In 2016, when BETWEEN WILL AND SURRENDER won first place for General Fiction in the NCPA’s 23rd Annual Book Awards, I thought sales would hit the roof. Wrong. The resulting sales more closely resembled a bleep than a leap. Same thing in 2018 when BETWEEN DARKNESS AND DAWN won two major awards and in 2019 […]
Book Talk
“The Between,” A Place of Breakthrough Experiences
A book titled THE CULTURAL CREATIVES devotes an entire chapter to THE BETWEEN, describing it as “the time between worldviews, values, and ways of life; a time between stories.” Though it was published twenty years ago, the book’s authors Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson could have been writing about today, a time of […]
Alzheimer’s: A Visionary Perspective
Alzheimer’s is defined as memory loss and confusion. No cure exists, but medications and management strategies may temporarily improve symptoms. As a fiction author, I ask: WHAT IF…? WHAT IF there was a new definition of Alzheimer’s and its treatment? WHAT IF we could view this terrible neurodegenerative disease in a new light, with the […]
MEDICINE WHEEL: CIRCLE OF “THE BETWEEN”
The medicine wheel is a universal symbol, and its meaning has been defined by different cultures throughout the ages based on their location, religious beliefs, and tribal practices. Medicine Wheel Directions: The basic Native American medicine wheel has four directions or compass points with different sets of energies that serve as guides to living a […]
Cows are Tough Critics
I brought BETWEEN NOW AND FOREVER, book four of my “Enter the Between” visionary fiction series, to my backyard friends for their input. After all, the story excerpt I planned to share concerned them–their moos to be exact. Happy cows are quiet cows as this video demonstrates. But, oh my, when their moos get loud […]
Visionary Fiction Interview with Author Margaret Duarte & Host Brad Swift
Join me, friends and book lovers, in my first ever video interview, where I share why it’s a great time to introduce yourself to visionary fiction. Our power and wisdom lie on our willingness to look at the world through different eyes.
