Ask the Author: Alan Joshua
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Alan Joshua
A world without a spiritual foundation, where everything is meaningless.
Alan Joshua
Using hypnosis, I've had paranormal happenings with patients. I have an idea for a plot using the paranormal and psychopathology in murder-mystery.
Alan Joshua
Three ways: get away from the work, switching to something else; making the familiar (writing) unfamiliar. A third way I've experimented with is using a special reading program. It reads the text to me so I can close my eyes and listen. There are times when that sparks an image or piece of dialogue that moves me past the block.
Alan Joshua
When a reader really "gets it." When they are able to empathically share the reality you've created within you that is expressed as prose.
Alan Joshua
Read, write, experiment, ask for and take criticism (but make your own final decision), get honest beta readers, hire an editor, and be prepared to do more work than it would take for a doctorate.
Alan Joshua
Promoting (which I hate) The SHIVA Syndrome.
Alan Joshua
I have an art background, so I'll have to say when a muse grabs me by the collar and demands that I do something.
Alan Joshua
From an inspiration. It came to me when I did a "what if" that blended psychology and parapsychology;
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