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Real Ghost Stories Online Interview

Yesterdays podcast from Real Ghost Stories Online featured an interview with me – thanks to Tony and Jenny for having me on the show. I enjoyed it and I really do enjoy their podcasts. If you haven’t listened in to one of their shows, I recommend that you do … lot’s of fun and very professionally produced as well. I am in the latter half of the podcast…..

Tagged: creepy, ghost stories, interview

Vacation Thoughts

Well, I feel decidedly lighter in the wallet after booking our three week Florida vacation this summer and that was just the flights! I still have to buy the insurance, Disney stay, car rental and apartment rental by the beach….

I love Florida. I do.

Have you ever seen a Manatee? or swam close by dolphins in their natural habitat?

We went two years ago and we all loved it. Particularly Deni who though dolphins (delphiny in Czech) to be amazing….

Now, I cannot wait…. sigh!

Indiscriminate Fear

If you take a look at CNN’s front page today you would be forgiven for being afraid. I really begin to believe the constant creation of fear by the media is a ploy to some purpose though quite honestly, I am not sure what. Sorry, I am unafraid. Everything is as it should be.

Of course, much of the CNN real estate is made over the an organization called ISIS. Frankly, I detest this name as it has little to do with the Goddess who is the real Isis. However, this group of a few thousand heart-deadened deadbeats whose ability to poll the depths of human depravity and cruelty appears to know no end, is exactly that – just a few thousand criminals, maniacs and psychopaths. In today’s high tech world, they should be easy meat and the fact they are not being dealt with suggests to me, that to some, they have some purpose – to create fear.

The more this organization does, the more it becomes apparent that this is not the face of Islam. Islam is a beautiful religion in many respects with its own deep mysticism. The biggest issue that I have with Islam is that it is male-dominated and is used by those men to often subjugate and control the feminine. However, that hardly makes it unique or different to other male-dominated religions does it?

No, ISIS isn’t about God, worship or even dogma. It is about anger, fear and violence. The zombie is a good analogy for the soul less of ISIS. They kill muslims with as much enjoyment as they kill christians.

The other big fear creating story at the moment seems to involve aviation and Asia in particular. Again, I am not sure why or for what purpose, but we are being sent message after subliminal and blatant in the face messages – be afraid.

No. I am sorry. I will not be afraid. Not now and not ever. Nor should you be.

Instead, let’s understand that everything is as it should be and that there is nothing to fear except that we will be corralled like dumb beasts into some place we don’t wish to be if we let them.

Tagged: Consciousness, fear and control

The Creator’s Smile

Occasionally, I have a crack at something I have never done before. But why not try something new? Especially when it comes to promoting my work.

So here, I present a video. It is I reading a poem called The Creator’s Smile from the forthcoming new collection of material entitled The art Of Science. The music is a composition by Paul Vasey my talented son and it is he who plays…. he doesn’t know that I used it and hopefully he won’t be angry!

What do you think?

Overdone? Too arty? Something to work with?

Tagged: poetry music

A #1 Best Seller

With the advent of Amazon, there are lots of opportunities to have a legit #1 best seller by virtue of their categories. That doesn’t translate to it’s easy though! In fact, the idea of having that orange flag by the side of one of my books saying “best seller” was something I had long given up on ever happening to me. On the other hand, one keeps trying right?

Well, this weekend, a little dream was fulfilled and one of my books did get that sought after banner and the tag ‘Best Seller’. Not just in one category but two! It didn’t last long – a few hours – but it is still a milestone achieved and ticked off the list. It felt good and the book has been hovering in the top 10 for over a month and there is still the chance it will hit the top spot again.

The book was My Haunted Life Too.

So there you have it. #1 for a time….

Of course, achieving an objective always leads to wanting to top that with something else. So now, I want to be #1 on Amazon.com in a category and I would like to be #1 in the Occult category. I would like to sell more than 500 copies of a book in a month too.

Tall orders? Possibly but motivation is a good thing.

Finally, we never achieve something on our own in life as we always need the support of people around us so here are some well deserved thanks;

Nick Wale – my book publicist who never gives up and is always positive and full of ideas…. a genius!

Lori Wale – An editor who gently edited the book for me.

Also my fellow writers who constantly encourage me to keep going and to have belief and faith…

Tagged: Announcements, Best seller, best selling books

Passer By

Travelling a well traveled road

Valleys and mountain peaks pass me by

Dusky deserts and luscious oceans sprawling

Somewhere there is a place unique to me

But I haven’t yet found it

There is no home in my life

I am a traveller, a passer by

These days I travel light

I carry little but my burdens in life

I have washed myself in the stream of life

And burned away dross in the primal fire

I have climbed the tree that lies at my center

The view from its peak took my breath away

I have drawn holy waters from the mystic well

And yet, I haven’t found my home

Perhaps at this journeys end

I will find my repose?

Many miles yet to travel

Many sins to unravel

Casting off baggage and clothes

Casting off ideas not my own

Although I increasingly find myself alone

I understand that we are all one

And it surely cannot be long

Until I find what I am seeking

She is beautiful and wise

Strong and yet sweet

When I find her I will be whole

I will unite with my soul.

Tagged: all me, Poetry

Oh Hell No!

Today, Facebook confronted me with a cheeky little message. It said – Gary Michael Vasey soon to be 55. I haven’t been the same since.

55.

Where did they go? Those 55 years? Do I have many left? How fucking depressing.

I’m sort of just starting to get the hang of this you know – I mean life. It took me over half a century to get to that point. Fifty-five. That’s old isn’t it? I don’t feel old. I feel just the same as I did well – thirty tears (that was a typo but I will let it stand – it seems apt) ago.

There are so many things I still want to do, go visit, write, watch, dream about……

Silent scream……. Cruel, cruel Facebook…

My Haunted Life 3 Give Away

Thanks to the 105 of you who downloaded the free version of My Haunted Life 3 over the weekend. It is now on sale at 99 cents. Please do write a review of it or any of my books.

My Haunted Life and My Haunted Life Too are also available and remain in the Amazon best seller lists…..

Tagged: Announcements

The Anatomy of a Weekend

The trip had been booked a month prior to coincide with a 1-day school holiday to allow a 3-day weekend. The resort had been chosen for its range of activities and the fact that it was just an hour south of Vienna. All was set for a ski weekend in Austria.

On the Thursday afternoon, I began to feel some stomach cramps. They were mild and I put it down to a change in antibiotic that I was taking. I did send an email to Gabriela sort of joking that it would be just my luck to get sick……

As we crossed the border into Austria, my stomach cramps were so strong that I was in agony at the height of each. I was yawing and tired and shivery like I had a fever. I handed over the drive to Gabriela and to be honest, I don’t remember much of the trip from there. I do remember arriving at the hotel and quickly going to the restaurant where I had a bowl of onion soup. What was I thinking? Sitting there, feeling miserable, I discovered that My Haunted Life Too was number 1 on amazon’s UK site in two categories. Typical, I thought, this happens when I can’t actually get to a computer to even get a screen print and while I am feeling as sick as a dog! Simply wonderful timing. I managed to get a screen print on my phone and email a friend to take some as well in the end.

How long the book remained at #1 I have no idea. I was in bed by 9:30pm and slept fitfully until the early hours when the pain of the cramps and acid woke me up. I was shivering in the warm room feeling cold, yawning, aching and tired and every minute or so feeling as if my stomach was tying itself in tight little knots. I alternated between sitting up draped with blankets and lying down as I was so tired. The next 12-hours took on that strange quality of endlessness that sometimes happens when you are quite sick. You fall asleep and wake up again thinking several hours must have passed by to discover it was a matter of seconds and on it goes painfully through the night and into the next day. Six times, I ran for the bathroom where, for the first time in decades, I was actually physically sick. It felt as if I was vomiting my stomach and bowels out to be honest.

The morning came and was simply a blur. I told the girls to go skiing and with some concern they went. The morning lasted for days it seemed to me and every time I managed to fall asleep, the phone rang and Gabriela was checking to see how I was. The skied, came home, changed, ate lunch, went out again and I was simply in my own world of pain and tiredness. Eventually, I sat on the floor and rested my head on the bed. That way the acid in my stomach stayed there and I did sleep. I don’t know how long I slept but when I woke up, I felt much better. It was over after 24 or so hours.

I ate a little dinner that night but for the next two days, everything I ate or drank had to pass over the sore burned part of whatever tube it was inside of me. Not a lot of fun.

On the Saturday, I put on the gear and I went skiing, determined to have some fun. Of course, skiing is hard work for me and is sort of maniacal terror and fun all mixed together, but I managed. After lunch, we went sledging. Now that was fun but bumpy so add in a sore back and bruised bum! It turned out to be a good day though. I slept like a log that night I was so tired.

On the Sunday, we scrapped plans to ski as we were all bruised and sore from the sledging. Instead, we went tubing – also super fun. Just after lunch, we headed back to Brno. It hadn’t been quite what I expected but then again, nothing ever really is is it?

Free Weekend for My Haunted Life 3

My Haunted Life 3 is free on Kindle all of this weekend so grab a copy while you can! Please do write a short review too and perhaps, wile you are there, grab one of the previous books – My Haunted Life Too or My Haunted Life.

Do tell your friends and have a great but scary weekend. Me – I’m gone skiing in Austria!

Tagged: Announcements