The challenging work is done. It’s in the publisher’s hands now. The long wait begins. It’s not on Amazon yet, but it will be a pre-sale item soon. It’s hard to believe this is my fourth book. It makes me wonder what some of my teachers in high school might say! Surprise, surprise. #oldguywritesbooks #undone […]
Musings from #oldguywritesbooks (a series) The phrase “a leap of faith” originated in the mid-1800s but gained popularity in the 1900s. It comes from the Latin word “saltus fidei,” which Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard coined. He used it as a metaphor for religious belief in God. As it applies to this issue of your taking […]
Musings from #oldguywritesbooks (a series) If you continue to doubt that you can author that book burning within you, you might start to consider that the noise in your mind is just two opposing voices clamoring for your attention. As you have seen from some of the previous posts in this series, one voice is […]
Musings from #oldguywritesbooks (a series) The orange cube in the picture is a stumbling block. Because it is cube-shaped, it has six sides. Imagine that each side has a different word or phrase imprinted on it. Most are predicated on something I wrote about previously, fear. Here are some of the phrases that were on […]
Musings from #oldguywritesbooks (a series) Among others, there is an acronym for fear that resonates with me particularly well. It is “False Evidence Appearing Real.” Over the years, I have felt fear about several things, people, and circumstances, only to realize later that I was wrong to feel that way. FDR’s old saying, “We have […]
So……why would I post that? Might it have anything to do with the new book we are going to launch sometime around the end of July? A betting person would say yes to that. Stay tuned.