Note to reader: A version of this article was previously posted at VisionaryFiction Alliance. Visionary fiction entertains, which is, after all, the main purpose of fiction as a literary form. But visionary fiction goes one step further; it nourishes the mind. The Range of Visionary Fiction Not all visionary fiction, though, nourishes the mind in […]
Book Talk
My take on the Indie Author Project
It took three months for me to write BETWEEN WILL AND SURRENDER, the first book in my “Enter the Between” visionary fiction series. That’s the good news. The bad news is that it took fourteen years to transform it from a first draft into an art form. Fourteen years of studying and practicing the craft […]
Dire Plight of the Western Monarch Butterfly
In 2003, when I started writing book three of my “Enter the Between” fiction series, I knew the Monarch Butterfly would play a major role in the story: as part of the natural setting of Pacific Grove (home to my story and to the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary) and as the symbolic representation of transformation and […]
Kristen Simoes to Narrate Novel “Between Will and Surrender”
I’m excited to announce that multi-talented voice actor and reporter Kristen Simoes will be narrating the audiobook version of my novel Between Will and Surrender. Two local girls banding together.
“Enter the Between” Visionary Fiction Series
One of my goals has been to live long enough to finish all four books in my “Enter the Between” visionary fiction series. Success. I made it. One day before my 70th birthday. The second (much improved) edition of BETWEEN NOW AND FOREVER is finally available on Amazon. If I’m lucky, I’ll now have enough […]
Esselen People are not Extinct
Until I started research for my novel series, I knew little about Native Americans other than what I’d seen on TV. You know, half-naked savages, mostly Navajo and Apache, screaming Ayyyyaaaayayaaaaa as they get shot off their horses by white guys. At History.com , I was surprised to discover that when European adventurers arrived in the Americas […]
