So here's me: I graduated from UNT in 1999 with a BS in Mathematics. As soon as I escaped, I moved to the Alaskan bush with my (now ex) wife and 7 year old daughter. We lived in Chevak, an Eskimo village in the Yukon-Kuskakwim delta area. We both worked at the village school (Kashunamiut in the Cup'ik language) teaching Eskimos. But of course they're the ones who did the teaching. Their culture is amazing. So honest and minimal. They never rush and they truly revere their older people. If an elder says something, they listen close. Very respectful. It was pretty cool. After two years, we left Alaska and bought a small RV in Seattle. We then toured the US for a year and a half looking for the perfect place to live. We home-schooled our daughter and along the way visited dozens of intentional communities (communes). At these communities, I always volunteered to do work in order to show my appreciation for their hospitality. At one in particular, the Alpha Farm in Oregon, I was sent out to remove some blackberry vines that had overgrown their cider shed. Even though I had heavy gloves and pruning tools, it soon became evident that I was facing an enemy way out of my league. Two hours into the job, I was covered with scratches and punctures. To make things worse, it was a very hot day, and I was literally salting my wounds with my own sweat. Very unpleasant. By four hours into the job, I started to envision an evil woodland spirit called "The Blackberry King" who found joy in the suffering of innocent humans such as myself. By the end of the day I had a general idea of the story and I started writing immediately. I worked on the novel for the rest of the trip and ended up finishing it up in the town we eventually settled down in - Fayetteville Arkansas. My next book is a supernatural thriller about a man slowly going mad on the Tundra. I'm on about page 230 as of August, 2009. I'll keep you posted!
I've been reading since I was a small child. Here's some of my FAVORITE BOOKS: "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein. "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradburry. Anything by Kurt Vonnegut. "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy by Tolkien. "The Stand" and "Firestarter" by Stephen King. "Dune" by Frank Herbert. The Alvin Maker books by Orson Scott Card. The Aurthurian series by Jack Whyte. "Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley. "Another Roadside Attraction" by Tom Robbins. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. "Weaveworld" and "Imajica" by Clive Barker. "The Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. And many, many more...
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Hi. My name's Robin and I'm trying to get some feedback on my newest novel,'The Blackberry King.' Feel free to download chapters. I will add 3 new chapters every Sunday starting February 11. Old chapters, photos,and PDFs are stored here: THE ARCHIVE.
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1. I should give myself the same care and attention as I give others.
2. I am not an endless ‘resource’ for others, I must stock up on ‘reserves’ and not get too drained.
3. I have needs to which may be different from my family’s, my friends or my colleagues.
4. I do not have to say ‘yes’ to all requests – or feel guilty if I say ‘no’.
5, The ‘perfect’ parent, partner, child or career person does not exist – the ‘good-enough’ one does!
6. I have the right to be treated with respect as a worthwhile, intelligent and competent person.
7. I do not have to have everyone’s approval all the time to know that I am trying my hardest.
8. Time for unwinding is time very well spent.
9. Making mistakes is not a disaster – I can learn from these and it allows others to as well.
10. I must be fair to myself and remember, at all times especially in the face of criticism, anxiety and difficulties, THAT I AM DOING THE BEST THAT I CAN!!
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1. "A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." ~ Bernard Meltzer
2. "There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money." ~ Benjamin Franklin
3. "Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy." ~ Spike Milligan
4. "A true friend stabs you in the front." ~ Oscar Wilde
5. "Marriage is a sort of friendship recognized by the police." ~ Anonymous
6. "An old friend will help you move. A good friend will help you move a dead body." ~ Jim Hayes
7. "Give me one friend, just one, who meets the needs of all my varying moods." ~ Esther M. Clark
8. "Love is blind. Friendship tries not to notice." ~ Anonymous
9. "I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street." ~ Virginia Woolf
10. "Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate." ~ Thomas Jones
Black Rook in Rainy Weather On the stiff twig up there Hunches a wet black rook Arranging and rearranging its feathers in the rain. I do not expect a miracle Or an accident
To set the sight on fire In my eye, not seek Any more in the desultory weather some design, But let spotted leaves fall as they fall, Without ceremony, or portent.
Although, I admit, I desire, Occasionally, some backtalk From the mute sky, I can't honestly complain: A certain minor light may still Leap incandescent
Out of the kitchen table or chair As if a celestial burning took Possession of the most obtuse objects now and then --- Thus hallowing an interval Otherwise inconsequent
By bestowing largesse, honor, One might say love. At any rate, I now walk Wary (for it could happen Even in this dull, ruinous landscape); sceptical, Yet politic; ignorant
Of whatever angel may choose to flare Suddenly at my elbow. I only know that a rook Ordering its black feathers can so shine As to seize my senses, haul My eyelids up, and grant
A brief respite from fear Of total neutrality. With luck, Trekking stubborn through this season Of fatigue, I shall Patch together a content
Of sorts. Miracles occur, If you care to call those spasmodic Tricks of radiance miracles. The wait's begun again, The long wait for the angel. For that rare, random descent.
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