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As an author and artist, I'm a small business doing my best to be seen and heard in the loud and crowded marketplace. Each week, I share one of my creations with you. Maybe one of them will ring your chimes. Up this week: the deathwalking (psychopomp work) anthology that I edited. If you're curious about this type of spiritual work, this book focusing on modern practitioners is a great introduction. Details: https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/deathwalking

Book cover of Shaman Pathways - Deathwalking: Helping Them Cross the Bridge edited by Laura Perry. The book cover shows a photo of a tree-shaded wooden bridge leading off into the distance along a path in the woods.

It's the ! I write pagan and magical fiction and non-fiction, a great deal of which focuses on the ancient Minoans. You can explore my titles here:

https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/books

I am home taking care of family members with COVID and I am bored AF. And I was thinking this might be a good time to work on the thing (book?) I am writing about my Dad's life but I am having so much trouble with motivation for the writing part (as opposed to the researching and thinking about it part). And I was wondering about using this account as a way to sort of micr-blog my writing. I feel so much more motivation when I've got an audience, it doesn't matter how small the audience. Has anyone tried this as a tool for writing motivation and want to tell me how it went/ is going?

As an author and artist, I'm a small business trying to make my way in the crowded marketplace. Once a week I share one of my creations with you. Maybe one of them will ring your chimes. Up this week: Labrys & Horns, the how-to guide for inclusive Minoan spirituality. Meet the deities, set up an altar, invite their energies into your life, do some sacred crafts and other fun stuff. Ariadne, Dionysus, Rhea, the Minotaur, Therasia and so many others await you...

https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/labrys-and-horns

A paperback copy of Labrys and Horns: An Introduction to Modern Minoan Paganism by Laura Perry stands on sparkling golden sand. The book has a light aqua cover with an image of a labrys standing between the points of a pair of sacred horns. The book is surrounded by snippets of text that are connected to the book by arrows. The text reads, "Minoan deities, inclusive spirituality, make an altar, rituals, sacred calendar, devotionals."

A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds by Beryl Rawson, 2025 draws from both established and current scholarship to offer a broad overview of the field, engage in contemporary debates, and pose stimulating questions about future development in the study of families.

Provides up-to-date research on family structure from archaeology, art, social, cultural, and economic history.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444390766

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Features illustrations of families, children, slaves, and ritual life, along with maps and diagrams of sites and dwellings. 2011 edition: https://archive.org/details/a-companion-to-families-in-the-greek-and-roman-worlds

just finished reading The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good by Tim Schwab. METICULOUSLY researched & documented exposé on Gates. i'm surprised Gates didn't send a hitman after Schwab!

long but WORTH READING!

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250291431/thebillgatesproblem/

Not My Type by E Jean Carroll was definitely a five star read for me. She is whip-smart, funny, and hey- like she'll tell you, she's fabulous! The majority of the book is spent going over the first trial- chapter 40 (the last and longest chapter) goes over the second trial. A woman standing up for herself against the most powerful man in the US is someone to be proud of. Her bravery is admirable.

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Cover of Not My Type: One Woman vs. A President by E Jean Carroll. The book is sitting on a blue jean clad lap with weeds on the ground around it. Book is black with E Jean on it in a black jacket, white shirt, blonde hair, and black sunglasses.

Here I am again, a writer/artist (i.e., small business) letting you know about some of the things I do. I find marketing awkward, but it's a necessity these days, so please bear with me.

This is the second edition of my first book: Ancient Spellcraft. It's full of spells for a variety of needs and circumstances, in connection with powerful ancient deities. Expand your polytheism and your magic as you explore the possibilities!

A paperback copy of Ancient Spellcraft by Laura Perry in front of a bright yellow background. The book cover has red text on a black background and features a colorful pre-Raphaelite painting of Morgan Le Fay casting a spell. The book is surrounded by snippets of text connected to the book by arrows. The text reads, "Magic from the ancient world, powerful deities, protection spells, fertility and healing, prosperity and romance, spells, charms, and divinations."