Who Am I: What Do I Really Want?
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
According to Jungian theory, the shadow aspect of one’s personality contains any, and everything that falls out of alignment, stands apart, from the ego ideal.
The writer must examine the central character’s values, those held by her or his family, mother, father and culture, to gain a sense of how the Shadow archetype might manifest [...]
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Shadow, Self, and The Other
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
“A vast majority of our [violent] crimes [that take place within the United States] occur within the home. Chances are the greatest threat to [your] life comes from family. My novels explore what it means to be family, how each [family] member defines family, and what happens when someone decides to re-write the script.”
–Lisa Unger [...]
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Picture and Story
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
The face is an organic mask. It can’t hold falsehood forever. Eventually there is an unguarded moment when the muscles relax. And you see the true face of the person.”
–Lisa Book, sister of Isabel Raine in Die for Me, by Lisa Unger
Isabel Raine, the protagonist in Unger’s latest suspense thriller, Die for You, experiences the [...]
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