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Of Dimensions of Experience, Mystery and Feet of Practicality…

Climax follows a time of crisis in a story.

As the narrative heads for resolution the protagonist must decide how she or he will evidence not only their survival and triumph of the great battle she or he has fought, but how they will manifest those that shift in consciousness, that change of heart, in a way that will allow the experience to remain alive within them.

Then, and only then, can she, or he truly know the victory over death whose roots lie in fear, doubt and disbelief.

So many times we sabotage ourselves into thinking that we are less than what we are.

Likewise we ground our identity of who we are and our purpose in life on the erroneous belief that we do not matter, and that what we have to offer means little if anything.

This is often the case for writers and artists of many kinds. Read the rest of this entry…

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Henrietta Lacks and Her Immortal Cells: Questions of Ethics and Justice

Henrietta Lacks and Her Immortal Cells

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Questions of Ethics and Justice

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Radio Show | Jackie Luckett, and Searching for Tina Turner

Debut novelist, Jackie E. Luckett discusses her debut novel, “Searching for Tina Turner,” and process of women finding their passion beyond the roles of wife and mother.

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Radio Show | Maggie Dove, and “Angel of Windword”

Author, Maggie Dove discusses her debut novel, “Angel of Windword“.

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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“.

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Radio Show | Author, Carleen Brice

Author, Carleen Brice, discusses her novels, “Children of the Waters” and “Orange, Mint, and Honey,” that has been made into a movie, Sins of the MotherSins of the Mother will air on the Lifetime Movie Network on Sunday, February 21, 2010.

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Of Life, Physicality and Stories…

Much of the ability to write compelling fiction comes from the willingness to sink one’s teeth into the substance of life, or that, which flows out of life.

Conversations, kind smiles, tilts of the head can reveal joy, simmering sadness, or the ache of a heart playing upon a crafted smile. Read the rest of this entry…

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Radio Show | Author and Psychotherapist, Brett R. Williams

Author and Marriage and Family Counselor, Brett R. Williams discusses his book, “You Can Be Right or You Can Be Married: Love-Based Solutions for Couples“.

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Of Identity, Persona and Naïveté…

Like Adam and Eve whom God warned not to eat of the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden, the protagonists of our stories often encounter box they are to leave closed, lovers whose lips theirs are not to touch, forests in which they are encouraged not to wander alone, galas and balls that on attending they must exit by the stroke of midnight, and alas sea witches with whom they should strike no bargains.

And yet our central characters push the envelope open creating a second upheaval. But this chaos caused by the hand of the protagonist delivers direct transformation that reveals whom she or he is. Read the rest of this entry…

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Radio Show | David Lucero and “Sandman”

Former Army paratrooper, turned novelist, David Lucero, discusses his military thriller, “Sandman“.

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Of Borderlands, Willingness and Shifts in Consciousness…


Leaving the world as it is, and entering the border between the world as it was, and presently exists in the newly leveraged chaos of change requires courage and faith. It also asks for willingness to acknowledge that one has entered the unknown.

Like our protagonists, each time we venture to write a new story or novel we exit the comfort zone of what we have accomplished, and depart once more into that land of yearning and desire. Read the rest of this entry…

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Radio | Interview with Anjuelle Floyd, “Finding Joy in the Process”

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Of Cause and Effect, Twin Universes, and Sacrifice…

The protagonist’s decision to act constitutes a cornerstone moment in the life a novel.

It signifies the shift from the beginning or set-up of the novel to the middle characterized as a process of action and reaction, better known as cause-and-effect. Still others term this area of the novel, and quite aptly, causality-and-build.

Cause-and-effect emphasizes the action and reaction quality representative of midsection of novels, the heart and lungs of the story.

Causality-and-build by its very words points to the uphill movement of the story towards crisis and climax that involves story and character arc. Read the rest of this entry…

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Of Character Shifts, Balloon Boy and Well-Meaning Friends…

Entering the meat of a novel offers revelation after revelation.

Personalities come forth, shift and recede into the murky lands from which they emerged.

Characters shift positions in an effort to hold honor to, if not find their authentic identity. Perceptions change. The child of truth and wisdom forged by time and circumstance relays the story within the narrative. Read the rest of this entry…

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Radio Show | Adrienna Turner

Author of “The Day Begins With Christ,” and book reviewer, Adrienna Turner discusses her new book club, Dream Your Reality Book Club.

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Of Dilemmas, Alice in Wonderland, and Shifts in Consciousness…

There comes a time in every story or novel when the main character stands in the midst of her, or his dilemma like Alice does when facing Wonderland.

The protagonist ponders, How do present circumstances differ from my immediate past?

This place, like that of Alice in her wondrous, and yet frightening Wonderland, sits between the immediate past of the main character, a time of order and safety shaken by chaos, and the present moment of having begun the journey towards adapting to the change required by upheaval. Read the rest of this entry…

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Of Clarity and Understanding, Guide and Map, Epiphany and Plot…

Reaching that point where the protagonist has made the change, we, as writers feel differently.

We see the world of our novel from another level.

Ideally we come to hold those dimensions of personality regarding our central character(s) come in greater clarity and understanding.

And yet this is also a place where we can get to know ourselves better as individuals, not simply as persons who write. Read the rest of this entry…

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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…

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Dear John, A Daughter’s Wish and Moments of Awakening…

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Faith, Our Personal Best and the Work We Do…

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Interview | Anjuelle Floyd on Conversations Live

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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…

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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.

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Radio Show | Sandra Miller Linhart

Sandra Miller Linhart discusses her collection of stories, “The Elementary Adventures of Jones, JEEP, Buck & Blue“.

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Distractions, Passion and Showing Up…

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Give-and-Take, Mysteries and Playgrounds…

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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…

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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…

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Last Edits, My Personal Best and Being Present…

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Perfectionism, Fears and Good Husbands…

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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…

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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…

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Writing, The Enemy of Good, and ‘Goldilocks’…

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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…

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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…

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Radio Show | Author, Tommy Taylor

Author and librarian, Tommy Taylor, discusses his suspense thriller, “The Second Virgin Birth“.

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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…

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Of Blogs, The Umbilical Cord, and the Internet…,

Connecting with the godhead, that part of the divine that lives within all, the Imago Dei, coalesces the disparate parts of the soul, mind and brokenness of heart and spirit.

Writing or revising and editing the crisis, and climax of a story, or novel can, and often dispenses healing to the writer whose words later transmit this to the reader.

The writer undergoes a trial or test of sorts each time she or he sets out to craft a work. Read the rest of this entry…

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African Bushmen, God, and Reality in Writing

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Guest Blog Post @ Embrace the Whirlwind…

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Passion, Commitment and Endurance…

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Of Envy, Doubt, and Still More Risks…

Following crisis, the protagonist must choose, decide and act.

Will she or he return to business as usual, keeping secret what they have learned, or will they share it with others?

Will they share the healing they have undergone with others, or will she or he choose the safe path of saying little or nothing about the internal changes that have reshaped them?

Risks come with sharing the good news of our survival, moving beyond that time of initial upheaval and broad sweeping changes.

We face the possibility of those we tell refusing to believe us.

Those who do may grow envious, and then exploit the doubts still others hold and turn who groups of people against us. Read the rest of this entry…

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‘Injurious Actions, Political Dictators, and Near Sadist Employers…’

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Down The Rabbit Hole, and Up With the Dreams…

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  • Promises to Myself, Blogging, and Passion… March 10, 2010
    When I decided to self-publish my novel I knew that I would have to set up a website on which I would post blogs. The basis of any website involves dispensing useful information. We do this through writing blog posts. Much like fellow classmates in my MFA Program in Creative Writing at Goddard College [...] […]
  • Of Dimensions of Experience, Mystery and Feet of Practicality… March 10, 2010
    Climax follows a time of crisis in a story. As the narrative heads for resolution the protagonist must decide how she or he will evidence not only their survival and triumph of the great battle she or he has fought, but how they will manifest those that shift in consciousness, that change of heart, in a way that will allow the experience to remain alive with […]
  • Henrietta Lacks and Her Immortal Cells: Questions of Ethics and Justice March 9, 2010
    Henrietta Lacks and Her Immortal Cells by Rebecca Skloot Questions of Ethics and Justice Checkout my new Squidcast @ ...where the pain of family meets a change of heart...and compassion... Questions of Ethics and Justice […]
  • Blogging, Resistance, and Developing Discipline… March 9, 2010
    I like blogging for several reasons, the first of which is that it strengthens my writing. It’s often hard for fiction writers to commit to blogging on a regular basis. Much of our resistance comes from our dedication to crafting and refining our stories and novel. It takes time, a lot, to draft and revise our [...] […]
  • Down The Rabbit Hole, and Up With the Dreams… March 8, 2010
    Checkout my new Squidcast @ …where the pain of family meets a change of heart…and compassion… Down The Rabbit Hole, and Up With the Dreams […]