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To Avoid an Unthinkable Future

Posted on November 16, 2024 by mitchteemley

Artist: M-Tau “There are times we must face the unbearable now in order to avoid an even more unthinkable future.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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Beta Readers Needed!

Posted on May 31, 2024 by mitchteemley

Dear friends and subscribers: It’s a been a long time coming, but I’ve finally reached the stage with my novel Healing River, based on my own multi-award-winning feature film, where I’m looking for beta readers. Your pre-publishing feedback will help me … Continue reading →

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Your Are Cordially Invited…

Posted on March 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

To Enter Another World! I normally post episodes of my full-length fantasy The Wishing Map on Saturdays, but I’m in the studio today, so allow me to refer you back to the start of this magical little epic. Each segment, … Continue reading →

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Someone They Can Trust

Posted on July 5, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Nancy Ruegg of From the Inside Out. In the interest of full disclosure (and becasue I wanted to use the word “disclosure”), I should tell you that Nancy and I have been good friends … Continue reading →

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Help Me — or Kill Me!

Posted on November 12, 2022 by mitchteemley

Concept art for the original Disney series The Wishing Map The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Still a … Continue reading →

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5 Years Ago This Week

Posted on June 23, 2022 by mitchteemley

Five years ago, my newly-completed feature film Healing River (then titled Over-the-Rhine) had its world premiere at Cincinnati’s historic Memorial Hall. It was a heady moment, to say the least — the audience cried and cheered. Healing River went on … Continue reading →

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In the Claws of Mercy

Posted on March 5, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Birgl The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. After unwittingly sleeping in the nest of an … Continue reading →

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A Whoom! in the Room

Posted on January 8, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by jplenio The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Ever since Aunt Aloysia had given them the … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map is Here!

Posted on September 4, 2021 by mitchteemley

Preface: There’s Magic in the World Bedtime is the time to stall. And asking for a story is the best way to do it. In response to such requests, many years ago I began improvising an ongoing story for my … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map is Coming!

Posted on August 28, 2021 by mitchteemley

Concept art created for the Walt Disney series. Introduction Seven years ago, when my blog site was new, I published a complete fantasy novel The Wishing Map here online at The Power of Story. It was received with great enthusiasm … Continue reading →

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