Notes Upon The Wildwind

I’ve been pursuing my dreams pretty avidly all my life, but in 2000 things took a turn for the better.  And while the path has taken many a wild turn, I’m happy to share that following your dreams and passions isn’t that hard to do — once you clear yourself of the  internal blocks you have.

One of my passions from my earliest childhood years has been writing — and sharing stories.  When I worked at the newspaper back in the 80s, I was a managing editor and a journalist. At a small-town community newspaper, even as editor you do everything from typesetting to laying out the paper. I loved the job, but it paid pennies and I had to take another job just to make ends meet for my family.

But I never quit writing. Every job I had after that entailed some form of writing — proposals, grants, annual and semi-annual reports and more.  My first love is writing — and I’m very excited to share with you that I’m working on a new science fiction series that I can’t wait to finish and get uploaded.

You see, Kindle and other eBook readers are the place where authors need to have their work.  I’ve had an ephiphany in the last few weeks, and that ephiphany is leading to more book sales. Amazon’s Kindle is HUGE, and there’s a hungry market just waiting to grab up the latest and greatest in the “Kindle” eBook World. Besides Kindle, Sony’s got a reader or two as does Barnes and Nobles.  Many of these readers, like Kindle, have downloadable apps for computer use.  I didn’t even know that — which makes buying an eBook a whole lot easier — and a whole lot cheaper.

As a result of employing these new tactics for marketing Kindle books, I’ve seen a 1200 Percent increase in the sale of my books.  Yep!

So I’m pretty excited about the whole thing, ’cause there’s nothing better in the world (besides a smiling baby’s face, a soft kitten or an adoring dog) than sharing stories with folks.  Especially when I feel as I’ve helped or touched them in some way.

Life’s hard enough as it is without a little entertainment or uplift here and there.

So with that said, stop back now and then and check up on the latest.  I’ve got a whopper of a story that’s been waiting to be told.  It’s almost finished and ready to go up on Kindle.

And if you’re interested in finding out how to increase your Kindle readership, hop on over via this link and pick up my Become a Kindle Author Guide for less than two Venti Lattes — yep you heard me.

Kindle Book Guide

At $7.99, it’s a steal and will help you get your book up on Kindle — and market it at the same time.

Then come back here and share with me your experience.  I’d love to hear about it.

Happy Writing!

Each of us has a Core Wound buried deep inside that we keep protected, shielded, hidden — most often from even ourselves.  This “wound” becomes the platform from which we approach all life — and usually happens sometime deep in childhood, often before the age of 5, closer to 2 or 3.

This kind of wound isn’t covered over with a bandage, or wrapped in gauze.  Rather, this kind of wound finds protection behind a brick or block wall that keeps getting added to as we mature and age.

Think of the events in our lives like bricks — ones that continually add to this wall to protect ourselves and — our Core Wound.

The problem occurs when we want to bring something better into our lives — we find ourselves blocked, seemingly unable to move.  We may experience wonderful levels of manifestation, until we come up against something that is tied into our Core Wound.  And then we cannot seemingly get anywhere.  It is not because something blocks our path — it is because of the brick wall that we carry around with us.

Imagine life without this tedious construction always going on just past the periphery of our senses.

This past week I have been witness to the tumbling of my own Berlin wall in ways that I can’t even imagine yet.  But before Monday, October 11, 2010, I didn’t think too much on this Core Wound, even though it’s been there, all along staring me right inside the face.

After a quick session with transformational coach Morgana Rae,  (who is named after the sister of Merlin!) I received insight through her thoughtful guidance into this wound that I had really never looked at.  With just a few deft words, (and a magic wave of her wand), I’ve been pondering what she said since Monday — and today I received a flash of insight that allowed me to try something to bring this wall down and open this wound up to the healing graces of the Universe.

I ripped that bandage off, did a little meditation-visualization magic and voila! I could feel the wall shake loose.  Then later today, I received news of an increase in books sales to a bookstore of 500%.

It’s amazing what a little transformational magic and willingness can do.

Literally in less than half a second.

I can’t wait to see what happens next!