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Trying to gain exposure

This self publishing thing is frustrating when you are all but a recluse. How does one gain exposure? (seriously I am trying to figure this out) In the beginning I just sat and wrote, then it was ready so I hired a publisher, hired a cover artist (Already more money out than I expected to shell out). I am not expecting to make a living off of this I am a realist. but the passion project is getting expensive. I found onlinebokclub.com to review “Emergence Collective.” and decided to give it a whirl. see if that would generate interest, and hopefully a positive review. At this point only a few friends and the editor had read it so I was eager for fresh unbiased feedback.

It was nerve racking waiting for the reviewer to read rate a review. It took about a month, but I wasn’t dissapointed. 3 out of 4 stars. The review mentioned that there was a lot of format and gramatical errors (more than 10) and was nice enough to point out the page and paragragh those errors were, so that I could correct it. And had there not been those errors they would have gave 4 out of 4 stars. And that they felt it was not professionally edited… Here I have to defend the editor. First, as I went to page and paragrah noted, the most of errors the reviewer sited, I did not see. About half were hyphens at the end of sentences that did not belong and I did not see after looking where they pointed. My editor offered more than one round of editing, but I could only afford the first go around. That being said, My Professional editor did a fantastic job especially considering there were only about 3 or 4 actual typos and grammer issues. I will post the onlinebook club review in the next post. Anyone have any thoughts on these review places?

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What is it all about? (Spoiler alert!)part2

spoiler alert! I just wanted to warn again that some of the previous post and this one has spoiler type material about “Emergence Collective.” I personally hate spoilers. I dont even like it when your watching a show, and they tease THE NEXT scene during the commercial break. For me I love the suprise and discovery as the story unfolds.

I use transcended and ascended interchangeably, even though they are not precisely synonymous. I think it still fits. I still think a lot about the nature of consciousness. What is it? Where does it come from? One of my favorite theories is that the human body is like a marionette where our consciousness pulls the strings outside the body. You cut the strings,  and the body dies or is in stasis like a coma.

 But where is the puppeteer? In a higher realm, a higher resonant frequency outside of conscious reality. And our brains act like a filter preventing us from experiencing that higher realm. It is only when we alter our state of mind that the filter is removed, and we can experience the true reality as its resonant frequencies are revealed. Whether it is through strict meditation or mind-altering chemicals like Ayahuasca, a potent hallucinogen that contains a chemical called DMT or dimethyltryptamine. Whatever the catalyst is that allows us to escape the prison of our brain doesn’t matter once free, and one is perceiving a higher reality, the awareness of the nature of the universe expands. We start to fully understand our place in it. Learn that we have abilities that were previously only imagination. Learn to connect with others on a deeper spiritual level, communicate and express ideas. Travel throughout the realm and defy the physics of the reality our bodies are trapped in.

I know this sounds like the ravings of a metaphysical stoner. I think I communicated the essence of these ideas in the story well enough. But wait! There’s more; however, I will not bore you any longer. I do explore these concepts much more deeply in the next book. I think that once you get your feet wet in the first book, the second will be more satisfying as you explore your own thoughts on the potential of what could be done if all of this was real. I would love to hear your thoughts on this!

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What is it all about? (Spoiler alert!)

Emergence Collective… What does it mean to me? If you like spoilers keep reading!

As a new writer I found (am still finding) it difficult to convince anyone to read my stuff and find an Audience. Friends and family mean well, but I think that my investment in the story and their interest didn’t align. As I wrote Emergence collective I did not get any real feedback or even a proofread. To be honest, my editor was the first person to actually read the damn thing. She did a fantastic job thank you PaulineNolet.com. Her feedback was reassuring that I didn’t spend all that time writing it, wasted. the idea for the story was kinda big and I thought deeply about the world I was creating. A lot of these concepts did not really make it into the story but there are connections I can make in conversation that would completely make sense and you would definitely find connections to the story.

What would happen if you could dream up just about anything and it could be real? what would you do with that power? I wondered that if there are lots of people that had this ability how would the world change? My first thought was that people would make their surroundings “customized”. One person might make a fairyland castle environment and another would pattern theirs with say Starwars. But how far does your own realm extend to? How strong is your willpower? your willpower and intention govern the sphere of influence you have in reality itself. How about what happens when another ascended person enters your realm? Does there will power change your realm? since they are in your sphere of influence? What about mutual agreements on world views? do they see a StarWars environment and you see the fairyland? could there be a merger of the two? How does this relate to collective consciousness? The reality as a whole is an agreement of expectations that we all have. Gravity works because there are enough consciousnesses agreeing on that, it becomes part of the collective worldview, How does being ascended influence that?

I made sets of rules about this idea and used it as a roadmap for the story progression as far as the shared environment of the characters. Tomorrow I will get into more about how I see transcended consciousness and how that shaped the progression of the characters.

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Decisions, decisions, decisions….

I don’t write stories in order of events. I imagine different scenes or interactions with characters and then put the pieces together as I go. I don’t know if this is common or not.  As I have most of the concept of the plot and events in mind, it is easy to pick and choose where some scenes would make the most sense to go.  My dilemma now is that this is a continuation of a story. I need to fill in the gap between them. I am trying to keep in mind that not everyone starts at the beginning of the series. Say they didn’t know there was the first book and start from book two. How do I clue them into what happened previously while keeping in mind there are readers familiar with the story? I don’t want to bore those people with a rehash of the first book.

                My options are to write a prologue or info dumps.  I am leaning towards the prologue. It’s neat and tidy; I get all the background info out of the way. On the other hand, Info dumps can be used effectively if I want to dangle a bit of mystery to the new readers while knowing the fans of the first book are just getting a refresher. What I am probably going to do is, well, both. At least at the first draft.  

I’ll write a prologue summarizing past events (which works for me too as a tool to ensure events that are important to point out are in order). Then, as I add more to the story and build plots, I can scatter that information into critical points. Who knows, I might end up doing a combination of the two. Where I omit certain things from the prologue and drop them into the story like little knowledge bomblets.

                Who knows how this is going to end up. I’ve mentioned before that sometimes I am as surprised by the story as the audience.

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Is that all you got?

I am sure I am not the only author that has these thoughts in their head. Was the last novel or story the best I can do? I have received good reviews on my stories so far, some from complete strangers. As I work on the next project, I feel the anxiety that the next one will fall flat in comparison. I am purposefully pushing these notions aside. I try to be self-aware and not fall prey to those automatic negative thoughts that get in the way of creativity.

Let us be rational.

I tend to be overly optimistic in life. I avoid negativity and try to recognize if I am being negative and self-defeating.  Was the last thing I wrote my best or just the last thing I wrote? Well, I am just going to believe that I haven’t seen my best yet, and the last thing I wrote, taught me a little bit more about how I can improve. I think it’s good stuff, so why can’t I keep doing that? I think I got more good stuff in me. Its better to burn out than fade away. Hold my beer…

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New look to the blog

If this is your first visit, thank you for your interest. For those who have visited before, Thank you for your continueing interest! I am still working on this blog thing and decided to improve in the look and feel of the blog. I hope you enjoy!

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Had a Great weekend!

I did not get any writing done this weekend. but that is ok. My friends and family like to get together for “Art night.” We paint acrylic paintings and just hang out. I also spent alot of time working on a technique with my laser engraver. I am working on making backlit photographs. (still working out the burn settings). Even though I wasnt writing, I was thinking about it. The details of character interactions and where the story is going, things like that are always on my mind even when I am doing art projects. If you want to see some of my art just comment below, I’ll make a page just for it!

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Art night

Nuka Cola Girl from Fallout. Bethesda gave out these free coloring pages I decided to paint it. The process was first, I spraypainted
the canvas. Converted the coloring page to a laser cut file then burned it on the canvas. then started painting!