Blurb for License to Ill

I need to bring you up to speed on some of the developments concerning my latest novel, License to Ill (see cover/link to the right). Both License to Ill and The Self-Improvement Book Club Murder (look to the right) are novels that uses an entertaining story to convey spiritual principles.

I imposed upon my friend Roger Johns, author of an excellent mystery set in Baton Rouge, LA, called Dark River Rising (St. Martin’s Press-Minotaur Books), to read License to Ill and write a "blurb" for it, which he graciously agreed to do. A blurb is a quote from another author that usually goes on the cover or somewhere on the interior to help get people excited about reading the novel.

Here's what Roger wrote for me:

Big money, political intrigue, a very inventive story with plenty of action, and characters you won’t soon forget make License to Ill a flat out page-turner.

 Thanks, Roger! I'll get the cover updated soon in order to get this blurb on there.

Your Car Can Be a Great Place to Meditatate . . .

. . . as long as you don't close your eyes.

If you have to deal with rush hour traffic or have a long commute everyday, use that time to your benefit. For heaven's sake, turn off the music--it's not bringing you peace, it's programming you--and turn off talk radio--it's designed to get you spun up.

Just because it's rush hour doesn't mean you have to be in a rush. Hang out in the slow lane. Let people in, let people pass you. It won't make an appreciable difference in your arrival time, but it will make an appreciable difference in your blood pressure and it will give you space to look inward instead of outward.

Pay attention to your breathing, one breath at a time. In, out, rest. Your breath is always happening now. This is the simplest of meditations. It brings you to the present moment very quickly and easily. And what problems do you ever have right now?

Good to Be Back!

It's been a few years since I've done any blogging as I made a few changes in my life, changing jobs, moving from Kentucky to Tennessee and now to the Washington DC area. I was also writing a 2nd novel (see to the right). Meditation and Life Coaching has continued with each new locale.

During this hiatus, I experimented with another blog format that just didn't work for me. It was too complicated. And so now I'm back.

It's good to be back! I'm going to try to post something uplifting for you every weekday, even if it's something simple like this.