Category: Anjuelle Floyd Author Blog
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…Married Life–why I write…
Loving, Impermanence and The Illusion of Self… August 1, 2010 by Anjuelle Floyd I recently read he 20th century Tibetan Buddhist master, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s commentary on Lama Mipham’s The Wheel of Investigation and Meditation That Thoroughly Purifies Mental Activity. Khyentse Rinpoche writes in the commentary, “Instead of being convinced that there is a…
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Loving, Impermanence and The Illusion of Self…
I recently read he 20th century Tibetan Buddhist master, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s commentary on Lama Mipham’s The Wheel of Investigation and Meditation That Thoroughly Purifies Mental Activity. Khyentse Rinpoche writes in the commentary, “Instead of being convinced that there is a self-entity, we realize that self is a mere concept.” His words immediately drew…
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Protected: Of Pacing, Tension and the All-Important Artistry of Holding the Reader’s Attention…a
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The Hare and The Tortoise,” Internet Technology, and Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize…
The economy is languishing. Concern and doubt fill our emotions if not swarm around us. For writers this can be either a perilous time or one for heightened creativity. Those of us who write for money and recognition are asking many questions. Will I get that agent? And if so, how? Will the publishers like…
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Of Senior Pictures, Former Eastern Block Countries, and Forgotten Anniversary Cards…
The summer has whisked by. One day it was May 31st and our middle was finishing what had been their eleventh grade year–they were a high school junior–and two days later we were listening to a message left by the school photographer stating that senior pictures would be made the following week and leaving the…
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Of “Android Karenina,” Content, and the Ability to Imagine…
“Imitate form, not content. The tendency to imitate form and not content seems to relate directly to talent.” –Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers The present world of fiction sees many young writers interweaving the works of previous writers into the young author’s new creation. I…