Novel by Christina Carson
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Quote from Suffer the Little Children:
"Perhaps what we call misfortune is actually a place where the universe interrupts our habits that keep life so limited and small, forcing us to respond differently. The opportunity it offers depends on how hard we work to close the gap or hold it open, allowing ourselves to glimpse realities we've never glimpsed before."
Novel by Christina Carson
Quote from Dying to Know:
"I knew in that moment, we were never meant to surrender our childlike innocence, to trade a world in which we fit like a glove for one that hung on us like ill-fitting hand-me-downs. However, all about us insisted on our membership. And instead of a handshake or a mystical password as entrance into this spurious society, we agreed instead to share a lie, the one that says we’re safe, secure, and fulfilled living this way."
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Thinking of Something Better
I was reading poetry this morning. I often read poetry before starting to write, as it shows me where the moment is and ushers me in. When we are present, we are attentive to reality; when we are not present,
we are held in the gossipy soap opera of our minds. I began to reflect on an incident from…
Escaping the Bureaucracy of Ego
“The day was counting up its birds and never got the answer right.”
I don’t know who authored that thought, but if there were ever a sentence that so captures the sheer whimsy of life, that one would qualify. One, two three, oh what’s that red one called? Twenty-one, twenty-two, heh, is that a ba…
Landlocked in Fur
I momentarily borrowed the title to one of Tukaram’s poems that I love. Daniel Ladinsky, one of my favorite translators of ecstatic poetry, renders it so marvelously I wanted to share it with you. Laughter comes more naturally to those who slip further and further out of the clutch of self-absorpt…
Thoughts from this Vantage Point
I’m sixty-six years old. I never imagined being this age, in part because it is hard to imagine, and in part because we are infused with such fear about aging that we avoid thinking about it. However, it is just another vantage point, a different pattern in our kaleidoscopic existence. What fascinat…
We Call the Game
I, perhaps like you, ponder often these days on how we writers can create the readership and sales we need. Yesterday, I was comparing a small sampling of indie publishers in the Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers (paid), looking for commonalities that might explain their presence there. Well, I have…
Why Do We Write — Really?