Have you ever heard of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)? The organization was founded in 1973 by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell and is an amazing resource on consciousness and healing, extended human capacities, and emerging worldviews. On their website, you’ll find fascinating information and many educational programs. You will find articles, such as Process Mind: […]
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Funding a Cure for Diabetes
On Saturday, my friend, Natalia, and I attended The Perfect Brunch, an event to fund a cure for diabetes, with NY Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak and KCRA News Anchor/Reporter Deirdre Fitzpatrick at the helm. And what a “perfect brunch” it was. It was held at Mercedes-Benz of Rocklin. That’s me standing in front of the amazing waterfall […]
A Writer’s Journey / Rethinking of a Subtitle
When I started this blog as a part of my journey to publication, The Between represented the deep chasm I perceived between the writing of my four novels and their eventual launch into the world. It would be a place of rejection and disappointment, with occasional joys and victories along the way–a journey through the dark […]
Complications Worksheet
I’d like to share a plotting worksheet with you that I found very helpful in revising my novel. It was written by Martina Boone, one of the publishers of Adventures in Children’s Publishing. Don’t let the blog’s title, Adventures in Children’s Publishing, fool you. Most of this blog’s content, as well as this worksheet, apply to ALL fiction, not just children’s fiction. Here’s a sampling of Martina’s […]
Widowhood, The Great Singles Maker
Today, guest blogger Dorothy Skarles continues her memoir series with another sharing of her own; her personal experience with widowhood–the great singles maker. Once again, she walks her talk, following the advice she gives her memoir students: “Write about your feelings. It helps.” Okay, I think, as a friend and fellow writer, writing about one’s personal experience is one thing, […]
If You Start a Blog and No One Reads it, Does it Exist?
Can something exist without being perceived? An article on Wikipedia, If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear, does it create a sound? states: “Today meta-physicians are split. According to substance theory, a substance is distinct from its properties” (the tree makes a sound and therefore exists), “while the bundle theory says an object is […]
