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Train Wreck!

July 12, 2010 by admin

This past weekend, Book Passage's annual Children's Writers and Illustrators Conference was interrupted by a train wreck. But luckily by the end of the four days, I had pulled myself out of the mangled wreckage of twisted metal and burning compartments, dusted the ash from my sleeves, and put one shaky foot in front of the other, back on the path to where I want to be heading. Everything … [Read more...]

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My Influences

February 27, 2008 by admin

Physical training traditions – whether martial or health oriented – are not learned from books, but rather through hands on physical contact and instruction by those who have walked the path ahead of you. In this way, a physical teaching is a direct connection to the earlier adepts in a method or tradition and is the living gate through which one needs to enter a pathway to begin to understand … [Read more...]

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In Pursuit of Things of No Value

February 23, 2008 by admin

“The only thing that has less value in our society than reading is writing.” Bret Anthony Johnson, Director of Creative Writing at Harvard University To the average person, Mr. Johnson’s comment during a recent talk about his new book at Book Passage may have seemed more like an indictment on his own book and craft than a rallying point for those of us in the audience. But for those of us … [Read more...]

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My Circle

February 20, 2008 by admin

Here is the space in my backyard where I walk the circle and work the pendulum. … [Read more...]

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The Meaning of My Study of Physical Traditions

February 15, 2008 by admin

Physical training traditions, whether they are Bagua from China or yoga from India or somatic studies from the 20th century, are vehicles for the exploration and refinement for the body and the mind. These methods are maps, sometimes precise and sometimes vague, for the dedicated and persistent practitioner to delve deeper into fundamental questions of form and being. My influences in these study … [Read more...]

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Strategies to Improve Creativity

February 4, 2008 by admin

Last week, I attended a talk by creativity coach Eric Maisel at Book Passage to hear him discuss his new book The Van Gogh Blues. I have not gone to any book readings for a long time, not since college, where there had been a steady flow of world class poets like Seamus Heaney and authors like Ron Hansen at my door step. Mr. Maisel, who has combined his experience as a counselor with his … [Read more...]

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About the Author

Peter Fugazzotto is a fantasy and science fiction author who fights to protect the earth by day and battles his ego with armbars and slashing sticks by night. He lives in Northern California with his wife, daughter, bird and dog. His short stories have been published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Grimdark … READ MORE

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