NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. The idea is that you will have the support and accountability to write the first draft of a new novel! There is even a contest with some amazing writing and publishing related prizes. All you have to do is get 50,000 words written and validated by the end of the month! Start your own and leave a comment here so I know how to make you a writing buddy!
I am going to be using this blog to work out some of my notes and ideas. The concept for the novel is simple-ish. I am going to follow one soul through it's lives and maturation until it reaches it's full consciousness. It is going to cover time and space, beliefs and knowledge, it is going to be what I call spiritual fiction. There is a lesson in it, but it will be a story first and foremost.
The spiritual idea behind this concept was developed while I read "Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy" by Yogi Ramacharaka. This is a collection of articles written by the "yogi" in the early 1900s. While Yogi Ramacharaka didn't exist it does not affect the impact his writings can have. If nothing else read them and be impressed by the knowledge of anatomy they had a century ago and also what they didn't have.
The book talks of 7 steps of awareness where the 7th step is spiritual awareness. What does/would it take to even begin to achieve full awareness of the spirituality, or lack thereof, of the universe? That is what "Live" will delve into.
I am a researcher. I love to look for nuggets of gold in the pages of articles or books. Those nuggets often go nowhere but into my notebook. When they go further? Then you know why you looked at all of that information on ancient Egypt for one short chapter.
I am also a highly spiritual person. I do not believe in organized religion. I do however believe that we are all connected at a base level and that there is a cosmic awareness. I believe in science and I believe in miracles. I do not believe that they are mutually exclusive.
I am a writer. So I will put these things together and I will create a novel that is part me, part fiction and part unknown because it will be fun!
Stay tuned for more a "Live" and other projects! Love what I am doing and want to see more? I am now on Patreon. Personal appearance this weekend in the Shadoe Stones booth, at the Indy Pagan Pride Day.
I am going to be using this blog to work out some of my notes and ideas. The concept for the novel is simple-ish. I am going to follow one soul through it's lives and maturation until it reaches it's full consciousness. It is going to cover time and space, beliefs and knowledge, it is going to be what I call spiritual fiction. There is a lesson in it, but it will be a story first and foremost.
The spiritual idea behind this concept was developed while I read "Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy" by Yogi Ramacharaka. This is a collection of articles written by the "yogi" in the early 1900s. While Yogi Ramacharaka didn't exist it does not affect the impact his writings can have. If nothing else read them and be impressed by the knowledge of anatomy they had a century ago and also what they didn't have.
The book talks of 7 steps of awareness where the 7th step is spiritual awareness. What does/would it take to even begin to achieve full awareness of the spirituality, or lack thereof, of the universe? That is what "Live" will delve into.
I am a researcher. I love to look for nuggets of gold in the pages of articles or books. Those nuggets often go nowhere but into my notebook. When they go further? Then you know why you looked at all of that information on ancient Egypt for one short chapter.
I am also a highly spiritual person. I do not believe in organized religion. I do however believe that we are all connected at a base level and that there is a cosmic awareness. I believe in science and I believe in miracles. I do not believe that they are mutually exclusive.
I am a writer. So I will put these things together and I will create a novel that is part me, part fiction and part unknown because it will be fun!
Stay tuned for more a "Live" and other projects! Love what I am doing and want to see more? I am now on Patreon. Personal appearance this weekend in the Shadoe Stones booth, at the Indy Pagan Pride Day.
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