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Book of the Year Awards: Finalists in the Body, Mind & Spirit Category!
My computer, a fickle beast, tanked on me yesterday, eating six months of broad spectrum work: books, reviews, genealogy, genetics, thousands of letters to international recipients--all gone. The fact that this kind of wholesale computer gluttony has happened far too often over the years for me to be jovial and light about it, is an understatement. Gone are outlines for several books, so complicated that this feeble brain cannot recreate them.
I asked the Universe for a small favor last night, a sign of hope that I am as worthy of success, as much as the next award winning author. That sounds grandiose to some, why should I deserve a thing, many would ask and have. Certainly my books have not sold as well as my perceived competitors, if that is a guide to literary wellness. I am a one person operation with little outside support. That’s the breaks, kid. I hear that all the time and take it on the chin like a big girl.
I awoke to the news that Etna erupted yesterday. The world is an absolute mess: war, weather, insanity. But, I knew there was something good waiting for me today. I took the chance of turning on my beast of a machine, knowing that it could blow at any second and destroy what was left. I still wanted to know if there was a sign for me, other than world devastation and pain. I wanted something positive, despite the risk.
And, what I found made me smile, inspired this blog, even on this inferior intuit site that will not allow editing or punctuation. The title gave away my punch line, clearly. One of ten top finalists for Book of the Year was a boost that deserves a hallowed, CHEERS!
Tomorrow will be a better day; maybe today will be too…
Meet the other finalists:
Margaret Ann Lembo
Daniel Taylor
Andrew Cohen
J.H. Soeder
Galen Stoller
Elizabeth Clare Prophet
Dr. Gary and Robbie Holz
Dianne Ebertt Beeaff
Jason Haxton
B. Simhananda
Ike Allen and Connie Shaw
Book of the Year Awards: Finalists in the Body, Mind & Spirit Category!
My computer, a fickle beast, tanked on me yesterday, eating six months of broad spectrum work: books, reviews, genealogy, genetics, thousands of letters to international recipients--all gone. The fact that this kind of wholesale computer gluttony has happened far too often over the years for me to be jovial and light about it, is an understatement. Gone are outlines for several books, so complicated that this feeble brain cannot recreate them.
I asked the Universe for a small favor last night, a sign of hope that I am as worthy of success, as much as the next award winning author. That sounds grandiose to some, why should I deserve a thing, many would ask and have. Certainly my books have not sold as well as my perceived competitors, if that is a guide to literary wellness. I am a one person operation with little outside support. That’s the breaks, kid. I hear that all the time and take it on the chin like a big girl.
I awoke to the news that Etna erupted yesterday. The world is an absolute mess: war, weather, insanity. But, I knew there was something good waiting for me today. I took the chance of turning on my beast of a machine, knowing that it could blow at any second and destroy what was left. I still wanted to know if there was a sign for me, other than world devastation and pain. I wanted something positive, despite the risk.
And, what I found made me smile, inspired this blog, even on this inferior intuit site that will not allow editing or punctuation. The title gave away my punch line, clearly. One of ten top finalists for Book of the Year was a boost that deserves a hallowed, CHEERS!
Tomorrow will be a better day; maybe today will be too…
Meet the other finalists:
Margaret Ann Lembo
Daniel Taylor
Andrew Cohen
J.H. Soeder
Galen Stoller
Elizabeth Clare Prophet
Dr. Gary and Robbie Holz
Dianne Ebertt Beeaff
Jason Haxton
B. Simhananda
Ike Allen and Connie Shaw
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Thanks for listing all the writers who are BOTYA Finalists in the Mind-Body-Spirit topic area.
Good luck!
My little non-fiction story, The Dibbuk Box, has really taken off - I have been amazed to find my book coming out as a Hollywood film Labor Day weekend Aug. 31st, 2012 and as a SyFy docu-drama for the show Paranormal Witness.
But like you... one of the greatest honors is to be considered a solid writer by ForeWord Review/Magazine!
My website research which was made into a Hollywood movie "The Possession"
Link to website: http://www.dibbukbox.com/
Link to movie which will be out Labor Day weekend -- Aug. 31st: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431021/
I was interviewed and will be on SyFy's Paranormal Witness Season 2 this fall. Here is a Link to the RAW TV Production crew for the SYFY Channel the docu-drama will be out in August: http://rawtelevision.co.uk/news/paran...
Glad to read I am not the only one with bad days :)
Kind regards,
Jason Haxton