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Egseth's style is suitably simple for an adolescent narrator, yet subtle enough to capture the nuances of one awakening to the [...]
Visionary Fiction entertains, which is, after all, the main purpose of fiction as a literary form. But visionary fiction goes one [...]
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Editor’s note: This is a reprint of an enlightening article written from the heart by Mitchell Davis about his love of [...]
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Ancient Hindu literature is filled with tales of avatars born totally awakened. In The Aitareya Upanishad (translation Eknath Easwaran), a passage [...]
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Is There a Right Use of Deadly Force? This is the thorny question I took up in my new release Assassin [...]
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Remember when you freaked out because your Mom washed your lucky shirt just before the big game? You swore at her, [...]
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I am self-isolating, staying at home with my husband and our cats. I am isolated at home but feeling a deep [...]
I write Visionary Fiction. It’s my passion. I published an article defining it in Writers Journal, May 2009, hoping to promote [...]
We are pleased to announce that the publication of Brad Swift’s excerpt from his novel is both the first post at [...]
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Prior to 2016, if someone asked me what my political leanings were, I probably would have said, “I’m an inactive independent [...]
Editor’s note: This article (slightly edited here) was originally published at the VFA in November 2014, before the sequels to either [...]
Brad Swift (aka W. Bradford Swift and Orrin Jason Bradford) sold his veterinary practice in 1989 to pursue a dream to [...]
I asked myself a question recently: Can a book of fiction make any significant difference in the real world in which [...]
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Ever since beginning to write while still a teenager (rather too many decades ago), the process was always very much a [...]
One of Keanu Reeves’ best known movie franchises is also an unacknowledged visionary tale. Its heroes are thoroughly ordinary individuals who [...]
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Introduction I first felt compelled to write a book in 2002. It was originally conceived to be a memoir. That felt [...]
During the writing of my novel, The Righteous One, my eighty-three year old father suddenly passed away. This heart-wrenching event shifted [...]
I don’t believe in coincidences. I’m much more inclined to imagine there’s a reason for things, a bigger picture. And that [...]
When my feet first touched Indian soil in 1986, I felt as if I had finally found my home. Since that [...]
Awakening Alchemy is the over-arching theme of my blog series, which is one of the visionary concepts I’ll talk about a [...]
By Ellis Nelson Rea Nolan Martin is an award-winning author of visionary fiction novels. She has also written numerous short stories [...]
KEY TO VISIONARY FICTION AS A GENRE Here’s a few of my thoughts, feelings, and experiences with the newly emerging genre [...]
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Theresa Crater and I are both members of the Visionary Fiction Alliance and that’s where I became aware of her work. [...]
FINDING A GENRE FOR CREATIVE SPIRITUALITY In the productive solitude of your artistic woodshed, the only language needed is the silent [...]
Editor’s note: New members are always asked to post about the Visionary Fiction Alliance on their own blog site. We are [...]
Editors note: Author Monty Joynes was a fore-runner of Visionary Fiction. I’ve admired and respected him for a long time. In [...]
Lately I’ve been thinking about the overlaps between historical fiction (my main genre), fantasy, Visionary Fiction, and metaphysical. There is a [...]
I first met John Crye through a media company in Los Angeles. He has deep roots in theater and film, which [...]
Since The Paperback Writer of Central Park, I have self published two more novels in The Hidden World of Wysteria Series, [...]
While selecting from among big-list-best-sellers for the VFA bookstore, I grappled with the question: What books are appropriate to the visionary [...]
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Editor’s note: We are re-posting an article originally published in 2014, one worth repeating in that it encourages visionary fiction readers and [...]
Editor’s Note: We are posting this repeat of one of our readers’ most commented upon articles, with some new additions. We [...]
From the first posts on VisionaryFictionAlliance.com in August 2012 until the present, emphasis has been on defining Visionary Fiction and exploring [...]
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There’s an old Bushman (Khoi San people of Southern Africa) saying that there is “a dream dreaming us”. I first came [...]
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Part Three of The Mater’s Series An Alternate View of What Comes Next Gary’s eyes were large, way too large. As [...]
In Part One of this blog, I covered World Building, the use of a Sacred Force, Time, and Location. Part Two [...]
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The following is a post by Tom Hoffman about his experience with producing an audiobook for Orville Mouse and the Puzzle [...]
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Part Two of The Mater’s Series Love, Loss and Resurrection Mahogany-brown eyes gazed back at me from across the table. Aaron’s [...]
Part One of The Mater’s Series Peering into Tenacity, Strength and Wisdom Do you miss them…the old women in your family, [...]
I wrote my first book at twenty-nine, not because I wanted to so much as I had to. It started a [...]
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Visionary Fiction author Christina Greenaway has just published her third novel — Time Blade: Age of Jeweled Intelligence, the second book [...]
Editor’s Note: A few years back I wrote this article to ask the question, ‘What is Spirituality in Visionary Fiction?’ We had [...]
[Looking back three years to a favorite post from 6/1/15. To see Comments on the original , click HERE.] By Eleni [...]
Nothing inspires me more than the idea that the impossible can be made possible…that stories have the power to transform the [...]
“I am the little sister of Jesus,” the young Caucasian man said. Dressed in time-faded jeans, a tee shirt and Hush [...]
[In Part One of this post, we discussed the similarities and differences between theosophy and theology, the two forms of theosophy [...]
A Two Part Entreaty by V. M. Franck Part Two – My Entrance into the Circle of the White Rose Do [...]
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A Two Part Entreaty by V. M. Franck Part One – The White Rose Society Is there such a thing as [...]
Some months back, John Van de Kamp, a relative of one of our founding members, Margaret Duarte, asked her if she [...]
In the mystical inlets of my being there lives a little nymph I named Violette. She is the best in me. [...]
I am always reluctant to describe myself as a writer, because although I have written 7 books and published 5, I [...]
In Part One of my Q&A with writer, soul-community creator, poet, spiritual field guide, and deep soul explorer, Janet Conner, we [...]
Nona had spent this morning, like so many mornings before, rooted in the expanse of an open field, rooted in the [...]
Nona flicked the match against the edge of the box. The strike ignited, causing light to dance on the head like [...]
We’re familiar with hypothetical, “What If?” conjectures. What if I have to declare bankruptcy? What if North Korea attacks the United [...]
I would like to honor one of my favorite writers, Mr. Clive Staples Lewis, briefly showing how his intuitive genius made [...]
What makes writers happy, besides working on their craft, of course, is connecting with other writers to delve into the unknown [...]
“The word that can be spoken is not the true word.” – Lao Tzu In my version of the People’s Story [...]
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This is the concluding part of this mini-series on how Woody Carter’s possession experience inspired his novel, Narada’s Children: A Visionary [...]
Mindfulness meditation is all the rage, now. It’s promoted in public schools nationwide, and in colleges and universities. In a Huffington [...]
Vision is not mere fantasy devoid of pragmatic realism but an expression of our core values linked to universal experiences. For [...]
Black Elk, a Native American visionary and Lakota Sioux medicine man chronicled by John Neihardt in Black Elk Speaks, believed a [...]
This is what archaeologists have learned from their excavations in the Land of Israel: The Israelites were never in Egypt, did not [...]
What are genres? Genres are conventions that manage reader expectations. Choosing the right genre for your story – before writing it [...]
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Editor’s Note: Karen Rider’s insightful article was originally published in January, 2013 on our VFA blog site. We thought the discussion it [...]
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In Part I, we began exploring the turning of the Wheel of Fortune. We moved past the idea of chaos, chance, [...]
Visionary Fiction writers take us on a Hero’s Journey. Not only are the heroes and journeys archetypal, but so are the [...]
I first started watching Once Upon a Time with my daughters this year. The visionary fantasy story was created for television by [...]
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Visionary Fiction gives us a stairway upon which we can climb and express what we know deep within. When we look [...]
It’s a long way from Pennsylvania to Mount Everest. I’m still on the road (a bit closer – now living in New [...]
I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that those of us writing Visionary Fiction have had some sort [...]
Applied Parapsychology: Synchronicity and Super Synchronicity To read or revisit Part One of this series, click HERE. For Part Two, Click [...]
Undercover Agents of Consciousness To read or revisit Part One of this series, click HERE. Like researchers venturing beyond the known [...]
Introducing Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D. Parapsychology is a field of study concerned with the investigation of paranormal and psychic phenomena, which [...]
Scene descriptions of real, physical spaces within Visionary Fiction writing engages and enthralls readers. [...]
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We are living at a crucial moment in the advancement of humanity. Everything is in flux. Materialism and reliance upon ever [...]
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I can’t begin to tell you how many frustrating hours, days, and months I worked to create the website header for [...]
New England Inspiration I grew up in Norwich, which is a little town in Connecticut rich in beauty and in history. [...]
Shortly after the launch of the Visionary Fiction Alliance in 2012, Randy Davila, president of Hierophant Publishing and Hampton Roads Publishing [...]
In Build Your Own Author Website–Step 5, I showed you how to check the WordPress Theme Directory for free author themes via [...]
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