Can fiction help you learn how to deal with inner demons?
Outer demons A lot of fantasy books have demons in them, but they’re mostly outer demons rather than the inner demons that hassle modern people. We all need to know how to deal with inner demons, but when we think of demons in fiction, we usually think of outer demons, of which there are many kinds: Christian demons, as in the denizens of Hell, Wiccan demons as in those from a different dimension that can be trapped in magical circles and made to obey commands, Asian demons related to Buddhism and Hinduism, and various other demons associated with different cultures around the planet. Is there any culture that doesn’t have some kind of demonic entity associated with it? Modern Westerners in general don’t believe in demons. And if they consider demons to be any of those mentioned above, why should they? It’s hard for a modern person to believe that demons exist when they can’t see them with their…
How are the books going? Chop chop chop!
I haven’t talked about what I’m doing in the writing department for a while, though I’ve been sharing my journey into the Upper Reaches of Diamond Peak with my Facebook fans. If you’re not getting those scintillating updates (including photos to stimulate your–and my–imagination) then go to the page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tahlia-Newland-author/188047104605893?ref=hl, like it, then hang your curser over the like button and click on ‘Show in News feed’, even better, click ‘Get notifications’. But to fill you in, Demon’s Grip, book three in the Diamond Peak Series is in the hand of my trusty beta readers, and hopefully I’ll get it back inn a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, I’m revising book four, Eternal Destiny, which I haven’t looked at for three years. I have to cut 30,000 words from it and I’m having no problem. My writing had improved enormously since I wrote this second draft, and there are many necessary scenes , extraneous paragraphs and passages that can…
Blog tour, day 15 – Guest post & mass prequel giveaway : Demons, demons and demons.
Ali at My Guilty Obsession has posted my article about the different kinds of demons. Skip the promo stuff and scroll down for the post. You will discover that not all demons are the same. If you leave a comment, she will also provide you with a free copy of Run the prequel to Lethal Inheritance. http://myguiltyobsession.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/guest-post-and-giveaway-lethal.html
Are your assumptions about demons culturally limited?
Demons aren’t limited to a Christian context based on western myths. Eastern cultures and philosophies have a different set of parameters for demons and their role in man’s world. Eastern demons exist without reference to God, angels, the devil or hell. They are metaphors for the real demons in the world – our negative emotions.