A great big thank you to Jennifer Ip at Elk Grove Tribune for narrating the first three chapters of “Between Will and Surrender”, a free service for authors and readers. She did a great job, especially with the way she narrated “THE VOICE” and transpersonal psychologist, Tony Mendez. I could also hear the emotion in […]
Between Will and Surrender
Top 10 IAP Select Books of 2020
Between Will and Surrender hits #4 out of the top 10 IAP Select Books of 2020! I find it strange–and wonderful–that when my mind is otherwise occupied, good things seem to happen. I mean, out of the blue! Totally unexpected, even unearned when it comes to seeking out such small miracles. A few days ago, […]
Family History: choices, not genetics
Interest in ethnic origin searches and genealogical DNA testing has become one of the most popular hobbies in the US. Over-the-counter genetic test kits alone have developed into a billion-dollar industry. Just give your personal information to one or more genetic databases, and, in exchange, sites, such as myheritage.com, genealogy.com, ancestry.com, and genealogybank.com offer easy […]
Narrating an Audiobook is Harder than You Think
According to Radio Times, the very best audiobook narrators don’t just read a novel – they perform it. They inject life into a book, adding pace, emotion and tension with their voice alone, while mastering all character accents, tricky location names and often foreign languages. Emmy-nominated voice and video artist Kristen Simoes has professional training […]
“The Between,” A Place of Breakthrough Experiences
A book titled THE CULTURAL CREATIVES devotes an entire chapter to THE BETWEEN, describing it as “the time between worldviews, values, and ways of life; a time between stories.” Though it was published twenty years ago, the book’s authors Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson could have been writing about today, a time of […]
My take on the Indie Author Project
It took three months for me to write BETWEEN WILL AND SURRENDER, the first book in my “Enter the Between” visionary fiction series. That’s the good news. The bad news is that it took fourteen years to transform it from a first draft into an art form. Fourteen years of studying and practicing the craft […]
