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600 Devils

600 Devils is a gripping generational drama about an emotionally dysfunctional truth seeker turned smuggler turned undercover operative. From the Alps to the Burmese jungle to a Senatorial chamber in Washington D.C. From refugee to redemption, a life impacted by smuggling, cannabis, psychedelics, conmen, cops and assorted holy men. 

On Attitude to Money

While a conflict of interest, be it in life or in fiction, can bring about self-introspection, strange though it may seem, a casual encounter could lead to self-discovery. So it happened with me in the wake of my rebuff to a dogged tempter, “money is not my weakness” and his “what is your weakness” repartee; for the record, either I had been a straight purchase officer or a strict loss assessor, occupations amenable to monetary mischief. However, the idea of this article is not to gloat over my uprightness but to present the genesis of my attitude to money and the vicissitudes of my life as a subject matter for possible research. But the caveat is that much of my growing up that...

My ‘Novel’ Account of Human Possibility

Whenever I look at my body of work of ten books, the underlying human possibility intrigues me no end, and why not. I was born into a land-owning family in a remote village of Andhra Pradesh in India that is after the British had folded their colonial tents from there, but much before the rural education mechanism was geared up. It was thus the circumstances of my birth enabled me to escape from the tiresome chores of the primary schooling till I had a nine-year fill of an unbridled childhood, embellished by village plays and grandma’s tales, made all the more interesting by her uncanny ability for storytelling. As my maternal grandfather’s grandfather happened to be a poet laureate at t...

Yoke of Lust

“Yoke of Lust” is a multiple Romantic Novel. Kolawole Adegbola applied for a job at a multi-National Paint Company at Ikeja Lagos, Mrs. Lola Abolaji, the personal Assistant to the Managing Director offered to help him get the job with a condition. That condition landed Kolawole in a serious trouble with the married woman. At the age of twenty-plus, Kolawole  was infatuated with another beautiful woman which almost destroy his life completely. What happened to the lovers? Read this amazing novel to discover the final show down. Yoke of Lust is a BOMBSHELL!  This entertaining multiple love affairs is 54,292 in word count; and of 319 pages. Get your copy and be entertained through...

Twist of Fate

“Twist of Fate” is a Romance and Inspirational Novel, that is full of intrigues and suspense. This novel is about the life of Gbenga Adekoya, a Village boy who grew up in the city learning that life is not fair for the weaklings. He left Tanimola village at the age of fourteen to be an apprentice mechanic, he specialized in diesel and petrol engines; but he kept his quest for higher education alive in his mind. And by divine intervention, he returned to his community as a British trained Lawyer fourteen years later. This novel is a bombshell of random romances, intrigues and suspense. No one knows tomorrow. “Twist of Fate” Novel is a must read for every adult. This mixed grill of lov...

FROM STROKE SURVIVOR TO AUTHOR

Paulo Coelho once said that we need to start acting otherwise one day we will have no more time to do the things we always dream of. Countless times, I heard that life after a stroke would be different. They suggested adapting to my new reality, but I refused to let disabilities dictate my limits.It was only after my stroke that I realized my childhood dream of writing a book. Writing has always been my solace since I could read and write. Documenting my journey with the stroke helped me accept what happened and view life differently. I have a newfound joy I never experienced before the stroke.Despite the pain and distress of my stroke, I have experienced tremendous growth and resilienc...

How life experiences have contributed to The Summer of the Ennead - Part 2

Learning discipline in writing.I have three graduate degrees and each one contributed to my being able to write decently. It was not always so. A common response to my first term examination results as a freshman was that I did not write clearly. In my entire high school experience, I had never been asked to write an essay. Is it any wonder that I did not know how to write clearly? I had completed my first master’s degree and had just begun my second, when, finally, a professor very candidly told me that my writing stunk – my word. So, I asked him if he could help me. He could and he did, and I never looked back. What I had lacked was a disciplined approach. Thankfully, he taught me that...

WERKSTATTENBERICHT VON RAUNEGGER BENJAMIN

Bei mir entstehen bereits durch visuelle Reize Geschichten. Bei einem Korsikaurlaub sah ich an einem Haus eine Jahreszahl und schon fing ich an, in meinem Kopf einen ganzen Roman drum herum zu entwickeln. Ein anderes Mal schoss mir das Bild im Kopf von einem Mann mit Sommerkleidung, der im Schneetreiben aufwachte und nicht wusste, wer er war. Und schon entstand wieder ein ganzer Roman daraus, welcher der zweite Teil einer Trilogie werden soll. Diese beiden Ideen, so wie sieben weitere, müssen noch niedergeschrieben werden.Im Gegensatz zu anderen Autoren, muss bei mir der ganze Roman schon grundlegend im Kopf fertig sein. Für den Roman, „Der Mörder aus der Zukunft“ hatte ich den Gedank...

This Guy Walks Into a Bar

Drawing Fiction From Real Life: How My New Crime Thriller Evolved     Like the protagonist in my new crime thriller, This Guy Walks Into a Bar, I was once asked to ghostwrite a book by the mistress of a notorious crime boss. Unlike Joe Campbell, the everyman Average Joe from TGWIAB, I backed out, mainly out of fear.But, over the years, I've often wondered, What If?On a cold, rainy night many moons ago, I sat in a threadbare booth in a dimly lit bar across from a mysterious woman who just had to have her story told. Through the haze of smoke rising from her endless drags on a cigarette, I listened in awe as she regaled me with her fantastical stories.My initial thought was that...

WILL AI MAKE AUTHORS OBSOLETE?

By Andrew G. BergerThe fear of machines, robots, and artificial intelligence has been as old as humanity's longing to simplify their lives, enhance their capabilities, or even – as "homo deus" - create a new life form: Artificial Intelligence. Professor Yuval Noah Harari describes this process and its potential consequences in his book "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow." His concern is that artificial intelligence might not make humans all-powerful but rather render them obsolete. The best-selling author predicted in 2016 that AI might create a 'useless class' of human: "I’m aware that these kinds of forecasts have been around for at least 200 years, from the beginning of the Indus...

Like a dandelion in the wind

Andrea, is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother who never gave up on her dream to write her unbelievable life story, and is now an author in her seventies.  A story that took her over 30 years to write. "NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS"

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