Today I am sharing another installment of Supporting Aspiring Writers which focuses on tackling the tough decision of self-publishing versus going the traditional publishing route. This is a tricky call that many authors grapple with, especially at the start of their...
In today’s blog I want to share more about a very interesting and less well known aspect of Carib (i.e., Kalinago) culture and history. The Caribs recorded seminal events and noteworthy aspects of their lives through drawings that they carved/cut into rocks and...
Sorry for the delay in sharing the second part of my recent visit to the island of St. Vincent. As I mentioned in my previous blogpost, I was barely on the ground for twenty-four hours. So it was a whirlwind trip filled with many emotional and spiritual highlights....
As 2022 has drawn to a close and is now firmly in the rearview mirror, I just want to share a brief reflection. Overall the last year was very trying for me on a personal and professional level. However, despite the challenges it was a period of tremendous growth as a...
This week I would like to share some of my experiences from my recent visit to the island of St. Vincent. Although I was barely on the ground there for 24 hours, I encountered so many fascinating sights and sounds, which triggered me both emotionally and spiritually....
Cancer Ward by Alexander Solzhenitsyn is a masterfully written, insightful and poetic indictment of communism in Russia. Viewed through the lens of the lives of a cast of colorful patients and healthcare personnel at a cancer ward of an unnamed hospital in Tashkent in...
In his acclaimed novel, Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche once famously wrote “Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” I came across these words recently after listening to a...
“Live free or die!” This was the mantra that I often uttered mindlessly in my twenties, without fully appreciating what these words really mean. Back then my youthful arrogance made me feel invincible. I was ready to take on the world head-on, with an...
This week I am sharing another installment of Supporting Aspiring Writers by focusing on the touchy subject of book sales. This is a super sensitive topic for most authors, be they fairly well established or just starting out. Often sales are shrouded in a cloud of...
Before I dive into my review of Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (henceforth abbreviated ZMM), I must make two small confessions. Firstly, I struggled to finish reading this book. In fact, I stopped at one point around page one hundred and forty, and...
