No Heaven for No Hell

From "Last Call--with our without Wings": "Maybe we don't have to Imagine, John. / We have no heaven in exchange for no hell" (7 McCollum). 

In case anyone is not familiar with John Lennon's song "Imagine," it functions on idealism.  Imagine there is no possession.  Imagine there is no war.  Imagine everybody loves everybody and we are happy.

Natalie's counter implies that there is no more wishful thinking needed, there is no more fight to attain this realm or leave that realm. She suggests an equilibrium state where, perhaps, each person is responsible for himself and each act is open for interpretation--is not bad, is not good, just is.  Isn't it true that there really is no definitive line separating acts (or realms)?   

If I murder someone, am I bad?  Wonder if the person I murdered is "bad?"  Then, what makes him bad and me good?  Who decides?  It's all subjective, yes?  Or dependent on intention?  Did I take pleasure in seeing someone suffer?  Or was I just seeking revenge and I killed him swiftly, "righteously"?  The "truth" is found more in the faith of ours acts than the acts themselves.  This means that we create our own hells and our own heavens by self-punishment or self-liberation and this means that we can also dissolve them both.

Imagine . . .

book trailer!

This summer...

...don't forget your wings.

"Spreading the love of literature...and dirty vampires."

My super-savvy agent got me this review. I'm quite amused with it. 4 out of 5 ravens!

www.bibliophilicbookblog.com/2011/01/book-review-ashes-to-angels-by-natalie.html

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coffee, anyone?

Asher and Auryn are camped out at the Ohio Coffee Company, thanks to my friend, Nathan. He works at this artsy little coffee shop in downtown Dayton and helped me get a copy of Ashes to Angels in the store for sale. It's perched up there on the counter with a local folk musician's CD, a literary zine, and some irresistible vegan baked goods by a local baker. So, you can get your good eats and good reads all in one great place while supporting art and independent business!

Ohio Coffee Company is located at 46 W. 5th Street.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dayton-OH/The-Ohio-Coffee-Co/119544159721?v=wall&ref=ts

Asher and Auryn are going places!

My brother recently asked if he could read my novel, now that it's published. I told him he should buy it, and then yeah, sure he could read it. (I get a little smart-alecky sometimes.) Of course, he made the case for blood-relation privileges -- as family, he should get special access to my personal copies. So, where is my author stash?

It seems that Asher and Auryn, co-stars of the book, have taken it beyond my bookshelf in my little rat-trap hotel . . . oh, wait, that's their line and their living situation . . . excuse me, my little motel-room of an apartment. As mentioned in the previous post, Dark Star Books & Comics in Yellow Springs has two copies for sale -- yep, straight from the author's stash. And more recently, the editor of the Dayton City Paper requested a loaner copy from me for the purpose of doing a book review and interview next month! So, DCP readers, look for an article in about a month.

Then, I suppose, I will give in and lend it to my brother . . . doesn't look like my own book is going to be on my bookshelf for a while. Make sure it's on yours! :)