Ask the Author: R. Cameron Bryce
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R. Cameron Bryce
In the middle of the night, at age eight, my mother, Ellen, saw clearly at the foot of her bed the ghost of her mother, arms outstretched as if wanting to take back her child. In sheer terror she jumped out of her bed, tore right through the apparition, and, with no time to run down the staircase she leapt panicked and unawares that just a short distance from the bottom, a door, the large glass pane inset in the old wooden frame with fading green paint quietly waiting.
R. Cameron Bryce
So many books . . . so little time.
R. Cameron Bryce
During one of my visits to a remote village in north-central Borneo, the local shaman turned me on to a ritual that dispensed with all blockage. The first part of the ritual consisted of drinking a special tea, made from dried goat's excrement, crushed snails, and a smattering of other ingredients which need not be identified here. After drinking a half coconut shell full of this concoction, I was then shown a dance, performed "since the beginning", according to my shaman friend, that would complete the cleansing. The dance was to be performed buck naked and in full view of the villagers -- a kind of public reckoning -- and, in combination with the hallucinatory effects of the tea, worked wonders to clear my blockages.
Later, I ran into some difficulty when I performed this same ritual in downtown Topeka. I can tell you that jails in this city are clean and well run.
Later, I ran into some difficulty when I performed this same ritual in downtown Topeka. I can tell you that jails in this city are clean and well run.
R. Cameron Bryce
Best thing? Um . . . a creative outlet. Without it, I suppose some of us would be serial killers?
R. Cameron Bryce
Write . . . (oops, I just got a rejection notice saying my answer was too short) Okay, how about . . . write, write, write.
R. Cameron Bryce
"The Scrotum Dialogues"
R. Cameron Bryce
Not sure how applicable "get inspired" is in my case. I find myself constantly wanting to recreate what I see, either in books or film.
R. Cameron Bryce
Thomas Salerno approached me with the story.
R. Cameron Bryce
The visit by the lone Mauri fisherman off the coast of Great Barrier Island.
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