I was talking to someone, today, and I was asked about mythology. His interest was peaked by my re-reading Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. His question was, what is mythology? I tried to explain that it was nothing more than theology and philosophy. The asking and answering of questions pertaining to the study of one's spiritual life. He looked at me as if I was speaking Spanish. So, I told him that it was Fairy Tales for adults. This resonated with him, but he then asked me, if I thought that the people were confused enough without mythology. I told him it quite the opposite mythology gives stability as fairy tales gave to us when we were children. We, mythologists, help with everything from rites of passages to journeys of a thousand steps within.
His question did get me to thinking. Story or reality, what comes first? In my humble opinion, story must come first. Look at the society of the world and one can see the absence of story, of a focal point, a goal. But then I think, where does story come from? Again, in my humble opinion, we get our stories from the collective energetic thought pool. That big jar with characters, plots, stories, and dramatic questions in it. For is it not the artist who pulls from the Creator who become a creator. Meaning, I'm back at square one with the question. The truth of the matter is the process of storytelling rises from within. Theme, when written correctly, will always present a valid point regarding life. I mean there are only four themes anyway. My favorite and probably the favorite of most mythologists is man v god. There can be no man v man without surrendering to the fact that, if science or Jehovah, you have a god; then and only then are you able to wrestle with this being. Otherwise, we have straw men arguments that no one wants to read. Then there is the message, that must be premeditated in delivery better than foreshadowing. Truth of the matter is there is a reality that lies dormant in the story until the writer chisels it out. Constantly homing in on what is it that is trying to be told. Because the true mythologist has an ear for story on top of her hours learning the craft and its theories. With that said, no, there is no way we can confuse the public by telling well-constructed myths. But the shit ain't easy! There is the bottom-line of how well of an experience the writer has provided. Has she entertained, explained, and expanded the mind of the listener? Is experience according to the standards and intentions of mythology? No mythologist worth their weight in gold or salt would forget that the final product needs to answer these two questions: is it a story and is it reality. It's the chicken and the egg question. What comes first the story or the religious reality? There will be no answer. There should be no question; because it's only those looking outside who dare to ask so. With that said, we've wasted valuable time on this issue. Time to return back to work and to design my current story that will be constructed to look like reality. Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle Crow Crew
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There is no doubt about it, I am an apprentice. Does this mean that I shouldn't be listened to? Do I have to prove my talents and gifts for the slaying of words first? As a renaissance mythologist, I believe that it is the voice of the young that will lay the foundation on this theology and philosophy thing to come called myth reborn. Yeah, we may lack technique, but we also lack the conditioning which more advanced writers may have. We know that religion is supposed to be kept in the closet during today's time/era; but we young mythologist (no matter the age) are willing to go places that are off limit. Tackling these hard to crack subjects. Pushing the limits of philosophy as the great Sumerians and Greeks did.
Mythology is nothing to sneeze at. This is the intentional creating of literature which will elevate the consciousness of the planet. It is the act of doing the Spiritual work first, and that takes time. But should we, apprentices, be listened to? That is the question. I say yes; because we are backing in on our careers. Meaning we have lived life first and then sat down to put pen to paper. The way writing used to be done. That is why living life first is the backbone of every good mythologist; along with some elbow grease of reading and writing on the issues of writing, theology, and philosophy. But the Spirits which walk and talk with us are guiding us. The sacrifice of being asleep to our duties or purpose have been made; at least by the true mythologist. We are Spiritual in the olden sense of the word. I have just completed the first installment in The Chronicles of Mow Yen and starting the second one. And although I could say that my reward is the ability to enter the workforce, finally after working 18 months on this one project (I want to be prolific so, 18 months is a little long,) that is not my reward. The Universe has rewarded me instead with information that will take my career a little further a lot quicker than if I would have continue going it along. Much of the information and people which I'm finding weren't around three years ago. The craft of written storytelling is being made available to anyone who wants it, and the teachings are by Masters, who haven't forgot what it is like to be an apprentice. The Masterclass is a thing now and in order to teach you must listen and most of the people taking the class will be toddlers at this stuff. That's something that a Master must have the patience to deal with. Including my reassured attitude and belief in my field and how it will be accepted if done with the artisan's eye and devotion. But ultimately when the student is ready the right master will come, temperament and all. Mythology isn't like YA; I've said that before. It takes a level of maturity to do it so, there is an exchange of gifts by the Master Journeyman and the promising young apprentice. I look forward to the continuation in the strengthening of my voice and evolving my network and community. Not to mention the expanding of the myth; as romance writing once did. All is good in the land of the Mythologist. Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle There is nothing more frightening than when your schooling ends and your profession begin; no matter what's the field. This especially rings true for the creative artist. Take our profession, writing mythologies, we not only create myths but culture. Don't believe? Look at the way sales correspond with the social momentum. When we are needed most (just speaking of mythologist) society is in a very low place and needs a vehicle powerful enough to jump over the Grand Canyon of fear and negation. So, unlike the other genres, our writing slightly overlook cultural beliefs instead of confirming them, because we are making the path for the upcoming generational era. YA, the current hot iron, may present something different but it's contemporary and I don't believe it will have the emotional staying power of Myth. Meaning three thousands years from now I don't see a book such as "Everything, Everything" being held in the light that it is today.
There are so many things one must remember when starting their position in the world as a Mythologist Fellow. Our stories are information, but they come from a Source which is beyond us . . . half the time we know not what we did or how we got there. There is no constant updated manuals for the division of Fellow; one must follow their gut and throw caution to the wind. Especially since we are not our product, which is such the case for others in this emerging Age of Information. We are; however, the ones who lay the foundation and it is known, even as a Fellow, that if we crack the entire thing that the Unseen and Unnamed Creator is building will fall and the One has to start over. Not that I'm placing any more pressure on the shoulders of the mythologist, because history has proven that born unto the world are wordsmiths who know how to provide an experience of initiation when needed most. So, after relaxing know that there are a few tricks that have been passed on to our generation. Things which makes being a Fellow a little easier. Keeping the entire story in your mind while it is being channeled and kneed is impossible- don't try it; break it down into chucks. Start off with the first 5 pages, then the first 50, then each Act on its own, and don't worry about the middle because that is where all your action is going to go. Don't concern yourself with what order of societal advancement you're bringing to the banquet table of life. Remember this, you did not cook the dish being presented only delivering it. Leave what is God's to God and get out of the way. And know that those with ears to hear will be awaken by your professional myths and final presentations of imagination. Just do your best and turn fear into faith and negation into affirmation. Which can only be done by getting out there with our assigned products and try to sale, sale, sale. The longer you spend time with the masterpiece which you are attempting to market, the more you can love it, and the easier it becomes to sale. Also, other skills can be taught. Proper format, jargon, appearance, presentation, and the such, they will come with time. And aspects needed in the game of life will spill over into your proposal and product from other areas of living- such as keeping up with your reading. Fellowship isn't so bad; once the ball is rolling. Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle Crow Crew With all my talk about the upcoming rebirth of mythology; I haven't dug deep into what I see when designing characters, and the journeys they must go on in order to add a new vibrational energy to the collective thoughts of the reader. So, let me start by saying, I believe that this world we live in is nothing but a simulation of information that was imprinted on each and every thought being in existence. We are not as individuals, or as a collective, the Source of our experience though we do get to decide when and how to experience our experiences. This fact is the core of my characters.
For too long, it has been said that we authors have little say in what goes on in our novel. That we as gods or creators of an imaginary, far reaching, world which we share with our reality, have no sway over what is going to happen in them. That we are writing with one headlight in the fog, even after we've completed the first draft. Bullshit! Is there any wonder why novels are recycling stories, with that mentality? We as reflective creator gods, have to put our foot down like all powerful people do. We have to tell our characters that the buck stops with us. Once we gain that type confidence then we can do anything. And by anything I'm suggesting we fulfill the need for a new style . . . I mean hero. That is going to take some getting used to but let's look at what the Unnamed and Unseen Creator God is sending through the gridlines. We can do this not by what anyone says but what everyone say. First, we say we are spirits having a material experience. Yet, we have forgotten that to be spirits we must become Spirits. That ain't easy. Which means, mythologist, that we have something to write about right there. Second, we say we are gods, not God but in God which makes us gods. No one has really defined how to learn how to be gods because it takes a god to raise a god. What are we? Mythologist, we are gods . . . creator gods; especially when we are on our own spiritual adventure. Hence another thing to write about. Third, we say we are immortal. No one speaks in common language of immortality as if we were immortals. Sounds like a job for a few mythologists. Lastly, for the sake of space, we say we are lightworkers from the stars. How many stories can you think of, mythologist, which touch on this subject. Remember I have stated that if we do our job correctly, the publishing houses will be knocking down our doors. Because no matter what, we must still tell a good story. Just like life within this thought simulator, the rules and understanding of the basic principles have been laid out for us. We know there is a beginning, a middle, and an end. Hopefully we also know what goes in each section and not just a beginning, middle, and end. We know that there is a greed, a hunger, for stories which takes readers to superhero status in places far, far away or in the next big city. Upon accompanying the author on an adventure of a divine character created just for them- or at least feels that way, they will be craving for more. We are guides, way-showers, and until we embrace this fact, we will never be trusted with the raw material of stories covering subjects such as those four mentioned above. It's hard but it isn't difficult. As Denzel Washington said, "If it was easy," there would be no masters of the craft. As we are all at the bottom awaiting to rise, like yeast, know that embracing the craft and owning our mastery is what will convince the Universe to "give" us the chances we need. Because, we will have risen in vibration and the thinker behind the thought beings will rise to meet us. Always! Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle Crow Crew One of the things about being on the front lines of creativity during the start of the new "Golden Era," we have no molds to fit into. We can't be forced to make our works fit into the cookie cutter shape because not even the dough has been made. The publishers don't know what will sell and what won't they don't know where the next Homer is coming from or what she will talk about. Yeah, they may have a general, ballpark, estimate but they know not for sure; this isn't YA or a retelling we're talking about. Once again, these houses will be trying to catch lightening in a bottle after the first one of us light up the skies of publishing.
With all that said, we as mythologist must deliver something original and mold breaking. I've talked on the different kinds of mythologist, how we're to use the logical side of our brain and think like a scientist, and even the mobility of mythology; but I haven't stressed the importance of allowing the Great Mystery to download and brief us on the protocol for the new Thought Being coming down the pipe line of our reality. See, today, thanks to monotheism we have the choice to talk to the Unnamed God ourselves. The Christians, Muslims, Egyptians, and Buddhist may not have intended us to be empowered enough to jump over the heads of custodian gods and talk to this Source of All and true One, but I for one am taking the opportunity which allows us to justifiably speak with this Unnamed God itself. No longer is the Thought Beings of the Dark Age going to be able to survive; adapt or die. And I know that people have been talking up the fact that the Spa Planet: Earth is now rotating back into the time period of increased sunlight and therefore receiving more influential energies from the sun, but even the speakers of yesterday said that what I speak of would happen during today era. Remember 2012 was the end of a calendar era. We got over 12,000 years of bright energies coming so we, you and I mythologist, have to be careful of what we say, how we say, and when we say. All the while we must maintain a level of Truth in the things we say. Truth is the metal, or plastic, which the mold is made of and we must bring new Truths to the table. Meditation and contemplation on what you receive during meditation will enable you to bring these new Truths out. Again, we are not alone in doing this. Real artisans are about to begin new reincarnation cycle as we are no longer hampered by the darkness of ignorance meaning we will not be able to do justice to the field of Truth and Influence in one lifetime. Once again true channelers of life thoughts for Thought Beings are about to be identified and they will not be what we have seen in the past majority. There is no need to fret, hopefully these words don't weird you out. If they do, just return to you center as an artist, a creator of the ideologies and mythologies of tomorrow, and pray; for you are needed and it is not my intention to force anyone open or frighten them. If you want to think I'm a little weird, it's okay. I'll take that. I will continue to harp on this mythology stuff till the day I die. I'm almost complete with my first mythology; with me having to do only the editing and rewriting of the last 10 chapters of the 30 that I've written. Over 94,000 words this Hour of Change is. My first mythology takes place in a different dimension of Earth, named Welnikov. I selected, or better it was shown to me, because we are multidimensional Thought Beings and will one day be conscious about traversing the many different dimensions that our Unnamed Creator has provided for us. This is the mold breaking type of stuff which I speak of. We all have gifts which needs to be exploited until there is nothing left, like the mythologist of yesterday did. Again, done properly, we will gain control of the publishing reins and the big publishing house will have to act accordingly. Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle Crow Crew There are few deep in this game, or there will be, but of this few some, not all, have a basic rule missing. This rule is, being a mythologist is a little bit scientist. Here's why; you must be able to show you know history, mythology, the process of science, and wrap it up in the ability to stand on your own damn feet. It's not hard because we have to deliver messages. Nor is it difficult because we must start with an original nucleus of a story. It is challenging because we have to know a wide range of everything that anything of importance. We, mythologist, are the storytelling handyman. We keep shit together and working.
Although history is a hard art, something that cannot be molded into a new form once it has congealed, it is an art which takes a strong creative eye which will able to call Bullshit! When we see it. We must know what was done and how it was done, because although we can never duplicate, we can imitate the works of the Great Mystery. Want to know how many hard tests we should put this protagonist through, watch somebody's life go through a growth spurt. Want to know what a villain looks like, listen to some of the very people who are disliked. But we know this, you say. No, we know what used to be the norm. This is now the beginning of the middle of the Information Age and although the wild, wild, west is pretty much over, the dust hasn't completely settled, and this means that what is today's main event will be tomorrow's history. We've still to learn what wisdom to share because we as a society is still collecting information which turns into energy (thoughts and wishes), which turns into experience, which turns into wisdom. Our job, mythologist, is to go through the process without going through the process and that takes skills. The skill is to recognize historical events as they are happening. Mythology ain't no better because although the stories are the same, they are so different. I've often said, hell I barely got the mythologies of yesterday down how can I be at the front lines telling mythologies of tomorrow? But we've got to do it. We've. Got. To. Do. It! We got to know which god has changed his named twenty or thirty times and on top of that what were those names and how did the characteristic traits differ from each other. How else are we going to be able to call Bullshit! when we see it? At the least we need to know that the major gods are supposed to have come out of an area named Sumer and that these deities were aliens, spacemen. Yeah, it's a dirty game and you've got to keep your mind sharp and on the stories. What readers need too know is what these gods and goddesses will do next based on three things: what they've done, the current Information Age, and the upcoming renaissance of the era of enlightenment. Remember our information will turn into tomorrow's wisdom. The process of science is what's going to separate the goats from the sheep. This is the process where we must not only observe and theorize but we must be consistent and accurate while doing it. You know R Kelly before he became jail Kelly. That man can't read or write (which he admitted) but he can sing a hit song into existence. Time after time after time. We must form our own opinions based on our own spirituality. We must be rational and logical while being creative and original. This is something that demands one's own voice and, again, there may not be many of us but those who make the cut will not be able to be fucked with. Time is our friend and ally as it will allow us to be the apprentice, which becomes the fellow, and therefore the eventual master. People are living longer so we, mythologist, have the easy job of translating concepts which are now in the tailpipe. With dedication and much trial and error, you'll be a little scientist. Never too late to start, always reconsider quitting, because ultimately its between you and the Great Spirit and the little spirits which personally and intentionally does the Great Mystery bidding; disembodied but embodied here and there. I used to say if there one, then there are two . . . and so on- you've heard it before. But now I say if there two then there are few, and I will be happy because this game is deep. It's chess man, it's chess. Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle Crow Crew It may seem that I'm all rainbows and sunshine about being a mythologist- all the time. But as we know, looks may be deceiving. I too am in the dark when it comes to this birthing of a new mythology. Hell, I barely got the old mythology down. But I do know that I must keep forward or I will die. It's like the Floetry song, "I'll die." I would bet my two pennies, no by two dollars, that you are in the same boat; yet you cannot ignore writing. Not if you're still reading this blog post.
Being in the darkness isn't too bad. Yeah, there are creepy crawling things and its cold to the point you think you're in the land of the dead, but you are cocooned from the brightness of the light and the brutal toughness of the wind. At this moment we are not in danger of being snatched up by something bigger and meaner. These are just some of the benefits of being in the dark. Not all things will align. Many drafts will be needed to tell a good story and deliver a message. But as far as history has shown, the message is the thing that must be damn near flawless. We are held to a standard which fluffy, eye-candy is not. Plus, we are the renaissance of mythology. We can't just go about doing whatever we like, there are still rules to this even if it appears no one is watching. Who knows which of us may be taught in the high schools and colleges in a couple of centuries? Although as a writer we are to write for ourselves, as a mythologist the aim is to write in order to change the social momentum. So yes, we are stumbling in the darkness. Just as society is trying to learn to tie its shoes. And although we can say that the key factors of today are love, light, and peace, what will be the key factors of tomorrow? We as the regeneration should not look at the generated as hope because we will find no answers there. Always done, always get. Solutions' vibration must be higher than the vibration of the problem's. The bright side of all this is our freedom. At the moment we have no restraints or restrains as we are the bringers of the dawn. We are able to co-create with the publishing house, especially since what we are writing follow basic protocol. They can't do this without us and at the moment we can't do this without us. Because we are in our own lane delivering Truths from the Universe and the Collective Oneness, we become identifiers of the standards of tomorrow. Hold on! The sunshine and all the other things we ignorantly wish for are on the way. There is a collective, a whisper, that only the Great Mystery knows about in details. But it is not our business to know the details. We must keep the Keep while the heathens are banging at the door. Can you image their predicament? Trying to stop us. No matter the size of our group, the time is coming near for us to arise and maintain the new standard. Stay at this. Learn the darkness. And know that it will not last forever. Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle Crow Crew According to the sixth step of the twelve steps of the Hero's Journey, this is when the hero gain allies and learn enemies. But what makes a "good" enemy? We all know you can only develop as far as your resistance can push you. With that said, you're only as good as you can push. This is truer in the world of mythology. The villain is the hero, and the hero is the villain; because it is all perspective and we as mythologist need to hold both as well as we hold one.
Today's villain is not evil for the sake of being. Let's say that we define evil as following. Something that is highly cultured and refined to the highest degree, which has the intent to constructively destroy belief systems and cultures; most times for the better but stereotypically presented as for the bad. Jesus was considered evil during his time. Taking this definition, we have to go beyond that funny drawing of a villain wanting to take over the world just because he wants to. The reason why a villain as one who wants to be sustained and nurtured by the entire ecosystem was accepted during earlier myths is because the guardian gods wanted such things and their co-creation, being stronger than creation, wanted the same things and hence a villain who wants the world in the palm of his hands. But the co-creation and the creation now sits at the same table when processing information during this emerging Age of Information. This leveled playing field means that we as mythologist must sculpt a new villain since we as an ecosystem face a new resistance and have new desires for change. Today's villain, however, cannot be evil for evil sake and, as we now know, cannot be driven by nothing. There must be a goal in the mind of the villain which someone, somewhere, can understand and agree with. Today's villains are just as desirable as the heroes if not more so. They tend to be wiser, stronger, and more in charge of themselves than the younger force that oppose them. The villain knows the world and is very good at manipulating it. As a matter of fact the villain has been doing so up until the hero and her team shows up. Being both outspoken and daring, the villain has learned to keep her temper in check. Often the villain's neighbors and coworkers will say that she was a nice person and that the behavior she just performed is out of character. When all along the villain's life is one of character. Just when we, as mythologist, got the process of the first five and fifty pages being the telling of what is about to unfold, we have to rethink our villains and know that they cannot, again, be evil for evil sake. Nor can they just want to be loved, because even the hero wants that and has wanted that since the days of the Mesopotamian stories. We'll figure this villain thing out because story can no longer replicate life; but life must replicate story- if our ecosystem is to survive this upcoming Age of Enlightenment. We are the harbinger of change because we understand that if we always write what we've always written, then society will always desire what it has always desired. Our villains must change . . . bottom line. Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle It has been asked if we can and/or will grow into our upcoming new mythologies. Those questioning, wonder if the idea of individuals transforming or going through a transmutation based on the stories they hear, is a little too farfetched. Any creative writer worth their weight in gold knows that in fact we are already living mythologies; but they are the mythologies of yesterday. Apparently, the people who control the media is purposefully keeping humanity stuck in a vicious cycle of depending on their gods and goddesses of yesterday or depending on one's own imagination and understanding. Either choice will lead, has led, the residents of this planet into uncharted land and darken confusion. Why? Because, if you always do what you've always done, then you'll always get what you've always got, and to think otherwise is insanity. Not my kind of insanity . . . but insanity, nonetheless.
I believe, once again, that a new mythology is being birthed as we speak. That no longer will an individual have to depend on yesterday in order to manifest tomorrow. Instead, people will be able to be in the present moment and allow the tomorrows to manifest naturally. If there are Laws which every Life Form has to obey, then the Spa Planet: Earth has got to take the reins of its existence because what happened to Mars could very well happen to this beauty if we aren't careful. Consciousness is not a result of the mind, but the mind is a result of consciousness; therefore, the Universe is listening, watching even, and if we can destroy and start over so can it. We are about to enter in a 13,000 year cycle of light and enlightenment. That is the new world, that is the thing which frighten those holding on to the old mythologies. Black Bag Operatives are now on the ground and the battle for control of this planet will not be pretty because . . . well it will not be pretty that's all. With our being in the physical positioning of light, someone of light has to present options of existence on the table. Is there anyone one better than the true creative minds, the novelists, the storytellers, these black ops maybe, to present the options. We know from multiple histories of this planet (I'm not too certain about Mars') that the ones who tell the stories rule the planet. This means that the fight will not be over minerals, paper, or land, but over the ones who can motivate the populous to get off their ass and strive for the minerals, paper, and land, or a higher spirituality and divinity. This is why I know that whatever mythologies come out on top will determine what direction we head in. And I bet cha, the mythologies of tomorrow will not be like those of yesterday, because the Slave Race will be freed, the Hosts of the Spa Planet: Earth will be trained by a consciousness outside of their own (the Great Mystery/Prime Creator,) and every one else will enjoy being here fulfilling their assumed purpose and intent. Mythologist will and have played an important role in the development of civilization, once again- thanks Plato. Always have and always will, tuck that away some place safe. It isn't the job of the mythologist that has changed but the subject matter, as well as the level of vibration of existence, not to mention that the races other than the gods and their puppet workers are starting to stir- they just don't know what to do or where to go yet and mythologist will show them. Again, always do what you've always done… that. So, like the "New Age" thinking has instructed, stay in the now, mythologist; because the shift in position of the Sun will shift the thinking of the people, as it has always done, and can't no one manipulate or entice the Sun by means of Bullshit. This is a tricky thing, being a mythologist during the dawn of the new age, the new time. But stand your ground because it gets easier. I promise. Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle Crow Crew I'm so excited. Know why? I'll tell you, it's because I know what I am. I wish I could tell everyone everything but I haven't reached everyplace yet. So, I will sit silently and knit my blanket just a little while longer. The rhythm is getting smoother, faster. I'm able to do more in less time. Okay, but what does knitting have to do with the Pointer Sisters?
The song about being so excited speaks of a burning love that they're . . . so excited about. They just wanted to squeeze and wrap their arms around their beloved. I now understand. I know that I mentioned in my last post the amount of work that I was putting into Hour of Change and how the thing was shaping up; but now I want to share with all the other writers striving for publication with a traditional publisher why to hang in there and really put in the time. As we carry on, things do get easier. Now of course I'm talking about writing novels. The more drafts you tell the more you know the story, the more you know the story the better you can tell the story; and a well told story sells. Boy, does it sell. Still, I'm not speaking of the manuscript part of this business. I'm speaking on the "paperwork" the Cover Letter, Synopsis, Bio, and Similar Books (name dropping.) Little history, like many, I was rushing to get my stuff out there, you know hang up my open for business sign; but I got nowhere, fast. That is until I was told that under ripe fruit is no good just like over ripe fruit. I had to sit and think about that. After a lot of soul searching and much rap music (love me some rap and RnB,) I decided to take down my sign and get back to the drawing board. No, things weren't as easy as self-publishing and I'm not knocking it because I was it. No things weren't as glamorous as when I first started working on this now 94,000-word monster which is going on five drafts, two revisions, and countless editing. But all that, the words repeated for the umpteenth time, isn't for the "work" of writing a novel. That was to learn how much I love telling stories and how much I was willing to learn how to write them. That, too, is what I'm so excited about. That is what make me about to loose control. Getting to know this story so well that I can answer questions about the story that I have, like why must I replace Satan with Amidas? What is the difference between a Earth Mow and a Saturn Mow? Why make Young Mow Yen's death so graphic? Things like that. I learned that if I ask myself these type questions, instead of what color hair does Mow have or where is Amidas most likely to eat, I will be able to deliver deeper story without losing my swimming noddle. Not to mention the reader's. I don't think that we as writers give enough credit to editing process. We just want that high of channeling a new tale. But if you want to be a powerful writer you better get the high of playing god down also. That's also why I'm excited. Playing gods enable us to write the 2 page synopsis, the cover letter, and know that if they are rejected then the fruits are not ready. I tell you the first night I was able to condense 160 pages of the story (roughly half) on one page, I understood why I had to learn to write summaries, which I thought were book reviews. If I can't write summaries then either I don't know or the story is not complete. That's all a synopsis is. . . a summary- professional but a summary. The Cover Letter is even easier to communicate. This is what I got, this is why I selected you, and here is my pitch. Thank you very much. Close that puppy. Slap an electronic stamp on it and send it on its way. Bio, just ask, why did I write this story? And the comparison should be easy because there shouldn't be any roommates just neighbors. Like eyebrows your book and others are sisters not twins. There is only one J.K. Rowling but my one line pitch is its Rowling meeting another author (see my previous post for who.) Yeah, I could have selected someone else but when you hear her name you think magic and I got magic. So I use her as a similar book. Tough for me, most of my books are non-fiction so I can't really say I'm sisters with anyone; but I know I'm not twin. Anyway, I digress. I just wanted to say that I'm excited about the fact I know this story, Hour of Change and I'm looking forward to discussing it more than selling it and that is a change in direction, that is a change in the heart. That is the foundation of my excitement and the start of a new joy in my heart. I'm so excited! Thanks for Listening! Sabrina Louise Andielle. |
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