Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Creative writing brings me joy. During forty years of my business career I created marketing and business development plans in various industries. In real estate I won “The Dallas Business Journal Award 2000 in Retail Development”.
The guiding light for my life has been love and wisdom through a spiritual phenomenon called The Mystical Traveler Consciousness. Stepping into the living love of the spiritual heart is like having a flashlight in the darkness of the soul. With the Light of God through exercising the living spirit within, you can step into an awareness that will lift and assist you in your life’s lessons.
My first two non-fiction books, “A Dream is a Wish the Heart Makes” and “Do You Have a Dream?” are based on my spiritual life experiences.
“Do You Have a Dream? 140 Insights into Building Confidence, Overcoming Stress & Loving Yourself”, you will have 140 of my best insights to assist you in focusing on and discovering more of the wisdom, truth, and beauty within you. Currently available as an E Book and audio book. A soft cover book and journal will be published soon.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Today the term “mystic” is associated with the occult, magic, astrology and tarot readings. I want to educate people to know that the mystical is not dark magic nor should you be ostracized. Being a mystic is a spiritual, religious, and transcendental experience.
Our world is in a process of change, and change is one of the key elements to most people’s discomfort and distraction from their happiness. But change doesn’t have to be difficult. In Do You Have a Dream?, you will find keys to:
Understand change.
Redefine change so it doesn’t have to be distressing.
Use situations of change to propel yourself forward, not hold yourself back.
Empower yourself no matter what life throws at you.
Do you need a job? Have a glass ceiling to break? Or maybe life has thrown you a sudden obstacle that seems impossible to tackle. Though the techniques presented here appear simple, they are powerful and can produce results within 30 days. Their effectiveness for you is limited only by your willingness to work them.
Who made the rule that change has to be hard? Do You Have a Dream? will assist you in making your changes easily, pleasurably, safely, and with joy and enthusiasm.
“Do You Have a Dream? 140 Insights into Building Confidence, Overcoming Stress & Loving Yourself”, you will have 140 of my best insights to assist you in focusing on and discovering more of the wisdom, truth, and beauty within you. Currently available as an E Book and audio book. A soft cover book and journal will be published soon.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Music is important to me. I enjoy listening to Pandora radio’s many inspirational channels as I write.
Visions in my meditations guide my writing. Often early in the morning I find myself channeling words on paper from a dream the night before.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
My favorite genre is historical fiction. Ray Bradbury, James Mitchner, Ken Follett, Ernst Hemingway, James Faulkner, Murakami to name a few are who have inspired me.
I read Ray Bradbury’s short stories often. The rich language in his works wraps me in poetic voice.
Mitchner taught me how to layer a story with people, places, and time.
I am learning from Ken Follett the pacing of characters and arc of story.
What are you working on now?
I am writing my first novel, “Einstein’s Compass: a Novel of What If”
What if…
… Albert Einstein, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, was actually working with supernatural forces beyond imagination?
… young Einstein, at the age of six, received an ancient compass from pre-history that changed the course of his life and upon which balanced the very destiny of Earth?
… Einstein, a brilliant mathematician, was the reincarnation of a leading priest-scientist who lived during the time of Atlantis and whose twin brother, through a DNA experiment gone awry, was transformed into an immortal shape-shifting, power mad dragon?
… Einstein became a key player in the unseen battle between Light and Darkness?
Einstein’s Compass takes readers on a hero’s adventure through time and across dimensions. It is a blend of historical fact and imaginative fantasy that challenges readers to distinguish between them.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I wrote on my blog how to promote books. http://www.modernmysticmedia.com/new-book-marketing-tools-authorpreneurs/
www.AuthorU.org is a non-profit that teaches authors how to promote and publish their work.
Judith Briles is the Director who has podcasts, on-line workshops, a once a year Extravaganza where authors and publishing experts meet to share the latest and greatest in marketing and publishing.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you are writing fiction, write a book of non-fiction based on your expertise.
If you are writing non-fiction, write a book of fiction.
Build your platform of readers by connecting on social media.
Find author friends you can network with to keep your love for your work going.
Read in your genre. Get to know authors you like.
Follow the passion of your heart that shows you the story that wants to be shared.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Writing is a marathon not a sprint. It takes time to write, publish and market yourself.
No one is going to do anything for you to make you successful. The entire project of writing,
and marketing will be up to you even if you have a traditional publisher. Its up to you.
What are you reading now?
Havana: An Earl Swagger Novel
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
How to Get Great Book Reviews By: Carolyn Howard Johnson
What’s next for you as a writer?
Complete my novel, “Einsteins Compass” writing, publishing and marketing.
Give workshops using “Do You Have a Dream?”
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Bradbury Stories: 100 of his most celebrated tales
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Hawaii and the Caribbean by James Mitchner
The Trilogy by Ken Follett
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