Effective magic is transcendent nature.
George Eliot
Logic only gives man what he needs...Magic gives him what he wants.
Tom Robbins
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.
Anais Nin
I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth.
Ayn Rand
Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.
Thomas Dekker
A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way. Caroline Gordon
And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.
~Anon
From Pacific Northwest's award-winning author Kaylin McFarren comes a powerful novel about love, loss, and the power of forgiveness... Flaherty's Crossing.
Successful yet emotionally stifled artist Kate Flaherty stands at the deathbed of her estranged father, conflicted by his morphine-induced confession exposing his part in her mother's death. While racing home, Kate's car mishap leads her to a soul-searching discussion with a lone diner employee, prompting Kate to confront the true reasons her marriage hangs in the balance. When her night takes an unexpected turn, however, she flees for her life, a life desperate for faith that can only be found through her ability to forgive.
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There is no escape from the shadows of the past.
At least, not for Melissa...
Terrorizing dreams, panic attacks, and everyday interactions bring back the past she thought was dead and gone. Eighth-grade teacher, Melissa Bates, suspects that one of her students, Christy Kade, is coping with an all-too-familiar struggle.
Christy's father plays "secret, special games" with her.
She lives in fear and isolation daily.
When she gains a desperately-needed friendship, she begins to search for the courage to reach out for help.
Broken lives can be mended; joy can be found.
Throughout the school year, Christy and Melissa face challenges both mundane and monumental. Through it all, they live their lives, haunted by their shadows. Despite their fears, they make attempts at trust, with unexpected results.
As our heroines open themselves up, they grow in ways they had never thought possible.
Ugly things do happen behind closed doors, but help--and hope--exits.
‘The naked flames danced gracefully around me as the pain flowed, through my veins. The grief and sorrow enveloped me and I descended into it without resistance. Coldplay strummed their beat as their melancholic lyrics rang so very true.
The candles began to die one by one. They had served their purpose for that brief moment in time and finally reached their destiny. The sands of time continued to slip on by. The merlot mixed with my blood and the bitterness ran through me.’
Devastated by his beloved''s betrayal, Om collapses both physically as well as emotionally and with that, begins his arduous battle for peace. Torn between love and anger, Om inadvertently starts to lose his grip on life as he knew it causing his world to unravel out of control.
Hoping to recover, Om turns to his closest friends, Arun and Mona. However, instead of gaining support he bears witness to the trials which have besieged their lives
Like life, the three tales entwine sprinkled with humor, tragedy, perseverance and karmic retribution, and through Om , they bind together into a climactic conclusion.
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BK Walker Books offers book feature and book review services free of charge. I started doing features and reviews after my second novel was published through Publish America.
When my first novel, Near Suicide was published I was just so happy to be published. I had no idea how to market my book or where it would be sold.
Upon publication of my second novel, Dares And Dreams, I had researched book marketing and promotion more in depth. Most of the novels published though PA are available on the PA website, amazon.com and Barnes & Noble Online, along with an array of book sale sites nationwide, but not necessarily seen by the public if they don't even know you exist.
Publish America is a great publishing company though you have to do all the marketing of your novel. After reading the message boards at the PA website, and learning how many other authors seemed lost and frustrated with marketing, I decided I wanted to help other authors as well as myself promote their work and get seen by the public.
Authors can submit their work in a PDF format or a hard copy. I review their titles and then post my review and their work to several different sites and social media networks. BK Walker Books is now receiving over 200 visitors daily and I believe helping authors get their work viewed by the public.
I have met a lot of new authors and seasoned authors along the way and it has been a great experience for me. I will continue to provide services free of charge and help authors promote their work. I think BK Walker Books will continue to grow and my hopes are to see it become a great success for authors and myself.
Book Reviews are found under the Book Review tab and I also run a weekly book feature on my homepage, which runs for a week at a time. This will show a visitor right off an authors book without them having to go through the review list, with a link to the entire review of the title.
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.
George Sheehan
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
Charles F. Kettering
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive.
Stephen Leacock
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well. Pierre de Coubertin
“I thought about why Lily’s parents potentially detest me. It could be the fact I’m 37 and she’s just 25, or that I’ve been sleeping with their daughter knowing she’s in a relationship with my brother; I imagine it’s both, topped off for good measure with the vulgarity of my novels and my occasionally pretentious column.”
JEFFERSON HOWIE IS IN TURMOIL.
Deeply handsome, intelligent and successful, he is a man used to getting what he wants, that is, except the one thing he really wants – his brother’s beautiful girlfriend Lily.
Through a series of cleverly orchestrated meetings, Jefferson detaches himself from guilt to tempt Lily into his arms. Silently but deliriously they collide against the backdrop of the love letters of Anais Nin and Henry Miller.
But is blood thicker than love and desire?
With Jefferson’s sexy and charming narration, and Lily’s intensely emotional and sexually explicit Journal, we witness the honest and raw account of two people falling in love.
To Buy A Copy of A LOVE THAT MAKES LIFE DRUNK, please go here.
I make no promises that this feature will turn into a regular thing, but is always nice to give a couple of shout-outs, to old familiar places and newly discovered ones.
A Handful of Blogs You Should Follow
1. Unless you have been ignoring APA (and why would you do that?) you should know that I am in coo-hoots with my almost-other-half and we have a blog, where we journal the journey and now have this constant conversation:
4. Jo Lynne Valerie's blog, http://jolynnevalerie.blogspot.com/ will encourage, inspire and leave you feeling just a bit more magickal. A definite daily read.
5. Anne Lyken-Garner, has several blogs but the one of hers, I enjoy the most is http://www.myrelationshipsupermarket.com where you can find helpful advice on pretty much every relationship.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw
''To give style'' to one's character -- a great and rare art!
He exercises it who surveys all that his nature presents in strength and weakness and then moulds it to an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason, and even the weaknesses delight the eye.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart, to give yourself to it.
Buddha
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
George Bernard Shaw
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Howard Thurman
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. Henri Bergson
Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.
Rumi
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My Five Autobiographies chronicles the personal journey of an old soul as she travels through her last five lives, providing an intriguing glimpse into the fascinating world of reincarnation, occult matters, karma, and the real reasons behind many of life's challenges.
Miriam Slozberg has always possessed a strong desire to delve into life's hidden mysteries, including past life and reincarnation phenomena. After contacting two renowned mediums and conducting extensive soul-searching, she discovered a colorful past—five separate lives she describes in a self-disclosing, honest, and entertaining way. She details a life in Kenya during the early 1700s, a life in Colonial America during the late 1700s, another life in Victorian Britain during the mid-1800s, her brief and tortured life in Auschwitz during World War II, and ends with her current life in Toronto. Miriam shares exactly how she taught herself to balance her past life karma, master new life lessons, and nurture her old soul—all while learning the mystery behind her suffering.
By tapping into her subconscious and triggering amazing soul memories, Miriam offers an in-depth exploration of the doubts, fears, and perplexities she has experienced in various lives, providing hope for others experiencing similar life challenges.
To Learn More About My Five Autobiographies: My Soul's Experiences Lived through Five Recent Lives And Author Miriam Slozberg please visit: http://www.myfiveautobiographies.com/
The Unending Job of Marketing Your Work by Helen Macie Osterman
When I wrote my first novel, I naively thought that as soon as I found someone willing to publish it, my work was done. Isn’t that what an author is supposed to do—write? Wrong. I soon found out that was just the beginning.
When I presented my story to a small press publisher at a writer’s convention, he said he loved the plot. The next question was the crucial one. “How do you intend to market this book?”
I wanted to answer, “Isn’t that your job?” but realized he expected an organized plan from me.
Fortunately I had given that some prior thought. I told him my target audience was women over fifty because my protagonist is in her sixties. I mentioned book signings, library appearances, women’s groups, and a web site. He seemed satisfied with that as a start.
When the book appeared in print, I knew my work was just beginning. I had postcards and bookmarks printed. I sent the cards to everyone on my mailing list. The post office loves me when I buy post card stamps in rolls of one hundred.
I purchased a list of libraries from the MWA that have a large mystery readership. My book is a cozy mystery. The list was seventy-six pages long and I spent weeks e-mailing a short blurb to these libraries. Of course, many of the e-mails bounced back because the contact person had moved on.
In the mean time, I contacted the local bookstores and set up signings. Along with members of my writers’ group, we arranged panel discussions at local libraries.
I contacted the neighborhood newspapers with press releases and even had a reported come over and interview me. A local radio station saw the article and asked me to be a guest.
I also appeared on a local TV program a number of times. (The MC happens to be a friend of mine).
I joined as many groups as time permitted. People must know who you are, what you write about, and where they can get your books.
My biggest fan is my water aerobics instructor. She always receives a complimentary copy. Since the folks in the class are in the appropriate age group, they buy my books and talk them up to their friends. Word of mouth is the best advertising.
Now I am marketing book number three with two manuscripts under consideration by two publishers. So, I guess all that work paid off.
I have a web site, am on facebook and just getting into the world of the blog.
So, if anyone reading this has any more marketing suggestions, I would appreciate the feedback.
Helen Osterman
Author of The Emma Winberry mystery series.
Now available online and in bookstores: The Stranger in the Opera House, an Emma Winberry mystery Notes in a Mirror, a paranormal/historical, now available in bookstores and online.
