening for and to us.
Writers, like most artists, come to our work because we were not seen and acknowledged by our parents.
Well-meaning, and by no means Mommie Dearest, our parents held our well-being as their utmost concern when guiding, and coercing, if not blatantly steering us from pursuing the work we sought to accomplish as artists in our efforts towards attaining financial fulfillment by doing what we love.
They cared for us. Yet, their ideas were oftentimes the least supportive. And so we found ways of distracting ourselves from their desires and will to have us be more normal by choosing careers offering what they felt certain would provide a more stable and secure lifestyle. Continue reading ‘Distractions, Passion and Showing Up…’
From: http://ping.fm/nuwsp
Distraction.
It is the secret enemy of writers and authors that slithers in, most often unnoticed, when we have many things going on.
Ahhh, the art of multi-tasking.
Distraction presents an especially difficult challenge when good and positive things are happening for and to us.
Writers, like most artists, come to our work because we were not seen and acknowledged by our parents.
Well-meaning, and by no means Mommie Dearest, our parents held our well-being as their utmost concern when guiding, and coercing, if not blatantly steering us from pursuing the work we sought to accomplish as artists in our efforts towards attaining financial fulfillment by doing what we love.
They cared for us. Yet, their ideas were oftentimes the least supportive. And so we found ways of distracting ourselves from their desires and will to have us be more normal by choosing careers offering what they felt certain would provide a more stable and secure lifestyle. Continue reading ‘Distractions, Passion and Showing Up…’
From: http://ping.fm/nuwsp
Distractions, Passion and Showing Up...
Why is it so difficult to write sometimes?
Distraction.
It is the secret enemy of writers and authors that slithers in, most often unnoticed, when we have many things going on.
Ahhh, the art of multi-tasking.
Distraction presents an especially difficult challenge when good and positive things are happening for and to us.
Writers, like most artists, come to our work because we were not seen and acknowledged by our parents.
Well-meaning, and by no means Mommie Dearest, our parents held our well-being as their utmost concern when guiding, and coercing, if not blatantly steering us from pursuing the work we sought to accomplish as artists in our efforts towards attaining financial fulfillment by doing what we love.
They cared for us. Yet, their ideas were oftentimes the least supportive. And so we found ways of distracting ourselves from their desires and will to have us be more normal by choosing careers offering what they felt certain would provide a more stable and secure lifestyle. Continue reading ‘Distractions, Passion and Showing Up…’
From: http://ping.fm/dWpJo
Distraction.
It is the secret enemy of writers and authors that slithers in, most often unnoticed, when we have many things going on.
Ahhh, the art of multi-tasking.
Distraction presents an especially difficult challenge when good and positive things are happening for and to us.
Writers, like most artists, come to our work because we were not seen and acknowledged by our parents.
Well-meaning, and by no means Mommie Dearest, our parents held our well-being as their utmost concern when guiding, and coercing, if not blatantly steering us from pursuing the work we sought to accomplish as artists in our efforts towards attaining financial fulfillment by doing what we love.
They cared for us. Yet, their ideas were oftentimes the least supportive. And so we found ways of distracting ourselves from their desires and will to have us be more normal by choosing careers offering what they felt certain would provide a more stable and secure lifestyle. Continue reading ‘Distractions, Passion and Showing Up…’
From: http://ping.fm/dWpJo
Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel, or story requires the writer to look within.
More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears, and hidden joys lurk.
It is here when connecting with those aspects of life that frighten us that we uncover the yearnings and desires that motivate and drive our protagonists and supporting cast. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/xznmk
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel, or story requires the writer to look within.
More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears, and hidden joys lurk.
It is here when connecting with those aspects of life that frighten us that we uncover the yearnings and desires that motivate and drive our protagonists and supporting cast. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/xznmk
Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel, or story requires the writer to look within.
More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears, and hidden joys lurk.
It is here when connecting with those aspects of life that frighten us that we uncover the yearnings and desires that motivate and drive our protagonists and supporting cast. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/7mhfn
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel, or story requires the writer to look within.
More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears, and hidden joys lurk.
It is here when connecting with those aspects of life that frighten us that we uncover the yearnings and desires that motivate and drive our protagonists and supporting cast. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/7mhfn
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