A Kindred Spirit Author Interview!

Here's the AKS Interview in Albuquerque's Alibi for those who haven't seen the twenty postings on Fbook or Twitter ;) Oh, and VOTE for ej Morgan, #45 Q under Art and Lit for Best Local Author!! Do it NOW!!!
If not, then at least buy a book ;) OR eBook (on Amazon.) Someday I'll quit asking, but not yet. Dennis and I SIGNED books Saturday at Title Wave... what? You missed that, too?? We made videos. (no not sex vids, stupid idiotic book promotion videos) and posted them on YouTube. Click to enlarge our flyer:

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ENJOY!!!
Eat, read, sleep ;) (I'll link to the videos soon.)

Equinox UPDATE:
As usual, a big fight broke out at the book signing. Peacenik ej and rightwing NutJob DD cannot see eye-to-eye.

AKS is an eBook!

Need I say more? for just a few bucks, you can own the hot, new eBook! or get a sample!! If you don't have a Kindle, no problem. You can get the FREE Kindle app for your PC, phone, iPad, whatever... then get a lengthy FREE sample of A Kindred Spirit!
(prologue, ALL of chapter 1, including art of PKD in his chair, and a bit of Chapter 2, too!!) Just do it! Thank you!! Oh, and please post what you think of the eBook!

A Change of Heart

Remember the 60s Peaceniks? Some of you are too young. Peace"Nik" (Niki) in my story, A Kindred Spirit, tried to recreate the feeling traveling around in her funky Westfalia van, searching for Peace, only to discover it's an inner journey. Pema Chodron, my Guru and favorite author, says ONLY a change of heart can provide ourselves and the world with peace.

Here's my "final answer" to the Million Dollar Question: What is the difference between passion and anger?

First, I have to make the case ;) I said on my Facebook note "No Help" that yelling for peace is not the answer. Even a Peacenik can't clobber someone with her peace sign to change the world situation.

And this fab story, about Angry Faces, told by Pema has stuck with me since I heard it years ago. A guy in prison has TV but no sound. He sees an angry white guy in KKK garb pointing his finger. Later he sees teenagers on a ship, red-faced, leaning over the ship rail screaming and waving Greenpeace signs. Finally, he sees scenes of Washington DC, the domed Capitol building, and inside men in suits with angry red faces, pounding their tables. The prison guard comes by and asks why he doesn't turn on the sound. The prisoner says no need -- doesn't matter if they're wearing KKK hats, peace signs or business suits, they all have the same angry faces.

So, we establish that passion and anger CAN be the same. Now, how are they different? Because anger starts when we harden our hearts. As long as everyone is outraged at everyone ELSE's beliefs or actions, there will always be war. Anger leads to red-faced fighting over our self-righteous points of view. But, it is possible to be Passionate about a change of heart... to opening our heart in a calm, rational way where we learn to LISTEN! And, I say the key is LISTENING not screaming. When I can stop and actually hear what you are saying, and just sit with it awhile, there is a chance we can find common ground. And I can get really passionate about that idea, without an iota of anger, my friend. Let's smoke the Peace Pipe! (yikes -- another case of how our real forefathers had a better idea than the angry red-faced pilgrims who came carrying guns.) And, with that, I'm off to Losar. Today is the Tibetan New Year, a good day to listen, learn and open my heart to new ideas. PEACE! better yet, Namaste!

Otaku

It's on PhilipKDickfans.com, my book blog, Facebook and now it's HERE: PKD Otaku!! The only remaining PKD 'zine with yours truly featured pages 17 - 22. Check it out! BTW, today is 2.11.2011 -- pretty cool. And this is posting... 10, 9, 8, at 1:11

Errata

Sorry, I accidently posted the book Errata link to Crypto a few days ago and have been told it screwed up people's RSS feeds when I removed it. So, this is a REAL post, but only to say the Errata for "A Kindred Spirit" is actually on the book blog and that link is: Errata for AKS I also put it in the title here.

This wonky effort will be over soon... it's a final proof/review of errors in the novel before I release the eBook later this month. Yes, exciting: an eBook. And, no Mark, I don't have plans yet for an audio book. I would need my small broadcasting bro to help with that, and he is "indisposed" or detained as it were ;)

Climate Change (aka Ground Hog Day)

I wish Al (Gore) had never used the term "global warming." Even though the planet is heating up from the greenhouse effect (something first discovered in the 1800's, not something Al invented like the Internet ;) the term "warming" is giving the uninformed the ammo they need to mock and dismiss the whole concept.

Monster snow storms and the Cat 5 Cyclone hitting Australia ARE the result of global warming. When arctic air hits tropical air streams, storms form. That was weather 101. Now, as the ocean and tropical jet streams become even warmer, and arctic air dips further south, storms become larger, and more dramatic. This will continue. And, like the flooding in Pakistan and Australia, there will be more coastal crisis as ocean and sea levels rise. Expect the worst, and sadly there's nothing we can do to stop it now. Experts say that even if we stopped fueling cars and emitting carbon dioxide now, what's in the atmosphere is enough to continue this effect for several years. And at the rate glaciers are melting, the damage appears done. BUT, even if you don't believe a word I said, or you think all this is normal cyclical patterns for Earth, the results are the same-- we're in for it. Sea levels ARE rising, storms ARE getting more intense and much larger, and the climate IS changing. The wild ride is here, and it's warmed up to all of ten degrees here in Albuquerque, New Mexico at midday. Last week fruit was freezing in Florida. Soon you won't need to pay to see mega disaster flicks -- just look out your window. "Whoopee, we're all gonna die!" (So, DD, Niki didn't have to chase down Doomsday, it comes to her door in the Sequel ;)