Building in Bronze: Creating the Future through Healing the Past by Cayla Pothan

Building in Bronze is an inspirational manifesto written by a woman who has never stopped dreaming and working to create space in the world where she could live her most authentic life. Cayla Pothan created just such a space, and in the process, discovered how to share her insights with other people who long to live with joy and purpose. After a difficult journey from a childhood of feeling trapped in a victim mindset, she emerged into a life filled with creativity and growth, eventually founding the Tootsie Gallery. Tootsie is a symbol of the dreams and creativity in the life of the child. As an artist, mentor, coach, gallery owner, and community builder, she reaches out to help others find purpose by getting in touch with the child within. Readers who may have lost sight of their own dreams, lacking purpose or creative outlets, will find inspiration to re-engage with their creative energies and the courage to chase those lovely dreams.

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:

Get This Memoir Book From Amazon.

Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.

Visit the Author’s Twitter page.

Author Bio:

Cayla Pothan is the gallery Director and facilitator at Tootsie Gallery Cafe, a safe space for artists seeking to express themselves creatively to enjoy eating, commiserating, being inspired by the outdoor mosaic garden and most importantly to, “Connect, Inspire, and Grow.” Located in the Yass valley of Australia, this oasis of artistic freedom has become a hotspot for individuals seeking to explore what art they wish to create in the world and how they can make sure their creations leave an impact.

Cayla offers group workshops as well as individual mentorship programs in person at the Tootsie Gallery Cafe as well as online to help artists grow in their various creative journeys through creativity, knowledge and understanding of self. This is facilitated through art classes, breakthrough programs and 1:1 based learning. In addition, she is a second Dan black belt in karate and uses principles from her martial arts training such as safety, awareness and flow in her teaching to help her clients expand belief in self.

Nightlight: Soul Calling, Body Listening, Heart Speaking by Cara Barker

In this, my third book, all I can share is those experiences of struggle I’ve had, in four domains. The conflicts have centered around: (1) Loss and Trauma; (2) challenges to find the best Direction, that ‘now, what’ dilemma ; (3) battles to find and empower inner and outer Voice; and (4) conflicts arising from Love, or the appearance of its absence. You will find the four are not distinct entities, but are interwoven with one another. This is so for clients, over the last 50 years, as well. Think of these categories as bumper cars, where when one car hits an obstacle, it sets off a chain reaction. While struggles to survive each experience is painful, it has proven true that the toughest conflicts have been the most prolific seedbed for growth. The urge to grow is embedded in all creation. Blocked growth thwarts development.

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:

Get This Religion Book From Amazon.

Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.

Visit the Author’s Facebook Fan Page.

Visit the Author’s Twitter page.

Author Bio:

Visionary artist Dr. Cara Lee Barker has spent over 40 years to support the process of Post Traumatic Growth, helping literally thousands of individuals transform their secret suffering into greater strength. Learn about Cara’s journey and be reminded that the process of disappointment and loss doesn’t end with acceptance; the stage of acceptance simply prepares us for deeper connection and collaboration with what helps us thrive. Her work, for close to half a century, focuses on what she calls “the Way of Soul;” aligning life with what nourishes body and soul. Join in to explore and act upon unexpected opportunity to love and be loved to create fuller enjoyment of life.

About Dr

Produce you just picked from your vegetable garden tastes much better than produce you purchase. For new gardeners, however, establishing a garden can be daunting. You don’t want to waste all that money and time only to have everything die.

This book was written for you. The author addresses all the steps in picking a site, getting it ready to plant, taking care of the vegetables, and caring for the site after the season is over. Vegetable Gardening from the Ground Up covers:

Understanding basic climate factors for your site

Choose a traditional, raised bed, container, square-foot, or lasagna garden

Ready the garden plot

Order the seeds and plants

Start the potential vegetables correctly

Fertilize the plants

Mulch your flourishing plants appropriately

Control pests, diseases, and other problems

Safely use organic or synthetic pesticides

Harvesting your bountiful produce

Safely storing the harvest

Save seeds and/or trade them

Caring for the garden plot between seasons

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Like the Authors Facebook Fan Page.
Follow On Twitter.
Follow On Instagram.
Follow On Pinterest.

Author Bio:
Stephanie Suesan Smith has a Ph.D. in psychology that she mainly uses to train her dog. She has been a freelance writer since 1991. She has been writing for the web since 2010. Dr. Smith has been a master gardener since 2001 and writes extensively on gardening. She has advanced training in vegetables and entomology but learned to garden from her father.

About The Green Velvet Chair: Heartfelt Stories

When we become acutely aware of the surroundings of our life, we discover that art is not only found in museums, but it also appears in food, music, nature, and so much more. Beyond what the eye can see, The Green Velvet Chair: Heartfelt Stories of Art and Design in Everyday Life, is a collection of stories told from the viewpoint of a seasoned designer, depicting how art and design flood our everyday lives through music, food, nature, and so much more.

Laura Ballerini, a designer who started much of her creative journey at a big city newspaper and now owns her own digital design boutique, seamlessly weaves together an unlikely array of stories about her inspiring mother, museum visits, online shopping, designing in the dirt, and many other adventures (including a visit to Graceland). Some of these essays are funny, some poignant–all are memorable snippets of universal experiences meant to spark our awareness and awaken us to the rich fields of design all around us.

While this is Ballerini’s personal journey spanning over forty years of working in the design industry, those of us who are willing to be awakened will realize that art and design are the glue that holds all of life together.

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Like the Authors Facebook Fan Page.
Follow On Instagram.

Author Bio:
Laura Ballerini is a seasoned graphic designer with a degree in Visual
Communications and over forty years of working in the industry. Ballerini has experienced the many facets of art, design, and communications over the decades.

Having worked for a big-city newspaper, a leading Advertising Agency, and
currently running her own design boutique, BluBrown Communications Inc.,
Laura has honed her skills to merge writing and visual design into one. BluBrown is named after her two daughters-one with blue eyes and one with brown eyes; the concept was to always look at design through the fresh eyes of a child and always ask “why?”

Laura lives in Calgary, Alberta with her husband, two daughters, one son-in-law, a granddaughter, and a pretentious cat named Gooey.

About Through the Portal – The Asteroid Field

“At least we can be lost together.”

What would you do, if you fell into a river, and landed in another universe? In an asteroid field with a breathable atmosphere? Its a world of low gravity, of crystalline trees and storm drains that are pumping something toward a central emitter station, where someone has left you a note, promising to return. Your phone has died, you cant find your way home, and your only hope is in the word of a stranger. Would you trust them?

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Like the Authors Facebook Fan Page.
Follow On Twitter.
Follow On Instagram.

Author Bio:
Hi! My name’s Daniel. I’m a science teacher, small-time video game streamer, and author! Back when I was in high school, I started mucking around with writing star wars fanfiction. Finding it too restrictive, I set about creating my own science fantasy universe to set my stories in. I even self-published a novel! It was a good experience, but looking back I wasn’t happy with the result.
Almost exactly ten years later, and The Asteroid Field is the first part in my attempt to do it right.

About The Solitary King

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…

When Aria returns to the Fair Realm to attend a ball at the Salamander castle, it isn’t long before things take a turn for the deadly.

With her father’s home in ashes and her newfound family reduced to dust, Aria finds herself King Auberon’s captive once more. Deep within the mountains that border the Celeste Kingdom, Aria is powerless to fight back, her newly-discovered abilities suppressed by the weight of the rock that surrounds her. But when a Celeste guard whispers about rebellion and promises to help her escape, Aria is desperate to trust him.

Crown Prince Xander returns home to the Gnome castle, laden with grief for his brother and father, and dreading the day he will be crowned king. Preparations are underway for his marriage and coronation, but thoughts of the girl he betrayed trouble him day and night. Until the morning of his wedding, when a note arrives that Aria has been taken by Auberon once more, and Xander is forced to choose between his life of duty and obedience, and what he believes is right.

Return to the Fair Realm and lose yourself in book two of The Fair Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Holly Black’s Folk of the Air series.

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Like the Authors Facebook Fan Page.
Follow On Twitter.
Follow On Instagram.
Follow On Pinterest.

Author Bio:
I’m a YA fantasy author from a little town on the edge of Sherwood Forest, England. I’ve always loved reading, anything with animals was my go to as a child, but I really got into fantasy when I was a teenager and I discovered Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl. My first story was a school project when I was ten where we had to write a poem in the style of Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. I wrote a retelling of Red Riding Hood, and it ended up being shown around all the primary schools in the area. But I started writing seriously in 2016 and published my debut novel, The Fair Queen in August 2020.

About Girl Island by Kate Castle

TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE SAVAGE.

Six teenage girls. One deserted island. Removed from civilised society, can they challenge class, identity and toxic femininity to pull together and survive? Or will they descend into savagery?

Seventeen-year-old farm girl Ellery is used to being alone; used to taking care of herself. After she wins an athletics scholarship to a prestigious new school, she finds herself facing her own personal nightmare – stuck on a plane with a bunch of mean girls, the school dork and her ex-best friend. But when the plane crashes and they find themselves alone on a deserted island, the real challenge begins. As they fight for survival, long-buried secrets are uncovered and – one by one – each girl’s true character emerges. Can friendships, like fires, be relit? And can Ellery survive on Girl Island?

‘Move over Katniss Everdeen, there’s room for another teen heroine.’
‘Mean Girls meets Lord of the Flies. I loved it.’

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Like the Authors Facebook Fan Page.
Follow On Twitter.
Follow On Instagram.

Author Bio:
Kate Castle is the author of the best-selling adventure novella ‘Born of the Sea’. Her debut novel ‘Girl Island’ – a contemporary Young Adult adventure – is out now.

Kate’s books fall into the Young Adult and New Adult adventure and romance categories. Kate is passionate about representing young queer females in mainstream literature and writes about fierce, independent young women – the kind of characters she wished she could have read more about growing up.

About The Sixth Demon: Book One by R. A. Steffan

An angel locked out of Heaven. A demon on the hunt for an escaped soul.
Watch out, because all Hell is about to break loose.

When the Archangels slammed the pearly gates shut on the great war between the Demons and the Fae, the angel Shemasiel missed the memo. Trapped alone on Earth, she’s spent the past few millennia sticking her nose in where it’s not wanted, and generally being a nuisance to the people in charge.

Posing as human investigative reporter Neveah Lane, she’s first on the scene of a mysterious death with hallmarks of the supernatural. But when one of Hell’s most notorious demons is also sent to investigate, it quickly becomes apparent that more is at stake than the death of a single woman.

Now, with the truce between two powerful, warring races hanging in the balance, a stranded angel and Hell’s most devious spymaster must choose whether to oppose each other on principle, or work together for peace. As the two orbit each other in pursuit of their competing goals, Neveah finds herself experiencing the appeal of the forbidden for the first time in her ageless existence.

Angels are supposed to be immune from temptation. Too bad Neveah was never a very good angel.

* * *

The Sixth Demon is a new urban fantasy romance series by R. A. Steffan, set in the same world as the bestselling series The Last Vampire, Vampire Bound, and Forsaken Fae. Download Book One today, and enter a world shared by humans, angels, demons, fae, and vampires. It’s a place where the supernatural threatens the mundane, nothing is as it seems, and love will either be the world’s downfall—or its salvation.

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Like the Authors Facebook Fan Page.
Follow On Twitter.

Author Bio:
USA Today bestselling author R. A. Steffan lives in New Mexico, where the sunsets paint the mountains purple, and roadrunners roam the desert endlessly in search of their coyote victims. When she’s not busy writing stories about people loving each other in all sorts of different and interesting ways, she can be found taking care of her small menagerie of critters.

A rebel to the core, she is currently sticking it to the man by illegally harvesting graywater from the kitchen and bathroom sinks to water trees outside. This fearless disregard for societal norms extends to her writing, as well. There, you will find polyamory along with straight, gay, bisexual, and non-gender conforming love of all flavors. You will also find families of choice, profound friendships, adventure, danger, and good triumphing over evil.

That, and sex. Lots of sex. Most of which is not the vanilla variety.

About The Devil’s Banker

Read the riveting story of the man who, almost single-handedly, crippled ISIS in 2019!

Unbeknownst to all but a few, CIA analyst John Quirston, a Marine veteran maimed in an explosion at the Baghdad morgue, stubbornly aches towards his goal: identify and catch the elusive mastermind financing ISIS and the Jihad!

The problem? No one believes such man exist!

Enter the ghost’s mind and watch a young thug morph from the streets in Paris into a global terror threat…

From the intelligence corridors of Washington DC to the dust of Yemeni compounds, from drone strikes to Navy Seal raids, follow the tense journey of two men, hunter and prey, in a tale of deception, betrayal and war, in a dark world where no one is what they seem to be.

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Like the Authors Facebook Fan Page.
Follow On Twitter.

Author Bio:
Writing under an alias, Edward Subut is a traveller who handled his first AK47 at age fifteen in the Djibouti desert and who has a past in military intelligence.

He is very happy to remain anonymous…

About Cognitive Biases In A Nutshell: How To Spot And Stop The Hiccups In Our Thinking Process

Do you have a problem that you can’t see your way around, no matter how hard you try? You may be looking for the answer outside when the obstacles lie within.

We’re all biased.

You may have read the above and already your mind is raising its defenses. No … not me. I haven’t got a biased bone in my body.

The fact is: you do. So does everyone around you.

Several scientific studies, in fact, suggest that certain forms of bias may be hardwired into the human psyche.

Professor Stephen Neuberg, head of Arizona State University’s Department of Psychology published research in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology in 2005 showing that, as a species, we evolved to quickly assess dangers posed by those outside our group to enhance our chances of survival.

Nobel prize winner, Daniel Kahneman, has addressed this phenomenon in numerous articles and in his widely reviewed book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow”.

The ability to process information rapidly was a life-or-death evolutionary advantage to our human ancestors in the hostile and unforgiving environment they inhabited.

As our environmental landscape changed, we still needed to process information with appropriate speed, but the decisions became increasingly complex and nuanced.

The swift system that evolved to identify and mitigate threats in hunter-gatherer societies became faulty, resulting in several cognitive biases that everyone harbors.

A cognitive bias is an error in thinking and judgment that happens when we selectively or improperly intake information.

Your cognitive biases can be sneaky, making you think you’re more open to the ideas, experiences, and contributions of others than you actually are.

Consequently, you may be tempted to rely more on your own knowledge and judgment, sometimes with disastrous results.

You may also spend hours after a decision, agonizing, particularly those that needed to be made in a short space of time.

Cognitive Biases In A Nutshell will help you to identify and correct the cognitive biases you fall prey to in your everyday life.

Identifying and correcting your biases is just one way you gain from reading Cognitive Biases In A Nutshell. The book will also show you:

– The 5 ways your ego tricks you into thinking you know more than you do – Pg. 76

– 4 mental shortcuts we take that lead to bias and poor decision making, and the best ways to identify them – Pg. 20

– How bias exists along a scale and where yours fall on it – Pg. 14

– Why being more knowledgeable is a “curse” that may make you more prone to these 3 types of bias – Pg. 65

– The art of blending intuitive and logical thinking – Pg. 22

– Why you misremember facts, even though you’re “sure” about the details – Pg. 55

– What are the Halo and the Horn effects and how you can reduce their impact on your decisions – Pg. 121

– How wanting something to be true influences you to “find” evidence that it is and how to avoid this – Pg. 94

…. and much, much more.

Recognizing your tendencies toward certain cognitive biases makes you a better contributor to society. For example, you are less quick to judge or take things personally once you realize that everyone exhibits cognitive biases.

Cognitive Biases In A Nutshell will set you apart because you will know what they are and how to steer clear of the traps they set for your reasoning.

If you want to level up your ability to spot cognitive bias, then click “Add To Cart” now!

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.

Author Bio:
Thinknetic publishes books that speak to people’s minds. We love uncovering and discussing topics like critical thinking, philosophies, or mental models (to name a few), and we’re earnest to share with you their daily applicability.

Our books start the conversation about the thought process and ways to improve it from different perspectives. Expect to be entertained, inspired, maybe a little bit enlightened, and supported to take action.

In every book, we provide you with a mix of storytelling, timeless quotes, theories made easy (and making a lot more sense), tools, and strategies to support you in improving your life while improving your thinking.

About Lena’s Secret War: A Spy Thriller

It is 1971 and espionage is in the air in Soviet Russia.

Lena Kristoff is a researcher working on the highest priority project of the time, a secret computer model of the entire Soviet economic system. She is recruited by the CIA and falls in love with an American agency courier named Eric Larson.

Seizing an opportunity to copy the model files, she gives them to Larson to transport out of the country. Larson’s cover is suddenly blown and he must flee Russia. Confronted by border guards, both he and Lena are shot and presumed dead.

Or so it seems.

Lena escapes. But can she elude the powerful GRU and the dreaded KGB? She must risk everything to save her family. Her secret war against her government seems doomed to failure.

A magnificent story of love, loss, and courage, Lena’s Secret War illustrates how one brave individual can profoundly alter the trajectory of her gray, spirit-crushing world. It is a work of suspense and compassion reminiscent of Red Sparrow and The Russia House.

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.

Author Bio:
Fred G. Baker is a hydrologist, historian, and award-winning author living in Colorado. One of his books, ZONA: The Forbidden Land, won the Best Sci Fi/Fantasy Book of 2020 on Online Book Club. He is the author of An Imperfect Crime, Desert Sanctuary, Desert Underworld, Einstein’s Raven, Zona: The Forbidden Land, Life, Death, and Espionage, The Black Freighter, and the Modern Pirate Series of short and long stories.

About Only a Cowboy Will Do

Now on sale AND in Kindle Unlimited for a limited time!

“I never believed love would happen to me. Now this cowboy makes me feel protected and he’s found a way to make my handicapped brother become independent. In this case… Only A Cowboy Will Do!”

What happens when two best-selling Contemporary Western authors decide to write in each other’s worlds? A Couple of Amazing Romances. Only a Cowboy Will Do, features sexy cowboys, independent women, and happy endings. The perfect recipe for romance.

Addicted to the Cowboy- Melissa Keir
Eight seconds changed his life.
Zane Tyler was on top of the world, doing what he loved—bull-riding, when one ride put him in the hospital for thirty-six days. Coping with the pain, Zane became addicted to fentanyl, sending his life spiraling out of control.

Jurnie Hemple dealt with her many problems by trying to escape them, but she’s determined to do better. Caring for her disabled brother, working the night shift, and avoiding the temptation, she doesn’t need another damaged person in her life, especially one who tempts her like Zane does.

As the two dance along the line of addiction and recovery, they fall in love, but is their love one that will last when they come out on the other side, or are they only grasping a lifeline during a tumultuous time?

SAFE IN HER COWBOY’S ARMS- D’Ann Lindun
As the victim of a brutal attack, Sage Pelletier moves to a new town to start over. Filling her days helping children at a therapeutic riding program is enough. All she wants is to forget. To her surprise, a man from her past is determined to break down her walls.

Russ Walton never felt like enough growing up poor. When a chance encounter brings him face-to-face with the woman he’s always wanted, but could never have, can he alone heal her? Will his love convince her she can trust again?

Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.

Author Bio:
Melissa Keir and D’Ann Lindun have written over 100 contemporary western cowboy romances. Their stories have hit #1 in Japan, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Their stories feature hardworking, family men who fall in love with plucky heroines. Their heroes are down to earth and will set your hearts a flutter as you wonder “Just where can I find a Cowboy like that?”

Melissa hails from a small town in South Carolina after time in both Michigan and Ohio. She’s always wanted to be a race car driver. D’Ann has worked the range with her father, a “real” cowboy- even featured in a Coor’s ad. These ladies are great friends and love to hear from readers.