Author Description

To Kill A Coyote (TKC) does not align with a single genre. C. Joyce describes her emotional journey from heartbreak to empowerment through philosophical essays, short stories, and journal entries. It is part essay / part memoir / part journal with some really great poetic reflections added to the mix (yes, there is some personal bias in that descriptor). The author hopes the words and thoughts in TKC help guide others toward the life of their dreams and remember that they are amazing, beautiful creations. This book was written from the heart. The material is intimate at times - raw emotion put into words trying to make sense of life. C. Joyce's thoughts and observations are based on personal experience and she is not claiming to be an expert on any particular philosophy, theory, or religion. She is a pupil of the universe, working on becoming an expert at living her life in a healthy, beneficial manner and getting herself to a place where she appreciates the beauty that surrounds us every day. C. Joyce wrote TKC to describe her inner journey that started in 2006. It is a journey that starts with painful loss and ends with joy and celebration in the here and now. Feeling the pain of loss initiated her journey and eventually led to a new level of consciousness through acceptance, awareness, and faith.... What does it mean to kill a coyote? What wisdom was my body's knowing trying to transfer to my conscious self in the form of this tagline from a seemingly inconsequential dream I had in 2004 or 2005? It was a dream that had nothing to do with coyotes, not literally - not that I could tell. There were no animals in the dream. I dreamt about a divorced couple that had children and a broken relationship. In the dream, I helped that couple get to a place where they could communicate effectively, a place of fellowship and love. The subject matter of the dream did not strike me as very significant. Nothing captivating happened: no baby elephants swimming in the harbor, n