Wyso And The Other Creepy Kids on Gerard Street
Man's Best
Sparkers
Better Dig 2
Where did winter go? Or summer—for my Aussie cousins? As I stare out my office window, my Aspens dance their signature solos as they embrace their shades of summer green. It was only days before mountain chickadees perched on my Aspens’ naked branches, hunting for the seeds I scatter. They plucked sunflower hearts and nyjer […]
Are Walk-Ins Possible? Mitochondria vs Reincarnation
(An introduction to Walk-Ins appears in my last blog post.) I’ve been interested in the concept of Walk-Ins and have researched the topic since the 1990s when I began work on my first novel. I didn’t take the concept seriously until I woke one morning and felt different. My shamanic friend, Gloria, had guided a […]
Stranger Within: An Introduction to Walk Ins
Have you ever woke one morning and felt like an entirely different person? Sure people change. As a kid you hate veggies. You get older and you acquire a taste for them. People change. But this is different. What I’m referring to is an overnight, or after an illness, sudden change. Several times in my life […]
Does Life Exist On Other Planets?
Science fiction writers continue to chip away at the secrets contained within the universe and often speculate on the possibility of life on other worlds and what it might look like. So who—among us Earthlings—thinks life on other planets exists? Chances of finding life on other planets remains unknown, but research astronomer, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, said, “I want it […]
Do Water Bears Offer Answers for Earthlings?
Box office science fiction hit, Guardians of the Galaxy, offers an engaging after-the-credits teaser between the character Taneleer Tivan—The Collector who appears in other Marvel Comics—and two of his remaining, living space explorers: a canine cosmonaut and Howard The Duck. The duck is fictional. The canine cosmonaut not so much. It’s common knowledge to most […]
The Brain. The Only Organ That Can Think About Itself.
Do you see a rabbit or a duck in the above illustration? Or do you see both? The ability to flip between the two images indicates an individual’s creative aptitude. Persons who can make the switch appear to have a creative edge as discovered by Psychologist Dr. Joseph Jastrow in 1899. In his findings, those who […]
Extremophiles: Creatures With Super Powers.
Extremophiles are creatures that can thrive in extreme environmental conditions other living things find life-threatening. They exist on Earth and give us science-fiction-wired enthusiasts hope for the discovery of life on other planets. The weirdness of these creatures eases the harsh reality that, yikes, Earth may be an anomaly—that we exist in this great vastness […]
Strange Behaviors of Famous Authors.
Flickr image by Miguelángel Guédez To conclude our series on writing, I researched a few of my favorite writers and discovered these famous authors practiced some strange behaviors in an effort to get their groove on. Question: What do the following famous authors have in common? Marcel Proust– French novelist considered by many to be […]
Well-Written? Really?
To a writer, positive reviews from readers are like receiving a million dollars tax free. Yes, I exaggerate. Still, it means bunches to a beginning writer. Recently I read a review on a book I was thinking of purchasing. This positive review listed several things I value in a book and ended it with, well-written. […]
THE Editing Checklist
Finding an editor that doesn’t rip your creative endeavors to shreds is the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack. As well as finding an editor with whom you can collaborate. This writing industry of ours did not create editors equally. Even though I learn much from each ripping, a little positive feedback would have been nice from the last […]
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