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August 5, 2014
Impressive Predictive Dreams
Shamans distinguish between “big” and “little” dreams…my “big” dreams are vivid stories, with beginnings, middles and ends…diving into their essence saves me from making reckless and foolhardy decisions…do you honor your dreams?
Originally posted on Dreams: Guide to the Soul:
Dream Image 266: A man dreamt that he could see his mother targeted by a sniper. He was not the sniper, but he had the vision of his mother being in the crosshairs of the rifle’s scope. He woke up just as the sniper was pulling the trigger.
Interpretation: the next day his mother was fired from her job. This dreamer complained that his dreams became true too often. The more one interprets dreams, the more one is impressed at the number of dreams that are predictive. Predictive or precognitive dreams are one of the six main types of dreams.
See http://curezone.com/forums/am.asp?i=1330656
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August 3, 2014
Monday Funnies
Old-time comedians in an excerpt from the Plank — that British bobby is my favorite! Can just imagine him trying to establish law and order in Bedford-Stuy…the crooks would die laughing…thanks so much for this, O Venerable Story-Reading Ape!
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog..... An Author Promotions Enterprise!:
Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, Jimmy Edwards and LOTS of other old time comedians in an 11 minute excerpt from
THE PLANK
Your Search Questions Answered, Volume 19
Robert asks the billion dollar question: HOW TO WRITE A CLASSICAL NOVEL — and here’s his answer — It’s a 12 step process.
Have crappy parents. 2. Go to Ivy League school. 3. Drink a lot. 4. Fail out of Ivy League school. 5. Do drugs a lot. 6. Drink a lot some more. 7. Marry a crazy person. 8. Write great novel. 9. Do more drugs a lot. 10. Divorce crazy person and marry another crazy person. 11. Write terrible novel. 12. Kill yourself.
After your death, that great novel you wrote (step 8) will become a classic. Well done!
Originally posted on 101 Books:
It’s time for Your Search Questions Answered!
As you may know by now, these are just a sampling of the wacky, wild unedited search terms that find their way to 101 Books. I post them and then attempt some form of unclever response.
Let’s get started:
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August 2, 2014
“What the World Needs Now is Love”~
Exquisite bird shots courtesy Cindy Knoke! As she says: Birds don’t wage wars and they don’t wipe out multiple species and habitats… Sometimes I wonder who is more highly evolved?
Originally posted on 
(Scarlet Macaw) “Sweet Love.” These birds have this figured out. (Please click to enlarge)
Many birds raise offspring jointly and mate for life.
(Yellow Crowned Amazon Parrot) Some of the birds at the Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver BC are endangered in the wild.
Birds don’t wage wars and they don’t wipe out multiple species and habitats.
(Red Shouldered Macaw) Sometimes I wonder who is more highly evolved?
(Eclectus Parrot) “Imagine all the people living life in peace.”
Cheers to you from our peaceable feathered friends. We can learn a lot from them~
Lyrics Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach & John Lennon.
August 1, 2014
The Winnie the Pooh Guide to Promoting Your Book
Winnie the Pooh’s wise tips on book promo…Owl took that honey jar off his nose just so he could share with us humans, so do sneak a peak, even if you’re not a writer…thank you E.T. Carlton for a winning post, and Story-Telling Ape for being so willing to share the honey…
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
8 Book Marketing Lessons from a BearThough A.A. Milne’s beloved Winnie the Pooh would be the first to tell you that he is “a bear of little brain,” he also has exceptional, discerning insight. Pooh’s poetic, philosophical take on life might make him a good author and, given his single-minded, persistent pursuit of what he wants (hunny), it seems likely that Pooh would excel at marketing. Below are 8 lessons about book promotion that we can all learn from Pooh.
Lesson 1: “Before beginning a hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.”
Before you start promoting your book, it’s important to do some research. Googling, keyword research and knowing your market will go a long way toward helping you stay on target when things don’t go the way you’d hoped.
Lesson 2: “You can’t stay in your…
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July 30, 2014
Tolkien’s 5 Tips for Creating Complex Heroes
Whew…read these tips culled from Roger Colby’s excellent blog on writing. He gives us J.R.R. Tolkien’s 5 tips on how to create a complex character. So relieved to know that Pia, the protagonist of my work-in-progress novel KRISHNA’S COUNSEL, is one helluva complex chick…who fortunately turns simple and profound in the end…
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
Tolkien’s letters are rich with information about J.R.R. Tolkien’s writing process. I wrote a post last week about Aragorn being Tolkien’s example of an epic hero, and someone posted: “But Frodo Baggins is the hero of the LOTR trilogy, right?” I would argue that he is not, but only one of three or four characters who together make a great hero for the epic story. Today I will focus on Frodo.
To begin this post, I thought I would pull a quote from a letter Tolkien wrote to his son Christopher on January 30th, 1945. In it, he discusses something quite interesting: “There are two quite different emotions: one that moves me supremely and I find small difficulty evoking: the heart-racking sense of the vanished past (best expressed by Gandalf’s words about the Palantir); and the other a more ‘ordinary’ emotion, triumph, pathos, tragedy of the characters. That I am learning to…
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July 28, 2014
WRITERS – BEWARE OF SCAMS by Author Florence Osmund
Each writer has a publishing saga; I’ve spoken of mine in recent interviews. For those of you confused by the shape-shifting world of publishing, here’s an excellent summary courtesy the Story-Telling Ape…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog..... An Author Promotions Enterprise!:
The self-publishing industry has become one of the fastest growing industries of the century. According to R. R. Bowker, the self-publishing industry has grown 287% since 2006, with close to 150,000 self-published books released in 2011, an astounding 43% of all new books released.
Unfortunately, this self-publishing growth spurt has also created a haven for scam artists to take advantage of aspiring authors—authors who have decided to self-publish as opposed to taking the traditional publishing route, authors who are anxious to get published and naïve about the seamier side of the industry.
You must be an informed consumer when it comes to purchasing publishing services. Here are some things to watch out for before you choose a service to help publish, promote and sell your book.
PUBLISHING HOUSES
Letʾs start with some definitions.
Self-publishing has been around for a long time, but until recently, most authors looked to traditional
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July 27, 2014
When You’re Okay and Everyone Else is Not
Lori Ann Lothian is “a spiritual revolutionary, divine magic maker and all-purpose scribe”…I enjoyed this piece very much and thought you might too…
Originally posted on The Awakened Dreamer:
My healthy, athletic 60-year-old husband had a stroke four days ago. He collapsed while visiting his elderly parents in a a small town at least an eight hour drive from Vancouver–as the story goes, he stood up from the sofa to head toward the dining room for dinner and felt dizzy.Next thing he knew he was regaining consciousness on the floor, bleeding from a head wound that would later require stitches. He soon realized he could not move his right arm and leg. Needless to say, his parents called an ambulance.
I got word of what was happening almost immediately–his mom called his son, who Facebook messaged me. (One of the blessings of FB, I suppose). A flurry of calls ensued: I spoke with his distraught mother. I called his daughter. I emailed a few of his closest friends. And I reached out to all the healers we know for long-distance…
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July 25, 2014
Meet Guest Author Mira Prabhu
Many thanks to you, Chris Graham, for offering to host this interview on your intriguingly-named site – and for being your generous, multi-tasking, and witty self.
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog..... An Author Promotions Enterprise!:
Whip the Wild God…how it all began. It’s the Manhattan winter of 1992 and I’ve just walked out on my mate of fourteen years with nothing in my pocket. Where does this constant low-grade terror I feel spring from, I wonder bleakly? I trace it to an insidious notion that I lack the guts and fierce will needed to survive alone in this frenetic city—where those who don’t make the grade drown in the gutters of low-self-esteem and increasing emotional and financial penury.
What the hell is wrong with me? The western women I’ve come to know through freelancing at Manhattan’s upscale financial and law firms impress me with their confident risk-taking and street smarts. Why am I such a coward? Perhaps it’s because I was born into a traditional Indian community known to punish, even ostracize, females who dare to be bold, unique, autonomous. Most girls of my generation…
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July 23, 2014
Marketing 101: How NOT to Promote Your Novel
My first novel took me 20 years to complete — and I’m not kidding! (Actual time, perhaps four years.) But that’s only the writing part…how do you spread the word that your opus is finally ready for the eyes of the world? This was my challenge when I decided to self-publish (rather than continue with my literary agency)…I made a ton of mistakes and the beat goes on. It is articles like this that can really help…thank you Lit Chic and Chris!
Originally posted on Lit Chic:
So, you’ve completed your first novel. Now what? Publish it, duh. Did you really spend three years and countless hours creating this thing just to keep it to yourself. No. You want to share it and hopefully make a little money as well.
So, how do you promote a new novel? Do you spam your followers on social media? Pay for expensive ads? Write the title of your novel in the sky?
Not unless you want to turn off readers. Of course you don’t.
Here is a list of things NOT to do when promoting your book:
1. Tweet ads and links to your novel incessantly (on the hour every hour). Author platforms are for building communities and for sharing content, not for spamming.
2. Redirect every conversation (on WordPress, Twitter, Facebook, ect.) to your novel. Interaction with other bloggers and writers should be genuine, otherwise you will lose credibility…
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