Tag: Theo and sprout
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To GenX with Love
While I often refer to “Theo and Sprout” as a young adult story, and it certainly is, it’s also a coming of age story. And people of all ages can enjoy a coming of age story. I’m a GenXer, which is only important in the context of what I am about to say. I suppose…
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Back to School Ode
I dreaded going back to school when I was in high school. I dreaded it because I was pushed off the shore in my little boat into the sea of life all alone, without a map, without oars, without a life jacket, without anything really. I won’t claim I had the worst high school experience…
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Theo and Sprout for Audiobook Lovers
Some people love their audiobooks. You can listen to them on a long ride, on a long walk, working out, or chilling out. Audiobooks take me back to childhood and the joy of someone reading a story. In fact the joy of having some one read me a story has never gone away. In fact…
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Sprout: Divine Feminine
“Who is Sprout?” “What is Sprout?” “Is she an imaginary friend?” “Is she a delusion? A split personality?” I get questions like this form people who have read “Theo and Sprout.” My response is usually “That’s a good question,” not to be glib but because it is a good question. Obviously she’s a metaphor. But…
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Sprout: Spirit Guide for Today’s World
Look. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Superman. I feel that way sometimes when trying to explain “Theo and Sprout” to people. It’s a young adult book. It’s coming of age book. It’s a Jungian metaphor. It’s a coming of self book. And it is all of these things, which could either speak to…
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Find Your Inner Sprout
I wrote a guest post about “Theo and Sprout” for a Young Adult book site. I thought you might enjoy it. You ever think of that person inside you? You know the one. The one you wish people knew better. The one that is hard to let out. The one that your afraid to let…
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The Shadow Knows
When you inadvertently use Jungian shadow work to create one of your main characters, you begin to understand why writing the first daft of each chapter was exhausting. That’s what happened in Theo and Sprout. Sprout, basically Theo’s Anima, came to life from deep inside me. which is not surprising since the concept of her…
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Theo and Sprout is Live
My new book, “Theo and Sprout” was released yesterday. How exciting. Thanks to everyone who helped out. Also thanks to anyone reading this at all. Now I have to figure out how to market a gender bending, Jungian, young adult, imaginary friend coming of age story. Thinking I’ll need some luck with that. At least…
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Theo and Sprout: Jungian Twist
While I didn’t begin writing Theo and Sprout as a coming of age story, I definitely began writing with Jungian concepts in mind. Granted, I realize now that probably wasn’t the best theme from a marketing standpoint. But I give myself some slack here since it was clear from the beginning the story and the…
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Being Small 2
Small I was born small. I still am. Deep down. Superficially. Systemically. Existentially. Emotionally. Personally small. I know this more ethereally than anything specifically. I suppose it’s because my memory is so bad that I feel ethereal. Or is my memory bad because I am ethereal. Perhaps the ethereal has no need for the specific.…
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