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The Vastest Things Are Those We May Not Learn …
July 22, 2014
The vastest things are those we may not learn. We are not taught to die, nor to be born, nor how to burn with love. How pitiful is our enforced return to those small things we are the masters of. -Mervyn Peake I haven’t read Peake. He’s an idea. A promise. Of another world, maybe. Gormenghast sits in the stacks up here in The Womb (part library, part sacred space, part Tardis) vying for my attention with hundreds of other friends I haven’t met yet. There’s something about that quote, just out of reach, that is bringing to mind two of my many lives, that of poet & shamanic practitioner. I honestly don’t think one can be taught to be a poet. It is a self directed enterprise. Or obsession. You can’t learn it from a book. You can’t learn it in a classroom or workshop. You can’t be taught […] Read More & Comment...
Driven to write
July 21, 2014
The M1 gene Writing and driving. Driving and writing. Linked in my memory. My father start Read More...
Weekly Wrap-Up – 7.20.14
July 20, 2014
Good morning, or good afternoon, or even good evening! Whenever you read this, I hope it means yo Read More...
Horror 101
July 18, 2014
As this is the first post for this horror-themed column, I thought we'd take some time out to have a Read More...
Book Review – 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil
July 17, 2014
Seriously, who could resist this cover??? That's one of the main reasons I purchased a copy of "3:59 Read More...
For Those Without Maya Angelou
July 17, 2014
For anyone who has ever come in contact with the warmth she has put into the world, the news that Ma Read More...
The Naming of Dwarves
July 16, 2014
One of the important and first things that must be remembered when dealing with fantasy or with any Read More...
I have two words for you: Free Books
July 15, 2014
I’ve been audited by the IRS twice and both times one of the line items on my Schedule C has been Read More...
Beginning with the Mythic Cycle
July 14, 2014
Writers come to my studio, my workshops, my website, with the same question: How do I do it? How to Read More...
Weekly Wrap-Up – 7.13.14
July 13, 2014
Hope you're all having a lovely Sunday! I'm here to wrap up last week's posts. If you're looking Read More...
S1/E1: “Pilot”
July 11, 2014
Maybe it’s at the point when I realize I use Buffy as my motivator when I need to get something do Read More...