Friendships have always been a struggle in my life. Quite apparently I am not someone that people find pleasant company. In the last four or five weeks basically all my close and not so close friendships broke away as if they never existed. Those people had not talked to each other, and it was not a plot. But it was a sort of epidemic exodus out of my life. It was as if 8 or 9 people decided at the same time that my part in their lives had ended. My only current personal contact and friend at th… Continue

hello, all my dear friends! For those of you who have been following my attempts to get Sacred Vow noticed by the HarperCollins/London editors, I have an update and a much easier way to add Sacred Vow to your bookshelf. First of all, Sacred Vow has gone up to #13 (up almost 700 places) in the last week. Much to the support and efforts of my online wonderful friends. In the next 13 days, it needs to go inside the top 5 books to be considered by the editors for this round. As best I can figure,… Continue

I have a bit of news that might be of interest to you writers (and those who know writers) out there. Additionally, I would like to as a favor that help move my metaphysical novel (Sacred Vow) along. This will also be of interest for all writers. I just stumbled onto HarperCollins' new online slush pile last weekend--it's a community oriented process to get a book onto the editors' desk as HC/London. You have to place at least 10,000 words of your… Continue

I think we all vividly remember situations from our childhood. Maybe one of those: "I don't want to do the dishes today, I've already done them yesterday. It's my sister's turn." Perhaps we remember similar situations from our adult life. Maybe one of these: "My workload seems to be endless. My colleague never seems to do anything, but nobody notices it. He must be lazy and I am such a hard worker. This is not fair. I hate him." I have noticed a few of those situations recently. It seems to me… Continue

For the last month I have tried to establish a permanent situation. It is difficult to describe, but being a Buddhist makes me feel a certain way. There is bliss and a kind of happiness and contentment involved. It is a sense of being the Dharma. Trying to establish this inner environment is a challenge in itself. There is always a chance that Ego creates a secure cocoon and imitates the situation for me. But I think I have managed to get past these obstacles. The point now is...as we always try… Continue