Jeanne Charters, author of Shanty Gold, will be on The Author Show all day Monday, May 9th (24 hours). On Monday, go to www.theauthorsshow.com. Click on your book title and that link will take you to the player page. Player will begin immediately.
Do what you are passionate about…
This sang to my heart this morning. It is RARE that we are paid monetarily to do what we are passionate about. RARELY. Most do not get recognized or honored until they have shed this human body; sometimes centuries later. You can be an artist or author NOW, even if it does not bring in the big bucks. Just write! Be happy that you can. Someone will see.
I believe God wants you to know…
…that vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn’t,
bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
Honore De Balzac said that, and he was right.
Do not let one more day go by without honoring
the vocation your soul calls you to pursue.
And don’t pretend you don’t know what it is. Of course you do.
You can feel it in your stomach whenever you think about it;
whenever you see another person doing it.
Life is so very short. Do now what you yearn to do
in your life. You do not have to “quit your day job”
in order to do this. You may do so if you choose to,
but you do not have to. Many people advance
a vocation while holding down their “regular job.”
You can, too. Then ease into your vocation
and turn it into your “regular job.”
But you must give energy to your vocation
starting today. I mean, today.
Love, Your Friend …
When you use the knowledge of how to create things in your life, you must do so from a place of love, never from a place of fear. Fear pushes what you want away from you. Love draws it in.
On this day of your life
I believe God wants you to know…
…that there is no such thing as an unlucky number —
such as “13” — or an unlucky event, such as
crossing the path of a black cat. You make your own luck.
Yet luck, in truth, does not exist, if you define “luck”
as “unexpected good” emerging “out of thin air”
for no apparent reason. LUCK is an acronym:
Love Undergirding Creationist Knowledge.
When you use the knowledge of how to create things
in your life, you must do so from a place of love, never from
a place of fear. Fear pushes what you want away from you.
Love draws it in.
You cannot create healing from an illness, for instance, if you
are in fear of the illness itself and seek to create from that place.
Nor can you create abundance from a place of money worries.
In either instance, you will have no “luck” at all.
Creation starts from a place of LOVE.
Loving what IS, and loving what is to come!
Got it? Good. Because you know exactly why
you heard this today.
Love, Your Friend …
An absorbing, moving, informative read. Please Say Kaddish For Me by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
An absorbing, moving, informative read.
This is a vivid, moving, fictional account of a part of history too little understood. It moves from the Jewish pogroms of Russia to the arrival of immigrants and refugees in the USA. While both shocking and sad in parts, this is an unput-downable read with much warmth and humanity. This is a world and a society I knew little about and I am glad to have been given this absorbing insight.
Author-Illustrator
I believe God wants you to know… …that it’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.
I believe God wants you to know…
…that it’s easy to make a buck.
It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.
Tom Brokaw said that, and he was right. The Universe
invites you now to be someone who is making a life,
rather than a living.
Move toward your passion.
Express through your daily work and your daily activities
what it is that lights up your soul. Do not believe those
who say that you cannot do this. Do it anyway.
No, really.
Do it anyway.
Love, Your Friend …
Ken LaSalle, author of Heaven Enough, takes on the Pacific Crest Trail!
Ken LaSalle, author of Heaven Enough, takes on the Pacific Crest Trail!
Published on Apr 26, 2016
You can help support me while I’m on the trail by picking up a book from Amazon, an audiobook from Audible, or any of my other work on iTunes and so on. You can find it all on kenlasalle.com!
Chuck Walsh book signing @ Joe’s Place Book Store and Wine Bar May 21st
On Saturday, May 21 from 2 – 4 PM, Joe’s Place Book Store and Wine Bar will be welcoming writer Chuck Walsh for a book signing! Chuck developed a passion for writing in 2004 after his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and he wanted to write something to show how much she meant to him. From that, A Passage Back was born—a tale about Chase Watson, who has an accident after the death of his mother, sending him back in time to when he was a boy. From there the writing bug had Chuck in its grasp! He has written A Month of Tomorrows, A Passage Back (Vinspire Publishing), Shadows on Iron Mountain, Backwoods Justice (Champagne Book Group), and A Splintered Dream (Argus Publishing). Chuck Walsh
Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency
Joe’s Place Book Store and Wine Bar
640 S Main St Suite 101B
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 558-0828
Free TODAY Thursday, April 28th – Trail of Deceit by John House
That took my breath away. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields has Chutzpa By R.H.Burkett This review is from: Please Say Kaddish For Me
That took my breath away. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields has Chutzpa
By R.H.Burkett
This review is from: Please Say Kaddish For Me (Paperback)
To be honest, this story is not my cup of tea. Please say Kaddish for Me is a gritty disturbing story of Jews in Russia under the Tsarist rule. The mental pictures the author paints with her words are so vivid, so brutal, at times I had to turn away. While (in my opinion) this story is not a happy one, the message is too important to ignore and Rochelle Wisoff-Fields should be commended for having the courage to write it. Not only does she paint beautiful, realistic images with pen and ink but with her words as well. Kudos Rochelle for an unforgettable first novel.
R.H. Burkett: Author & Public Speaker
Rochelle’s Art Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Art and Blogs
Published by Argus Publishing Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency
CHARACTER STUDY – SOL MAYER, From Silt and Ashes by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
CHARACTER STUDY – SOL MAYER
The long narrow shop smelled of leather, licorice, and chocolate, but for the most part, it reeked of Sol’s cigars. Havah moved between rows of shelves filled with dolls, toy trains and stacks of canned food until she found the tooth powder.
Behind the counter Sol Mayer smiled at her, his cigar clenched between his teeth. Smoke tendrils framed his bulldog jowls. He took a peppermint stick from a glass jar and held it out to Rachel who wriggled in her pram.
“Looks like the little maideleh needs one of these.”
“What she really needs is an n-a-p. But c-a-n-d-y might keep her quiet for a while.”
Havah opened her coin purse.
“Put your money away, Mrs. Gitterman. My treat.” Sol walked around the counter and knelt. He handed the candy to Rachel who popped the tip of it into her mouth.
“What do you say to the nice man, Rukhel Shvester?” Havah snapped her purse clasp
shut.
“Senk oo.”
“Amazing!” Sol patted the child’s head. “Wendy didn’t start talking until she was almost three. Of course she hasn’t stopped to take a breath since. Just like her mother.” He brushed his hand over his balding head and winked at her. “I had a full head of hair when I married Zelda.”
~~Taken from From Silt and Ashes
Sol Mayer was born in Moldavia. When he was a child he moved to Poland with his parents who became successful shop owners. There he met and married his wife Zelda. Together, they immigrated to America where he owns Mayfair, a profitable dry goods store in Kansas City.
By most standards the Mayers are wealthy. While Zelda enjoys all that money affords and is wont to put on airs, Sol never forgets his humble shtetl beginnings. Although he owns a mansion on Quality Hill, he would be happy in a shanty as long as he had his wife and daughter, Wendy, at his side. He is known by the community for fairness, generosity and a quick wit.
Rochelle’s Art Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Art and Blogs
Published by Argus Publishing Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency