A few years ago, I was really struck by something that British Statesman and literary figure, Benjamin Disraeli, was reported to have once said:
“We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.”
How true this statment is! We are the creators of our own situations and forward movements. We make the decisions that determine what happens in our lives. And when difficulties cross our path, we are the ones who decide how to traverse those pitfalls. Our attitudes affect our actions. Our actions affect the outcomes. The outcomes affect all those around us.
My goal is to fully embody this feeling–and to live my life not as a victim of, but rather as a creator of circumstance. This website is but one small link the intricate chain that will help me meet this goal. Welcome!
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Crystal King is a poet, editor, professor, marketer, and critical & creative thinker. Her strength as a writer is the thread that ties her broad experience together.
Crystal’s love of writing has led to numerous publishing credits including articles about marketing, creativity and critical thinking as well as many published poems, one of which garnered her a nomination for the 2005 Pushcart Prize. She was also founder and co-editor of the online literary magazine, Plum Ruby Review. She is currently hard at work on two novels in entirely different genres.
Crystal holds an M.A. in Critical & Creative Thinking from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She received her B.A. in English writing and literature with minors in communications and French from Whitworth College in Spokane, WA.
She’s extra fond of her husband Joe, her kitty Nero, her gazillion books, dark chocolate and good champagne.
