I got the news yesterday, oh boy. My friend got banged up in her car. Stopped at a red light. Teen boy, a typical teen boy I bet, the kind who knows everything and is immortal, texting and driving. Right into her. Shoved her car into the one in front. Car totalled. Her neck and…
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Last Day Lifeliner eBook on Sale!
To finish the old year with a flourish, I have put Lifeliner on sale. Only $2.99! An inspirational story about a woman who suffered the catastrophic loss of all her bowels but whooped it up for another 20 years without eating a morsel, it is gripping readers all around the world. It will light up…
Reading Library or DRM-Locked eBooks on Your iPad
One of the best things about my Sony Reader is that I can read library eBooks on it. One of the most frustrating things about the iPad is that I couldn’t. But on Boxing Day, I finally solved that problem. The Toronto Public Library uses Overdrive (among other services) to stock their virtual library. The…
Reading Any DRM-Free ePub on iPod Touch, iPad, or iPhone
In honour of all the lucky ducks who got a new iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, Kindle, or Sony or Kobo or Nook Reader, I’m offering Lifeliner at an amazing 99¢ through Smashwords. But how do you get the eBook onto your device, you’re probably wondering. Easy — because Lifeliner is DRM-free, meaning there’s no digital…
A Hypothalamus Fix: Followup
It’s been about three months since I began what I’ve dubbed a hypothalamus fix. Basically, since no medical professional understood the problem, I decided to figure it out myself and “fix” the brain-injury induced problems of high body temperature, edema (water retention), diabetes, fast heart rate, varying blood pressure, skin irritations: basically an extreme version…
Lifeliner: Chapter 13 Podcast, Going Home with Lester
Jeej, still riding high on the good news that Judy will be able to live at home, ponders how to disconnect her from her artificial feeding so that she can go out and about. He and his residents solve that problem, only to see Judy have an unexpected setback in her test results. It puzzles…
NaNoWriMo, Aban’s Accension, She is Done!
Phew! National Novel Writing Month — NaNoWriMo — is over! As I write this, many around the world are doing word sprints with some of the NaNo team to beat the deadline of writing 50,000 words in the month of November. Not me though! (Gloat) Last year, I finished my first novel She on the…
Lifeliner: Chapter 12 Podcast, Easter Tidings
It’s a drizzly Easter Monday as Jeej walks to the hospital. But the weather is no match for his mood. He has good news for Judy, but she doesn’t know it yet. When she hears, and later shares with Cliff, they can hardly believe it. The miracle that they had all been working towards —…
Lifeliner: Chapter 11 Podcast, Tests and More Tests
Christmas is over. The staff are back. It’s time for more and different kinds of tests to see how Judy is doing, how this new artificial feeding is working. But Judy isn’t thrilled about the biopsies of liver and bone. To make matters worse, she doesn’t understand Jeej. He talks so fast. With the encouragement…