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Where the Sun Rises – no.1 2 and 3 Amazon Best Seller

Hey everyone, I am excited that Where the Sun Rises is #385 across the world for downloads today! It is only available for a few more hours for free.

It is number 1, 2 and 3 in 3 categories. Have a great day.

No. 1 Amazon USA – Where the Sun Rises

You can still download it here, for one more day. Have a great day.

Started writing a memoir today..

I have always thought that writing a memoir was for older people, famous people or people who have done something significant in life. If you are not in these demographics then people will not be interested. And, to be honest I still think this is true. It does not mean that I should not write a memoir about my life so far. There are many aspects of my life that I had kept secret to protect people in the past, but there is a lot that could help others and maybe entertain as well.

Regardless, I am doing it for the process, not the outcome. I am doing it for the satiscation of it. I have been through many things in my life and had many adventures as well. There are many laughs, some weeping, and a lot of joy, as well as pain that was caused by external actions towards myself. Anyway, who knows if it will interest anyone? But I want to tell my story – as a lot of people have told stories about me in my personal life that were not true, that misrepresented me and I want to reclaim the truth. It is my life and it is not for others to tell me who I am, or accuse me of being what I am not, or to steal memories from me, or to pretend I am something different. It is my story, no one else’s. I want to be truthful and tell things that are not comfortable. I seek to be real and authentic always, at times I cannot say what I feel as it will benefit no one – as there is sometimes no honesty in others and therefore it is pointless.

I finally feel like I want to start telling it now. It has not been something I have wanted to do until now. Anyway, I started this journey today. It should be interesting. It is most likely as I have been recovering from wisdom teeth surgery. Have a great day, thanks for reading.

Where the Sun Rises for free Saturday to Monday…

Hey everyone, if you’re interested to check out Where the Sun Rises – it is free for three days! Just click on the below link. Have a great day.

Freedom Writing No. 1 Amazon -Journal Writing

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Chapter 1 – Where the Sun Rises…

A large mass of red, yellow and black, mixed with white sparks fired up into the sky, on a hill in the distance. Karin stopped, her limbs frozen, she glanced over at her brother, Mani. Another explosion slammed the earth right next to it. Tanks small but perceptible could be seen moving around like strange beetles on the hillside. Tiny figures were moving, and running here and there. Buildings were being blown up, apartment blocks were slammed with mortar fire. People could be seen fleeing from the chaos. Karin saw armed men chasing them. The black flag of Daesh could be seen flapping on the flag pole of one of the tanks. A little further off more massive explosions of white soil and concrete formed clouds on the horizon, flying high into the sky. Karin felt physically sick with a burning rage, that Daesh would come and seek to conquer them, as so many other peoples had done before.

CS Lewis – write to understand…

Hey guys,

I have always felt this, if I talk too much about a current idea I am writing, I lose the desire to write it. It’s like the energy has gone from it. This is why I don’t outline in detail and I change details as I discover them. I never knew CS Lewis said this, though I’ve read a lot of his work. I write to go on an adventure and to explore that which I am writing, and if I set it down too much before I start, it loses its magic. Often I start with an ending, but I don’t know what will happen in between.  I love the discovery of creating #novels#writing#cslewis

Go well and stay well

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Happy New Year -Bring on a better year!

Happy new year May it be better than last year.

As most people have had, I have had one of the hardest years of my life. After more than a year of travelling up and down to see my dying brother in NSW or Qld and taking him to hospital, when I could. My brother died in June, and shortly before this we had to find a house, I had just started a new job -there were family issues, health problems for me and then there was the Corona virus. Losing my brother was the hardest thing. So, I am really hoping and praying for a better year ahead. I hope we all have a year, that though it will present challenges – it will also have adventure, light, laughter and love. Love is the greatest of all things. We all need it for life. Be kind to yourself and others too.

Happy new year xx