[Helpers] Book writing - notes

[Sandra Davis]

Whew, I think I'm getting to the end of my FST intensive today... =)

--- Mystress Angelique Serpent <Mystress at fire-serpent.com> wrote:
>    RE: book from Kundalini teacher: I could manage the files ok,
[snip]
> Right now I'm working with just the table of contents, trying to
> sort chapters. Getting lost in that too, a bit... does grounding

Good idea to start with an outline... 

And when I think of a book of your work, I first think of the radical
stuff - the combinations of topics and 'witness state' style of
speaking that will really _actually_ be driving the book. I get the
sense the "do your homework" stuff like chakras, grounding, etc. can be
fit in later. At this point - discussing all that can be done with the
central channel seems ... well, the actual spine of your book.

And within, above, below, .... void, womb, death, lingam... have you
done a free association yet? Here's a fun way I like - it's called the
100-list. At the top of the list, type a partial sentence like: "The
topics in my book should be: "... and then number the next line as 1.
After this, close your eyes (if you're typing), and go for it. Breath,
tune in, etc., and don't stop! until you've made 100 entries.

Here's the result - in the 1st 1/3 of the list, you'll find all the
stuff that's running circles in your mind. You know all this. In the
2nd 3rd, you'll find some repeats of the 1st, and a few new. In the 3rd
3rd, again repeats in different forms, whatever - and ... the gems.
There will be, guaranteed, 3-4 "OH MY GODS" that have poured from you.
They will catch your breath, fill you with joy, understanding,
wisdom... we all know the drill. *laughing* It is all suddenly
extremely clear, even for the ADD & overheating brains among us. =)

I've done 100-lists for like "I'm stressed about: ___", and "I like
food because ____". It's a very versatile and inexpensive!
couch-quality peek into ones depths. 

> I'm slowly adding footnotes where links used to be, and as it is
> a manual, I want it to have an index... 

Indexes are an INTENSE amount of work. Lots of people cop out, and link
the indexes to wherever a word is simply mentioned. To have an index be
valuable to anybody, entire phrases and concepts need to be indexed
(which no software has automated yet). Plus each instance of the word,
once found by the software, needs to be checked to see if the place
where it's mentioned actually discusses or is at all relevant to that
word. *beeuw*... Big job.

> Also, how do I make a groovy text box for tips and stuff, like I
> see in other manuals?

In a .DOC? I've done it 3 ways. Very manual, slightly manual, and a
publishing software that breaks up areas on the page (as if it were a
publication like a magazine, newspaper, journal, etc.) The slightly
manual version is to set up a Macro that when used, will convert a
paragraph of text into a series of table columns and rows, all properly
spaced. The groovy text-box area is 'plugged' into one or some of these
cells in this way without interruption to the overall document styling.
Each special addition like this too, can carry a tag with it, so when
it comes time to make a Table of Figures pages or whatever, then the
software is already cued in.

At this point I'm talking Visual Basic programming - it's the engine
that runs behind all Microsoft Office products.

Do any of these options grab your interest?

> Holy cow, you are writing a book for me! Coolness! :) That is a
> dream come true!

Tell me more. What is your dream? 

> amazing even to me. FST is an iceberg, what you see on the web is
> only a tiny portion of my archives, writing and knowledge.
> I have archives enough for 10 books, and there are still so many
> things I want to write about. FST 2&3 is about the dynamics of power,
> creating abundance, and living your dream. I have a book on empathy,
> a manual for empaths I started writing, it would be great.

Just wanted to include this here for posterity of intentions. *grin*

> marketing and pacing workshops. He suggested I reframe an attitude. 
> Suggested I am being unkind to humanity by not offering my gifts more
> widely, making the knowledge more accessible.  I'm kinda... turning

Yes exactly - there is way, I can sense it. With some precise
earth-shaker shifts that are looking exactly this far out, to what
feels like a heroic outer reaches of space, this exactly can come to
pass.

> For my own... energy hygiene and well being I hold the perspective
> that nobody needs me to do what I do.. I see Goddess in everyone. I
> recognize that my students and clients experience themselves as
> being in need, but I cannot take on that projection.

This sounds like a groovy text box, or heck, title of a book.
"You Don't Need This" Hahahaahaha.... LOL.

> In each dream, there was a moment... when I said or did something
> that sent such a ripple through the audience the host was nervous
> and hurried to a commercial break. I get it now.. the ripple was KA,
> kriyas, etc...

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Heh... Sandra Dee

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