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Depression Symptoms Decoded is back on the best seller charts in Mental Helth --> Depression.

Fix your back pain fast with this best seller in Sports Medicine!



A list of ten ‘must haves’ to cure sciatica and back pain. Recovery from lower back pain and injury is difficult. This short self-help book presents the most powerful and effective ways to get pain relief fast! It is the ten best cures to recover from lower back…

Valentine's Day is both hot, cool and for some a bit Gothic. Here's a pair of black heels with red hearts. I like these because they have a slightly mysterious image of Valentine's Day Romance.

Hotness.

Cuteness.

Mystery.

These functions - or any combination - make both a woman character interesting in a…

I remember my mother saying early into WWII people didn't know if America could even win. The early losses against the Axis powers (Kasserine Pass, Pearl Harbar, Bataan) demonstrated America was not infallible. My mother said she would walk…

My comments on our 'accelerated withdraw from Afghanistan':

Immediately is not soon enough.
Soldiers Lost: 2,083...
Soldiers Wounded: 23,500+...
Taxpayer Cost: $601780133410 ...
Years Lost: 11 Years 3 months 4 days
BENEFIT TO AMERICA = NOTHING after we defeated the Taliban 10 years ago.

A bibliography to keep track of where my books are released. Ranks in various charts for the year. This gives me a future direction for January 2013. (I hope those Mayan's and Crop Circles are wrong! *grin*) 

Novels:                                                                                                                              

1. Kwenda Women Lost in War: #14 in Biography:…

Move over Colbert and Stewart! There's a really old, new kid in town! *grin*

I put out two books this month and I'm so tired. To be honest I can't keep up with the marketing of two at the same time. I'm getting press releases messed up. I'm not sure what I put where and in what market. I will never do this again as I suffer and so do the books.

So, my political…

I squeezed in a very funny political satire over the weekend. It really is well research for a small work (about 50 pages)

Grover Norquist - The Fool Who…

I have noticed some comments on the Internet and FB that says people should not connect Jesus and Christmas. Here are my thoughts on these opinions.

"Christmas" by default means Jesus, as in Christ + Mass.  So if a person doesn't believe in Jesus then call it the "Holidays", if it's that…

Peace in Gaza. Shocking. Stunning and Beautiful. This is the most powerful story of our time. Prepare to be touched to your core.

Three souls wander the very place where twenty years earlier the world was ending. An alternate history twenty-years from today. Peace dwells in Gaza City. In this history three participants of the Gaza…

I'm a white, male - perfect demographic for the GOP - the GOP alienates me as well. Concern for America's social well-being transcends just minorities and liberals. What happened to the party of Lincoln; that party that championed social issues once upon a time? So, if the GOP wants my vote again this is what…

Just like a toddler holding its breath in tantrum - these secessionist sign something they know is meaningless. They just want to throw an adult tantrum If they REALLY want to quit America - just quit. Go to Mexico and live. Its an easy…

Happiness is yours.

"Depression Symptoms Decoded After Injury" is a skill builder to find happiness again even while boldly facing the reality of your…

I write novels about strong and powerful women. The women, however, are not ‘mannish’ in the slightest. These are women in charge of their femininity and understand the value and strength found in being ‘Woman’.

My novel “…

Creating Great Cover Art That Is Usable for CreateSpace, SmashWords and other POD services. Part 1



Cover Art is more important to small authors than actual content. While this statement is rather brash, it is also true because first time readers don’t KNOW your content. New readers of your material must make a purchasing decision based entirely on the COVER ART.



For example, my soon to be released novel, “The Cruel Dragon King Of Scotland” is a young adult…

Books have a flavor. I write a wide variety of genres such as paranormal, Victorian adventure, young adult, biographical fiction and non-fiction. Each book requires its own, appropriate font and back cover. As an author you have to work harder on the back cover than even on writing the book itself. People will only glance at the back and decide in mere seconds if its for them.

The approach is working as the work is already #12 in Politics>Democracy. Naturally, after the…

Its not too late to get this for Halloween!

I'm currently finishing up a novel about the last dragon in Scotland. It has seraph-crafted armor, wars, betrayal, magic, dragons, Christian…

My research as an author leads me down some really dark and fun alleys. Well, my real life sometimes leads me into dark states as well *grin*.…

Mmmm.... shoes....

Mmmm..Mmmm..Mmmmm... stilettos

Sometimes its good to walk around above it all. These stilettos lift a woman up high (where some…