While selecting best-selling novels for the VFA bookstore, I faced the question: What distinguishes a novel as visionary fiction? Two people whose opinion I value—John Alegeo, Professor Meritus of English at the University of Georgia and Vice President of the Theosophical Society, and Hal Zina Bennett, PhD, Author-Publishing Consultant, provided a guideline to narrow my […]
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Nourish the Mind with Visionary Fiction
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 […]
Revamped Visionary Fiction Alliance Website is Live
On March 2, 2020 we launched a new website for the Visionary Fiction Alliance. It is one of the largest and most complex sites, our website designer and developer, Aaron C. Yeagle, has ever built. The VFA aims to provide a home base and central clearing house for readers, writers, and researchers of visionary fiction. […]
When Does Insanity Become a Blessing?
Insanity a Blessing? Books have the power to do so much more than to simply entertain. I believe it’s my job as a fiction writer to condense research of complex subjects into understandable language and then play them out in story, almost like creating a PowerPoint presentation to compliment a written narrative. My four-book series, […]
AUTHOR, MARGARET DUARTE, RESURRECTS A LOST GENRE
In December 2015, Margaret Duarte launched BETWEEN WILL AND SURRENDER; book one of her “Enter the Between” visionary fiction series.
Interview with Dean Koontz Part Two
New York Time’s Best Selling author, Dean Koontz, is known for his stories of suspense and revelation, told with humor and heart. What he is not as readily known for is his ability to do a darn good interview. I was lucky enough to discover this when he agreed to answer some questions for my […]
