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My mystery/suspense novel, Mixed Messages, takes place the last week of October, which, of course, includes Halloween. As I was doing research for the book, I discovered some interesting facts about the combination secular and religious origin and history of the holiday.…

FOREWORD

If you have ever asked the questions: Why am I here? What is my purpose? This is your wake-up call. Raymond confronts the idea that we are all here for a reason. And he does it with a passion that reveals his own purpose: to help you discover the reasons you are alive in this very moment.

Raymond took 45 years to finally discover and align with his purpose - a true example that it is never too late. Raymond also demonstrates what…

Raymond's book is a 'Must Read' for every aspiring

Entrepreneur and Business student and young

person. I recommend getting 2 copies, one for

yourself and one you can share!"

-Michael Butler

Entrepreneur, Innovator, Business Catalyst"

MichaelDButler.com

Amazon:…

Here are some promotional pictures that I threw together.…

I'm new to Authors.com and I'm excited to meet new friends and learn about new books. I'm a new author just getting started in this industry and I hope I can learn a lot here.

I've written a Gothic supernatural action/thriller called THE AGE OF APOLLYON, published by Trestle Press. If anyone is interested, I would be happy to send you a free ebook for you to review for Amazon and Goodreads. If you're looking for something creepy, atmospheric, and action-packed, I think you'll…

Do you see the world through troubled eyes? I do see the world with troubled eyes...I can never go back to the innocents I once had. It’s better now as I have learned that the soul I have within me can’t be  lied to so easily as it once could.  I’ve once took things as face value. That love was love and trust was trust. I can’t tell you the day and time that all that became blurred. I guess when you start asking yourself it really doesn’t matter anyway. I often wonder if I would even go back…

As you read ‘Who’s Minding the Store?’ you see a customer named PJ Nabors, a.k.a. Burly Man, slamming his hand on the front counter demanding satisfaction. He’s your typical do-it-yourselfer, which is to say a Jack-of-all-trades and master of     you get the rest. This happens on Derrick’s last day at The Design, Your Choice for Home Improvement’s Kearny Mesa branch store. He’s being transferred to the Encinitas branch location in north San Diego as the operations…

"Untitled, Undiscovered, Unveiled"

If I want all the phantoms to vanish,

if I want the undead not to dare…

(« Ganjoji in Izushi » by 663highland)

The third part of « The Door Of The Law » is entitled « Parable » and presents the part of the story wherein Simon, the Zen student, reads to his master the bewildering…

Mark Carver is the author of The Age of Apollyon. Following the summary of his book, I hit him with seven questions to give you some insight into his work and life.

Summary: Notre-Dame Cathedral lies in ruins. The mangled corpses of the possessed are…

Actually, no this isn't about dystopic fiction but dystopic fact.  I've just had notice today that our benevolent British government (and I voted for them) will be reassessing me as part of their campaign to prove that there is no such thing as illness or disability so forget all those years paying National Insurance just exactly in case you should fall ill.  It's a grim time, and some of the stories of hardship, desperation and even deaths as a result of the cruelty of the policy and the…

The trauma of abuse is never fully gone from a person's consciousness. Its filthy stain leaves its residue on the soul forever. However, like all bad experiences, it is possible to turn this experience into good by developing compassion and empathy for others who have been through this experience. Many people feel that bringing meaning to a traumatic experience is a path to healing. When I turn a negative experience into a…

...unheard of?

This is something out there, even for me. At the same time, it delivers a valuable message.

What is it, you ask?

I say it is: Fields of Zombies - An Amish Parable…

With the release of Episode Seven, Olivia and I are one step closer to the end. In fact, it is...

Sons of the King - Episode Seven: Beginning of the End

http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2012/10/one-step-closer.html

Today, I have the privilege of launching the Official Blog Tour of author T. K. Harris. She starts by sharing how her novel, Phantom Dreams, was born.

http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2012/10/blog-tour-tk-harris-has-phantom-dreams.html

(« Huike Thinking » by Shi Ke)

« The Door Of The Law » is a suite in six chapters inspired by « A Parable About A Parable » from RAWilson's « Quantum Psychology, » itself inspired by Kafka's «…

(« Enigma » by Matías Argudín)

« Leaving The Ashram » is the third chapter of « Entering The Stream, » a trilogy describing an episode of intense introspection that will open our second album, « Satori.…

Just checking in with my first entry - it's good to know that there's a support system out here for people working in what is often a pretty lonely environment.  There are two really brilliant moments in writing - the day the book is commissioned or accepted and the day it comes out, most of the rest is pretty hard going.  There is nothing, however, quite like the feeling of buzz (and pressure) as you are involved in the…