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August 27, 2013
@JohnDolanAuthor releases his much anticipated novel ~ HUNGRY GHOSTS
One of my favorite author discoveries, John Dolan, has just released his second book in his Time, Blood, and Karma series called Hungry Ghosts. It marks the welcome return of David Braddock, the charismatic anti-hero from Everyone Burns.
You will recall John was my first author interview this year.
If you missed it, hop over and have a read. I’ll wait… 
I was fortunate enough to grab an advance copy of Hungry Ghosts and … it blew me away. Look for my review here shortly.
Now, let’s learn more about Hungry Ghosts.
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BUY LINKS : Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CAD
“The spirits of the dead are all around us but it is we, the living, that are the true hungry ghosts.”
It is the spring of 2005 and the macabre ‘burning murders’ have ended. Life has apparently returned to normal on the Thai island of Samui.
For private investigator David Braddock ‘normal’ means finding a missing drug smuggler, sleeping with the Police Chief’s wife and ensuring his office manager’s latest moneymaking scheme doesn’t bankrupt him.
For Police Chief Charoenkul it means resuming his seemingly-endless wait for that elusive promotion to Bangkok.
However, the peace is destined to be short-lived. Unbeknown to both men karmic storm clouds are gathering and murderous forces are about to be unleashed which could destroy them both …
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BUY Everyone Burns if you haven’t already.
Limited time at a reduced price!
BUY LINKS : Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CAD
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Connect with John
Blog – Galericulate | Twitter @JohnDolanAuthor
Amazon author page: US ~ UK | Smashwords
Goodreads | Facebook | Website
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Filed under: Author Promotions
August 25, 2013
Music Mondays with Canned Heat
For the next few months, I’m featuring songs with harmonica players.
Why? Because it inspires me as I learn to play it.
Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson (on guitar and vocals) with Bob “The Bear” Hite (on harmonica) were two blues enthusiasts who founded Canned Heat. “On the Road Again” is one of their biggest hits. There are versions of this song where Wilson played harmonica too.
If you want more of the blues, pick up my book Fall into Winter, which contains a story with blues, harmonica, and music in it.
eden
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Filed under: Musical Mondays
August 24, 2013
TRIALS OF LIFE Blog Tour by Junying Kirk (@junying007)
Friend and author, Junying Kirk is embarking on a week-long blog tour for her book, Trials of Life. It’s the second in her ‘Journey to the West’ trilogy following her brilliant first book, The Same Moon, and concluding with Land of Hope.
I’m thrilled to be part of her tour and will feature her on my blog August 29th with a review and a giveaway.
In the meantime, be sure to follow her on all the sites of her tour. For details, visit Junying’s website.
Don’t forget to come back here Aug. 29th, where I will have details of how you can WIN her book!
Filed under: Author Promotions
August 20, 2013
Talking cancer w/ @RachelintheOC and @AudioWorld007
Friend and author Rachel Thompson is co-hosting the Bennet Pomerantz show tomorrow on Blog Talk Radio.
Different topics, frank discussions.
She invited me, along with attorney Sarah Kopel to talk about cancer. Please tune in if you’re able to.
It’s Wednesday, August 21st, and starts at:
3:30PM PST / 6:30PM EST.
To listen and join in, hit the logo below and be taken to Bennet’s show.
eden
Connect to Bennet Pomerantz
Twitter @AudioWorld007 | Facebook
Connect to Rachel Thompson
Twitter @RachelintheOC | Website | Facebook
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Filed under: Eden's Guest Blogs & Interviews, Important Announcements
August 19, 2013
The Power of Being Human ~ A story for @RBwood’s Word Count Podcast
You can also hear me read this story on: Episode #33 of R.B. Wood’s “The Word Count” podcast.
The prompt for this podcast is “You’ve discovered you have a superpower…”
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I’ve never been one for super heroes, the stuff of fiction and cartoons—shape-shifting, costume-wearing, web-wielding characters. They’re the only ones who possess super powers. I find it difficult to believe that being human is not enough, and so we strive to become super human.
Perhaps it’s our nature to want more.
I thought hard about this writing prompt, and I could not come up with more. Unlike R.B. Wood, the host of this podcast who is an incredible writer of the fantasy genre, I do not possess imagination for powers that go beyond what is humanly possible.
My mind is too steeped in reality and what I perceive as its confines. This is not going to be a warm and fuzzy story, or an erotic story, or even a story with a twist ending as per many of my previous podcast submissions.
Prepare yourself for someone who’s a non-believer of heroes and super powers because this is a non-fiction story.
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Fantasy, daydreaming, and play were discouraged. Considered idle and pointless activity that could not possibly lead to success, all games and toys needed a purpose; otherwise they served only to squander time.
These are not my words, but a summary of my upbringing.
Today’s standards are different, of course. How my parents raised me would probably be criticized, seen as an enormous burden for any child not to have fun just for fun’s sake, especially during those formative years prior to schooling. My parents brought me up in a country where they were not raised. The cultural unknowns made them cautious, even fearful. They were too busy earning a living, discovering how to cope in a foreign land to pay attention to having fun themselves, let alone create it for their children. Fun was incorporated into domestic chores, family time, and learning new things.
My grandfather, who was the head of the household, taught me carpentry. I used power tools and swung a hammer before I was ten. I helped him build cabinets and stools. That was both fun and purposeful—a winning combination. The expectation was I should behave and obey my elders, contribute to the family as much as I could. I really don’t remember not having fun while growing up.
In my early twenties, I started traveling and visited museums and galleries in Europe, a way of exposing myself to art, an area of my education lacking at the time. My strongest recollection involved how children were depicted during the Renaissance era. Artists like Raphael, Boticelli, and Da Vinci painted them as small adults with tiny bodies out of proportion, some with severe and aged faces.
As impressed as I was with the magnificence of the paintings, it shocked me that so many of these works distorted the appearance of children. I researched it further, and through it, I discovered something about my own childhood.
My parents always considered me a miniature adult and treated me like one, especially since I was the oldest of three kids. In looking through old photo albums, I confirmed as much. I saw numerous pictures of myself posed like the strange-looking children in the Renaissance paintings.
Me at three
Perhaps I missed some fun in those early years of my life. I don’t remember really, and I wasn’t an unhappy child. I’d like to think I was a serious child who grew up not taking myself too seriously.
Super powers may have been too fantastical for me to believe in, even if my parents had brought me up differently. What I do believe in is the wonderment of being human and all it entails. I’m no scholar, but I know I have powers that are uniquely human. We’re the only species known to blush, revealing our innermost emotions. We’re able to reason, to possess self-awareness.
As an adult, my dreams are not unlike those of a child who still believes in super powers, only mine are tempered with real-life experience, a dash of pragmatism, and a heavy dose of optimism. For me, that’s pretty damn powerful.
If you enjoyed this story and would like to read a collection of flash fiction and poetry, pick up my ebook Hot Flash.
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Filed under: Short Stories & Poetry
August 18, 2013
Music Mondays with @Blues_Traveler
I’ve picked up the harmonica again. After years of playing on and off (badly), I’m finally taking lessons.
It’s a great travel instrument for accompanying blues and rock, and most importantly, I love the way it sounds.
John Popper is considered a virtuoso harmonica player. You get a great taste for him in “Run-Around” with Blues Traveler.
If you want to travel around with some blues, pick up my book Seduced by the Blues. Several instruments are played skilfully in the story … including the harmonica.
eden
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Filed under: Musical Mondays
August 11, 2013
Music Mondays and the Mystery of Mondegreens
I learned a wonderful new word recently – Mondegreen.
A Mondegreen occurs when you mishear something, usually a song lyric. I’m a huge fan of lyrics, so this was an amusing discovery for me.
The name “mondegreen” was coined by writer, Sylvia Wright who misheard a line from a 17th-century Scottish ballad.
Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands,
Oh, where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl of O’ Moray,
And laid him on the green.
Wright heard the last line as And Lady Mondegreen instead of And laid him on the green. When she discovered the error, she named the phenomenon after the mysterious, nonexistent Lady Mondegreen.
Probably one of the most misheard lyrics belongs to Bruce Springsteen. The phrase “revved up like a deuce” (altered from Springsteen’s original “cut loose like a deuce” is slang for a 1932 Ford Coupe). It’s frequently misheard as “wrapped up like a douche.”
Springsteen joked it was not until Manfred Mann rewrote the song about a “feminine hygiene product” that it became popular.
Here’s Manfred Mann’s version of “Blinded by the Light.”
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If you have any song lyrics you’ve misheard, feel free to share them. 
eden
Filed under: Musical Mondays
August 4, 2013
Music Mondays ~ Into the Mystic
Erotica and Horror – My guest blog for @DravenAmes
Draven Ames is an author who writes in the horror genre. We’ve been part of each other’s social network for some years now.
He invited me to write a piece for his web series: . Numerous writers have participated, and these valuable lessons are wonderful references for all writers.
Hop over and read my entry:
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Filed under: Eden's Guest Blogs & Interviews
August 1, 2013
I am interviewed for @aboutdotcom by Joe Hefferon ~ @HefferonJoe
Author Joe Hefferon spoke with me about my work and has written an article on About.com for their Women in Business section, where he is a regular contributor.
I am thrilled by his kind words based on a short interview we had, quite shocked by his generosity, in fact.
Please read Joe’s profile of me, and follow him on all his networks.
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Connect to Joe
Joe Hefferon is a writer, speaker and blogger living in New Jersey. He is the author of the noir crime novel, The Sixth Session and a personal development book inspired by the principles of architecture called The 7th Level.
Website | Twitter @HefferonJoe | Linkedin | email: hefferon.joe@gmail.com
Filed under: Eden's Guest Blogs & Interviews
