Ask the Author: Ben G. Price
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Ben G. Price
Upon a time once real, but now forgotten, at the earliest days of coal-fired industrialization, captains of industry knew their endeavors would lead to a changed world, a changed humanity, and none of it for the better. They were warned but did not listen.
Ben G. Price
I would travel to Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century, find James Joyce's character Stephen Daedalus, and make him wake up!
"History is the nightmare from which I am trying to awake." - Stephen Daedalus.
"History is the nightmare from which I am trying to awake." - Stephen Daedalus.
Ben G. Price
I'm going to get around to reading the first book in the Harry Potter series.
Ben G. Price
What's "writer's block?"
Ben G. Price
Developing the story, or theme and knowing when I've found the right approach. That's when the creative work can begin.
Ben G. Price
Same as I got when I was 23 years old and hitchhiked 100 miles to attend a gathering in D.C. on DuPont Circle. After revealing that I'd been writing an epic fantasy novel (unpublished as yet) I got this unsolicited advice: "Keep writing and honing your skills. But wait until you are older and have gathered life experiences worth writing about." At the time it seemed unwelcome, but in retrospect, I am glad to have kept at the writing for many years. Now that I have lots more to say, I think I know how to do it.
Ben G. Price
My working manuscript is titled "Counter-Spells: Undoing the Curse of Modern Times by Overcoming Life-Long Cultural Gaslighting." It is well-along in the process, but I foresee significant reorganization of material.
Ben G. Price
Ancient Greek writers spoke of their muse. It's something like that for me. I've developed a process for tapping into my unconscious mind. One of my practices is, when I am unclear about where to go with a story, character, or worl of non-fiction, I intentionally ask a question before going to sleep, and I go to sleep with that question in mind. Most times I find the way forward the next day. It just comes to me like it was always there. As for what to write about -- that is inspired by constant curiosity, study, meditation on ideas.
Ben G. Price
Long story. I wrote the first draft of "OGDEN," Chapter One many years ago. I didn't know where it might go, so I put it aside. Since 2006, I have been a pioneer is developing and helping communities enact laws recognizing legal rights for nature. I was a community organizer advising the first community on Earth to adopt such a law. As the Rights of Nature Movement surprisingly went global afterward, my involvement has grown very deep. Out of this work grew the kernel of the story of OGDEN/
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