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Paradigm Shift
Friday nights 11p-1A Eastern
With Dave and Christy
Paradigm Shift
Friday nights 11p-1A Eastern
With Dave and Christy
Come and join us this Friday night as we welcome our special guest Ericka Boussarhane!
Join us on April 16th as we welcome our very special guest, Beverly Sninchak.
Nocturnal by nature, Bev is a multipublished author, editor and writing coach. She first began reading and studying the paranormal as a pre-teen. She would head to the library after school and read works by Dr. Hans Holzer and other pioneers in the paranormal field.
After experiencing unexplained phenomena after the death of her first husband, followed by capturing her first EVP in January 2005, Bev decided to dedicate her life to investigating paranormal phenomena. Her specific interests include quantum physics and Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). She is a member in good standing of the American Association of Electronic Phenomena (AA-EVP), now known as Association Transcommunication (ATransC).
While attending the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Bev majored in Communication and minored in Philosophy, with an emphasis on Eastern belief systems. She also completed an independent study on death & dying.
When she’s not investigating the paranormal, she enjoys playing World of Warcraft (Alliance!), writing, reading, music, camping, movies and social networking.
Bev is also a multi-published author, editor and writing coach. We will be talking about her book, “Sun Signs for Writers”. H. Grove gives a stellar review of the book:
“Sun Signs for Writers” by Bev Walton-Porter is a fascinating concept. It uses the basic sun signs of astrology to address some of the various personality issues writers face when it comes to such issues as rejection, criticism (giving and receiving), and trying to get published. It also includes a section on using the personality profiles of the sun signs to create interesting characters for your stories.
The book is colorful and attractive, and certainly a unique and interesting approach to handing out writing advice. My first thought was that it would be little more than a curiosity, because I don’t particularly believe in astrology. However, after reading through the first few signs, I realized it has a strong value even to people who scoff at such things. Because it addresses issues such as criticism and rejection based on personality rather than some attempt to give universal advice, you can look through the book for the bits and pieces that fit your personality and use the suggestions given regardless of whether they fit your sun sign. There are many different suggestions depending on how you tend to handle various situations, and you’re sure to find something in here that’s relevant to your own issues and abilities.
Finally, the book ends with a section on creating characters using sun sign personality sketches as archetypes. Each sign’s notes include tips on professions that might suit a given sign, motivations and flaws, and sun signs they might well be paired with or oppose. The suggestions here certainly could help spur some creative material. However, I wish that each sign had included a few thoughts on details that could prevent stereotyping. These are old personality archetypes, and because of that it’s all too easy to end up with stereotypes when using them if you aren’t careful.
This book would make a fun gift for any writer. It’s an attractive curiosity piece, but it has a great deal of valuable advice tucked within its pages.”
Enjoyed the show last night…You two rock. I look forward to more interesting guests. Much Success.
Jo you are such a sweetheart! Thank you so very much. We appreciate your friendship and all that you do for us.
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