Better To... Podcast with D. M. Needom
The Better To Podcast is a place where we'll discuss what was the inspiration for their perspective projects and how it all came about. Sometimes, we’ll take a deeper dive into that moment that placed them on the creative path. On the podcast, we honor achievements, discuss new projects, and reflect on life lessons and the beginnings of the creative journey.
Better To... Podcast with D. M. Needom
Getting Out of My Comfort Zone - H.J. VandeRiet
H. J. and I discuss her choice to go for her MBA in writing at a New Age college even though it was out of her comfort zone.
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I wrote the first draft of Otherside: The Serenity when I was 15 years old. As I grew and changed as a writer and a person, the book also changed and evolved. My personal beliefs about the afterlife highly influenced the way this book was written. Though I always wanted to stay true to the original premise, I feel like my experiences going from an adolescent atheist fascinated by reincarnation, to a young adult searching for meaning, to a grad student at a Buddhist inspired college, to a follower of Jesus, influenced the final version of Otherside: The Serenity. This is a young adult fantasy book, but at the core of the book, it's a redemption story, which is something all of us - no matter what our beliefs - are searching for.
I have been writing since I was nine years old, always desiring to create stories that spark emotions in the reader, and inspire them to look at life a little differently. I have a Master's degree in Writing, and I know the depths of what the human heart can handle. I have a love for stories that show the messiness of life because I've also endured that messiness. I believe that fiction often shows us the truth in better and more effective ways than actual true stories. I want to give people stories that are truthful, full of heart, and that is engaging.
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