Blood Writes

Blood is a powerful and often confusing symbol. From the Divine to the violent, our fascination with blood infuses our collective consciousness. An entire book could be devoted to the symbolism of Blood— and perhaps already has. The reason behind the power of...

Symbolic Geometry

Circles and squares and triangles and stars, oh my! No, this is not a post about your sugariffic breakfast cereal but about the symbolic—often esoteric—power of shapes. Before man carved pictographs and told the Gods’ tales in cuneiform, the meanings...

Valentine’s Day Gifts for Writers

In the old days, writers discussed literature on the Left Bank—which would be a great name for Hipster Coffee Shop—smoked cigarettes and possibly used words like gestalt and hamartia. Today, we hunker down with our laptops, talk literature via Social...

From Head to Toe

The body is a temple. We’ve all heard the expression. And everybody knows a temple is place for worship, a place to access the Divine. Even Apostle Paul said, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received...

10 Commandments for Writers

Moses had a Divine Agent—that’s the only way he could get published! And talk about a Best Seller! Why, there’s still controversy about his work thousands of years later. But for those of us writers still wondering in the literary desert for that...

Writer’s Hand Signals

When writers are on a roll—watch out! We don’t like to stop for fear of losing our train of thought, especially if we’re having one of those days when we can’t type fast enough! You know what I’m talking about! The entire scene is...
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