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Home Alone in the Multiverse - Book Tour and Giveaway

5/23/2020

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Home Alone in the Multiverse
by William C. Dell
Genre: Speculative Nonfiction 

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One day, looking at my beer bottle the label said: "Don't Forget You're Here Forever." This book is about how that can be. We are in a multiverse of island universes floating in a boundless field. I am proposing that every single thing - large and small, animate or inanimate - is a separate universe, all strung together, alone, in an eternal multiverse. As a universe, you are here forever.


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​I defer to my fellow creatures Jack Rabbit and Gray Squirrel, who have seen the worlds, for assistance.
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“What happens when you die?” wondered Jack Rabbit.
“I have no idea,” replied Gray Squirrel. “I guess I run out of nuts.
“And lettuce and carrots,” added Jack.
“Maybe we should ask Voice.” said Gray.
“Are you still there?” inquired Jack.
“I am always here,” answered Voice. All you have to do is listen.”
“Well, what happens when you die?”
“You go into stars as points of light.”
“How do you know?”
“I’ve been there. So have you.”
“What do you mean?”
“I remember. You don’t. Otherwise you wouldn’t be asking.”
“Ok, then what happens?”
“You hang around for a while.”
“How long?”
“Depends on how attached you are.”
“To what?”
“This world,” explained Voice.
“Yes, there are many worlds,” Jack nodded.
“We’ve been there,” said Gray.
“But what happens when you die?” Jack asked again.
“When you let go, you dissipate,” replied Voice.
“Into what?”
“Emptiness.”
“Nothing??” exploded Gray.
“No,” responded Voice silently.
“You’re not making sense!” shouted Jack Rabbit, jumping up and down.
“Beyond light is only you,” commented Voice gently.
“Only us?”
“Yes.”
“And what are we?” demanded Jack and Gray.
“Your own vibration or information. Everyone is different.”
“What does vibration do?”
“It disturbs emptiness into you again”
“You are saying we pick up where we left off.”
“Yes.”
“Every single thing?”
“Yes.”
“To what end?”
“No end.”
“We go on as ourselves indefinitely?”
“Yes, until you are empty.”
“What then?”
“You twitch.”

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William C. Dell is Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Montclair State University, New Jersey. His published works include metaphysics, poetry, inter-disciplinary studies, and literary criticism.

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​WRITING FOR NOTHING, or WHAT THE BLUEBIRD SAID
By William C. Dell


While working on my book Deconstructing Zen, I observed a bluebird couple in my backyard. One morning, the male bluebird left a pattern of twigs he was using for a nest on my deck railing. I made a sketch of the twigs, and then he removed them in the evening. I thought, “What wonderful Zen!” That became the cover of my book.
Writing is an image for ineffable content, a noise on the surface of silence. The fundamental urge for expression comes from the realization of empty potentiality. Make something, so you are not alone. The image can be anything – a nest, a novel, a documentary, a song, a treatise, a poem. When you write, paint, dance, sing, or simply speak, you are creating something out of nothing – something that has never existed before you. Stay focused, therefore, not on what you produce, but on your source in silence.
Removing his nesting twigs, the bluebird expressed a boundless space for what could happen next. Writing is like building a nest, where the twigs are words enveloped in vacant air. To do their job, they must have room to breathe. When you write, try to let every word, sentence, and paragraph live and manifest that unsayable potentiality which upholds them. Here are some specific suggestions.
  1. Attempt a different kind of flow. Rather than moving from one word to another, move from one empty space to another using a word.
  2. Being aware of the silence which upholds words gives them more substance and weight.
  3. In this sense, what you do not say can be much more important than what you do.
  4. Avoid the noise of too many words to say the same thing.
  5. Keep sentences clear and fluent on the surface of silence.
  6. Staying focused on the vacancy surrounding words, not the words themselves, they sort themselves out of potentiality, naturally and powerfully.
  7. Understanding writing as image is a key to honing skill and developing content. Whether a narrative on a pin, or a dialogue between persons (comic or tragic), there is an ineffability which, if sounded, enlarges and edifies the composition.


Although this little piece leans more to the philosophical than the practical, it can serve, perhaps, as a humble reminder of our creative source. Anyway, that’s what the bluebird said.




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104 Comments
Stephanie Jones
5/23/2020 03:26:17 am

sounds like a good book

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William C Dell
5/23/2020 01:48:58 pm

Thanks.Let me know what you think if you read the book.

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Beppe DM
5/23/2020 03:32:46 am

Great cover

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 02:18:10 pm

Please enjoy

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Beyond Comps
5/23/2020 05:53:57 am

Great cover!

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 02:19:11 pm

I hope you like the book.

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Kelly D
5/23/2020 07:30:56 am

I like the cover, it makes me want to know more about the book.

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William C Dell
5/23/2020 01:49:58 pm

Thanks. Let me know what you think if you read the book.

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Wendy Jensen
5/23/2020 09:27:25 am

I love the simpleness of the book cover. It makes it stand out.

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 02:20:46 pm

Thanks. I hope you will want to read the book.

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Rita Wray
5/23/2020 09:39:43 am

Sounds like a good book.

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William C. Dell
5/23/2020 01:52:18 pm

Thanks. I hope you will want to read it.

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Amy F
5/23/2020 11:04:00 am

Sounds like an interesting read.

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William C Dell
5/23/2020 01:53:33 pm

Thanks. Let me know what you think if you read it.

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Lynn CLAYTON
5/23/2020 11:18:18 am

love the cover looks like a great read

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William C . Dell
5/23/2020 01:55:24 pm

Thanks. I hope you will want to read it. Let me know what you think.

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latisha depoortere
5/23/2020 12:41:12 pm

Thank you so much for sharing!

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William C Dell
5/23/2020 01:57:57 pm

You are welcome. Hope you will want to read the book.

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Sherry
5/23/2020 12:43:28 pm

I love the book cover.

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 02:22:34 pm

Thank you. I hope you will want to read the book.

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Victoria Alexander
5/23/2020 01:09:17 pm

Thanks for sharing the excerpt!

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William C Dell
5/23/2020 01:59:24 pm

You are welcome. If you read the book, let me know what you think.

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William C. Dell link
5/23/2020 01:46:22 pm

Looking forward to this tour and interacting with readers.

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wendy hutton
5/23/2020 02:45:00 pm

very nice cover, thanks

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 02:23:56 pm

Thanks. Hope you will read the book.

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Calvin
5/23/2020 03:12:36 pm

Interesting genre, worth checking out.

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William C Dell
5/23/2020 03:49:31 pm

Thanks. Hope you read the book

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Susan Smith
5/23/2020 03:28:07 pm

Sounds interest, eye catching cover.

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William C Dell
5/23/2020 03:51:30 pm

Thanks. If you read the book, let me know what you think.

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Debbie P
5/23/2020 06:17:26 pm

This sounds like a really good read!

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William C Dell
5/23/2020 08:11:21 pm

Hope you like it. Please let me know.

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Judy Thomas
5/24/2020 03:18:39 am

This book sounds very interesting.Thanks for sharing it!

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 02:25:32 pm

You are welcome. I hope you will read it.

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Julie Murphy
5/24/2020 05:08:40 am

The cover is great!

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 02:26:21 pm

Thanks. I hope you read the book.

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James Robert
5/24/2020 05:46:16 am

Your book sounds like a great read and thank you for sharing it with us.

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William C Dell
5/24/2020 02:20:48 pm

You are welcome. Hope you will read the book and let me know what you think

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Cathy French
5/24/2020 08:09:44 am

Interesting concept. Color me intrigued

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William C Dell
5/24/2020 02:23:33 pm

Hope you be intrigued enough to read the book and let me know what you think about the concept.

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Molli Taylor
5/24/2020 08:31:44 am

this book looks awesome

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William C Dell
5/24/2020 02:25:25 pm

Thank you. Hope you will read the book and let me know what you think.

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beleebi
5/24/2020 09:17:24 am

I love the cover, and the book sounds great!

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William C Dell
5/24/2020 02:28:42 pm

Thanks. Let me know what you think if/when you read the book.

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Leah Cavendish
5/24/2020 09:18:31 am

The excerpt sounds really interesting.

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William C Dell
5/24/2020 02:31:09 pm

Glad you like it, and hope you will read the book.

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Jaclyn Mercer
5/24/2020 10:40:13 am

Interesting topic and definitely worth a read.

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William C Dell
5/24/2020 02:40:21 pm

Definitely hope you read the book and let me now what you think about the topic.

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Kayla Harmon
5/24/2020 10:44:55 am

great cover

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 02:28:51 pm

Thank you. Hope you enjoy the book.

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Jeff A
5/24/2020 11:01:27 am

Interesting cover!

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 02:27:53 pm

Thanks. Hope you read the book.

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shannon zeidan
5/24/2020 12:25:32 pm

This sounds like such an amazing read.

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William C Dell
5/24/2020 02:42:55 pm

It would be amazing if you read the book and let me know what you think.

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laurie damrose
5/24/2020 02:01:43 pm

Nice cover.

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 02:30:55 pm

Thank you. Hope you like the book.

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Stephanie
5/24/2020 03:18:40 pm

This seems like a complex story.

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William C Dell
5/24/2020 03:33:20 pm

Maybe complex, but hopefully in the end, simple. If you read the book, let me know what you think.

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avm
5/24/2020 04:48:24 pm

very cool

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William C Dell
5/24/2020 05:28:02 pm

Thanks. Hope you enjoy the book.

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Renata
5/24/2020 10:37:23 pm

Cool cover

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 01:41:48 pm

Please enjoy.

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 02:32:30 pm

Thanks. Hope the book is cool enough for you to read.

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Karin
5/25/2020 06:52:43 am

An interesting concept

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 01:43:53 pm

Thanks. I hope you read the book. Let me know what you think of the concept.

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Bernie Wallace
5/25/2020 08:58:45 am

I like the image of the bottle. Congrats on the release. I hope your book is a success.

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William C Dell
5/25/2020 01:45:03 pm

Thank you. I hope you will read the book.

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Nina Lewis
5/25/2020 11:28:56 pm

Looks good!

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William C Dell
5/26/2020 01:32:06 am

Thank you I hope you will want to read the book.

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Marcy Meyer
5/26/2020 04:41:40 pm

Interesting cover. Thanks for sharing.

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William C Dell
5/26/2020 05:22:57 pm

Thanks. I hope you will want to read the book.

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Mary Cloud
5/26/2020 08:38:08 pm

Interesting cover - no questions

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William C Dell
5/26/2020 09:13:36 pm

(If) any questions, please let me know.

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Dave Gibb
5/26/2020 08:39:37 pm

Wow the cover looks awesome.

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William
5/26/2020 09:05:22 pm

Thanks. Hope you will want to read the book.

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Emily Gibb
5/27/2020 05:46:16 pm

. Im in love. Everything about this is Fabulous... The title... the cover... The description... Pure perfection!!

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William C Dell
5/27/2020 07:31:24 pm

Thank you so much. I hope your love extends to wanting to read my book. Let me know. All best, William

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Melanie borhi
5/28/2020 06:14:19 am

Cover looks great

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William C Dell
5/28/2020 01:28:13 pm

Thanks. Hope you will want to read the book.

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Julie Lundstrom
5/28/2020 04:07:34 pm

I think this is a very interesting cover.

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William
5/28/2020 09:37:09 pm

Thank you . I hope you will be interested to read the book.

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Nancy
5/28/2020 11:56:58 pm

A question for the author: As a child and adolescent, what authors, book series, and genres did you enjoy reading?

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William C Dell
5/29/2020 01:17:55 pm

Mostly fiction and some local history: especially Treasure Island, Robin Hood, The Hardy Boys Series, Ivanhoe, and The Captain Horatio Hornblower Series. Thanks for asking.

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Piroska
5/30/2020 02:55:44 pm

Love the cool cover!

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William
5/30/2020 04:35:04 pm

Thanks. I hope you will read the book.

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Francine Anchondo
5/30/2020 05:55:07 pm

Cool cover

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William
5/30/2020 06:12:23 pm

Thanks. I hope you will read the book.

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Mya Murphy
5/31/2020 03:57:55 pm

The cover definitely is eye-catching!

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William C Dell
5/31/2020 05:14:55 pm

Thank you very much. I hope you will read the book.

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Veronica Lee link
6/1/2020 09:13:53 am

Interesting cover! I am intrigued!

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William C Dell
6/1/2020 01:48:24 pm

Thanks, Veronica. I hope you be intrigued to read the book.

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Heather Mahley
6/3/2020 04:23:08 pm

SOunds like an interesting read

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William C Dell
6/3/2020 09:09:08 pm

Thanks, Heather, I hope you read my book.

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Kristen
6/3/2020 09:39:48 pm

Interesting that the cover is based on the idea for the concept.

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William Dell
6/4/2020 12:05:11 am

Yes, Kristen, the serendipity of that made me write the book. Hope you will read it.

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jose rosado
6/4/2020 10:55:55 am

What do you think of the book or the cover?

its a very original ideia ,i like it alot

THX

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William C Dell
6/4/2020 01:51:10 pm

I hope you will read my book, and let me know what you think. Thanks

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Jennylyn Gross
6/4/2020 04:39:26 pm

the cover is different but cool

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William C Dell
6/4/2020 08:40:23 pm

Thank you. I hope will read the book.

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Daniel M
6/4/2020 05:29:44 pm

like the cover

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William C Dell
6/4/2020 08:41:57 pm

Thanks. I hope you read the book.

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Stacey A Smith
6/6/2020 08:28:16 pm

plain but interesting cover.

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William C Dell
6/6/2020 09:28:10 pm

Thank you, Stacy, I hope you will read the book.

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Jerry Marquardt
6/6/2020 11:17:33 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including Home Alone in the Multiverse, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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William C Dell
6/6/2020 11:41:43 pm

Thank you so much, Jerry. Which of my books have you read? I would love to know what you think.

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