Monthly Archives: December 2021

Reflecting on Reflecting – Kind Thoughts of the Season

GetPublished! Radio’s most popular show ever – was a complete surprise!

Here’s a link to the podcast Spirituality and Metaphysics

A few years back, when we were planning this show, my cohosts sci-fi legend Tom Page and razor-sharp journalist Cheyenne Cockrell agreed this was an unlikely topic for us to be covering. But spirited discussions around literary genres and themes had proven to be much more interesting (and popular) than how-to-break-into-print sessions.

We thought about booking a celebrity author, then we realized their point of view, however respected, might seem one-sided.

So instead of inviting an author, we invited a reader. Dennis Hutchison, co-proprietor and practitioner at Afterglow of Sedona, proved to be exceptionally widely read and engagingly articulate on topics ranging from real to seemingly unreal – experiences from near-death to mystical.

His heartfelt descriptions of hopeful discoveries in literature and life may inspire you this holiday season.

Here’s wishing us all a much less eventful and much more joyous New Year!

Releasing in March – the third novel in the award-winning Evan Wycliff Mystery series.

Christmas Karma – Do you have a guardian angel?

Angel by Francesco Bartolozzi

Do you think you have a guardian angel? Or perhaps you call her / him / it your spirit guide? Etheric double? Sage self?

This one bears a strong resemblance to my local reference librarian as she points the way to a shelf in the upper stacks.

I don’t think an angel can get you a better airline booking. Maybe the determination to find yourself something better?

In the opening chapter of my humorous novel Christmas Karma, Willa Nawicki’s guardian angel explains why Willa isn’t at all ready to cope with the holiday – and that an angel can’t clean her house or decorate a tree.

So why not let Willa’s story lighten your mood as a break from your holiday tasks?

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Wishing you a light heart this season!

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Christmas Karma – What gift does Willa want most?

What gift does Willa want most?

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She wishes she’d said a few more things to her mother. She yearns to see her son again, but she’s pretty sure that can’t happen. If she could find a way to push her father out of her house, she would. He says it’s still his and he wants to sell it.

In my humorous novel Christmas Karma, Willa Nawicki gets a series of surprise visits from friends and family – just a week before the holiday and when she’s totally not ready to talk to anyone, much less clean her house.

So why not let Willa’s story lighten your mood as a break from your holiday tasks?

The screenplay version of Christmas Karma won a Writers Guild of America Diversity Award.

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I Found My Inner Child in My Third Eye!

This little guy’s name was Jerry and, as I recall, he was joyful a lot of the time. There were stresses in his young life, but they’d evaporate on encountering the next delight.

He was curious. He was studious. He was a chatterbox. He was a showoff.

He had a loud voice that became louder when he was excited. As he grew older his teachers rebuked him because that voice could be heard above all others in class.

So as the tween became a teen, his voice softened – so much so that at times adults had to prompt him to speak up.

It was years later he found his voice.

Watch for the audiobook release of Harry Harambee’s Kenyan Sundowner in January.