Tag: Rites of Passage
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Applied Astrology: Vertex Meets Venus, Lilith, and Chiron in Synastry
Question: His/my Vertex conjunct with his Venus, Lilith, and Pallas, with my Chiron in the same sign. Adjacent in Aquarius are his Sun, Juno and Ceres along with my Part of Fortune and Pallas. Adjacent Vertex on other side in Sagittarius are my Sun, Mercury, Descendant, and Juno with his Neptune Part of Fortune and…
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When the Author Limped, So Did the Character
“Jeez,” a new-to-me reader complained, “couldn’t you have skipped the main female character’s knee problem? I mean, great story but who cares about her bum knee?” Of course, I checked the reader’s age next because this particular story was advertised as paranormal women’s fiction. It even, at the time, had Midlife in the title. Yep,…
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How a Green Cemetery Found Its Way into My Novel
In the third installment of my Rites of Passage trilogy, Rite of Reckoning, Lauren’s two close friends from childhood — and her mother’s neighbors — own a “green cemetery.” Virgil and Dixon have returned to their hometown after their mother’s death and have bought the homestead and land where their mother first fell in love.…
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25 in ’25: March Wins
In my plan to release 25 new Intellectual Property (IP) products in 2025, February was NOT a win, and March was significantly less than desired, but for good reason. Near the end of January, the DOGE and a bunch of Executive Orders put my life’s work in Acquisition and Contracting on hiatus, maybe permanently. It…
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25 in ’25: January Wins
In my plan to release 25 new Intellectual Property (IP) products in 2025, January was a win. Keep in mind that each book could become several different IP releases. In other words, one product might be in print, ebook, audiobook, full-cast audiobook, German translation. I get to set my own rules here, and part of…
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Alice Munro’s Daughter Hits Close to Home
I could read only so much of the OpEd penned by Alice Munro’s daughter. I might have gotten a hundred words or so in, and I had to stop. It was too close to the bone to continue. The OpEd, entitled “My stepfather sexually abused me when I was a child. My mother, Alice Munro,…
