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Song by Jesse Teller (Book Review #372)
I have read previous books from Jesse Teller, and so I was expecting the same standard and quality of literature to have applied in this book as well. I was not disappointed. I think the storyline or the concept of the idea for the plot may not be such a novel one, however, when Jesse Teller, cites it, you enter a whole other experience.
The story has many side plots alongside the main plot and so when you begin to read this book, you enter a multi-dimensional storyline and that in itself, displays talent and was much appreciated.
The imagination and growth of visual descriptiveness are one of the strongest aspects of this story. I recommend this author and his entire series to people who enjoy dark fantasy and have a particular regard towards strong literature.
Written by Jeyran Main
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“Ghosts of Our Past” by Michael Phillip Cash
I’m sitting here in my den, laptop where it should be (on my lap), and I’m watching my new (old) favorite channel – MTV Live. I grew up on MTV. It was Channel 29 for the first 20 years of my life and it was 
on 24/7. Then, for some generation-killing reason, some corporate guy at Viacom decided to stop airing music videos, so they went full on into reality TV.
I don’t like anything about reality TV, except a Tony Robbins show on NBC that aired many moons ago. I love music, and I love watching live shows, so this channel has become my therapy for when I’m writing – which is what I’m doing now.
One of my favorite bands, Eagles of Death Metal, is on MTV Live right now. They’re playing live in Paris, and they’re wearing red feathers on their shirts. I liked the Eagles of Death Metal in the past, but watching them playing now, live, I LOVE THEM. Absolutely love them!
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I’m not one to point out something negative, but the Eagles of Death Metal were playing during the Paris terrorist attacks in November 2015 at The Bataclan. I remember watching the news thinking of the horror everyone at the concert was going through. People lost their lives that night because of a senseless act of violence. But now I’m watching this band play live on MTV and let me tell you they are tighter, better and stronger than ever. This band witnessed hell in front of their eyes and here they are, playing harder and louder than ever before.
Should the ghosts of our past stop us from moving forward from accomplishing what we were born to do? The answer is a resounding HELL NO! Nothing, absolutely nothing, should stop you from doing what you love. I’ve personally had some setbacks in life, sour life changes that made life a bit more difficult. Our past should not represent our future. Anthony Robbins said that. We must forge ahead and create our future.
When you write, it’s easy to get caught up in the emotions of the past. Your characters could have been people you knew, loved or hated. Stopping what you love because of a setback is not living. Curling up and not moving forward is not what we are intended to do. Everyone has setbacks. All setbacks are simply steppingstones to getting where you want to be. No past-life ghosts should haunt you for more than ten minutes. Life is too short to be dwelling on ‘what happened’ in the past. The past is prologue to your life now.
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If you are reading this, you are alive, and breathing, and well. Life is good and you should be grateful that you have an opportunity to wake up every day and thank everything and everyone for taking those first steps in the morning. Every day above ground is a good day. Anthony Robbins said that too.
Now, please excuse me. This live performance from the has gotten my blood so pumped up, I have to continue writing more of my current manuscript.
“And then we dance all through the whole night.” – Eagles of Death Metal
ABOUT MICHAEL PHILLIP CASH
Michael Phillip Cash is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. His novels are best-sellers on Amazon under their genres – Young Adult, Thriller, Suspense, Ghost, Action Adventure, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror. Michael writes full-time and lives on the North Shore of Long Island with his wonderful wife and screaming children. You can follow him @michaelpcash.
God Smacked Back by Angela Perea (Book Review #371)
The entire story was humorous and interesting to read. The literature was witty and written with a wise choice of words in order to keep the reader intrigued, wanting to know more.
“Licking of human clients is strictly prohibited” the sign informs the soul collectors, implementing the new policy. That is just a small part of how funny this book was.
The chapters were short, and the content had a nice flow to it. I particularly enjoyed the way everyone had a certain personality, and the world setting was interesting to read.
The idea of how it feels to love or to be loved back was a nice additional concept for the storyline. The content did contain strong language and I believe would suit people that believe in the afterlife and enjoy funny stories.
Written by Jeyran Main
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Michael Phillip Cash – Author Interview
Please tell us about The After House:
My version of a haunted house tale told from the ghost’s point of view.
Where did the idea for the book come from?
I was watching Maleficent with my wife and I loved that the story was told from the “villain’s” point of view. I had an idea about a whale-hunting ghost named Eli for a while. After the movie was over, I started writing that night.
Many of your books have a paranormal vibe. Have you always been interested in the paranormal?
I love paranormal. You can write a good ghost story in a million different ways. I’ve had ghosts in my life since as far back as I can remember.
You’ve written several books over the years. How do you find the time to write?
During the day, all I do is research and development about my subject. Once my kids are tucked in and my wife goes to sleep I write every night until my eyes go – generally from 8pm to midnight.
What kinds of things do you like to do when you’re not writing?
Long walks on the beach. KIDDING! I love being with my wife and kids. I love to cook. Nothing wrong with a good poker game every once in a while. I also started lifting heavy weights.
What kinds of books are on your bookshelf? What’s on your TBR list?
Every screenplay imaginable. Anything by Joseph Campbell. The Save the Cat Series. Every book on The Law of Attraction and The Universe. All Michael Crichton. My TBR List: The Flat Earth Conspiracy, Tools of the Titans, Eat Bacon & Don’t Jog, the Revenant screenplay.
What would readers be surprised to know about you?
I haven’t eaten bread, rice, pasta or potatoes in 6 years. I haven’t eaten fruit or vegetables in 3 years. I only eat meat, dairy and butter – and I’ve never been healthier.
How can readers connect with you?
@michaelpcash. I’m a Twitter fiend. Via my website. Also on Facebook.
Can readers expect any new books from you soon?
Oh yeah. I have an amazing agent who is planning on some very big things for my upcoming books.
As a successful author and scriptwriter, what advice can you give aspiring authors?
Write every day. Have a journal on hand wherever you go, so if you hear someone say something intriguing you can use it in your next work.
ABOUT MICHAEL PHILLIP CASH
Michael Phillip Cash is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. His novels are best-sellers on Amazon under their genres – Young Adult, Thriller, Suspense, Ghost, Action Adventure, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror.
Michael writes full-time and lives on the North Shore of Long Island with his wonderful wife and screaming children. You can follow him @michaelpcash.
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FEAR OF INVISIBILITY Written by BIBIANA KRALL
FEAR OF INVISIBILITY | BIBIANA KRALL
It has been a wild and crazy ride to change my life and become a student again. I am close, I mean really close. I am less than a few weeks away from turning in all my gazillion papers and my Master’s thesis in. Oddly enough the emotion I feel the strongest, swirling deep down in my gut…is fear.
Fear of what happens after, whether or not all of this hard work was worth it, so many questions are all wrapped up into one giant, seething ball of emotion. Funny thing is, that’s not what I envisioned at all.
Where does this random fear come from? Great question.
Perhaps Freud would say, ‘Oh ja, it all goes back to when you were potty trained in a room with no windows,’ or Jung would say, ‘You are not sleeping deeply enough to dream.’ I am taking the fifth on both.
The real origin of it is that women my age, (I am forty-eight) are considered less interesting than day old bread, a beach bike with a flat tire, a late model S-10 with a rusted fender…
We could literally have loads of fun with this one, couldn’t we?
But when women reach a certain age there is a ton of negativity towards our worth to the world. It’s tough to watch someone with zero experience get the job you could do with your eyes closed. Or to not have someone attractive flirt with you when they open a door or accidentally run into you with a shopping cart at the grocery store.
I think though the primary fear for me is not about growing older, or not being considered pretty anymore… it’s being considered as a worthwhile part of the conversation, staying connected and being relevant in a world that is in constant motion.
I don’t know if I made the right choice getting a master’s degree because you never really do until you’ve already made it. Ten years from now I will certainly have my answer.
What I do know is that facing my fear of failing, my fear of being able to keep up with everyone in the class and a million other things has made me grow considerably as a writer and a human being. That is pretty cool, right?
At the end of each fear, with hard work and dedication, we have accomplishment. So, three cheers for the next enormous goal and the next, because facing our fears and moving forward is truly where it’s at.
Until next time, Find your Peace, Love, Hustle and then Write xoxo Bibiana
Bibiana Krall is a novelist, short story writer, blogger, graduate student, mother, and wife. WWW.BIBIANAKRALL.COM
Love is the Power by Robert O. Williams (Book Review #370)
The author uses quantum technology to learn and validate the power of mass collective consciousness. His intentions are pure. To move the human mind from fear to love. He hopes to create world peace. Is that possible? You may ask, and that is what I thought when I began reading this book.
The author demonstrates how an app that he has programmed can easily apply this method to almost every person. This book explains how the program works and reflects the history and the science behind it. What you achieve are less stress and a more receptive heart.
What I particularly enjoyed about the book was that the author used personal references as examples for what he was trying to convey. His love for music, being an educator, loving science, all have contributed to delivering this masterpiece, and I believe, it is one to look out for.
The literature is strong and well edited. The double spacing at times did distract me from the flow of reading the work, but it did not take away anything from its rich content.
I recommend this book to people who are seeking a change in life and do believe that good things can happen once you set your mind to it.
Written by Jeyran Main
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Spirit Raiders by Savio Dawson (Book Review #144)
Spirit Raiders is a strong and complex science fiction novel written about alien abductions, an existential threat to humans discussing some high advanced technological terms that would blow some sci-fi fans away.
The depth, precision, and skill this author possesses, is phenomenal. One of the technological terms used in this book is GAM. This is a device that detects stealth fighters. The fighters are not detectable through RADAR, something that is the current technology for discovering aircraft.
The FBI is sent to investigate any UFO sightings. Colonel Braulio is sent with his team to inspect the situation. Mark is from Texas. The aliens also contact him, and as things venture from different angles of the plot, they all end up together realizing that Earth and the human race are in trouble.
The character development in this story is well developed. The science behind the terminology and the facts interconnected with the plot was executed perfectly. I believe the only thing this book lacked was a better-executed layout for its descriptions. Sometimes I felt that the story was too detailed. However, I believe this would not effect a true science fiction fan as they strive on details like this.
I highly recommend this book to rich in detail sci-fi fans and look forward to reading more from this author.
Written by Jeyran Main
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Words of wisdom- Choose judiciously written by Boringbug
Words of wisdom- Choose judiciously written by Boringbug
In the wake of quora, where the world comes together to ask questions of different kinds, there is a particular question which is asked frequently. Whether god exists? Or is god omnipotent? This question has gripped believers, agnostics, as well as atheists and people of different faith. To explain this, people have come up with various theories. One of my explanations can be found on “The Idea of God”.
I have always been inspired by the concept of yin and yang. If we did a little research and self-introspection, we’ll understand that all good and bad things happening around us begin from our mind and the resultant thoughts. For instance, somebody decided to help the poor and we had Mother Teresa, someone decided to resort to non-violence for independence and we have Mahatma Gandhi, someone decided to research and prove the world was round and we had Aryabhatta and Copernicus. Someone believed in the existence of the planets and thought of inventing the telescope and we had Galileo Galilei.
Similarly, someone thought of oppressing an entire race, and Hitler came into the picture. Some nations thought of attacking each other and we had wars.
All in all, the good and the bad are the result of our emotional intensity and belief. Someone with purity in thoughts rationally decided to help humanity, while the other in insanity did the opposite. God has nothing to do with it. Complaining to god for the act of a mind is like blaming it for your own failures.
From peace to war, love to hatred, all these thoughts are built up in our mind. It is on these thoughts we build up ourselves. That is to say that we are the creator of the world that we want to live in. As it is said, the mind is, as it were, an observer which looks out on this universe extended outside of us.
The thing most dangerous to us is our unguided thoughts.
Written by boringbugb
Boringbug is a blogger, a sketch artist by hobby, and a lawyer. He writes to pen his vague ideas and experiences in different forms. His blog can be reached at boringbug.wordpress.com.
Empath’s Ultimate Guide to Shield Yourself from Negative Energies by Sandy Quinn (Book Review #369)
I found the book to be very short, and for that, it was a little disappointing. I believe with much more added content, the work would have sustained higher validity, and a better understand, however, what did exist was very useful and interesting to read.
With the life and busy schedules that we all run these days, I believe any book that demonstrates ways and methods to cleanse the mind and to better the living, would be advantageous to have.
The literature was easy to read and to follow. There were some added pictures and diagrams to make the content more appealing to the eye. It is clear that the author has attempted to stay away from theories and exercises in order to produce a novel book.
I would recommend this to people that are into healing, self-help, and decluttering the mind.
Jeyran Main
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