I Run is heading back to my editor for a bit more tweaking. I have been working really hard on drawing richer characterizations of the supporting characters. Unlike Ripple, I Run is written from a first person perspective. The main character is Sally Lane Brookman. What follows is an introduction to her sidekick, Little Sally, or her inner child. I dream of Little Sally a lot. Most of the time, she’s running free and young again on the green fields [...]
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April 11, 2013,
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17 Comments,
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Author:
Running from Hell with El
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Categories:
Abuse, Childhood, Inspiration, Self-Help, social media, Spirituality
Tags: abuse, rape, Rehtaeh Parson, society, speaking out about abuse
A day ago, I read about Rehtaeh Parson and made a video in which I vow that I won’t be quiet anymore. This video has already gotten 320 views and I am sincerely hoping it gets a whole lot more. I know a lot of people who really need to hear this message, if not from me, then from someone else. An excerpt follows. This scares the hell out of me, that we keep it all to ourselves. We’re so [...]
“Mom!!” It was a two-syllable use of my name, accompanied by a serious-sounding wail. I glanced up from the table, which I was polishing with Murphy’s Almond Oil spray. Ben came tumbling around the entrance to the kitchen via the center hallway. As usual, he appeared disheveled. His pants were too short. His hair was all over the place. But he wasn’t, as I noted when I took him in with that practiced sort of inspection that takes all moms [...]
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February 20, 2013,
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18 Comments,
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Author:
Running from Hell with El
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Categories:
Abuse, Childhood, Novel, Philosophy
Tags: child porn laws, child pornography, Ripple, sequel, victim's rights, WAVE
As a brief housekeeping matter, I’ve learned a great deal about building websites since I last spoke to you. I learned, for example, that Sitebuilder and WordPress don’t play well together. I could not migrate my old blog to the new site. So while I designed a beautiful site, with lots of pretty graphics, I could not bring three hundred pages of blog entries with me, and that was too high of a price to pay. After all, I’m still [...]
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January 9, 2013,
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32 Comments,
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Author:
Running from Hell with El
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Categories:
Childhood, Life, Love, Parenting
Tags: death, God, health, illness, life, mother and son
He fidgets. We wait. He jumps up, runs over to the machine and looks all herky-jerky, happy, just wanting to play with one of those toys they give to kids. You know the toys, right? They’re packed into this glass case, and a kid deposits a fake coins into the dispenser after he gets done with the pediatrician. In the old days, we got lollipops for our troubles, but modern kids, they’re all obese, or heading that way, so they [...]