"Just as I dance towards you, but can not touch you, so may none of my enemies be able to touch the moon for evil."
Emilia isn't a normal girl by any means. She often has mysterious things happen to her to the point of her believing she is a witch. When people start to get hurt, she feels desperate to find any answers to what is happening and how to control these things inside her. She feels helpless and trapped, and all she wanted was to get the love she always longed for from her best friend. It seemed as though the fates had bigger plans for her when Emilia found a book that she thought would give her answers. Instead, it only gave her more questions causing her to want to stay inside the book and just learn all she can.
The book takes Emilia into the past showing her many different love stories that all lead to her gaining more control and more power after all she has learned.
This book is a medium romance fantasy based in the 1950s and often feels like a historical romance. The story shifts through the ages and ethnicities, showing massive world-building and how this world came to no longer know what magic is.
"Just as I dance towards you, but can not touch you, so may none of my enemies be able to touch the moon for evil."
Emilia isn't a normal girl by any means. She often has mysterious things happen to her to the point of her believing she is a witch. When people start to get hurt, she feels desperate to find any answers to what is happening and how to control these things inside her. She feels helpless and trapped, and all she wanted was to get the love she always longed for from her best friend. It seemed as though the fates had bigger plans for her when Emilia found a book that she thought would give her answers. Instead, it only gave her more questions causing her to want to stay inside the book and just learn all she can.
The book takes Emilia into the past showing her many different love stories that all lead to her gaining more control and more power after all she has learned.
This book is a medium romance fantasy based in the 1950s and often feels like a historical romance. The story shifts through the ages and ethnicities, showing massive world-building and how this world came to no longer know what magic is.
"Fantastical, meditative, and witty... An outstanding collection." -- The Prairies Book Review
"Undoubtedly eclectic, each selection takes on a life of its own with electrifying energy and the ability to incorporate themes that will keep ruminating in readers' minds long after the story is finished." -- RECOMMENDED by US Review of Books
"I ventured into every piece and without fail discovered K's phenomenally joyous understanding of the heights and horrors of human existence. Writing does not come any better than this." -- 5 Stars, Jon Michael Miller, Readers' Favorite
"Each plot is a masterpiece in its own, with such compelling story lines that you are forced to follow them until the end, and to uncover the secret message hidden within." -- Literary Titan
"This short story collection pairs desperate love with acts of violence in a diverse and moving debut." -- BlueInk Review
"An entertaining, fast-paced and powerful collection of short stories,author K's Resistance, Revolution & Other Love Stories is a must-read book." -- Pacific Book Review
"Beautifully penned, thought-provoking, intense and authentically engaging..." -- BookViral Reviews
"A collection of twelve short stories about the many forms of love. A perfect summer read we highly recommend." -- Chanticleer Reviews
Is love the most revolutionary of all acts?
In this wide-ranging collection of twelve short stories, a startling array of characters explore their perspectives on love. The stories sweep from sharp realism to heady allegory, haunting fables to sci-fi thrillers, starring teens and drifting husbands, futuristic automatons and talking dogs, gardeners and gatekeepers, a blind girl, a young father, and many more.
In "Calamity Jane," see love through the eyes of teenage boys obsessed with the calamitous girl of the title; revisit the famous Greek love story in "Orpheus and Eurydice"; Dan's mechanical automaton seems to be his truest friend in the harshly conformist world of "Automatonomatopoeia"; a Crimean revolutionary gets waylaid at a mysterious gate in "The Invitation"; on a construction site in Yugoslavia, a young man tries to come to grips with unconventional fatherhood in "Vikings"; and in "The Conversation", a blind woman manages her relationship with a hectoring mother while finding other types of love.
These are just a few of the tales in Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories. Anyone interested in the struggle against stifling societal powers and the potency of love will see some of themselves in these pages. By turns exciting, meditative, and funny, these enjoyable, thought-provoking stories will linger long after the book is closed.
Let the revolution begin!
Leon Muller, resident of the city of Bern, has it all – a wealthy family, an excellent education and a very bright future. But he throws it all away on a rash impulse and as a result is thrown into a world that is totally alien to him. Cast out of his home city, he is forced to join an army of impoverished, half-starved soldiers that is fighting for the freedom of the Swiss people.
Derided as ‘alpine shepherds’ by their aristocratic enemies, Leon and his comrades are plunged into a life-and-death struggle as the nobles and armies of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Habsburgs circle the Swiss Confederation like ravenous wolves, united in their determination to wipe out the Swiss nation once and for all. It is a war of no quarter and great butchery.
‘Outcast’ is the first volume in the ‘Alpine Warrior’ series – the story of Swiss soldier Leon Muller in the wars of the 15th Century when Europe was torn apart by civil, dynastic and imperial conflicts.
Maps of 15th Century Switzerland and the Rhine Valley are available to view and download on the maps page of my website.
2020 - the year of the COVID-19 pandemic - changed everything.
Its ripple effects will be felt for many years to come.
At the same time there have been incredible advances in digitization. We are amid a digital revolution with unprecedented innovations. The pandemic has accelerated the requirements for "Digital Transformation." Organizations need to adopt and transform to survive and hopefully thrive.
At the core of digitization there is very much an underlying principle of "debt." It comes originally from what Is called "technical debt." Simply, technical debt “reflects the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer.” Difficult transformative choices need to be made now - especially post-COVID-19. If an organization ignores digital transformation for "easy solutions", the "debt" accumulates and can have disastrous consequences.
The pandemic has accelerated the accumulation of digital transformation debt!
It has also provided an opportunity to thrive in the post-COVID-19 era.
What does Digital Transformation mean? What are the opportunities? What are the core digital technologies? What are the best practices? What are practical recommendations to alleviate the Digital Transformation Debt!?
This book addresses Digital Transformation Debt holistically and makes recommendations on how to alleviate the debt.
"Fantastical, meditative, and witty... An outstanding collection." -- The Prairies Book Review
"Undoubtedly eclectic, each selection takes on a life of its own with electrifying energy and the ability to incorporate themes that will keep ruminating in readers' minds long after the story is finished." -- RECOMMENDED by US Review of Books
"I ventured into every piece and without fail discovered K's phenomenally joyous understanding of the heights and horrors of human existence. Writing does not come any better than this." -- 5 Stars, Jon Michael Miller, Readers' Favorite
"Each plot is a masterpiece in its own, with such compelling story lines that you are forced to follow them until the end, and to uncover the secret message hidden within." -- Literary Titan
"This short story collection pairs desperate love with acts of violence in a diverse and moving debut." -- BlueInk Review
"An entertaining, fast-paced and powerful collection of short stories,author K's Resistance, Revolution & Other Love Stories is a must-read book." -- Pacific Book Review
"Beautifully penned, thought-provoking, intense and authentically engaging..." -- BookViral Reviews
"A collection of twelve short stories about the many forms of love. A perfect summer read we highly recommend." -- Chanticleer Reviews
Is love the most revolutionary of all acts?
In this wide-ranging collection of twelve short stories, a startling array of characters explore their perspectives on love. The stories sweep from sharp realism to heady allegory, haunting fables to sci-fi thrillers, starring teens and drifting husbands, futuristic automatons and talking dogs, gardeners and gatekeepers, a blind girl, a young father, and many more.
In "Calamity Jane," see love through the eyes of teenage boys obsessed with the calamitous girl of the title; revisit the famous Greek love story in "Orpheus and Eurydice"; Dan's mechanical automaton seems to be his truest friend in the harshly conformist world of "Automatonomatopoeia"; a Crimean revolutionary gets waylaid at a mysterious gate in "The Invitation"; on a construction site in Yugoslavia, a young man tries to come to grips with unconventional fatherhood in "Vikings"; and in "The Conversation", a blind woman manages her relationship with a hectoring mother while finding other types of love.
These are just a few of the tales in Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories. Anyone interested in the struggle against stifling societal powers and the potency of love will see some of themselves in these pages. By turns exciting, meditative, and funny, these enjoyable, thought-provoking stories will linger long after the book is closed.
Let the revolution begin!
Where does heartbreak come from? Is it something that we evolved with? Do we really need it in the first place? In My Unbreak My Heart , a guide for those who have experienced, or are currently experiencing heartbreak, you will embark on a journey that will take you through the possible origins of heartbreak, and how it has become a mainstay within your culture. Moreover, My Unbreak My Heart seeks not to try to rationalize heartbreak, but to look deeper, behind the curtain of childhood trauma, emotional baggage, and age-old patterns that have kept you ‘stuck’ making the same types of relationship choices. Packed with practical exercises, My Unbreak My Heart also details the science of heartbreak, and how scientists are beginning to comprehend the internal workings of the heart–brain connection in order to grasp this relationship and its effects on people in everyday life.
My Unbreak My Heart is not a how-to guide, but a must-do guide, that sets the scene for taking personal responsibility for your heartbreak and evaluating how you got to where you currently stand and all the choices you made that enabled this. Read this book with the intention of developing an inner voice that can direct you towards healthier relationships and experiences, with a thorough recognition of your own internal conflicts which, when finishing this book, will have you wondering why you ever set foot in toxic relationships in the first place.
They say money can’t buy love or happiness…
Which is fine, because he isn’t looking for love. He’s happy to spend his money on fun, exciting companionship with the same type of adventurous, free-spirited people he imagines himself to be.
Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he has always bounced from hobby to hobby, and as an adult, those hobbies took on a more deviant nature.
Tired of people whose wealth matches his, he goes for a new kind of partner and searches for fresh, electrifying ways to spend his money. After all, money doesn’t buy happiness, but it can buy pretty much everything someone needs to be happy.
Leon Muller, resident of the city of Bern, has it all – a wealthy family, an excellent education and a very bright future. But he throws it all away on a rash impulse and as a result is thrown into a world that is totally alien to him. Cast out of his home city, he is forced to join an army of impoverished, half-starved soldiers that is fighting for the freedom of the Swiss people.
Derided as ‘alpine shepherds’ by their aristocratic enemies, Leon and his comrades are plunged into a life-and-death struggle as the nobles and armies of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Habsburgs circle the Swiss Confederation like ravenous wolves, united in their determination to wipe out the Swiss nation once and for all. It is a war of no quarter and great butchery.
‘Outcast’ is the first volume in the ‘Alpine Warrior’ series – the story of Swiss soldier Leon Muller in the wars of the 15th Century when Europe was torn apart by civil, dynastic and imperial conflicts.
Maps of 15th Century Switzerland and the Rhine Valley are available to view and download on the maps page of my website.
Leon Muller, resident of the city of Bern, has it all – a wealthy family, an excellent education and a very bright future. But he throws it all away on a rash impulse and as a result is thrown into a world that is totally alien to him. Cast out of his home city, he is forced to join an army of impoverished, half-starved soldiers that is fighting for the freedom of the Swiss people.
Derided as ‘alpine shepherds’ by their aristocratic enemies, Leon and his comrades are plunged into a life-and-death struggle as the nobles and armies of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Habsburgs circle the Swiss Confederation like ravenous wolves, united in their determination to wipe out the Swiss nation once and for all. It is a war of no quarter and great butchery.
‘Outcast’ is the first volume in the ‘Alpine Warrior’ series – the story of Swiss soldier Leon Muller in the wars of the 15th Century when Europe was torn apart by civil, dynastic and imperial conflicts.
Maps of 15th Century Switzerland and the Rhine Valley are available to view and download on the maps page of my website.
2020 - the year of the COVID-19 pandemic - changed everything.
Its ripple effects will be felt for many years to come.
At the same time there have been incredible advances in digitization. We are amid a digital revolution with unprecedented innovations. The pandemic has accelerated the requirements for "Digital Transformation." Organizations need to adopt and transform to survive and hopefully thrive.
At the core of digitization there is very much an underlying principle of "debt." It comes originally from what Is called "technical debt." Simply, technical debt “reflects the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer.” Difficult transformative choices need to be made now - especially post-COVID-19. If an organization ignores digital transformation for "easy solutions", the "debt" accumulates and can have disastrous consequences.
The pandemic has accelerated the accumulation of digital transformation debt!
It has also provided an opportunity to thrive in the post-COVID-19 era.
What does Digital Transformation mean? What are the opportunities? What are the core digital technologies? What are the best practices? What are practical recommendations to alleviate the Digital Transformation Debt!?
This book addresses Digital Transformation Debt holistically and makes recommendations on how to alleviate the debt.
"Fantastical, meditative, and witty... An outstanding collection." -- The Prairies Book Review
"Undoubtedly eclectic, each selection takes on a life of its own with electrifying energy and the ability to incorporate themes that will keep ruminating in readers' minds long after the story is finished." -- RECOMMENDED by US Review of Books
"I ventured into every piece and without fail discovered K's phenomenally joyous understanding of the heights and horrors of human existence. Writing does not come any better than this." -- 5 Stars, Jon Michael Miller, Readers' Favorite
"Each plot is a masterpiece in its own, with such compelling story lines that you are forced to follow them until the end, and to uncover the secret message hidden within." -- Literary Titan
"This short story collection pairs desperate love with acts of violence in a diverse and moving debut." -- BlueInk Review
"An entertaining, fast-paced and powerful collection of short stories,author K's Resistance, Revolution & Other Love Stories is a must-read book." -- Pacific Book Review
"Beautifully penned, thought-provoking, intense and authentically engaging..." -- BookViral Reviews
"A collection of twelve short stories about the many forms of love. A perfect summer read we highly recommend." -- Chanticleer Reviews
Is love the most revolutionary of all acts?
In this wide-ranging collection of twelve short stories, a startling array of characters explore their perspectives on love. The stories sweep from sharp realism to heady allegory, haunting fables to sci-fi thrillers, starring teens and drifting husbands, futuristic automatons and talking dogs, gardeners and gatekeepers, a blind girl, a young father, and many more.
In "Calamity Jane," see love through the eyes of teenage boys obsessed with the calamitous girl of the title; revisit the famous Greek love story in "Orpheus and Eurydice"; Dan's mechanical automaton seems to be his truest friend in the harshly conformist world of "Automatonomatopoeia"; a Crimean revolutionary gets waylaid at a mysterious gate in "The Invitation"; on a construction site in Yugoslavia, a young man tries to come to grips with unconventional fatherhood in "Vikings"; and in "The Conversation", a blind woman manages her relationship with a hectoring mother while finding other types of love.
These are just a few of the tales in Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories. Anyone interested in the struggle against stifling societal powers and the potency of love will see some of themselves in these pages. By turns exciting, meditative, and funny, these enjoyable, thought-provoking stories will linger long after the book is closed.
Let the revolution begin!
They say money can’t buy love or happiness…
Which is fine, because he isn’t looking for love. He’s happy to spend his money on fun, exciting companionship with the same type of adventurous, free-spirited people he imagines himself to be.
Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he has always bounced from hobby to hobby, and as an adult, those hobbies took on a more deviant nature.
Tired of people whose wealth matches his, he goes for a new kind of partner and searches for fresh, electrifying ways to spend his money. After all, money doesn’t buy happiness, but it can buy pretty much everything someone needs to be happy.
Where does heartbreak come from? Is it something that we evolved with? Do we really need it in the first place? In My Unbreak My Heart , a guide for those who have experienced, or are currently experiencing heartbreak, you will embark on a journey that will take you through the possible origins of heartbreak, and how it has become a mainstay within your culture. Moreover, My Unbreak My Heart seeks not to try to rationalize heartbreak, but to look deeper, behind the curtain of childhood trauma, emotional baggage, and age-old patterns that have kept you ‘stuck’ making the same types of relationship choices. Packed with practical exercises, My Unbreak My Heart also details the science of heartbreak, and how scientists are beginning to comprehend the internal workings of the heart–brain connection in order to grasp this relationship and its effects on people in everyday life.
My Unbreak My Heart is not a how-to guide, but a must-do guide, that sets the scene for taking personal responsibility for your heartbreak and evaluating how you got to where you currently stand and all the choices you made that enabled this. Read this book with the intention of developing an inner voice that can direct you towards healthier relationships and experiences, with a thorough recognition of your own internal conflicts which, when finishing this book, will have you wondering why you ever set foot in toxic relationships in the first place.
Leon Muller, resident of the city of Bern, has it all – a wealthy family, an excellent education and a very bright future. But he throws it all away on a rash impulse and as a result is thrown into a world that is totally alien to him. Cast out of his home city, he is forced to join an army of impoverished, half-starved soldiers that is fighting for the freedom of the Swiss people.
Derided as ‘alpine shepherds’ by their aristocratic enemies, Leon and his comrades are plunged into a life-and-death struggle as the nobles and armies of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Habsburgs circle the Swiss Confederation like ravenous wolves, united in their determination to wipe out the Swiss nation once and for all. It is a war of no quarter and great butchery.
‘Outcast’ is the first volume in the ‘Alpine Warrior’ series – the story of Swiss soldier Leon Muller in the wars of the 15th Century when Europe was torn apart by civil, dynastic and imperial conflicts.
Maps of 15th Century Switzerland and the Rhine Valley are available to view and download on the maps page of my website.
Where does heartbreak come from? Is it something that we evolved with? Do we really need it in the first place? In My Unbreak My Heart , a guide for those who have experienced, or are currently experiencing heartbreak, you will embark on a journey that will take you through the possible origins of heartbreak, and how it has become a mainstay within your culture. Moreover, My Unbreak My Heart seeks not to try to rationalize heartbreak, but to look deeper, behind the curtain of childhood trauma, emotional baggage, and age-old patterns that have kept you ‘stuck’ making the same types of relationship choices. Packed with practical exercises, My Unbreak My Heart also details the science of heartbreak, and how scientists are beginning to comprehend the internal workings of the heart–brain connection in order to grasp this relationship and its effects on people in everyday life.
My Unbreak My Heart is not a how-to guide, but a must-do guide, that sets the scene for taking personal responsibility for your heartbreak and evaluating how you got to where you currently stand and all the choices you made that enabled this. Read this book with the intention of developing an inner voice that can direct you towards healthier relationships and experiences, with a thorough recognition of your own internal conflicts which, when finishing this book, will have you wondering why you ever set foot in toxic relationships in the first place.
Where does heartbreak come from? Is it something that we evolved with? Do we really need it in the first place? In My Unbreak My Heart , a guide for those who have experienced, or are currently experiencing heartbreak, you will embark on a journey that will take you through the possible origins of heartbreak, and how it has become a mainstay within your culture. Moreover, My Unbreak My Heart seeks not to try to rationalize heartbreak, but to look deeper, behind the curtain of childhood trauma, emotional baggage, and age-old patterns that have kept you ‘stuck’ making the same types of relationship choices. Packed with practical exercises, My Unbreak My Heart also details the science of heartbreak, and how scientists are beginning to comprehend the internal workings of the heart–brain connection in order to grasp this relationship and its effects on people in everyday life.
My Unbreak My Heart is not a how-to guide, but a must-do guide, that sets the scene for taking personal responsibility for your heartbreak and evaluating how you got to where you currently stand and all the choices you made that enabled this. Read this book with the intention of developing an inner voice that can direct you towards healthier relationships and experiences, with a thorough recognition of your own internal conflicts which, when finishing this book, will have you wondering why you ever set foot in toxic relationships in the first place.
"With a goodhearted serpent, a benevolent goddess, and a flawed but determined hero, Loukas and the Game of Chance offers excitement, magic, and, most of all, hope that it is never too late to make things right."
- Vivian Turnbull, Foreword Reviews
While Loukas is playing his flute at the seawall one day, he befriends a mysterious talking, dancing snake that rewards him with fortune and favor. Some years later, tempted by greed and pride, Loukas loses all his riches and his family. He must now set off on a treacherous journey through a frightening forest filled with suspense and strange creatures to find Destiny, her son Ilion, the Sun, and her daughter Luna, the Moon. These celestial guardians will surely allow him to reverse his misfortune, restore his honor, and win back all that he loves and treasures, won't they?
A reimagined Greek folktale, Loukas and the Game of Chance is illuminated with dramatic and evocative pen and ink drawings that provide an ideal backdrop for the dark intrigue that fills this haunting story of human struggle, courage, and resilience.
After Destiny Miller is murdered during a Black Lives Matter protest, Agent Roberts, and Detective Petersen race to find out who murdered her and why, before a town already on the edge explodes. They soon discover that Applewater is not what it seems. Some towns carry deadly secrets.
In this second book of The Seasons Mystery Series, Homicide Detective Sarah Kinsgly and her partner, Angel Johnson, are pitted against another uncanny killer while still struggling to feel like real partners. Neither wanted the pairing in the first place, and it isn't getting any better.
A young girl is killed in a cheap motel. When her identity is discovered, an influential Dallas businessman brings the heat down on the department. It isn't easy working under the thumb of the mayor and the police commissioner, and it doesn't help that Lieutenant McGregor has his own issues with the brass.
The investigation takes the detectives inside an exclusive gentleman's club, a prestigious private school, and leads to a killer that surprises them all.
Stalking Season is a police procedural in the vein of the acclaimed 87th Precinct Series by Ed McBain, (Evan Hunter) and has been called "Lethal Weapon" with female leads set in Dallas.
** REVIEWS **
"Miller spins a tight tale that's a cut above the average police procedural…. Readers will want to see more of these engaging female cops." Publisher's Weekly.
“Detectives Sarah Kingsly and Angel Johnson are crisply drawn characters. The hard-edged story of racial tension in Dallas could be drawn from today’s headlines. Open Season is a smart, spirited page-turner.” Bruce Cook Tommy Gun Tango
STARRED Publishers Weekly Review
“ . . . gripping second mystery featuring Dallas, Tex., police detectives Sarah Kingsly and Angel Johnson. . . . The relationship between the women is just as absorbing as the search for the killer. Few readers will anticipate the closing twist.”
