Bella Dancer
ELEMENTAL METAL - Domain of the Persona; Realm of Martial Movement & Mindset
The Element of Metal And Things Made From It Tools & Treasures. Weapons & Armor. Both Hammer & Anvil to make them. Locks on a box. Keys,...
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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
- 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 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 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
- Apr 8, 2022
- 16 min
MOVING ON: A Crucifix, Sandalwood & Lemon Lysol
We've finally made it to the last chapter of this series about #MeToo, rape and death threats, violence, psychological abuse,...
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Bella Dancer
- Jan 10, 2022
- 19 min
DAMSEL OUT OF DIS-DRESS - My First Time In Heavy Armor
Continued from: THE TREBUCHET - A Siege Engine Knocks My Life 163 Degrees Sideways THE SHIRE - Making Garb, Travel Plans and a Home in...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 28, 2021
- 7 min
THE TREBUCHET - A Siege Engine Knocks My Life 163 Degrees Sideways
Continued From: ENTERING THE ARENA - Gladiators Hijack My Life GLADIATRIX: "Gladia-what?!" - Female Gladiator STAMINA - Spectacled...
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Bella Dancer
- Oct 19, 2021
- 10 min
BRAVE ENOUGH: To Fight in the Arena & Shatter Shackles - My Lindsey Stirling Journey 2
Continued from: THE MUSE IN THE MOON - My Journey with Lindsey Stirling Synchronicity has been hard at work playing with me of late....
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Bella Dancer
- Oct 1, 2021
- 13 min
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - Following the White Rabbit (Because I Can't Not)
In The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen, the archer gladiatrix from the sticks, has grabbed a backpack and raced into the woods, away from...
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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 25, 2021
- 8 min
TWISTED HISTORY & MYTH - Adventures in World-Building
Thank you, Canva! Now if only you'd let me search for the artist's name so I could credit it. "Oooh, Izzy, you write novels?" I do. It's...
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Bella Dancer
- Aug 23, 2021
- 7 min
GLADIATRIX: "Gladia-what?!" - Female Gladiator
When I wrote my Persephone novel, I had originally planned it to be a one-off. Hahahahahahahahaha…this is me we’re talking about. You...
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Bella Dancer
- Aug 22, 2021
- 15 min
ENTERING THE ARENA - Gladiators Hijack My Life
I sincerely hope it's obvious that, in these posts about gladiators and the Roman arena, we're going to be talking about violence,...
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Bella Dancer
- Apr 12, 2017
- 1 min
NAKED IN THE ARENA - Vulnerability, Creativity & Bravery
I am NOT editing this post, dammit. For years I have been trying to blog. Correction. I have been failing to blog. There is no try...only...
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