The Anathemas

Self-Publishing: Print, E-book or Both? (Part 1)
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Self-Publishing: Print, E-book or Both? (Part 1)

ByVictor Smith

Modern technology thrives by improving upon itself, and nowhere is the blizzard of innovation more overwhelming than in the publishing industry. The self-publishing author must be on constant alert for change.
Self-publishing and using the services of a self-publishing company can be vastly different in cost, time, and skill required. The goal is to deliver the book to the reader in a pleasing format at a reasonable price that adequately compensates the writer.

Reincarnation as an Element in Visionary Fiction: Part 3
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Reincarnation as an Element in Visionary Fiction: Part 3

ByVictor Smith

There is sufficient evidence to hypothesize that reincarnation is real—whether one believes in it or not. In other words, once we enter the human zone between the material and spiritual universes, we don’t get to exit without a diploma. It’s either mastery of the human condition or repeat until you get it right.

Reincarnation as an Element in Visionary Fiction: Part 2
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Reincarnation as an Element in Visionary Fiction: Part 2

ByVictor Smith

The stranglehold that Justinian’s Council of Constantinople placed on the concept of reincarnation and the Gnostic approach to truth through personal experience held fast for about a millennium. But there’s an odd thing about truth, especially those dealing with fundamental principles. It is resilient; it keeps coming back until it is recognized as valid. And so it happened with the doctrine of reincarnation.

Reincarnation as an Element in Visionary Fiction: Part 1
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Reincarnation as an Element in Visionary Fiction: Part 1

ByVictor Smith

This 3-part series focuses on the role of reincarnation, one of the more complex of the paranormal phenomena encountered in the visionary environment. With it as an example, I hope to illustrate that the various psychic elements are actual features in the visionary realm we inhabit, just as stars, planets, mountains and oceans are part of our physical environment.

Visionary Fiction Part Two: What Goes into the Bucket?
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Visionary Fiction Part Two: What Goes into the Bucket?

ByVictor Smith

Let’s suppose, as projected in Part 1 of this series, “The Bucket,” that Visionary Fiction has become as prominent a genre label as Science Fiction or Mystery. Now let’s consider the ingredients writers must put into a work to have it qualify for the Visionary Fiction bucket and what experiences or benefits readers can expect in a work pulled out of that bucket.