Bella Dancer
ELEMENTAL WATER: Domain of the Mind; Realm of Story
The Element of Water And That Which Contains It One droplet. A lily-pad pond. The glassy lake--or 10,000. The jagged-smooth...
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Memoir Table of Contents
Welcome Aboard!
--"Izzy, how did you start dancing?"
--"What got you into martial arts?"
--"What kind of dancer/martial artist/writer are you?
--"How do you deal with brain damage, bodily injury and
C-PTSD, yet still dance, write, train, live the way you do?"
--"How do you still find joy and beauty amidst pain and loss?"
--"Wow, you should write your memoirs!"
This Is My Story
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 8, 2022
- 20 min
THE (S)HE-RO'S JOURNEY 4: Writing Another Kind of Hope
My friends and foes, we’ve been tumbling down a rabbit hole for nine posts now, and some of it was a bit volcanic. “Nooooo,” you say,...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 1, 2022
- 19 min
THE (S)HE-RO'S JOURNEY 3: Villains and Dragons and Fire, Oh My!
Continued from: --THE YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE SERIES - If you haven't at least read this opening sex, language & violence content warning...
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Bella Dancer
- Aug 20, 2022
- 23 min
THE (S)HE-RO'S JOURNEY 2: Balance - The Disturbance In My Force
Continued from: --MY 40-YEAR OBSESSION WITH THE GLADIATRIX --THE YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE SERIES - If you haven't at least read this opening...
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Bella Dancer
- Jul 19, 2022
- 10 min
THE (S)HE-RO'S JOURNEY - Not Your Customary Character Arc
Continued from: --MY OBSESSION WITH THE GLADIATRIX --A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - If you haven't read this sex, language & violence content...
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Bella Dancer
- Jul 16, 2022
- 14 min
VIOLENT FEMMES - The Warrior/Princess Binary
Continued from: --A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - If you haven't read this sex, language & violence content warning with its (non)binary...
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Bella Dancer
- Jul 12, 2022
- 16 min
ROMANCE *IS* FANTASY - Childish Dreams vs. Heroic Aspirations
Continued from: --A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - If you haven't read this sex, language & violence content warning with its (non)binary...
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Bella Dancer
- Jul 2, 2022
- 19 min
FANTASY, ACTION, ROMANCE & SEX: Not Mortal Combatants
Continued from: --A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - If you haven't read this sex, language & violence content warning with its (non)binary...
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Bella Dancer
- Jun 19, 2022
- 18 min
"WRITE WHAT YOU WANT TO READ" THEY SAID - So I Do
Continued from: --GLADIATORS HIJACK MY LIFE - How I Started Writing My Gladiatrix --A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - If you haven't read this...
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Bella Dancer
- May 28, 2022
- 19 min
THE INCONCEIVABLE - ASSumptions About the Gladiatrix
Continued from: --GLADIATORS HIJACK MY LIFE - How I Started Writing My Gladiatrix --GLADIATRIX?! - "Gladia-what?" Female Gladiator...
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Bella Dancer
- May 10, 2022
- 4 min
INJURED. Again.
Annnnd I'm down again. Out of commission. Back on my ass. One of my old trusty, musty injuries has flared up to the point where there is...
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Bella Dancer
- May 7, 2022
- 19 min
A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - Straddling the Feminine-Masculine Spectrum
Eartly 20s Tomboy Glitter-Grrl My friends and foes, we’re about to tumble down a rabbit hole, and some of it is a bit volcanic. “Nooooo,”...
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Bella Dancer
- Feb 24, 2022
- 1 min
RUSSIA & UKRAINE: Why I Write What I Write
This is why I write about childhood bullying. "OMGawwwwwd, it happened so long ago. Get over it!" Yup, it did. And it's all the same...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 27, 2021
- 9 min
THE SEARCH BEGINS: Why I'm Still Not Back on FB--excuse me, Meta.
Last month, out of nowhere, one of my favorite people pinged me. "Izzyyyyyy, did you drop off the face of the planet? BTW others on FB...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 10, 2021
- 17 min
BEHIND THE VEIL: Hiding Things Underground - My Lindsey Stirling Journey 5
Continued from MY JOURNEY WITH LINDSEY STIRLING: --THE MUSE IN THE MOON: A Thank You to My Muse & My Supporters --BRAVE ENOUGH: To Fight...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 13, 2021
- 10 min
9/11 - 20 Years Ago Yesterday
I only have three brief memories and one email from the entire 9/11 catastrophe. The flashes are seared into my mind like short, punchy...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 6, 2021
- 7 min
TAKE THE HIT - Asking Fighters to Critique My Gladiatrix
Continued from: ENTERING THE ARENA - Gladiators Hijack My Life GLADIATRIX - "Gladia-what?!" Female Gladiator STAMINA - Academia Critiques...
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Bella Dancer
- Aug 29, 2021
- 13 min
STAMINA: Spectacled Book Nerds Teach Me How To Fight
Thanksgiving 1994 21 years old I toss up a cringing smile in response to the rectangle of disconcerted faces staring me down. I’ve just...
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Bella Dancer
- Aug 28, 2021
- 6 min
IN DARKNESS IT SHINES - The Flash of a Drakonian Tale
I only have a single writing snippet of my brief dance with the man who was actually a colossal dragon under his human facade. For many...
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Bella Dancer
- Aug 27, 2021
- 10 min
DANCE WITH THE RED DRAGON - A Love Story That Almost Was
Continued from: TWISTED HISTORY & MYTH - Adventures in Fantasy World-Building ...My bedroom was upstairs behind frosted-glass French...
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