by Jan Bear | Dec 24, 2018 | Unorthodox and Orthodox
Meditation comes hard for me — or maybe too easy. I always fall asleep. So I tried something different. Writing. Read more at Unorthodox and Orthodox. Photo by dorota...
by Jan Bear | Aug 17, 2017 | Writing
At the beginning of the 1984 movie, Romancing the Stone, we find romance author Joan Wilder, played by Kathleen Turner, finishing her new novel. As the heroine and hero ride off into the sunset, the camera turns to Joan behind her typewriter, with her face...
by Jan Bear | May 20, 2016 | Writing
In some stories (my own included, sadly), the villain moves through the plot like a chess piece in a rigged game. These stories may have action, but they lack depth.In a great story, the hero and the villain engage in a kind of dance, each illuminating the other’s...
by Jan Bear | May 11, 2016 | Reading
Whether you’re a fiction writer trying to add depth to your characters or someone wanting to explore the mysteries of your own inner life, Inner Work, by Robert Johnson will be a valuable resource for you.Johnson, a Jungian analyst and author of 17 books, wrote the...
by Jan Bear | Jan 25, 2016 | Reading
I recently watched the Mansfield Park movie, made in 1999. As standalone entertainment, it was OK: entertaining and emotionally moving with a dollop of social consciousness.But it had been a long time since I had read the book by Jane Austen, and there were a few...