Most people hear the term channeling and immediately think either fraud or nutcase. Or maybe both. Sometimes they think possession, which is probably the scariest impression.
Channeling, from what I’ve observed, is a way of tapping into deeper insights, whether the person doing the channeling interprets them as being from the Higher Self, a dark but [...]
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Much of my fiction, even my hardcore suspense novels, has a spiritual bent to it. For me, writing is a great way to immerse myself in different belief systems and explore different questions and different facets of answers through the lens of spirituality, whether it’s Christian-themed or the characters are Wiccan High Priestesses. It’s been [...]
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Art, I am discovering, is the ultimate act of faith.
Do you see this photo of the path through the woods? I cannot see where this path ends. As with Life, I can see only a few steps ahead. In places where the path is straighter, I can see farther, but what’s around that next bend? [...]
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I understand. Books have become outrageously expensive, especially in the current economy. It’s the high cost of paper that publishers pass along to readers, returned books that are so bruised that they can’t be sold in that condition and thus the cost is passed along to readers, and the 45 to 70% that the middle [...]
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I love fresh starts. And do-overs. I think most people do. There’s the fresh start of 1 November, Winter Solstice, 1 January, Spring Equinox, my birthday….you get the idea. This 1 January, I am applying my Fresh Start medicine to specific things, like new covers for books that have been out for a while, breathing [...]
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In honor of the Winter Solstice, we’ve put WORKING THROUGH GRIEF up on Amazon free from 20 December through 24 December. Available here. Download it to your kindle, kindle app on your phone or iPad, to your computer.
We know this can be a tough time of you for some of you, and this is our [...]
We’ve just released Elements of Fun on Kindle! When we were putting this one together, what we aimed for was to incorporate the elements of air, water, earth, and fire as much as possible into the projects. Take a look here and few the first few pages.
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Elements of Fun:
14 Nature-Based Projects to Enjoy with [...]
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Can you tell I’ve had a few days off? I’m updating and re-releasing some of my backlist. Now available at Amazon for your Kindle.
100 and More Ways to Feed the Body and Soul: Baby Steps to Less Stress, Better Health, and More Energy
by Lorna Tedder
Published by Spilled Candy Books
Over 100 tips for stress relief, ergonomics, [...]
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The holidays can be a very, VERY difficult time for those who have suffered a recent loss or suffered a loss close to the holidays of past years. I find that most people are either too stressed over Christmas or too depressed, and far too few are really joyous or serene between Thanksgiving and New [...]
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I was making vision boards back in Medieval Times (aka, my college days). I had a fridge door covered in GQ cut-outs of hot punk men with thunderbolt earrings and turned-up collars and several poster boards of styles I wanted to wear and shapes I wanted to be, also cut-outs from my favorite women’s magazines.
When I [...]
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Don’t forget– our special 99 cent ebook special lasts another 10 days! After that, the prices return to normal, and we’ll be introducing some new material.
To celebrate our personal and professional plans for the future–more to come on that–we are putting most of our backlist on sale for $.99. Not all, sorry–we don’t have the rights [...]
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Okay, let’s call it what it is–unethical. But after receiving several similar blog comments over the last few days from New Age authors–whether on Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping, law of attraction, or happiness and joy–this last one just annoyed the hell out of me. So I’m calling it and I’m telling you why.
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My NaNoWriMo project–one that was loosely plotted ten years ago in NYC after a writer’s conference when I was on a roll. In fact, I loosely plotted a whole series with the same characters. Life has intruded, and many other books have been written meanwhile, but it’s time to jump back into the fun of [...]
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Tonight we at The Spiritual Eclectic and Spilled Candy Books are lighting a candle to honor the passing of Isaac Bonewits, truly an elder and leader in the Pagan community.
The Lauren Hartford writing team has been especially touched by his work, including Issac’s checklist for determining if a religious group may be a cult. The Advanced Bonewits [...]
If you’ve moved into a new house or just moved your ex out of your house, you know that sometimes your living space just feels…icky. Some people sage. Others open all the windows and let the stagnant air move around and fresh air move in. Some dance, drum, raise energy to get old energy cleared [...]
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A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years.
At the center of this image made by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short…..
Photo copyright and more info at
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/b1509/.
Huh? What am [...]
The last book I wrote for Silhouette’s now-defunct Bombshell action-adventure line, with the fabulous Natashya Wilson as my editor. Loved this story, loved my editor. And yes, it’s very dark for anything Silhouette has ever produced.
This article is from the upcoming book, 23 Ways I Screwed Up My Life with the Law of Attraction—and [...]
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Why is it easier to create new fiction about a situation rather than simply ASK? If you hear a rumor or have a question about Spilled Candy Books, just ask me. It’s that simple. Or start by reading our FAQ—there’s lots of brutally honest info there. I’m flabbergasted when a publishing blog reports they can’t [...]
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Today’s Book Spotlight is on Elements of Fun: 14 Nature-Based Projects to Enjoy with your Children.
Lady Sialia has put together over a dozen projects related to the four elements, all with Nature-based themes. The book is not specific to any particular religion but Nature-lovers and followers of Earth-based spirituality will appreciate the suggestions. This [...]
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Originally published in Third Degree of Freedom.
Two women from the Philippines are helping me with a home project. They’re smart, they work hard, and they’re compassionate. Traits I obviously admire. And even though they’ve both been handed their share of tragedy, they still agree, “Life is good.”
One is a single mother of six who just [...]
Balancing work with play at Grayton Beach State Park. Photo credit: Aislinn Bailey
Have you ever discovered that your intentions came true, just not in the way you planned? Happens to me all the time.
A little over a year ago, I put the intention out there in a Law of Attraction exercise to take [...]
Originally published in Third Degree Ebb and Flow.
My third workshop for the Florida Pagan Gathering was fairly crowded. I never saw several of the attendees at anything else related to the weekend events. Maybe they were aliens or angels or something just dropping by!
In any case, that was the workshop on building worm holes, Field [...]
Today’s Book Spotlight is on Salt and Fire: Cleansing and House Purification Rituals. Lauren Hartford uses a “novel approach” to explaining how to perform a complicated (and possibly dangerous) ritual to cleanse your home. All details are provided in the form of a short novella, covering the materials needed, the actual process, the [...]
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Occasionally I get questions on the books sold through this site, particularly on ones I’ve written. I frequently write new articles that are related to some of these books and new insights that have arisen since they were published. Some of those articles will be incorporated into future editions, but for now, they’re [...]
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My dearest, darling Lorna:
We are about to send you someone who will tell you some great and useful things, many of which you already know but need a new way of thinking about them… but the real gift will be more in what this man shows you than in what he [...]
