Chapter 89: "Betty"

Taking time away from technology; Post traumatic stress disorder, and the continued fear of my father; Wanting to continue addressing the positive, and the negative space within poetry; The awesomeness of seeing pages of "We, James" come in that are lettered and inked; Come and see me on the 19th and 20th of this month at the SGI booth at "The Rainbow Festival"-I'll be there both days; Cute and cuddly artist Jackie and her fantastic Etsy shop "UsagiRabbit" which can be found at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/UsagiRabbit; The next chapter in the series "A Thousand Years of Darkness" from my good friend and fantastic writer Jimmy Reed's segment "Notions of the Damned;" Reading from "Asylum;" Submitting to my 100th chapter/show and my Halloween chapter/show; Tons of love to you all!!!! :)

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Chapter 88: "Did you know that Frida Kahlo had a wooden leg?"

Attending "The Sunnyslope Art Walk" and trying to take some of our kids (dogs;) Getting 7 inches of my hair cut off; The month of Stephen King; Seeing the first pages of "We,James" illustrated and lettered....AWESOME!!!!; Working on chapter/book five for "We, James;" Gothic and loving creator Jennifer Speedie and her amazing Etsy shop "CrowHouseDolls" which can be found at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrowHouseDolls and you can also find her at: jennie028 on ebay and on her Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.speedie.9?fref=ts; My good friend writer Jimmy Reed and the conclusion to his chapter "Ben" from his series "A Thousand Years of Darkness;" Submitting for my 100th chapter/show and my Halloween chapter/show; Reading from "Asylum;" SGI at "The Rainbow Festival" on the 19th and 20th of this month....I'll be there both days....come and say "Hi"....Thank you all so very much!!!! Much love to each and every one of you!!!! :)

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Chapter 87

Getting back on track with my weight loss; Being a writing fanatic; "American Horror Story: Coven" and Madame LaLaurie; Submitting for my 100th chapter and my Halloween chapter; SGI and "The Rainbow Festival;" Reading my SGI speech/experience; Being told VNS will not work; Wanting Corey to have his independence back; Taking on "horror" in a brand new way; Disliking the "happy ending;" The Magnificent Jenny Rose and her Etsy shop "RememberADay" which you can find at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/RememberADay; Intricate and beautiful artist Mannon Becklund and her Etsy shop "CandleBrightCreation," which you can find at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/CandleBrightCreation; Poems from writer and friend Jimmy Reed in his segment "Notions of the Damned;" Reading from "Asylum;" Much love to my listeners....<3...<3...xox...I adore you all!!!! :)

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Chapter 86

Technical difficulties; Giving a speech and getting an unexpected reaction; The one creepy thing that happened when I was alone; Not expecting "nice" people; Working on my communication skills; Looking/accepting for submissions for my 100th chapter and my Halloween show; Trying not to overreact; My awesome interview with Etsy artist Pam Woods and her extraordinary shop "S.Drawkcab Designs"-Look there for beautiful one of a kind pieces-You can find her at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/sdrawkcabdesigns; Good friend and amazing writer Jimmy Reed and his segment "Notions of the Damned" where we are continuing to read from his series "A Thousand Years of Darkness;" Amazing illustrations for "We, James;" Reading from "Asylum;" SGI is going to be at the "Rainbow Festival" on October 19-20 from 9 in the morning to 6 in the evening-Come say hello, if you would like...I'll be at the SGI Booth for both days!!!! :); Tons of love to my listeners-I adore you guys!!!! :)-Thank you so very much!!!!

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Chapter 83

Happy moments of music; Remembering my father playing an alto sax; The roller coaster like excitement of writing "We, James" Chapter/Book Five; Stephen King's "Doctor Sleep;" My dear friend "TheMad Tea Faerie (interview hopefully coming up soon, but you can find her at: https://www.facebook.com/TheBleedingLeafTeaCo;)I adore her tea!!!!; Lotus Currier and her amazingly and hauntingly beautiful "Handmade OOAK Art Dolls" which you can find at her shop "Lotus Asylum": http://www.etsy.com/shop/LotusAsylum; My favorite doll of hers is "Efthemia;" You can also find Lotus at: Facebook.com/lotusasylum, lotusasylum.blogspot.com, and https://www.etsy.com/shop/oldsoulsoap; Cool woman (who I'd love to have a few drinks with)Lisa Sumner and her Etsy shop "Just Cool Records" which you can find at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/JustCoolRecords; You can also find Lisa at: www.justcoolrecords.com,
www.discogs.com/justcoolrecords, Twitter @justcoolrecords, Facebook Fan Page as JustCoolRecords, Instagram @justcoolrecords, Tumblr @justcoolrecords, Pinterest as JustCoolRecords,alwritetea.blogspot.com, and www.hubpages.com/alwritetea ; Plus my good friend and awesome writer Jimmy Reed and his segment "Notions of the Damned" where we go into the second edition of his series "A Thousand Years of Darkness," Preparing for Chapter 100 and my Halloween special; Sharing an experience soon at The SGI Culture Center; Over 20 hours of non-stop writing; Love to all of my listeners; I'd love to hear from you-contact me through "Myriads of Thought;" <3....<3

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Chapter 74

Went over an hour (wow); Catching up on things and playing the waiting game; Breaking a small episode of writer's block during a three hour tozo; Getting Chapter 100 all set up and ready to go-still looking for more experiences involving Buddhism (mostly SGI, )spirituality, anti-spirituality, etc; Hoping to be able to record my district chanting for you guys :); Continuing "We, James;" 22.5 pounds lost; My good friend writer Jay Wilburn and his short story "Super Dome" which you can find along with all of the other amazing writers in the book "New Orleans by Gaslight" (http://www.amazon.com/New-Orleans-Gaslight-Brandon-Black/dp/0615801188/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377587600&sr=1-1&keywords=new+orleans+by+gaslight) which you can find-as you see on the link above-at Amazon; You can also find Jay at: https://www.facebook.com/writerjaywilburn?fref=ts; Fabulous and amazing artist Megan from "DrakonsLair," which you can find at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/DrakonsLair; Megan made one of the pieces of jewelry that I NEVER take off-it is AMAZING!!!!; You can also find her mother's shop at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/fairyqueen59 and at:http://www.etsy.com/shop/shadowfairyqueen; Plus, you can find Megan on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/DrakonsLair/214321886010, http://www.artfire.com/users/DrakonsLair, and http://drakonslair.ecrater.com/; Writer Jimmy Reed's segment "Notions of the Damned" and the beginning of his cool story " A Thousand Years of Darkness: Empire's Fall;" Reading from "Asylum;" My first experience of fear that I can remember; Being a horror writer from birth; Good fear and bad fear; A coupon for October (tune in for that one) for "DrakonsLair"-I'll have it in October for everyone to use.

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Chapter 69

Feeling better and almost without any pain; Lots of projects on the burner; Going to a 10 hour tozo (chanting session) and partially leading chanting-been an SGI Buddhist for almost nine years; Sending out love to my "Abnormal" family at Chicago Comi-con and to my dear friend Erin from "Carou's Curiosities"; Getting back into the swing of reading and writing again-now that the pain is almost gone (I usually read 5-6 books at once); Primarily reading "Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and Death" by President Daisaku Ikeda; Writer Jimmy Reed's segment "Notions of the Damned"; My interview with the awesome Bill Kingston of "CrazyDogTshirts" at http://www.etsy.com/shop/CrazyDogTshirts; Asking for a job; Reading from "Asylum".

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Chapter 59

How writing saved my life (several times); Living in a semi-haunted house; Suicide attempts; My issues with the ghosts of math past; "We, James"; SGI (http://www.sgi-usa.org/) and chanting for almost nine years; Being a nerd/geek from a very early age; Being kidnapped and moving a lot; The 40,000 search for me; The wonderfully creative and sweet Kayla Leonard at "Season of the Geek" (http://www.etsy.com/shop/SeasonoftheGeek#), plus (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Season-of-the-Geek/546130048760825?fref=ts0%29); Violence and sexual situations in "Extremities: A collection of subtractions"; Why teachers rock; Johnny and the lost toilet paper; Karma; Corey and VNS Surgery; "Abnormal Entertainment" taking over the world!!!!

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Chapter 51

When did I turn 103?; Interview with Aaron Bossig from the amazing "Cosmic City" (http://www.cosmic-city.com/site/); Aaron has offered all of my listeners a discount code for the "Cosmic City" website where they sell t-shirts, wallets, art work, etc... but, you have to listen to get the code; A quick reading from "The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin" (Volume One-page 598-since I am an SGI Buddhist and such... :) ;} Working on the new novel "The Failure of my parent's ghosts"; Waiting for my second poetry collection to come out-I'll let you know all the information when I know it; Venting a bit about zombies; Appreciating point of view and diversity throughout my life; Readings from "Extremities: A collection of subtrations"; Thank you all!!! <3

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