DELIA QUIGLEY
-BOOKS AS ART~ART TO INSPIRE-
Category: Creative writing
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March 1, 2020 Bad news arrives in a text message My beloved uncle Ed has left his body His was a good life though not without Trials and tribulations a long life entails He adored my father, his hero in life When death took their father, my dad Stepped in at seven to go out…
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I. I drive out of New Jersey November 2020 My migration south has begun The Rav4 is packed tight top to bottom My cat Tessa lays curled inside a travel crate She is not eager to leave her warm bed But she has no say in the matter Once a fearless hunter of small animals…
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You’ve probably read a similar headline when Googling what to do after publishing your book. All the research, frustrations, sleepless nights, draft after draft, stops and starts finally paid off; it’s done, out in the world, but why isn’t everyone rushing to buy a copy? Suppose you have a large publishing company behind your efforts.…
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This month of quarantine has me remembering my past, particularly the mid 80’s when cancer was becoming a household name. In 1955 Rachel Carson signaled the first warnings that the chemicals we were introducing to the environment could cause cancer. Today Americans are exposed to roughly 80,000 chemicals on a daily basis, and 10 million…
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Did you manage to find any interesting B&W negatives? Actually, I did find a few. This one photoshoot, in particular, stands out in my mind, and I’ve always wanted to scan the negatives digitally and see what it looks like today. What you see here is taken from the proof sheet. I remember it all…
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Part 5 Shall we narrow down self-publishing advice to a bullet list of does and don’ts? I find bullet lists to feel so unfinished, and yet they can provide just enough information to get you over the rough parts. By that, I mean STUCK. Your feet mired in quicksand, and all your best intentions are…
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Part 4 You got your feet wet publishing with BookBaby and CreateSpace. So why change horses in mid-stream? First of all, I love that expression. I use it often to temper my impulsive nature when new technology tempts me with updates. Things can get lost; time wasted learning new programs, you know what I mean.…
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Part 3 Let’s talk about designing your book covers. Sure. Book covers are a scary topic for self-publishing authors because it is HIGHLY recommended that you hire a professional to do your cover. For the first Body Rejuvenation Cleanse (BRCleanse) cover, I turned to a graphic artist Meghan Lyding. I had just seen a photo…
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Part II So what happened after you wrote the Complete Idiot’s Guide To Detoxing Your Body? Soon after I finished, I was hired to write a book on SuperFoods. This allowed me to expand on foods not often mentioned in health and cookbooks. Foods such as sea vegetables, pumpkin seeds, micro algae’s, wild mushrooms, well…
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People tell me they want to write a book. I tell them to put their rear end in a chair and write. That’s the only way to write a book.
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Part I I once hosted a radio show, Food For Thought, which ran from 1997 to 2006 in northwest New Jersey. It was fun, and I was good at coaxing a story from my guests. Since most authors wanted media attention, I would contact whomever I wanted to talk with and have them send me…
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Lifting The Veil ~ Human Nature is about all the wonderful drama and messy bits that make us human. It is a unique work of art created by writer and Photo Artist, Delia Quigley. With songs, poems, and stories, Quigley takes you on a journey from 1968 to the present. Delia’s photo art highlights her…
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I was ten, almost eleven Free as a young bird I walked down alleyways alone Rode motorcycle samlors racing my brothers home My father was the Chief of Staff, US Army JUSMAG It was 1961 Bangkok, Thailand A child’s Disney world I remember water canals Gekkos Water snakes Buffaloes Talking mynah birds Leaping off roofs…
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I am in the midst of moving my possessions once again It all happened suddenly, unexpected, a complete surprise One day I was contemplating new plantings for the garden And the next I was contemplating suicide as an alternative Then Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain settled the question If you have achieved everything, and still…
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The creative process is to me the eight limbs of yoga practice. Even the breath is essential …prana….life. I prepare my body with asana, then connecting to the breath I slowly begin to distill and concentrate my senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, smell, so I am awake, intensely alert in the moment. My concentration is…
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