"Jump off the cliff and learn how to build wings on the way down."
―Ray Bradbury
Charlene L. Edge grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in a Roman Catholic family. In college, evangelical students recruited her into a Bible-based cult. She gave it the next seventeen years of her life. Afterwards, she earned a B.A. in English Literature from Rollins College and worked for more than a decade in the software industry. Charlene lives in Florida with her husband, Dr. Hoyt L. Edge.
Important news
- Sorry for any inconvenience, but I am retired and no longer take messages through my website. The Contact page on my website was removed in 2025.
- The "Subscribe to my Blog" feature is also removed. I'm no longer taking new subscribers to my blog.
- This September 2026 my website and this blog will be closed down. I've made them available since 2015, and now it's time to say goodbye.
- BUT I plan to keep writing over at Blogspot:
I have two blogs there. One about The Way International™ which is still in business.
My other blog there is about the writing life.
You can "follow" them with a Gmail account.
Access the links to those two blogs at Blogger: User Profile: Charlene Lamy Edge.
More about Charlene...
From the Porch to the Page: A Guidebook for the Writing Life
“Charlene L. Edge writes from the intersection of love, life, and loss, and she does so in the front window, where readers and writers can see how she works her craft. I highly recommend this guidebook for writers.”—Susan Campbell, M.S., Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Distinguished Lecturer of Journalism at University of New Haven. Author of Dating Jesus: A Story of Fundamentalism, Feminism, and the American Girl, and other books.
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Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International
“A magnificently written life story that sheds light on the enticing ways of cult recruitment and indoctrination ... An important and must-read book—more gripping than a mystery, Undertow will sweep you away.”—Janja Lalich, PhD. Author of Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships