CC Saint-Clair
Stepping Stones To The Top Of The World
People need to understand that life is not about
what they wish to see happen in their lives.
Life is what actually does HAPPEN to them,
moment by moment. Every catalyst, every setback
or blessing, regardless of its nature, is an invitation
to address a karmic debt.
Even though we, mere humans, have no way of
guessing how or why we have merited any
unanticipated debt or challenge, if we are unwilling
to address the moment holistically – that’s the end
of our personal evolution. Nothing and no one can
alter either a karmic deadline or an unpreventable
outcome. All we are karmically expected to do is
deal with it from an accepting heart. Yudit C.S.
When fiction intersects reality
Dear Reader,
My passion is to peek inside the dark corners of my characters’
emotional baggage and sexuality and engage the reader as a witness of
their strength of character.
Grapevine chatter
Reading specific chapters has been compared to acts of vicarious but
delicious voyeurism. True, the challenge is to respect my characters’
integrity, not only for the readers’ sake but, more importantly, for the
women who, in real life, have felt in their heart a pain that is similar to
that of my characters.
The texts that create themselves in my mind provide a means to explore
variations on the theme of female love and desire, at times gritty, at
times sensual and, at times, both.
Because my characters live in this 3-D world of ours, not on Planet X,
inevitably, some of their lives intersect with men and, at times, I call upon
‘my women’ to survive the sort of great odds that are part-and-parcel of the lives of many girls and women worldwide.
It has been said that some texts push a few buttons that, sometimes, had been either buried deeply or undetected within the readers themselves.
Such plot beats are found to be useful conversation starters on topics that one may have been hesitant to broach to friends or family.
What I know for a fact is that, at the very least, they provide very sexy moments to share with someone … close – and that your best friends will love you for
lending them a Saint-Clair novel because they’ve been hard to get.
Spoiler: these texts are not ideal for anyone who wants a book that can be read in short bursts while keeping an eye on the kids or the bus route.
Book 1
Book 2
Book 6
Silent Goodbyes
Risking-Me
North & Left
From Here
Morgan In The
Mirror
Jagged Dreams
Far From Maddy
Benchmarks
'Awakening' is a metaphor for
accepting What-Is and not letting the
ego drag us into What-Ifs...(13 pages)
A fantasy fairytale minus the fairy.
Proceed with caution…(13 pages)
Moomba, loved by all, finds herself in
the deepest peril…(4 pages)
A collection of 12 mind-meandering
essays on the Heart and Soul of
our daily lives.
1
Background
2
Warriors, We Are
3
Corona
4
Caught Between
5
Evolution vs Adaptation
6
When There Is Nothing
7
Alone With Them And With Ourselves
8
Like the Lotus
9
Are We Having Fun Yet?
10
Coming of Age
11
Our Best
12
Lucky For Us GPS
LGBTQ Social Realism Novels
Short Reads
Warriors We Are
You are very welcome to use, free of charge, any article authored by C.C. Saint-Clair or any section thereof, provided:
•
you acknowledge me as the author
•
you do not edit the content
Heartfelt thanks to Jayne Doah for the cover designs she has donated to the Stepping Stones series.
Tough Stuff: Thought Control
As Relevant Today As Ever
Here is a truism:
breasts attract eyes as
honey attracts bees. And here
is another: What the eye does
not admire, the heart does not
covet. There is much wisdom in
this ancient idiom but sexual
desire has a mind of its own.
Breasts Attract Eyes As
Honey Attracts Bees
Bare All - Shine Light
The Universal
Declaration of Human
Rights passed in 1948 and
guarantees the rights to equal
wages for equal work, respect
and personal safety to all
persons. However, in some
countries, it is said ‘life is
cheap’,
Since keys and locks
appeared in ancient
Egypt and Assyria, Man has
gone to great lengths to keep
himself as well as his
compassionate heart – behind
locked gates in a bid to protect
himself and all that he
considers possessions.
About Locks And Defensive
Walls
The More Men Search for
Masculine Energy – The More
Naked Is the Female Body
The Universal
Declaration of Human
Rights passed in 1948 and
guarantees the rights to equal
wages for equal work, respect
and personal safety to all
persons. However, in some
countries, it is said ‘life is
cheap’,
Wonder Woman - Sexy
Brawn
October, 2016 –
Wonder Woman would
become an honorary
ambassador in support of the
UN’s development goal five
which is “to achieve gender
equality and empower all
women and girls”.
Women Struggling With
Humility [Part 4]
My teacher from
Jerusalem, Yudit
Cohen-Shoore, of blessed
memory, also known as Moriya,
once said to me, ‘Ego-driven
choices are attention-seeking
attitudes.
Women Carry The Brunt
Some of us do ponder
how to begin
redesigning aspects of what
matters most to us in this
lifetime.
Woman In Search Of Her
True Feminine Energy
An honest look at our
personal and cultural
modus operandi can generate a
conscious rethinking of what,
of our body-mind, is ours to
adjust.
Why Does It Feel More Like
Regress Than Progress.
Brisbane 2019
Depending on where in
the world we live, quite a
few generations have
enjoyed a lifetime of ‘plenty’
and ‘liberty’, even plenty of
liberty – and today, more than
ever before.
Woman Trapped In the Eye
Of The Beholder
An honest look at our
personal and cultural
modus operandi can generate a
conscious rethinking of what,
of our body-mind, is ours to
adjust.
The Weakness We Fear
Experts tell us that a
genuine sign of
intelligence is not the type of
qualification that is framed on
our wall, but knowing that we
are 100% absolutely in tune
with each aspects of our life..
Which Aspect Of Our Body
Defines Us Best?
In the summer of 2012, a
pair of breasts, free from
all support and coverings,
became a minor celebrity in
downtown Manhattan.
Many years ago, Carl G.
Jung put forward the
notion that the persona is a
mask for the collective
psyche; that it is a mask that
pretends to be accepted as
unique. The persona’s end-
goal is that the self believes in
the reality of that mask.
Space is Matter But Does It
Matter?
Progress or Regress Begins
in the Heart
Paint it, Baby! Paint It!
Man Under Stress –
Weakness We Fear
We know that
everything is energy;
that thoughts generate
energy and that energy
creates the fundamental
building blocks of our reality.
An honest look at our
personal and cultural
modus operandi can generate
a conscious rethinking of
what, of our body-mind, is
ours to adjust.
Man’s greatest fear is to
have his insecurities
made public.
From womb to grave, Man’s
greatest weakness is his
dependence on Woman, the one
he has always labelled ‘weak’. No
wonder Man prefers to keep
that insecurity on the quiet.
Man Designed As A Non-
Object Of Desire
Some of us do ponder
how to begin
redesigning aspects of what
matters most to us in this
lifetime.
Male And Female He
Created Them
In His Own Image
Genesis 1:27 – So God
created human beings in his
own image. In the image of
God he created them; male
and female he created them.
Line of Separation =Me vs
You = Us vs Them
Climate change – Disasters
– Definitely ‘Man-Made’ –
Or Not?
An honest look at our
personal and cultural
modus operandi can generate
a conscious rethinking of what
is ours to adjust. Separation
implies Separation = thinking
that we are cuter, sexier,
smarter, richer, gentler, more
religious…
From Past to Present
This text below
which, within the framework of
spiritual philosophy,
deconstructs some of the
most striking ‘occurrences’
that have made world
headlines, is the 4th of a
series written between 2010
and 2014.
Tucked deep inside a faraway
kingdom there was once a hamlet
where the villagers gave each other
The Gift of Pain…(8 pages)
Awakening
How The Unicorn Saved
Little Moomba
Slim and grungy in her stained
overalls, she punched the time clock.
Off to hang out with the gang and
shoot some pool…(2 pages)
C.C. Saint-Clair - Lesbian feminist writer currently living in Brisbane, Australia, was first published in 2001. Her debut novel, North and Left From
Here [Take II], launched her as the 'undisputed mistress of the sensual lesbian storyline' and the Alex Delaforet series.
Though the sensuality of her writing appeals beyond label boundaries, her work quickly attracted the tag of ‘morgan in the mirror, far from maddy, ’.
C.C. Saint-Clair went on to writing another six novels.
REVIEWS
Silent Goodbyes
Risking-Me
North & Left From Here
Morgan In The Mirror
Jagged Dreams
Far From Maddy
Benchmarks
The Chain
The Whip Hand
Far From Maddy – Screenplay
RIIFF Announces Barren Branches GLBT 2005 Screenplay Competition Winners
(September 9, 2005) After weeks of deliberation, the Rhode Island
International Film Festival (RIIFF) is pleased to announce the winners
for this year’s Barren Branches GLBT Screenplay Competition.
Many excellent screenplays were submitted covering the spectrum
from comedy to drama to contemporary to historical.
1
st
Prize: Outing Joey – J.T. Tepnapa, Los Angeles, CA
2
nd
Prize: Far From Maddy – C.C. Saint-Clair, Australia
3
rd
Prize: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell – Zachary Lee DeGregorio, Los Angeles, CA
“C.C. Saint-Clair’s genre is GLBT, but we were struck by how vividly she
portrayed human emotion and, in particular, Morgan’s need to BE a man in her
screenplay Far From Maddy. We felt that her story speaks to a larger audience.”
Morgan In The Mirror
Screenplay Excerpt
Screenplays by CC Saint-Clair
Far From Maddy
Screenplay Excerpt
Stepping Stones - Three dense volumes focussed on holistic spirituality and a rethink of the roles of our Heart and Soul in our day-to-day.
LGBTQI romance novels - My characters search for happiness within the all too common reality of prejudice and limiting beliefs.
More often than not, they succeed.
Short Reads – Easy reads ranging from soulful awakenings to soft erotica.
Warriors We Are – Wide-ranging blogs focussed on an authentic search for a state of heart/mind coherence.
Tough Stuff – It can be hard work overcoming old habits to do our best to be our best- from the inside out, now and forever.
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Free Download
Gender Talk Interview 2005
Free Download
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Book 3
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Book 4
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Book 5
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2026 Release
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CC Saint-Clair
Stepping Stones To The
Top Of The World
People need to understand that life is not about what they wish
to see happen in their lives.
Life is what actually does HAPPEN to them, moment by moment.
Every catalyst, every setback or blessing, regardless of its
nature, is an invitation to address a karmic debt.
Even though we, mere humans, have no way of guessing how or
why we have merited any unanticipated debt or challenge, if we
are unwilling to address the moment holistically – that’s the end
of our personal evolution. Nothing and no one can alter either a
karmic deadline or an unpreventable outcome. All we are
karmically expected to do is deal with it from an accepting heart.
Yudit C.S.
Book 1
Book 2
Silent Goodbyes
Risking-Me
North & Left
From Here
Morgan In The Mirror
Jagged Dreams
Far From Maddy
Benchmarks
LGBTQ Social Realism Novels
C.C. Saint-Clair - Lesbian feminist writer
currently living in Brisbane, Australia, was first published in
2001. Her debut novel, North and Left From Here [Take II],
launched her as the 'undisputed mistress of the sensual
lesbian storyline' and the Alex Delaforet series.
Though the sensuality of her writing appeals beyond label
boundaries, her work quickly attracted the tag of ‘morgan in
the mirror, far from maddy, ’.
C.C. Saint-Clair went on to writing another six novels.
REVIEWS
North & Left From Here
Morgan In The Mirror
Jagged Dreams
Silent Goodbyes
Far From Maddy
Risking-Me
Benchmarks
'Awakening' is a
metaphor for
accepting What-Is
and not letting the ego
drag us into What-Ifs...(13
pages)
A fantasy fairytale
minus the fairy.
Proceed with
caution…(13 pages)
Moomba, loved
by all, finds
herself in the
deepest peril…(4
pages)
Short Reads
Tucked deep
inside a faraway
kingdom there was
once a hamlet where the
villagers gave each other
The Gift of Pain…(8 pages)
Awakening
The Crab Catcher and the
Fish Whisperer
How The Unicorn Saved
Little Moomba
Slim and grungy in
her stained
overalls, she
punched the time clock.
Off to hang out with the
gang and shoot some
pool…(2 pages)
SCREENPLAY SAMPLE
FAR FROM MADDY
The Chain
The Whip Hand
Opening scene
from the award
winning
screenplay adaptation of
Far From Maddy (first 11
pages of 104)
Far From Maddy – Screenplay
RIIFF Announces Barren Branches GLBT 2005 Screenplay Competition Winners
(September 9, 2005) After weeks of deliberation, the
Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) is pleased
to announce the winners for this year’s Barren Branches
GLBT Screenplay Competition.
Many excellent screenplays were submitted covering
the spectrum from comedy to drama to contemporary
to historical.
1
st
Prize: Outing Joey – J.T. Tepnapa, Los Angeles, CA
2
nd
Prize: Far From Maddy – C.C. Saint-Clair, Australia
3
rd
Prize: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell – Zachary Lee DeGregorio, Los Angeles, CA
“C.C. Saint-Clair’s genre is GLBT, but we were struck by how
vividly she portrayed human emotion and, in particular, Morgan’s
need to BE a man in her screenplay Far From Maddy. We felt that
her story speaks to a larger audience.”
![A collection of 12 mind-meandering essays on the Heart and Soul of our daily lives. 1 Background 2 Warriors, We Are 3 Corona 4 Caught Between 5 Evolution vs Adaptation 6 When There Is Nothing 7 Alone With Them And With Ourselves 8 Like the Lotus 9 Are We Having Fun Yet? 10 Coming of Age 11 Our Best 12 Lucky For Us GPS Warriors We Are Tough Stuff: Thought Control As Relevant Today As Ever Here is a truism: breasts attract eyes as honey attracts bees. And here is another: What the eye does not admire, the heart does not covet. There is much wisdom in this ancient idiom but sexual desire has a mind of its own. Breasts Attract Eyes As Honey Attracts Bees Bare All - Shine Light The Universal Declaration of Human Rights passed in 1948 and guarantees the rights to equal wages for equal work, respect and personal safety to all persons. However, in some countries, it is said ‘life is cheap’, Since keys and locks appeared in ancient Egypt and Assyria, Man has gone to great lengths to keep himself as well as his compassionate heart – behind locked gates in a bid to protect himself and all that he considers possessions. About Locks And Defensive Walls The More Men Search for Masculine Energy – The More Naked Is the Female Body The Universal Declaration of Human Rights passed in 1948 and guarantees the rights to equal wages for equal work, respect and personal safety to all persons. However, in some countries, it is said ‘life is cheap’, Wonder Woman - Sexy Brawn October, 2016 – Wonder Woman would become an honorary ambassador in support of the UN’s development goal five which is “to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. Women Struggling With Humility [Part 4] My teacher from Jerusalem, Yudit Cohen-Shoore, of blessed memory, also known as Moriya, once said to me, ‘Ego-driven choices are attention-seeking attitudes. Women Carry The Brunt Some of us do ponder how to begin redesigning aspects of what matters most to us in this lifetime. Woman In Search Of Her True Feminine Energy An honest look at our personal and cultural modus operandi can generate a conscious rethinking of what, of our body-mind, is ours to adjust. Why Does It Feel More Like Regress Than Progress. Brisbane 2019 Depending on where in the world we live, quite a few generations have enjoyed a lifetime of ‘plenty’ and ‘liberty’, even plenty of liberty – and today, more than ever before. Woman Trapped In the Eye Of The Beholder An honest look at our personal and cultural modus operandi can generate a conscious rethinking of what, of our body-mind, is ours to adjust. The Weakness We Fear Experts tell us that a genuine sign of intelligence is not the type of qualification that is framed on our wall, but knowing that we are 100% absolutely in tune with each aspects of our life.. Which Aspect Of Our Body Defines Us Best? In the summer of 2012, a pair of breasts, free from all support and coverings, became a minor celebrity in downtown Manhattan. Many years ago, Carl G. Jung put forward the notion that the persona is a mask for the collective psyche; that it is a mask that pretends to be accepted as unique. The persona’s end-goal is that the self believes in the reality of that mask. Space is Matter But Does It Matter? Progress or Regress Begins in the Heart Paint it, Baby! Paint It! Man Under Stress – Weakness We Fear We know that everything is energy; that thoughts generate energy and that energy creates the fundamental building blocks of our reality. An honest look at our personal and cultural modus operandi can generate a conscious rethinking of what, of our body-mind, is ours to adjust. Man’s greatest fear is to have his insecurities made public. From womb to grave, Man’s greatest weakness is his dependence on Woman, the one he has always labelled ‘weak’. No wonder Man prefers to keep that insecurity on the quiet. Man Designed As A Non-Object Of Desire Some of us do ponder how to begin redesigning aspects of what matters most to us in this lifetime. Male And Female He Created Them In His Own Image Genesis 1:27 – So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Line of Separation =Me vs You = Us vs Them Climate change – Disasters – Definitely ‘Man-Made’ – Or Not? An honest look at our personal and cultural modus operandi can generate a conscious rethinking of what is ours to adjust. Separation implies Separation = thinking that we are cuter, sexier, smarter, richer, gentler, more religious… From Past to Present This text below which, within the framework of spiritual philosophy, deconstructs some of the most striking ‘occurrences’ that have made world headlines, is the 4th of a series written between 2010 and 2014.](index_html_files/11323.avif)
C.C. Saint-Clair - Lesbian feminist writer currently
living in Brisbane, Australia, was first published in 2001. Her debut
novel, North and Left From Here [Take II], launched her as the
'undisputed mistress of the sensual lesbian storyline' and the Alex
Delaforet series.
Though the sensuality of her writing appeals beyond label
boundaries, her work quickly attracted the tag of ‘the thinking
woman’s lesbian romance’.
C.C. Saint-Clair went on to writing another six novels.
Stepping Stones - Three dense volumes focussed
on holistic spirituality and a rethink of the roles of our Heart and
Soul in our day-to-day.
LGBTQI romance novels - My characters
search for happiness within the all too common reality of prejudice
and limiting beliefs. More often than not, they succeed.
Short Reads – Easy reads ranging from soulful
awakenings to soft erotica.
Warriors We Are – Wide-ranging blogs focussed on
an authentic search for a state of heart/mind coherence.
Tough Stuff – It can be hard work overcoming old habits
to do our best to be our best- from the inside out, now and forever.
Free Download
Free Download
Free Download
Gender Talk Interview 2005
Free Download
Free Download
Free Download
Book 3
Free Download
Book 4
Free Download
Book 6
Free Download
Free Download
2026 Release
Book 5
![“The soul is sexless. Why should it lower itself through the imagination of either one of the sexes? Whoever wants to be [a] complete [yogi] must abandon the idea of one sex.” - Vivekananda.](index_html_files/9620.avif)
