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“…resilience, hope, and joy through the power of story.”

We all like stories. We all tell stories. The quote in the title of this post is from the mission statement of LitWorld. Back in March, for World Read Aloud Day, I shared some info about LitWorld—Reading Out Loud . .. This time I’ll share this wonderful opportunity from LitWorld’s site: ~~~ Support LitWorld by […]

Is Science Fiction Always Prophetic?

While science fiction can seem to always be predicting possible futures, some of it fails miserably, some nails it, and some is written so far in the future we can’t judge… I’ll quote two famous Sci-Fi writers from an article in livescience: Ray Bradbury—”Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t […]

A Response to An Attempted Corporate Crime . . .

This edition of Behind The Scenes of my short novel, Notes from An Alien, enters territory not visited in the book… You have two options: * Grab a free copy of Notes from An Alien and read it before you read the rest of this post, to give you the background to fully appreciate it. […]

The Tortured Artist and A World Gone Mad . . .

It’s been said that to be insane in an insane world is the height of sanity… I used to believe that—back in my twenties… I’m now 67—survivor of three attempts at suicide, 11 months of hellacious medical treatment for Hepatitis C, and being involved in many extremely risky ventures. I’m also still a survivor in […]

Writing from Your Center ~ Authentic Authorship

My Best Friend is someone I’ve never met in my “real” life—the one where I feel my body and hear the cacophony of a world in travail… She lives in Australia, I’m in the U.S.A; but, we communicate… She knows I’ve been struggling, deep inside myself—struggling to hold on to my Authentic Self… She sent […]

More Proof That “Breaking The Rules” Is Good for An Author

Not long ago I tried reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami… Didn’t get very far and mentioned the fact to my Best Friend. She recommended I read Kafka On The Shore by Murakami… I loved it!! I may go back to 1Q84 in the future, just to see what turned me off so quickly… In truth, […]

Can Writers Learn from Painters?

I’ll begin with a quote from Lena Levin: “I am a painter, a painter of poems…“ Back in May, I published another post about her: Poetry and Painting on Google Plus :-) I met Lena on Google Plus and after I showcase some of her blog posts I’ll list other G+ links where she shares […]

How To Make Sure Everyone Is At The Table for Important Social Changes

Here’s another in the continuing series of Friday posts—Behind The Scenes of my short novel Notes from An Alien. As always, I recommend you read the book before reading these Friday posts so you have a better chance of understanding them (plus, some of the posts have Spoilers…). Still, some folks will read the posts […]

Technology and Creative Writing ~ Can They Play Nice?

Starting with some questions today: Have there been any technologies since the Gutenberg press that completely changed creative writing? Were there any technologies before the Gutenberg press that completely changed creative writing? What’s your favorite technology that seems to help you (or a friend) do creative writing? Which technology has a negatively disruptive effect on […]

How Do Writers Find Their “Voice”?

For those of you who’ve never considered what a writer’s Voice is, Wikipedia has a decent definition: “The writer’s voice is the individual writing style of an author, a combination of idiotypical usage of syntax, diction, punctuation, character development, dialogue, etc., within a given body of text (or across several works).” And, whoever wrote that […]