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What makes me stand out from the crowd.
What makes me stand out from the crowd? Could it be the camel on my head? Today’s post is over at DagLit Jonathon Gould’s blog. He’s the author of the wonderful Flidderbugs, which if you haven’t read...
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A writer’s journey – returning to the beginning
I always thought that I started my writing career by writing a novel. I remember reading advice for people who wanted to be writers that said, ‘start with short stories.’ I always laughed at that...
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Review:The Philosophical Practitioner by Larry Abrams
Title: The Philosophical Practitioner Author: Larry Abrams Publisher: Telemachus Press, LLC Genre: Contemporary fiction I don’t read a lot of contemporary fiction, but I’m a sucker for philosophy so...
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The end informs the beginning: A surprising reward
The end completes the beginning. It closes the circle, and once closed there is no longer a beginning or an end, just a seamless whole. Only then can you appreciate the full magnitude of the circle....
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A real gem: Dark Night of the Soul by E.M. Havens: metaphysical fiction
Dark Night of the Soul is a real gem. E.M Haven has used magical realism to examine suicide and the issues that surround it, and like all the very best indies, it’s a completely unique voice that...
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A Glimpse Beneath the Veil: Worlds Within Worlds #1
Worlds Within Worlds is the working title of a series of writings that are shaping themselves into a story without my conscious direction. These are essentially unedited first drafts that I have made...
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An interesting metaphysical premise: ‘The Problem with God’ by Evan Geller.
The Problem with God takes an interesting premise: what if we could prove the existence of an afterlife. Should we share it with everyone? If you think about the ramifications for our world—as the...
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Philosophically Intriguing: ‘I Am The Other’ by Phillipe de Vosjoli – Review
I Am The Other by Phillipe de Vosjoli is a bold, irreverent book that is likely to offend some as it excites others. (It excited me) Set in a future extrapolated from the technological advances of...
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Symbolism in literature: The Symbolism of the Diamond Peak Series
A mountain peak is something that climbers strive to attain, and when they make it to the top, the view is breathtaking. They climb in order to see the view, and on the way, they pit themselves...
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The trouble with being multi-talented
It’s great to have many different talents. What a wonderful choice you have of where to put your efforts. But what if you want to use them all? You could use all your talents at the same time, or you...
View ArticleHow to find the state where your creativity flows.
In my last post, I gave some simple ways to enter the open state beyond thoughts and emotions where the deepest form of creativity can emerge, but sometimes (often, if you’re not used to meditation of...
View ArticleAre you over it?
Do you know that feeling? The one where you really couldn’t care less anymore. The one where everything you’ve been struggling with for months, or even years, suddenly seems totally unimportant. The...
View ArticleThe best fantasy illuminates reality & highlights truth.
The best fantasy is real. This might sound like a contradiction in terms but it’s not, simply because fantasy must be believable or it won’t quite work. That doesn’t mean that the fantasy can’t be...
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Special release price & give away – A Matter of Perception
My short story anthology, ‘A Matter of Perception,’ is available now at the special release price of 99c until Nov 14. On the 15th November the price goes up to $1.99. What is real and what is not?...
View ArticleReal creativity and how to get it.
I can safely say that I know how to be creative, because I spent twenty years employed as a performance artist. During that time, I created posters, publicity blurbs, props, masks and costumes as well...
View ArticleGuest post on Krisi Keley’s blog.
I wrote a guest post for M-Award winner Krisi Keley (author of ‘On the Soul of a Vampire’) on her blog. It’s about soul, the aspect of her book that won her the M-Award and how Ariel’s vision in Lethal...
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