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Why I Don’t Blog About Magick (But Probably Should)
Someone asked me again today why I don’t blog much about magick. Usually when I’m talking Daemonolatry on this blog or at the .org, I’m talking about the spiritual end of things, or The Great Work. Sometimes I talk technique or my view of a certain thing within magick. Very rarely do I delve into specific techniques or my own…
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For Newly Contracted/Published Indie & Small Press Authors
I wrote this because I work with a lot of first-time authors and I needed an article to direct them to to help them deal with the extreme excitement (and the expectations) they usually have about their first book. Over the years I’ve learned a lot about this business. The following has been gathered from my conversations with editors and…
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Writing Music
Some people don’t listen to music when they write. For me it depends. Sometimes I like music, sometimes I don’t. Here is a selection of the music on my current writing playlist. Love me some Hollywood Undead for those times I have to deal with assholes. This one is for the haters. The entire song heralds my sentiments exactly (except…
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Daemonic Divine – Daemonic Devour
As most of my readers know, I’ve made working with Divine Intelligence (Daemons) my spiritual life’s work. This has come with a lot of wonderful things, but also at the expense of that blissful ignorance so many people seem to have while going about their daily lives. People often ask me what I “gain” from my work with the Daemonic.…
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To the Interwebs!
Sometimes I feel a bit out of touch with the modern world despite the fact that I consider myself technologically “progressive”. I grew up with a Commodor Vic 20 and an Atari 2600 in the house. My favorite game on the latter was Q*bert. I grew up around the time disco died, hair bands were king, and electronic music was…
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Wisdom in Platitudes
I am constantly annoying my husband with perky platitudes. I’m one of those folks who finds them to be useful reminders when the going gets tough, and even inspiring when I’m feeling down. I also find myself quoting them at others. My husband, on the other hand, is one of those people who thinks my perky platitudes are annoying bullshit.…
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A Painful Truth
I sat at my desk at the p/t day job, typing away the day’s drudgery. Like always, my mind wandering to far more interesting places. There, in that daydream, I found myself sitting across from Leviathan. He wore a smirk and a raised eyebrow. “We need to have a talk.” Uh, oh, I thought. Bringing down divine intelligence on oneself…
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It Happens to Musicians, Too
My husband and I often talk about the state of the publishing industry and the state of the music industry. This makes sense since I’m a writer and he’s a musician. The topic that keeps coming up over and over again is how the average consumer really has no clue how little writers and musicians make when there’s a middle…
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The Myth of “Happy”
I was sitting back the other day, listening to a friend lament about how unhappy and depressed she was. She wasn’t just unhappy, she was downright pissed off that everyone else seems to be happy – except for her. For hours she went on and on about her misery. Finally I had to stop her and tell her the two…
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There once was a man from Nantucket…
No, I’m not finishing the limerick. Besides, I’m pretty sure most of you finished it in your head already. Perverts. 😉 Really what’s on my mind today is communication, mercury retrogrades, and astrology. Earlier this month I wrote a post about learning to shut the hell up, which was inspired by my astrology forecast for the month. So far,…