November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide by George Howe Colt My rating: 4 of 5 stars I bought this ebook as background reading for writing my latest novel during National Novel Writing Month. I’d hunted around for a comprehensive, well-written book on suicide, and this was it according to a few sources. It’s…
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Review: Concussion Is Brain Injury
Concussion Is Brain Injury by Shireen Jeejeebhoy My rating: 0 of 5 stars As usual, I don’t rate my own work. I’m entirely unqualified to do so. But I hope you will rate and review it!! View all my reviews
BiblioCrunch and Twitter
When having trouble with a company, go to Twitter. So it was with BiblioCrunch when I had a tiny problem: no response to my support request email within the 24-hour window they had promised on their site. I tweeted my plaint and expected nada, for it was on Saturday, usually when all but the largest…
Zebras Don’t Wear Overcoats — Take Two
I hated this upside down planet. The planet’s infrared light was beating down, no up, on my face as I walked along the ceiling-ground looking for my group, wondering how the blood wasn’t rushing into my head. I thirsted for water, for rain. A tree appeared in the distance. As I dragged myself closer, I…
Gamma Brain Biofeedback: Ticking Along
I’ve gotten to the point in my brain biofeedback training where no major new insights or developments are happening. I’m close to completing 40 sessions, which triggers a progress assessment to see how I’m doing. With the Christmas holidays coming up, I’ll be doing that in January. Meanwhile we’ll continue the sessions because I haven’t…
Website Adjustments
Regulars to my website may notice some tweaks to my sidebar. I’ve replaced the Amazon carousel widget with a new plugin created for authors to help us showcase our books and with one click of a cover, it will show readers where to buy. I’ve included my four main books: Lifeliner, She, Concussion is Brain…
NaNoWriMo 2012
It was an awesome, draining NaNoWriMo month of writing, studying, reading, and barely any time for posting. Once again, I used my Google+ profile to post on my novel-writing progress during National Novel Writing Month 2012, which for the first time ever did not follow an even course. For your eye-bugging-out pleasure to find out…
Gamma Brainwave Biofeedback: Energy Rises!
I'm starting to get a handle on this thermoregulation thing. I knew I was burning up yet at other times I’d be cold in my core without having a sense of outside temp (except, of course, in a January blizzard). I'd go see the doc, who after me having me sit in his waiting room…
Gamma Brainwave Biofeedback: Heart Rate and Mobility
On the way to my first brain biofeedback session since NaNoWriMo began, I wondered if writing fiction every morning for six days straight would've improved my gamma output. Maybe, maybe not, was the answer. But what really struck my trainer was how my heart rate had dropped: all the way to the low 100s. Most…