March 2013 Blog Posts (31)

A recent review of my book, Divining Truth, Straight Talk From Source (the story):

From the first word in this very inspired book I knew that I was reading something that at last can confirm what I have always felt and k…

The One series continues with a debut author. http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2013/03/all-that-sparkles.html

GO WEST YOUNG WOMAN

This story is atypical of many groups who headed west in the earliest migrations. Getting a late start, a small group of wagons left Sapling Grove, Missouri on May 12, 1841. In the group were 35 men, 5 women and 10 children. about 20 miles west or Independence, MO., and not one of them had any notion of what lay ahead.

Of the women in the group three were married, one was a widow and one was a girl of marriageable age traveling with kin. Totally…

I am a legally blind freelance writer. I have written about how my Iife has changed since I lost vision in right eye and most in the left. I became a writer after the 2005 Hurricane Katrina. I began to experience eye problems in 2010. But later in 2011 my problems had gotten worse. I came to realization that my eyes isn't getting any better and decided to keep going with the help of vision awareness, who gives insight and information for the blind and vision impaired. I grew confidence, and…

It seems unbelievable that it is over a year since I started this Blog. There are now 2 books available about my alter ego Charlie Bristle. The second one, 'Line Up Quietly', published last year by www.belvederepublishing.co.uk is the sequel to 'Now Just Listen' published by www.miradorpublishing.co.uk and follows more of Charlie Bristle's outlandish adventures during his marriage to George. A…

Its great to be back.  Finally finished my next novel "Liaisons" now just have to write the synopsis before I send it to my publisher!  Excitement abounds as we wait for our next grandchild due in two weeks!

Over the next several weeks, I have the pleasure and privilege of being the launch blog for a few talented authors on their latest blog tours. To kick things off, here is my friend from across the sea: Kate Tenbeth. Join her here: http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2013/03/blog-tour-kate-tenbeth.html

On being here

Every human being experiences a sense of contention and resistance to being in a plane that feels like separation. The desire to re-member what you are within ME is more than a yearning. It feels much more like an unfulfilled drive that you have no hope of achieving. From the moment the physical body slides out of the birth canal, the very first physiological impression is loss and separation.

Impression number two is survival through alerting everyone in…

If you are close to Mount Dora, FL - you don't want to miss this!  http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2013/03/less-than-30-days.html

By: Sayed Ridhwaan Mohamed

A South African Published Islamic Book Titled "Is Standing While Praising Rasoolullah (SAW) Sunnah Or Biddah" Authored By: Sheikh Sayed Haroon Al Azhari and Published By CTIEC - Cape Town Islamic educational Centre, Has Been Launched in Many Parts Of The Country Including Major Cities Like Johannesburg , Durban , Cape Town.…

Last week, I expanded a little on Will Lavender's presentation of plot aspects. In the second half of his seminar he focused more on thrillers and the ten aspects of this genre.

1. What’s the large puzzle and what are the smaller pieces/puzzles/evidence?

You have to have the main puzzle – the game played by the murderer and his threat to blow up a major building if he's not paid a…