Writing: Tool for Transformation Like most people I learned the rudiments of writing in my early grade school years, but it wasn't until about thirty years ago when I made the mental shift to "I am a writer" mode. During these last thirty years, I've traveled two closely related paths -- my path as a writer, and my path of personal development, spiritual evolution, and transformation. These two paths have been so inextricably woven [...]
Help Pick a Cover for Seeds of a New Power
I have a great cover designer, Victor Habbick, who provided the image for my SF Thriller, Seeds of a New Birth. As I'm drawing close to finishing book two of the Kindred Series, I asked him for some cover ideas and boy did I get some great one. In fact, they're so well done I could use some help choosing the one to use. So, below is a synopsis of the story and the four covers [...]
2015: Your Most On Purpose Year Yet?
Or will 2015 be more of the same old, same old? For many of us, at this time of the year, our thoughts turn to the new year. Maybe we'll create a New Year's resolution or two, maybe we'll make a promise to ourselves to finally write that book, go on that diet, take up tap dancing...whatever. But for how many of us, do we pledge to have the coming year be the most purposeful, passion-filled [...]
Breaking the Board of NaNoWriMo
If you've not heard about NaNoWriMo...well, what rock have you been living under? I mean, here's what it is. It's National Novel Writing Month where some 300,000 writers go for NaNo gold which is to write a 50,000 word novel in the 30 days of November. I'm participating for the third year in a row and I just reached the 50K goal with 13 days left working on book two of the Seeds of a New Birth series. [...]
Buy a Book & You Could Win a Life On Purpose Course (Value up to $379)
As you may know (if you’ve been following my purposeful life via the Purposeful Ezine or this blog for any length of time), I’m in the midst of designing my Encore Performance Career as an author of visionary fiction and nonfiction. It’s been one of the most exhilarating and challenging endeavors of my life, matching and exceeding my previous careers as a small animal vet, and Life On Purpose Coach (which, yes, I’m still to enjoying). [...]
Sleep Your Way to Your Next Bestseller
It seems to me that all artists including painters, sculptors, and especially writers have a fascination of how to tap into the creative energy that is often referred to as the Muse. (Actually, there's not one but nine different Muses who are, according to Wikipedia, "the personification of knowledge and the arts, especially literature, dance and music, are the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.") In my most recent investigation in how best to tap into this creative energy, [...]
Few Free Reviewer Copies of Seeds of a New Birth
In preparation for conducting a major relaunch of my favorite science fiction thriller, Seeds of a New Birth, I'm looking for a few more Amazon reviews. Do you enjoy thriller type books with a science fiction theme? Books like those written by the late, great Michael Crichton, or Robin Cook? How about movies like Blade Runner or the more recent Lucy or Edge of Tomorrow? If so, I believe you will also enjoy my SF bio-genetic [...]
My Favorite 1 Star Amazon Review
Like most authors reading a 'bad review' of a book that I've invested hundreds (or thousands) of hours writing can be...well painful, a little like having one's fingernails pulled out one by one. Sure, there are those who say that any review is a 'good review,' and at some level I agree with this...especially when they're not about one of my babies. However, I must admit to roaring with laughter when I read a 1-star review [...]
Aspiring Authors: You Need to Know about My Story Doctor
I've read and enjoyed several of David Farland/David Wolverton's books through the years. More recently I head that he was not only a great writer of science fiction and fantasy but also an extraordinary writing instructor with such well-known authors as his students as: Dan Wells Brandon Sanderson Brandon Mull, and Stephanie Myers He has also been credited with recommending / Greenlighting Harry Potter to Scholastic. Pretty fair credentials I'd say, wouldn't you? Well, having now [...]
How to Market Your Books on Goodread
I could write a really long and involved blog post about this topic or I could let Cynthia Shannon, Author Marketing Coordinator for Goodreads do it instead, and since she knows far more about it than I do at this point, I'll just simply share her great video on the subject. This will also free up a little time so I can implement some of the great suggestions Cynthia makes in the video. Just click on [...]
