[Helpers] Book writing - notes

[Mystress Angelique Serpent]

At 11:19 PM 4/25/2005, you wrote:
> > >At this point - discussing all that can be done with the
> > >central channel seems ... well, the actual spine of your book.
> >
> >     ???? Please elaborate what you mean?
>
>I didn't wander down that mental path intentionally at first - I felt
>the lucidity yawning wide. What I saw what just some glimpse of
>continuously returning to core themes in the book in a way that would
>be evocative of the common kundalini ongoing awakening experiences of
>work & bliss.
>
>... Like first getting to 'chew' on some topic for awhile is equivalent
>to piercing a chakra,
>
>and then there's a kind of a meadow experience... a flush, a bliss, a
>Shaktipat charge clearing out, meditations etc....
>
>after which we return back to another heady topic, as the snake
>continues onward...
>
>and then another flush, relief, release, phew...

   Fire Serpent tantra itself, is paced much like that.


> > >I've done 100-lists for like "I'm stressed about: ___", and "I like
> >     I think it is an excellent exercise though, and I'd love for you
> > to write it up as a guest essay for the course.
>
>I will put it on my to-do list for the summer time!

   Not so big. A few paragraphs explaining it, much as you did before, in 
an email is enough. Be casual. Like explaining it to a friend.


> > > > 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.)
> >
> >    What software is that?
>
>Don't remember anymore, and it was too long ago too. The industry &
>technology has greatly morphed. If I were to look into software now,
>I'd see only new-to-me IDEs and platforms. Still, you mentioned about
>you & the editor's font limitations. What software does your editor
>like & use?
http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/authortoolkit.html?1165849-14944aaa
   http://www2.trafford.com/downloads/Word_layout_tips.doc


>Curious too - can you creatively (go inside, inner discernment stuff)
>find an instance (in a book you've read, or a site you've seen) where
>you saw a groovy text box that you liked a lot? No reason to invent the
>wheel, eh? If I were to send you samples, that's where I'd start - I'd
>flip through my hard-copy library and see if any jump out at me.

   I have flipped through my large clipart colection, the only thing I 
remotely liked was an angled photo of an old gilded picture frame... or, 
adapting the boxes I made for the website design. I think they are kind of 
bulky, for text... book is 6x9, not sure if there is room for boxes...

   I'm thinking to get out the quill and ink, and see what comes from 
within... :)  Some organic art in the book would be good energy embedding.


> >    The problem is, there are many different types of writing, in the
> > book. Short quotes, longer quotes, emails, guest essays, and
>
>Format Painter tool! You MUST be using this. It's a godsend. A Goddess
>send. If you're not, hollar.

   Nope, whuzzat?


> > 1.) either they were not sensitive to the energy and mashed it flat
> > trying to correct my grammar and make my hypnotic meanderings more
> > concise... or,
> > 2.)  they *were* sensitive to the energy to the point where trying to
> > edit it sent them floating off in space, tripping in the Void.
>
>I haven't edited yet. That's too big a bite of the elephant for me. I
>am able to form themes and put material in it's 'spiritual circle of
>friends'. I'm kinestically sensing the relationships....... hmmmm...
>Visually I am over-registered. Auditory too. Coolness! I just figured
>out I am using a felt-sense, like holding a chi ball when I'm working
>with the energy in the archived text! That's a very neat sensation to
>acknowledge and own up to.

   :)  Well that is the funny thing... the words are the carrier for the 
energy, Shakti teaches on a vibrational level... you discover you know how 
to do stuff, and don't know exactly when you started doing it.. LOL!!

   What I was describing, when persuading Sachiko not to do SSI yet... hard 
to get a sense of when the structure is complete and filled with essence 
when there are pieces missing... and when it feels done from the Fire 
Serpent on the top to the Earth on the bottom, and I can "hold it in my 
hand", complete... then I surrender it.. to Goddess and to the world.
   Cat jumped into my lap, purring. Gave me a demonstration of falling 
asleep. Looks enjoyable, I think I'll try it... 1:49 am...