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Metapsychosis

Journal of Consciousness, Literature, and Art

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Writing Off the Deep End

In this ongoing series Geoffrey Edwards and Mary Thaler, two scientists turned authors, sit down to discuss everything writing-related: craft, process, and the importance of taking risks.

Writing with pencil on a pool

Episode 6Writing as Scientists, Part 2

By
  • Geoffreyjen Edwards
  • Mary Thaler
| 15 Jun 2019

Geoffrey Edwards and Mary Thaler talk about how their careers as scientists—working in fields like astrophysics, geomatics, microbiology, and ocean science—influenced the way they write fiction

Writing with pencil on a pool

Episode 5Writing as Scientists, Part 1

By
  • Geoffreyjen Edwards
  • Mary Thaler
| 1 Jun 2019

Writers Geoffrey Edwards and Mary Thaler talk about how their careers as scientists—working in fields like astrophysics, geomatics, microbiology, and ocean science—have influenced the way they write fiction

Writing with pencil on a pool

Episode 4Audacity

By
  • Geoffreyjen Edwards
  • Mary Thaler
| 18 May 2019

Mary Thaler and Geoffrey Edwards talk about the need for risk-taking in writing. How can we push ourselves outside our comfort zones in terms of genre and subject-matter?

Writing with pencil on a pool

Episode 3Craft

By
  • Geoffreyjen Edwards
  • Mary Thaler
| 4 May 2019

Writers Mary Thaler and Geoffrey Edwards sit down to talk about writing, this time about craft. Probably none of us are born already skilled writers, so what can we do deliberately to improve our craft?

Writing with pencil on a pool

Episode 2Voice

By
  • Geoffreyjen Edwards
  • Mary Thaler
| 20 Apr 2019

Mary Thaler and Geoffrey Edwards sit down to talk about writing, this time on the subject of voice. What are writers talking about when they talk about voice and why does it matter? What’s the difference between the author’s voice and the characters’ v …

Writing with pencil on a pool

Episode 1Introductions

By
  • Geoffreyjen Edwards
  • Mary Thaler
| 19 Apr 2019

Geoffrey Edwards and Mary Thaler sit down to talk about writing, including why they do it, and the risks and joys of tackling an ambitious project.

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  • Books
    • Plenum: the First Book of Deo
    • Masks of Origin
  • Groups
    • See You in Our Dreams – Reading Performance Group and Social Dreaming Experiment
    • Visionary Voices: Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri
    • Synthesis of Yoga Practicum
  • Podcasts
    • Chthonia – Worlds of the Dark Feminine
    • Writing Off the Deep End
  • Events
  • Meta
    • About
    • Authors
    • Submissions
    • Contact
    • Donate
  • Subscribe

Metapsychosis is a project of Cosmos Cooperative, a creative co-op for people with "visionary tendencies." Learn more at Cosmos.coop »

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Metapsychosis is a project of Cosmos Cooperative, a creative co-op for people with "visionary tendencies." Learn more at Cosmos.coop »

Unless otherwise noted, all rights are reserved by the individual authors. Other website content is licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)