Luke's Covenant won a Halloween Book Award previously. For a spooky read, try:
https://www.amazon.com/Lukes-Covenant-Alma-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B002KE4XZ2/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
Monday, October 31, 2016
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
An Exciting Read for Independence Day
"Aside from
'Hamilton,' Revolutionary era inspires little art" said Hillel Italie of The Associated Press today."Notable works about the American
Revolution are rare outside of history books."
Lainn's
Destiny tells the fictional story of a young Scot who flees to the Maryland
Colony in the run up to the American Revolution. His path crosses those of other
patriots, Tom Jefferson and George Washington. As a doctor Lainn defies the law
and runs a secret clinic where he inoculates recruits, giving them a chance to survive illness
and battle when they join the Yankee army.
Paperback and Kindle Amazon
toby@tobyheathcotte.com
Lainn's Destiny is a volume of the Alma Chronicles
Souls, bound together in a circle of love, passion, betrayal, and murder,
reincarnate lifetime after lifetime from the ancient Celtic world through
21st century America.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go can Empower Your Life by Judith Orloff, MD
Surrender as a coping technique for life's issues is a thought-provoking
premise. Orloff develops it into an insightful approach. She assumes her readers
have high intelligence and talks directly to them with respect and forthrightness.
This quality makes her an excellent teacher. Her chapters speak to paths we all follow from
time to time in our lives. I took her suggestion to jump around to read the
chapters that have greatest relevance.
The chapter on igniting your super senses and particularly
the art of reading people encourages the reader to greater sensitivity in
relating to other people. She assumes we all have super senses and can develop
them if we choose to. I found the surrender test and the chapters on illness
and aging equally valuable.
I love to read books with a highlighter. Returning to read
the highlights later gives me added dimension. Orloff's book is such a
treasure: "Surrender to your intuition: Make space for grace." "...illness
is a call for your soul to grow. "...dreams are committed to supporting
your well being." "Make your mind a shelter, a safe place to
go."
If we learn her techniques we can grow spiritually, have
happier more fulfilling lives, and give more meaningful service to mankind. If
that possibility intrigues you, I highly recommend The Ecstasy of Surrender as
a guide. You'll be glad you read it.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Resources for Writers
Editing
chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
nonfiction
mla.org
- Modern Language Association style sheet
The
Elements of Style by William Strunk
Rules
for Writer by Diana Hacker
camlang.com
– Cambridge Language of Style
Self-Editing For Fiction Writers: How to
edit yourself into print by Renni Browne and Dave King.
Stein on Writing by Sol Stein
The First Five Pages: A writer’s guide to
staying out of the rejection pile by Noah Lukeman.
Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript,
Edition 2 by Cynthia Laufenberg and the
editors of Writer’s Digest Books
The Writer’s Digest Writing Clinic by
Joe Feiertag and Mary Cupito
Publishing
AuthorSmart.com – nonfiction publishing
writeandpublishyourbook.com
azbookpub.com – Arizona Book Publishers Association
booksandtales.com/pod/index.php – a guide for Print on Demand
book-publishers-compared.com/ - a good book
parapublishing.com/sites/para/ - information on self-publishing
communicationcreativity.com/index.html – good books
Libraries
Gutenberg.org – free books
ipl.org Internet public library
Legal
publaw.com
- articles on copyright and other writing-related law
copyright.gov/Go
to Literary Works and follow the directions.
Agents
Technique
How to Write Attention-Grabbing Query
& Cover Letters by
John Wood
How to Write a Book Proposal by Michael Larsen
The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel
Published by Evan
Marshall
writersdigest.com/
- books and articles on writing – good technique books
fwbookstore.com/category/writing
- Writer’s Digest books on writing
Writingcareer.com
Moviebytes.com
Internetwritingworkshop.org
Marketing
literarymarketplace.com/ - one week subscriptions
online – also in libraries
Radiolocator.com
Newspapers24.com
Newslink.org
Absolutewrite.com
Inktip.com
authorsandspeakersnetwork.com
Writersreaders.com – local website
host for independent authors
newvoicesbookstore.com/ accepts
self-published books on consignment.
writersmarket.com – places to sell your writing
writerbeware.org – sfwa.org (Science Fiction and
Fantasy Writers of America)
– warnings
about literary fraud and other schemes, scams, and pitfalls that target writers
azauthors.com – links to other writers’ groups,
associations, magazines, media, publishers, services for writers, bookstores,
events
Saturday, January 18, 2014
TOBY FESLER HEATHCOTTE LIVE ON RADIO, ABOUT BOOKS AND PSI
Tune in to "Under
the Surface" hosted by Lori Hines, Jan. 24, 2014, at 7 pm Arizona time (9
pm EST) on www.whvrdigital.com.
Toby Fesler Heathcotte answers
questions about her psi experiences and her metaphysical books. She authored
Out of the Psychic Closet: The Quest to Trust my True Nature and the Alma
Chronicles, a multi-generational fiction series based on reincarnation.
Toby
also talks about her years as president of Arizona Authors Association and
offers advice to writers in all genres. Tune in from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, call in
to the studio, or connect through the chat room. You might win a book giveaway.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Who is this
man?
He is Dr. Russell Targ, author of The Reality of ESP: A Physicist's Proof of Psychic Abilities.
I am
delighted to have the chance to interview him about his new book.
Toby: Do
modern technological aids such as GPS and smart phones help or hinder the development
of ESP abilities?
Dr.
Targ: In my experience, people seem to do better at remote viewing in an
electrically shielded room. EMF doesn’t help. It appears to hurt.
Toby: Have
your own paranormal experiences influenced the direction of your research?
Dr.
Targ: Yes. It was my early psychic perceptions that gave me the confidence to
move from physics to ESP research. I once was riding with my boss, when I had a
clear vision of Hebrew characters written in white on black. It turned out to
be a Photostat manuscript on the desk of my boss’s best friend the rabbi. Also
as a teen-ager I was a stage magician doing mental magic. I occasionally had
clear and correct visual images pertaining to the person whose mind I was
pretending to read.
Toby: Will
humans as a species eventually embrace their ESP abilities? Why or why not?
Dr.
Targ: We are still trying to recover from the stigma on all mystics from the
so-called Enlightenment, when the Church and science was trying to save us from
evil mysticism. But today there are more than two-million web pages on Google
pertaining to “remote viewing” and how to learn and use it. So I think we are
making progress. We had a $23 million program at SRI to do research for the
government.
Toby: Does
believing in paranormal phenomena increase a person's performance of ESP tasks?
Dr.
Targ: Yes indeed. The sheep do much better than the goats. This is a highly
repeatable finding.
Toby: Can
ESP research prove or disprove reincarnation?
Dr.
Targ: ESP is not related to reincarnation. The person is either re-born or he
isn’t. ESP is essential for evidence for
postmortem persistence of the personality. So-called survival. This data
usually comes to a medium by ESP. And the evidence for survival is excellent.
My book has several good examples.
Toby: Do you
feel the scientific community gives your work the attention and respect it
deserves?
Dr.
Targ: When we were at SRI with lots of money, we got very respectful attention
from the scientific community. Our work was published in Nature, The Proceedings
of the Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and the American Institute of
Physics. After the program was cancelled in 1995, not so much.
Toby: What influence
do spirituality or religious faith exert on the development of ESP abilities?
Dr.
Targ: It is not necessary to be a religious believer to be psychic. However
after some years of remote viewing, it becomes clear that we are able to
experience events that are thousands of miles away or in the future. The
Buddhists call this timeless awareness. And they say that is who you are. I
agree.
Dr.
Targ: I think the evidence for distant healing is excellent. My daughter
Elisabeth Targ did a successful study with 60 of her San Francisco AIDS
patients. The paper was published in The Western Medical Journal in 1999.
Toby: Where
do you predict psychic research will head in the future?
Dr.
Targ: As soon as we have a description of the physics of ESP, it will swiftly
be accepted. Or if the people who are trying to make money in the market of
gambling are successful, there will be a big positive change. In 1982 we made
$120,000 forecasting silver commodities. We were successful 9 out of 9. And
NOVA made a one-hour show to celebrate. It was called The Case of ESP. Still
available on Google.
Toby: What
impact do you hope your work will have on human consciousness?
Dr.
Targ: My hope is that people will realize that they are not just meat and
potatoes. They might be more compassionate toward one-another and greatly
diminish their own suffering.
Toby:
Thank you, Dr. Targ for enlightening us all.
About The Reality of ESP: A
Physicist’s Proof of Psychic Abilities
Nobel laureate physicist Brian Josephson
says, “This book should make those who deny the existence of [psychic]
phenomena think again.” In The Reality of ESP ,
Targ presents evidence from the $20 million research program he co-founded at
Stanford Research Institute (SRI )
in the 1970s. The amazing feats of psychic ability he details include: While remote viewing for the CIA ,
SRI psychics found a downed
Russian bomber in Africa, reported on the health of American hostages in Iran,
and described Soviet weapons factories in Siberia. When San Francisco heiress
Patricia Hearst was abducted from her home in Berkeley, a psychic with the SRI team identified the kidnapper and then
accurately described and located the kidnap car. After leaving SRI , Targ's group made $120,000 by psychically
forecasting for nine weeks in a row the direction and amount of changes
in the silver commodity futures market – without error! Targ also describes a plan for developing your
own psychic abilities.
About Russell Targ
Physicist Russell Targ was
the co-founder of a 20 year $25 million research program investigating psychic
abilities for the CIA, Army Intelligence and many other agencies at Stanford
Research Institute (SRI). This previously SECRET research and applications
program is now declassified. Targ has written a comprehensive book describing
the remarkable accomplishments of this program.
Here's
a video where you can see and hear the author himself:
The Reality of ESP - Russell Targ on
Physics and ESP from his recent book - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhRubnF4dN8
For More
Information About Russell Targ and The Reality of ESP - http://bookpromotionservices.com/2013/09/03/add-info-reality-esp-russell-targ/
Amazon Link
for The Reality of ESP –
~*~
To learn more about Russell Targ’s work as the
co-founder of a 20 year $25 million research program investigating psychic
abilities for the CIA, Army Intelligence and many other agencies at Stanford
Research Institute (SRI). get your own copy at http://www.amazon.com/Reality-ESP-Physicists-Psychic-Abilities/dp/0835608840. You can find more
information from the virtual book tour for The Reality of ESP at http://bookpromotionservices.com/2013/09/03/reality-esp-tour/
Monday, October 7, 2013
Who is this man?
Who is the man with the cat?
Look for an interview and details of a wonderful new book by this author.
I promise you will love the book
Watch for the post on October 9.
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