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?

From Writing: A Spiritual Voice

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…

Parallel Realities and Fiction

Good fiction writers aren’t simply creating imaginary worlds out of nothing. They’re tuning into other concurrent realities. Most people assume that there is just one reality. But those on the spiritual path understand that existence has many layers. A skilled writer can attune to those layers. The world they write about is real in its own dimension…

The Book Series: Writing Poetry and Songs

Welcome to The Book Series, a new video series that shares inside information and the spirit behind my many books. This third video in the series is based on my poetry book, Strange Words: Poems and Prayers. I have also added a new video of one of the poems from the book. The poem is called Your Mother Remembers.

The Book Series: Poem and Song Writing
Your Mother Remembers—Poem
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