My brother has a funny nickname for one of the characters in my book Pillar Walker. The character is Shu Pho Pax, the storytelling pilgrim. My brother calls him “Old Shoeless,” because the “shoe” on your foot sounds the same as the “Shu” in his name… and because the pilgrim spends a lot of the…
Author: jackdolinar
Someone You Can’t Get Out of Your Head
Was there ever a time you couldn’t get someone out of your head? That’s Lucian’s experience every day in my bestselling sci-fi action adventure novel — Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty. Lucian is an angel, exiled from earth with his wings cut from his back, and his only company is a voice in his head. …
A Good Phone Call
My brother called and I missed it.I was laying on a picnic blanket in the grass about to nap. But I called him back. He talked about upcoming travel plans.We practiced Spanish together for a couple of minutes.We chatted for a little over an hour. It felt good.And I know it was good for us….
The Science of Feeling Good Now
The exciting science of wiring your brain for bliss… Feel good now. Your brain is plastic.That means it can change.You can train it to work the way you want. Feel good now. Whenever you use your brain, different circuits light up.Research from the University of Pennsylvania shows that when you affirm positive things about yourself,…
All Is Well in Our Kingdom
Did you ever watch the Lion King movie? My partner said something to me just now that really resonated:“All is well in our kingdom.” I especially appreciated how she said it. By calling our life “our kingdom” she placed us in the empowered role of rulers over our own experience. That’s what I learned when…
The State of the Wish Fulfilled
Feel good now. Neville Goddard, one of the fathers of New Age spiritual thinking, taught that we can reshape our entire life by entering what he called “the state of the wish fulfilled.” Feel good now. In his book Feeling is the Secret, Neville explains that the attitude of mind and emotion we hold as…
The Sound of a Laughing Dragon
What does a laughing dragon sound like? I just found out for myself. I’m sitting here on the adventure couch where I finished recording the audio experience for my book PILLAR WALKER. (You can listen to the audio experience here.) In the story, the dragon Dinarzad is described as laughing or chuckling regularly at the…
The Many Faces of the Vampire
Vampires are everywhere! My friend just recommended me a book about Native Americans and vampires.There is a vampire subplot in one of the roleplaying games I play every week with my friends.Even Nik Frost’s first romantic interest in the book Troubleshooter 1 is a vampire. (You can download a first edition ebook of Troubleshooter 1…
The Groove You’re Carving
Feel good now. Remember that steady dripping water can wear a groove in stone mountains.A little bit of commitment over time carves a deep path. Commit to feeling good now.Do the small things that you know will contribute to your bliss. Even though I’m tired, I just came from doing a round of pull-ups out…
This Is Your Power
This is your power. That you can choose how to see something. You can choose to be optimistic.To focus on the positive.To feel good now, instead of focusing on what hurts morale. In the post-apocalyptic western novella THE STRANGER, every chapter ends with a lesson.In Chapter 1, when the stranger arrives in the frontier town…