How Writers Develop Along with Their Fiction Series

Over the years, my fiction has changed because I have changed. The Waldmeer Series used story, relationships, and events to carry spiritual ideas. The Nanima Series became much more contemplative, staying with ideas for longer and asking the reader to look beneath experience into consciousness itself. Then the Enanika Series took another turn. I asked what it would be like to simply live inside those ideas.

Some fiction writers stay within one genre and deepen it over a lifetime of writing. Others move through very different styles, structures, and concerns as their lives change. There is no correct path. The important thing is to remain responsive to what wants to be written now. What is it that your inner self wants expressed?

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Different People Need Different Stories

Stories are not random. Nor are their readers random. The genres people are drawn to reflect layers of their being. 

The stories a person loves can reveal what they fear, what they long for, what they are trying to overcome, what they believe in, or what part of themselves is seeking development.

Some people seek reassurance. Some seek preparation. Some seek intensity. Some seek escape from a life that feels too small. Some seek justice. Some seek connection. Some seek transcendence. Some seek realities beyond the visible world. 

Once we understand this as writers, we write with greater awareness and precision in our chosen areas. Every reader is searching for something. And every writer, in their own way, is meeting that search for someone…

Writing: A Spiritual Voice Has Been Updated!

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“When I write fiction, I need a lot of ongoing mental space to maintain the energised creation of a whole other world. The fictional world you have created doesn’t stay alive and thriving by itself. It needs your energy. You have to throw yourself into it and the lives of its characters as you do your real world. Energetically speaking, your fictional world is a real world. You are making a yantra, a powerful energy construct that vibrates with life-force.”

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Writing—Energy Field

I have an ever-evolving idea of the body of work I want to offer the world. One day, God willing, it will extend beyond my lifetime. It’s not just about the accumulation of titles but, rather, the growth of an energy field. To some extent, the books don’t even have to be read. People who have never read them can still benefit. Many great authors form part of our collective consciousness without us even knowing the titles of their works. The energy field of their body of work extends beyond time and space.

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Writing: Out of the Drawer

All authors know that the birth of a book is a huge milestone, but it also marks the beginning of the equally challenging journey to get it in front of people. That involves making oneself into a public persona with a distinct voice. It involves marketing and selling. Otherwise, the manuscript might be out of the drawer and into the market, but it will be so invisible that it will not be doing much more than sitting in the drawer…

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Writing: A Spiritual Voice

Writing is a long-term career. It takes a lot of time, money, perseverance, learning, and soul. Making a mark as a writer and having an influence in the world is a process which generally accelerates slowly.

  1. Keep going.
  2. Keep giving.
  3. Remain true.
  4. Trust your instincts.
  5. Go with the flow.
  6. Do your best.
  7. Enjoy it. 

If you know that the spiritual voice is in you, and you would like greater access to it as a writer, then Writing: A Spiritual Voice can help you to develop your capacity to hear and heed that voice.