INTERVIEW WITH VERLAINE CRAWFORD ABOUT WRITING 2023
By Limitless-Reader on Instagram
Q-1 What does literary success look like to you?
Literary success to me is when people read my books and use the information to improve their lives. In addition, it means being known as someone who writes and publishes books worth reading. Eventually, your writing can lead to speaking engagements, presenting seminars, and receiving energy in the form of money to continue my work. Therefore, I enjoy sharing my research, study, and experimentation in how we create our reality and how to achieve spiritual awakening.
Q-2 Do you research your subject? How long do you spend researching before beginning a book?
My research includes reading thousands of books and attending workshops. Over the years, I constantly used and tested the information to improve my life and awareness and share that information with friends, family, and clients. The techniques and processes I have learned have given me a great life and inner peace.
Q-3 If you didn’t write, what would you do for work?
I love writing, but I also love oil painting and photography. For over forty years, I served as a marketing and public relations executive and consultant for various businesses. I have worked with businesses focused on hospitality, healthcare, high-tech, art, architecture, photography, publishing, retail, real estate, and non-profit organizations. My personal soul’s purpose is to be a communicator and translator of information. I use these abilities as my focus when presenting information for personal and spiritual development.
Q-4 How do you select the names of your characters?
I write nonfiction. Yet, I edited and published a 400-page fantasy adventure novel, Portals in Time: The Quest for Un-Old Age by John Teressi (A Healing Odyssey in an Unknown World Close to Your Heart). It received marvelous 5-star reviews and won twelve book awards.
John selected names for his characters based on their activity and attitude. In fact, the names often came to him in visions. For instance, the Keepers of the Under-Earth, the Grundells, introduced themselves to him in a vision. “Please, please do not be fearful. We are your hosts,” droned the deep, resonant voice. “The Grundells are we…Stumble, Bumble, Tumble, and I am Wise.” Suddenly, the voice was louder and coming closer. “I have not always been Wise. Sometimes, I have been Stumble, Tumble, or Bumble,” He continued.
Q-5 What was your hardest chapter to write? (I substituted chapter for scene.)
The most difficult chapter to write in The Power of Wholeness was about Depression. I explained how the Infusion Integration Process helps heal the subpersonality that believes that life is not worth living.
You must discover what such a belief is doing FOR you. In this case, it keeps us depressed. Therefore, understanding the advantages is the primary point of the process. We need to engage in a dialog and learn why it is blocking our enjoyment of life. When you understand the advantages, it is possible to integrate the opposing beliefs.
Q-6 Was there an early experience where you learned that language had power?
I was in the third grade and learning about ancient Rome. I asked the teacher if I could write a play about Rome. Surprisingly, the teacher said yes. I was allowed to write, direct, and stage the play. We presented it to the whole school. I guess I was a very precocious child.
Q-7 Do you try to be original or to deliver what readers want?
I believe that you can be original and deliver what readers will enjoy and appreciate. In addition, it is important that your message be clear, understandable, creative, and enjoyable.
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