Welcome to My Mind
Who is M. Alden Phillips? I’m glad you asked. I have many facets, including parent, grandparent, son, sibling.
Wait, do you mean more about why you should check me out? That is more complicated. I have been a student all of my life, both formal and informal. My formal education, post-secondary, came in two stages: liberal arts education and psychological-based training. My career, also multifaceted, spanned retail sales, medical research, psychological assistance, photographic artist, and, most recently, dipping into the world of fictional writing.
Through all of those years, family, a love of fine art, and tireless reading remained passions of mine. I read across many genre and non-fiction as I feel drawn. My current non-fiction passion is the essays of an artist named Guy Tal. His books, like his most recent, Be Extraordinary, challenge me to be my best in all my artistic endeavors–and in life.
Then, why am I starting here and now with a Blog post? To share my process in my writing journey, toss out hints of what directions my project may lead, and to let you get to know me better through my writing style. And, honestly, maybe I can hook you with my ideas. After all, isn’t that why any artist turns to social media? Maybe my blog or Facebook posts will immerse you into the world I am creating for my characters. A foreign land far, far away (I know, that one is already taken, but you know...).
My current journey takes to another world, a place steeped with mysticism and magic. And we can follow a man, Jack, who feels abandoned on this world when all he really wants to go home...to find home, a place that in later years evaded him. Now, he finds himself exploring a new world, new people, with unknown dangers...and opportunities. And just maybe he could find a sense of home, if he survives.
Welcome to My Mind. Join me on my journey, and maybe we will both have a little fun along the way.
M. Alden Phillips
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