The skyline of Charlotte, North Carolina. Ringed in gold.
Deadly Gold Rush is a terrific mystery set in a retirement community, with plenty of plot twists to keep one turning the pages. The courtroom scenes are gripping and underneath the riveting plot lies a tender story about aging and loneliness and longing. It's also rip roaringly funny. Five stars.
"Art is supposed to break our hearts. It's supposed to crack us open to every raw, elemental feeling a human heart can bear. That's how it makes us more human."
--Margaret Renki
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
"We're all up against not finding ourselves perfect, and still wanting to be open and be there for others."
--Pema Chodron
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
Newsletter: [BBN] Artificial Intelligence or Let’s play "Let's Pretend."
brian-biswas.kit.com/profile/posts
And sign up if you'd like to receive email about my books, writing, and my take on the publishing industry!
#books #booksky #amreading
#writingcommunity #amwriting
That's exactly what I mean! 👏👏👏
"To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction."
--Isaac Newton
This applies to the mind as well as the body!
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
"Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety."
--Jack Nicklaus
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement
Me, too.
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
"There is only one problem, which is ignorance, and there is only one solution, which is to learn."
--Plato (attributed to Socrates)
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
"Beauty offers us an invitation to order and coherence and unity. When these needs are met the soul feels at home in the world."
--John O'Donohue
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
I've noticed the same thing. No idea why. ???
"Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have a right to be here."
--Max Ehrmann
Please remember this.
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
"I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me."
--Albert Einstein
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
New Newsletter. "Holiday book sale - How book pricing works - Upcoming news."
brian-biswas.kit.com/posts/bbn-ho...
And sign up below if you want to receive email about my books, writing, and the publishing industry.
brian-biswas.kit.com
#books #booksky #writingcommunity
"Meditation isn't just a game you play with your head, you're playing it with your whole being."
Jeff Warren
I think this is profound. It's not "thoughts wander, come back ..." It's an immersion of the body, mind and soul in the present moment.
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
--Cicero
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
Yes!
It was confusing when we got them. But the brother is now twice as big as his sister so it's not an issue.
We have two (a brother and a sister) who look identical!
"Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it's important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level."
Shakti Gawain
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
#books #booksky #writingcommunity
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
I wrote a new Newsletter! "Anthropic 101."
Sign up below if you want to receive email about my books, writing, and the publishing industry. And giveaways!
brian-biswas.kit.com
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
The AI bubble is built on ignoring this fact: language is not the same as intelligence. (Just look at my cat.)
Personal opinion: a computer is nothing like the human mind.
#books #booksky #writingcommunity
#mindfulness #meditation #wellness
#animals #cats #dogs #science
"Self-consciousness is the one instrument that unplugs all the rest."
--Annie Dillard
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting #mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
I loved this.
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
"What a liberation to realize that the voice 'in my head' is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that."
--Ekhart Tolle
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness #books #booksky #writingcommunity
Just in time for the Holidays. My short story collections are 40% off if ordered directly from the distributor.
A Betrayal & Other Stories:
shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
Blister & Other Stories:
shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
The cover of the short story collection stories of the true by Jeyamohan. A colorful portrait of an Indian man squatting, his hands upraised. He appears to be a storyteller.
12 short stories that paint a portrait of modern India that shimmers with psychological complexity, spirit, and wisdom. Jeyamohan is considered one of India’s finest authors writing today. This is his first work to be published in English.
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity
“The reality of where you are is always more important than the ideal of where you imagine you should be.”
—Jeff Warren
Words of wisdom. Perfectionists: please heed this!
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
“The ocean doesn't complain about the dance of ten million waves; so don't be concerned with the rise and fall of thoughts.”
—Papaji
Writers need to remember this when our minds lead us hither and thither. Don’t panic. Resolution will come.
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
Interesting article from today’s The New York Times Book Review on Philip Pullman’s latest.
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting