I’ve decided to conduct a little writing experiment. I’m going to write something in episodes. Think of it as a TV series in book format. I’ll admit, the point is of doing this is to support book sales of Operation Cosmic Teapot. The series can be used for a landing pad (an idea discussed in…
With Alicia Hooper Aisha La Rosa is stained by history. Born to parents expelled from Libya after the 1969 Libyan coup d’état, her identification between conflicting national boundaries torments her in a Europe haunted by political violence. Alicia Hooper has some experience traveling, and living in, the Middle East. Tell us a little bit about…
What is Consciousness? About five years ago, in the conventional way of thinking, I listened to an interview on CBC Radio about how time may not exist. In fact, there are some fundamental problems with time.
Written by Deanna Dee I’d like to say I went indie for all the traditional reasons. I’ve read many author interviews of self-published authors, and one question that comes up a lot is “why indie?” Answers often have key elements in common—power over content, royalty rates, freedom with deadlines. I can’t say I’m too different….
Written by Justin Bienvenue Sometimes one of the many issues we run into as authors is to which genre does our book fall under? Yes in most cases it’s easy to distinguish a books place and where it should fall but sometimes that’s not so
Written by Ben Wand When I was wrapping up my book, Rocker’s Road, I found an amazing quote that seemed to sum up the theme: Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.
Written by: Alicia Hooper My name is God. I have many names. I have many faiths. I am everything that is good and perfect. I am the world’s grand designer, experimenter, and father. In the beginning, I created light. With light, came the universe. And with the universe, came earth. Creation All life, every living…
Friedrich Nietzsche’s Death The story often told is this: Nietzsche was causing a ruckus in the streets of Turin as he made his way to the Piazza Carlo Alberto. Upon arriving, he found a man whipping a horse. Nietzsche ran to the horse and threw his arms around it, to protect the animal. At that…
I wonder what Caesar and the Dalai Lama would talk about… 44 BCE. The Ides of March. I, Julius Caesar, strolled by the Theater of Pompey. Minding my own business, I set myself towards the Senate. It was to be a good day, with gladiatorial games later that night, to celebrate my rise to life-long…
Dylan Callens came up with the core idea for Operation Cosmic Teapot while in university. Back then, he was writing a terrible, terrible book with no discernible plot and characters that were flatter than stick figures on a piece of paper. From that travesty; however, the image of God being unable to perform his duties…