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Finally!  My blog is up in which I hope to share my experiences on writing and whatever else comes to mind.  As a writer, shaman, healer and ghost investigator, I'm sure I'll have lots to share with you.  The best news however is that, after coming this close so many times in the past of breaking into the ranks of published authors, my dream has finally come true. In September of 2012, my book "Ghost and Shamanic Tales of True Hauntings" will be published by Schiffer Publishing.  Over the years I learned a great deal about the writing and publishing process.  Each experience, including the disappointing ones, taught me much and pushed me to become a better writer.  Now, not only am I being published in non-fiction, but I'm also preparing to upload to Amazon's Kindle ebooks for sale my murder mystery entitled "Murder on Ice.  It's set in a fictitious town in the northwestern corner of Maine and contains a wonderful and sometimes eccentric cast of characters that I've grown to love and admire very much.  I suppose all writers feel that way about the characters they create.  Hopefully you will too since I'm busy writing Book Two in the Twin Ponds series.  And hopefully you'll pick up my ghost book and learn about why ghosts exist, share in some of the adventures of my paranormal investigative team "The Spirit Light Network", and learn from the tips I put at the end of each chapter on energy and how to understand energy to improve your life.  With my friend and fellow shaman, Steve Wilson, we're working on a follow-up book titled "The Reluctant Empath" which will help all those who are empaths - people who feel everything around them and easily get overwhelmed - understand their gifts and what it truly means to be an empath.  That book will be published in the fall of 2013.  Then, after that, Steve and I are hoping to write about the deep and life-changing spiritual experiences we and a group of our fellow shaman friends had when we went to Peru this past May. In fact, the picture on my blog was taken at Machu Pichu.   So basically, I wear two hats - as a non-fiction writer whose background in shamanism and healing can help those who are experiencing things they don't understand, and as a fiction writer of mysteries.  I can truly say this is a Writer's Sojourn, and I'm so happy to have you along for the journey.