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Robin Epstein
That's a GREAT question, Kenneth... In fact, it's the question I, and I believe most writers today writers struggle with on a daily basis. I think what you're doing is the right approach -- from being an active member of Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, to asking questions, to writing all the time. I think tweeting is also a good idea and building a community for yourself within Twitter can be very helpful, and using YouTube and Vine (which is a form I've not mastered myself) can also be a great way to raise a profile... Needless to say, if you have any thoughts about this that you can share with me I'd love to hear them!!! Good luck!
Robin Epstein
Excitingly, I'm currently working on the TV pilot for HEAR. I'm hoping you'll *see* the results soon!
Robin Epstein
Hi Kenneth,
I just visited your site, and I agree: who doesn't need help in learning to live right? I hope you're writing a follow up because it seems like you have a great audience of passionate followers!
All the best,
Robin
I just visited your site, and I agree: who doesn't need help in learning to live right? I hope you're writing a follow up because it seems like you have a great audience of passionate followers!
All the best,
Robin
Robin Epstein
Hi Kenneth,
Although I've not yet read this book, I assume you're the "Kenneth Mitchell" who wrote it, is that right? If so, congratulations, it sounds very cool. I'm always interested in learning more about higher consciousness -- it's a nice break from the lower consciousness we experience during our daily slogs -- so I'll be sure to check this out!
Thanks for writing,
Robin
Although I've not yet read this book, I assume you're the "Kenneth Mitchell" who wrote it, is that right? If so, congratulations, it sounds very cool. I'm always interested in learning more about higher consciousness -- it's a nice break from the lower consciousness we experience during our daily slogs -- so I'll be sure to check this out!
Thanks for writing,
Robin
Robin Epstein
I hope so! I've always intended it to be a three book series, I have the other two books outlined and ready to go... but now we just need to see how the sales are to convince my publisher to go through with it. #crossingfingers
Robin Epstein
Over almost three decades, a small laboratory at Princeton University
managed to embarrass university administrators, outrage Nobel
laureates, entice the support of philanthropists and make headlines
around the world with its efforts to prove that thoughts can alter the
course of events. —The New York Times, February 6, 2007
WHEN I READ THAT first sentence in Benedict Carey’s front-page
article about what sounded like an ESP lab, I shook my head
in disbelief. A laboratory that studied psychic phenomena? At
Princeton University? Impossible!
But after racing through the article, then tumbling down
a Google hole of curiosity, I discovered that not only did the
Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research lab (PEAR) exist, it
was modeled on similar laboratories at Stanford and Duke. And
the more I read on the subject, the more fascinated I became,
especially after learning that the Department of Defense, CIA
and US Army Intelligence had spent millions of dollars studying
parapsychology, the quantum physics of consciousness, andtraining their officers to become psychic spies. They weren’t the
only ones; the Soviets had a psychic warfare program, too.
The lab and university I write about in HEAR are entirely
made up. But though the study of ESP is real and well funded,
the subject itself remains controversial: Is it true science or science
fiction? The doubters know their answer. Yet a lesson I’ve
learned over the years is that just because I don’t fully understand
something doesn’t mean it can’t exist. If that were the
case, I wouldn’t trust math or believe in love either.
managed to embarrass university administrators, outrage Nobel
laureates, entice the support of philanthropists and make headlines
around the world with its efforts to prove that thoughts can alter the
course of events. —The New York Times, February 6, 2007
WHEN I READ THAT first sentence in Benedict Carey’s front-page
article about what sounded like an ESP lab, I shook my head
in disbelief. A laboratory that studied psychic phenomena? At
Princeton University? Impossible!
But after racing through the article, then tumbling down
a Google hole of curiosity, I discovered that not only did the
Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research lab (PEAR) exist, it
was modeled on similar laboratories at Stanford and Duke. And
the more I read on the subject, the more fascinated I became,
especially after learning that the Department of Defense, CIA
and US Army Intelligence had spent millions of dollars studying
parapsychology, the quantum physics of consciousness, andtraining their officers to become psychic spies. They weren’t the
only ones; the Soviets had a psychic warfare program, too.
The lab and university I write about in HEAR are entirely
made up. But though the study of ESP is real and well funded,
the subject itself remains controversial: Is it true science or science
fiction? The doubters know their answer. Yet a lesson I’ve
learned over the years is that just because I don’t fully understand
something doesn’t mean it can’t exist. If that were the
case, I wouldn’t trust math or believe in love either.
Robin Epstein
Generally an idea comes to me, and once it's in my head, all I want to do is spill it out on the page. So I don't necessarily do anything to get inspired, but I just keep my eyes open and pay attention to what's going on around me because story ideas are everywhere.
Robin Epstein
Just sit down and do it. Write, and write and keep writing. Worry about making it good later, but get something down on the page first.
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