Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Good to Great Trading by S. Ryan FREE 3/8-3/9



Tired of the inconsistencies of your trading results?

Are you ready to turn your trading around today?

The seven enigmatic strategies outlined in this straightforward book can meteorically improve your odds of keeping your profits and not giving them back to the market.

There are good traders out there, BUT there are great ones too.

The difference between good trader and great trader is one thing: Consistency.

The majority of good traders can make money, but cannot find a way to do it in daily basis.

We want to be great traders. Don't settle for "good enough".

Good traders might make good returns here and there, but no one can rely on their results.

Making 10-15% only to lose 20-25% the week after is a symptom of good traders.

Great traders find ways to be profitable in the market with CONSISTENCY.

Real traders refuse to be "one stock wonder", who can make 5% today but then lose 20% the next day.

How this book benefits you?

Trading is a vicious game. And not sure if you realize this or not, but we are Davids trading against Goliaths of institutional traders, High Frequency Trading computers, and giant fund or hedge managers.

That fact alone requires us to exploit the smallest edge we could possibly have. This book will give you an extra edge you need to be a consistently profitable trader.

Regardless you are day trading, swing trading, Forex trading, futures trading, commodity trading, stock trading, options trading, or bond trading, this book will add values to your trading strategies.

What you'll learn?

1) How you can pick better trading opportunities by asking the right questions. Sounds simple, yet there is a reason this Chinese proverb exists "He who asks a question remains a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask remains a fool forever.

2) Objectivity and Selectivity: How you can make more money by looking at stocks or other instruments the correct way. This was how Jesse Livermore made his millions during the Great Depression.

3) Practical Application: How you can apply it on your trading / investing. This book discusses real life examples (i.e.:Tesla and the college student) and the art of trade execution. Analysis alone won't be enough!

4) Calm. Collected, Sane: If you have made then lost money in the market, let the seven principles guide your action in the market and solve the "puzzle of inconsistency"

Are you really doing what it takes to be a consistently profitable investor or trader, or just talking about it?

If you haven’t already, get the FREE course Zero to Trading: How to Double Your Trading Skills in 3 Days from http://Zero2Trading.com/free-course

The course consists of secret basic sauces of what make traders consistently profitable.

Don’t Leave Your Trading or Investing to Chances…

…because than frankly, you just gamble your money away. Might as well go to Vegas. More fun.

Trading is a respectful profession that requires commitment, determination, and persistence. The trading learning curve also requires your time, energy, and capital.

So in the end, we all can be CONSISTENTLY PROFITABLE investors and traders.

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HUSH-HUSH TRADING INSIGHT #1
A Person can be Smart, but People are Generally Stupid

“The stock market is never obvious. It is designed to fool most of the people, most of the time.”
Jesse Livermore

The fact that you are reading this book shows that you are an aspiring speculator, an experienced speculator, or someone who is looking to get back into the game of speculation, hopefully not because you were previously being slapped hard by the Mother Market.
In any case, unless yesterday was your first day in the market, you know how it feels to lose money.
You know that feeling when the stock (or any security for that matter) you were holding teased you by going up a little before going down much more at a faster speed than you could have imagined.
Then you were faced with a decision. Let go and admit that you were wrong, or continue to hold on and hope the price will bounce soon.
Well, in this book, we will learn about the ONE question that matters along with ONE cardinal sin of trading that is actually committed by millions of investors and traders every day.
That ONE Question that Matters in Speculation
“GOOD traders think about markets before they place their trades. GREAT traders do that – and they think about their thinking. This makes their trading more intentional, more controlled, and ultimately, more rule-governed.”
Brett Steenbarger, Trading Psychologist

“Which stock is hot right now?”
“What did Jim Cramer say yesterday about Facebook stock?”
“How much Apple stock with go up after iPhone 6 was released?”
“When will oil price bounce back?”
I promise you that, at one point of your life, you will hear the questions above, or the variations of them, either asked to you, asked around you, or asked by you.
This will occur even if you are not in on the lookout of for a good stock to invest in, or even if you do not have any interest in this crazy area called speculation.
Speculation is part of our society’s habit and, dare I say, culture.
It went goes all the way back to 1867, when the stock ticker appeared for the first time. It was not until 1920, the decade when Jesse Livermore (some would say he is the Father of Momentum Trading) made millions, that the stock speculation industry took off.
In the present day, stock speculation, or “investment”, has grown on the people everywhere around the globe.
TV shows, magazines, and talk shows are made exclusively for discussing opinions and analysis in this area. Check out The Mad Money, The Wall Street Warriors, Squawk Box, or Fast Money on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, and many more.
It is amazing to think about this actually. It is impressive how the world has made the speculation industry full of personalities and drama, while the correct way to speculate, whether in equities, futures, or commodities, is to minimize the emotions involved in the process.
Emotions kill logic. Emotions make the opinions of the so-called experts and analysts in those TV shows sound like Moses’ words. More importantly, emotions make average speculators into followers. As the result of their ignorance, average speculators will go “ALL-IN” with all their hard-earned money following the recommendation or advice of some expert or analyst.
Moreover, what seems unethical to me is the fact that those analysts actually put their money in a balanced-risk or fixed income mutual fund instead of putting their money where their mouths were.
The single phrase that always ticks me every time I hear it: “But this guy, or that guy, or the analysts in CNBC said…”
It is ignorance at its best.
“I believe that the public wants to be led, to be instructed, to be told what to do. They want reassurance. They will always move en masse, a mob, a herd, a group, because people want the safety of human company. They are afraid to stand alone because they want to be safely included within the herd, not to be the lone calf standing on the desolate, dangerous, wolf-patrolled prairie of contrary opinion.”
Jesse Livermore
Nothing worth doing is easy, yet many speculators think they know the direction of Apple stock or when the oil price will bounce just by reading and listening to the analysts and so-called experts.
Speculators are required to do the homework to find sectors and individual instruments that fit their personalities and match their risk tolerance the most.
Warren Buffet made billions by buying undervalued stocks. He purchased the stocks when they were cheap and reaped the benefits when the real values were finally realized.
On the other side of the coin, Dan Zanger turned $10,000 into $1 million by buying momentum stocks. He only bought stocks when they were making new highs by breaking out of previous consolidation (more about that later). He rode the trend while it lasted and, unlike Buffet, Zanger did not hold his investment for a long period of time.
The four questions you read in the beginning of this chapter are NOT the correct questions to ask. They are the questions that were asked by lazy speculators in the past who refused to do the adequate research and, instead, put their money blindly in the mercy of the market.
To me it is no different than going to Las Vegas and throwing the money on the roulette table.
The question you need to ask actually does not involve Jim Crammer, Warren Buffet, George Soros, or any legendary traders and investors out there.
Leave alone all those CNBC, Bloomberg, or other media analysts whose jobs, sometimes, were to create stories and dramas overhyping the market (it feels like it, truly).
The one question you ask should involve YOURSELF. Why? Because people are stupid generally. There is a certain form of social pressure, as well as a willingness to be led (or told what to do), when it comes to the world of investing and trading.
It seems that people lose trust on their own capabilities to make their own judgement when it comes to good stocks to own.
Too many people invest or trade some stocks simply because they have listened to the analysts, to the investing newsletter they subscribe to, to the neighbors they talk with over the weekend, and more.
Have you ever asked yourself this question?
Am I an Investor, or Am I a Trader?
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the single most important question in stock speculation.
“Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology.”
Seth Klarman
The question puts the responsibility back on us, instead of on others’ opinion.
In the world of speculation, it is the right thing to do. Learn how to trade or invest, start small, lose some money (and you WILL lose money), go back to the charts and learn from your mistakes, try again and lose less money, go back to the studying room and see what you do wrong, trade again and breakeven, re-study your trades, make small money, and eventually, make enough/big money.
Notice there is no “watch CNBC or Bloomberg” there!



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About the author:

An active trader, Steve's high interests include the world's stock market (he trades only US market though), investment strategies, personal finance, money management, entrepreneurship, vagabond lifestyle, gin & tonic, Texas Hold'em Poker, Manchester United, and NBA games.

If you are interested in investing or trading, book your FREE course now at http://Zero2Trading.com/free-trading-course

Or maybe, take a short, 13-question test to find out your risk tolerance profile. Get the test FREE of charge at http://Zero2Trading.com/your-risk-profile

He always holds on to the Warren Buffet's mantra: "Diversification is a protection against ignorance" and thus, Steve does not invest much in mutual fund anymore. Instead, his focus switch to diversification based on asset classes, such as properties and businesses.

Steve's primary asset, however, is his trading knowledge.

He trades the US Equity actively. When trading, Steve focuses on trending and momentum stocks. After wasting close to $13,000 in commission during Steve's early years trading, he trades only liquid stocks nowadays. His main method is scanning 250 stocks every night to find out the potential opportunities the next day. He then looks for the best setups that would allow him to go for the maximum profits.

It took him exactly five years to be a consistently profitable trader.

He started to write some books, which have become best-selling in Amazon's Business, Investing, Finance, and Education categories, while building his online business at the same time.

When he is not working on his new business, writing, or trading, he can be found reading books about business and money, drinking coffee and/or a little bit of alcohol, traveling, playing basketball or football, watching sports, working out, and hanging out with his old and new buddies.

Steve believes in leaving a legacy will make this world a better, richer, and more peaceful place to live.

Monday, March 7, 2016

David Carter, author of The Inconvenient Unborn, on Real Books versus eBooks



Today I would like to welcome author David Carter to the blog. He is not only an author, but also a bookseller, quite aware of how the market has been playing out between ebooks and hard copies. He shares some interesting insights in this guest post. Then, you can check out his book The Inconvenient Unborn.

Which type of book do you prefer reading? Hard copy or ecopy?

I read in the press yesterday that “real books” are making something of a comeback. Phew! I’m pleased about that, seeing as my profession is the one of being a bookseller.

I now have more than 12,000 titles in stock, yes in the house, and please don’t ask me where they all are, because they are everywhere! Well, maybe not in the loo, for obvious reasons. Users might run out of tissue and grab pages from a nearby title, and imagine what a disaster that would be. There are limits!

And I can honestly say that I have never sold an ebook for any other writer, (yes, I do sell them by yours truly) which is almost the exact opposite of real books, which I sell every day by any number of other writers, but maybe not so many of my own – weep weep!

When ebooks and ereaders first appeared I stupidly went on record in saying that they would never catch on. Yes, I actually put that in print, insisting that the machines wouldn’t work in the sunlight, they would forever be running out of juice, would make readers cross-eyed, and worse besides.

There was even a theory that they might make men impotent. All predictions way off the mark that couldn’t have been more wrong, especially the last one, and I am happy to belatedly set the record straight.

Now, I sell ten ebooks of mine for every one “real book”, and the odd thing is that though I sell the ebooks for a quarter of the price of an actual book, I still make more money on the ebook, and I guess that makes sense too when you think there are no printing costs, no packing and postage expenses, and the buyer receives the ebook within seconds too, so there is rarely a problem on delivery.

So, it’s good to read that “real books” are making a comeback. Personally, I don’t think they ever went away, for there is something truly special about the feel and smell of a freshly printed book, something that a sterile ereader can never reproduce, though I am now becoming very wary of dissing technology, for before you know it, some boffin will invent a smell-o-vision app that can release occasional odours of new book and fresh print. God forbid.

It is 540 years this year since William Caxton introduced the first printing press into England in 1476, printing the first mass books in English. Nice to know that such an operation has lasted that long, and that there is life in the old bear yet.

Will “real books” fend off technology for another 540? Probably not, but let’s hope so, if only for the wellbeing of the poor bookseller, or we’ll all go hungry. Mind you, some of us could do with losing a little weight.

Happy reading to you, wherever you are, in whichever format you prefer.



The Inconvenient Unborn


Genre: Family Drama / Political Thriller

England in the near future –

Though you may not like what you see.

The Cazenoves and the Wilsons don’t get along, leastways the parents don’t – the teenage kids adore each other, but when the oldest Wilson girl falls pregnant, sparks fly.

Donald Cazenove just happens to be Fred Wilson’s boss, but Fred isn’t without influence himself, being the senior shop steward, and the business is struggling anyway, and a strike could play havoc with Donald’s figures.

“The Inconvenient Unborn” is set in England in the near future where after years of austerity, a left wing Labour Party has been returned to power with a huge majority, and they now intend to change Britain forever. They have a mandate. They have conviction. They have momentum.

And then there’s a state visit to Britain by the most powerful man on the planet, Yuri Premakov, the Russian President, and his precocious and very beautiful film star wife, Tamara, bringing gifts of gas and oil and energy, at a price, and he’s scheduled to visit Lymington on the south coast, where most of this book is set.

So who wins out? The Cazenoves or the Wilsons, and what exactly are Yuri Premakov and his vast entourage up to in Britain?

“The Inconvenient Unborn” will take you on a journey you can barely imagine.


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Read an excerpt from The Inconvenient Unborn


To put this into context, Oliver Cazenove, the guy, is eighteen going on nineteen, and still at school, while the girl, Sue, is thirty, with a penchant for younger men. She works behind the bar at Olly’s local pub, which is where he met her.
Oliver was the first to leave the house at twenty to eight. His big hair had dried, but it still had that just washed and fluffy look, but no matter how roughly he treated it, it always seemed to fall back into perfect place, and he was grateful for that.
He was standing self-consciously outside Bestdas Supermarket by five to eight and though he knew his father was not inside, many of the people who worked there were aware he was the boss’s son. The sooner Sue arrived and whisked him away the better, and it was five past when the cream and maroon Cayton Cerisa whizzed up and abruptly stopped before him.
The passenger window was open and she leant across and smiled through it and said, ‘Don’t I know you? Would you like a lift?’
‘Damn right I would,’ grinned Olly, as he jumped inside, as Sue hit the accelerator before he’d even had time to plug in his belt.
‘Where do you fancy going?’ she said, taking her eyes off the road, and glancing at the big kid with the newly washed hair beside her. He smelt good too, looked good and smelt good, what more could a young woman want, and she was still young too at just thirty, though nowhere near as young as him. There was no law against it, was there? He was old enough and perfectly legal and fit and able, and that was all that mattered
‘Don’t mind,’ he said, ‘you choose, but somewhere away from Lymington, eh?’
‘Oh yes,’ she said, ‘somewhere well away from here,’ and she headed across town and zipped onto the Brockenhurst road.
The radio was on, one of the local music stations, and The 27 Club came on.
‘Turn it up!’ he said.
‘Do you like these?’ she said, smiling and shaking her head.
‘They are brill, simply the best!’
‘Don’t see it myself, don’t see what all the fuss is about.’
‘It’s probably an age thing,’ he said, in all seriousness.
‘Oh, thanks, Olly!’
‘Sorry, Sue, I didn’t mean you’re old or anything, ’cos obviously you are not, but I think they appeal more to the teens and twenties.’
‘I’m not that long away from being a twenty,’ she pouted, and accelerated hard through the New Forest, slowing to avoid falling foul of the obligatory radar trap.
‘I know that,’ he said, ‘and you certainly don’t look old either, you look…’ and he left the sentence hanging in the air.
‘Yeah? I look what?’
He stole another peek at her.
‘You look absolutely fab actually, really beautiful,’ and she did too, in a low cut skimpy summer dress that showed off her breasts wonderfully.
Sue’s mouth fell open. Like most women she adored compliments, but one from a young kid like Olly, so sincerely said, well that was something else. She’d always known she’d liked him, but the way he spoke, and his appearance, and the way he looked at her, had an effect that was indeed special.
There followed a few moments of silence before Olly asked, ‘So, where are we going?’
‘There’s a couple of nice pubs on the Totton road from Lyndhurst,’ she said, ‘backing onto the forest. We could have a little walk too, if you want.’
A walk too, if you want, he pondered on her words, in the forest on a warm summer’s evening. What was there not like about that?
‘Great,’ he said. ‘Suits me.’
‘Have you eaten?’
‘Nope. You?’
‘I have not, thought we could get a bite to eat too.’
‘Sounds good, I’ve a huge appetite.’
‘I’ll bet you have,’ she said, grinning across at him, and they both laughed aloud.


About David Carter:


I have been writing for longer than I care to remember. Even as a ten year old child I would design my own newspaper and fill it with family news, much to my mother’s amusement when she once found a copy containing a story that she didn’t fully approve of!

My writing started seriously when I was in business and I was approached to write a column, and that developed into writing columns for newspapers and magazines in many fields, including computing, commodities, farming, property, sport, philately, business and small business, many of which I have actually been paid good money for, and that always brings a nice feeling that never goes away.

My syndicated online articles have now been read by over 300,000 people across the globe and show no sign of slowing down.

It was a fairly small step after that to writing books and I have now written more than a dozen, both fiction and non fiction, and I try to write and complete at least one full length book every year.

Like most writers and aspiring writers I have many more in the pipeline, both part finished, abandoned, or in an unedited state, and finding the time to complete them is always the big enemy there.

Ideally, I would like to find a literary agent who could assist me in taking my writing to the next level, so if you are out there and you like what you see and read then do please get in touch.

Besides writing I sell books for a living and currently have more than 10,000 titles in the house and please don’t ask me where they all are because the simple answer is that they are pretty much everywhere!

I am currently working on a new Inspector Walter Darriteau novel and after that I may go back to writing a sequel to Gringo Greene, though ordinarily I prefer to write something completely fresh, rather than revisiting old ground.

It always amazes me that someone like Lee Child can write book after book featuring the same character and similar adventures, though all best wishes to him for he has been incredibly successful.

Website: http://www.davidcarterbooks.co.uk/

Happy Release Day! Impossible Ransom by Kathleen Mix #Giveaway

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Impossible Ransom


Author: Kathleen Mix
Genre: Romantic Suspense

The one man she hates is the only one who can save her…

Working as part of a yacht crew sounded like the perfect escape for senator’s daughter Val Ferrell. Glorious Caribbean beaches, turquoise seas, and freedom from her overbearing father? Heaven. But when the ship is hijacked by violent men—who want to use Val to get to her father—Val’s fantasy turns into a nightmare. Now her only hope is the ship’s captain, who happens to be her ex-lover.

After disobeying an order, covert operative Nick O’Shea’s been assigned yacht captain duty. Working side-by-side with the tiny blonde who makes him crazy—and keeping his hands off her—was definitely punishment. But when Val’s life is endangered, Nick must choose between staying aboard and fighting to retake the boat or risking their lives by attempting an escape to an isolated Caribbean island. With the ransom deadline rapidly approaching, he’s running out of time…

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Saturday, March 5, 2016

The Singularity Is Coming...! The Artificial Intelligence Explosion by Tony Thorne




English writer, 89 years young, Tony Thorne MBE has signed a contract with the Information Technology (IT Books) Devision of the Chinese Ministry of Information for eBook andpaperback versions of his latest title, THE SINGULARITY IS COMING- The Artificial Intelligence explosion.

Artificial (General) Intelligence, or AGI will be with us soon and will change our way of life dramatically, following on from the Smart Devices we use today.

Even more amazing developments are on the way, leading to robotic machines as intelligent as we are, and thus able to do any jobs that humans can do, but faster, better and for longer.

Many experts believe they will also have awareness, plus the ability to replicate themselves and further develop their “learning” software leading inevitably to the Singularity, machines with ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence) far superior in intelligence to us. Will we be ready for such a devastating event? Will it be a real threat to humanity as some block-buster movies predict, and several international experts are warning? Others claim it will benefit us in ways we can hardly imagine, like a healthy age of leisure with everything free.

This easy to read book for general readers, explains what is about to happen and why.


Available on Amazon
FREE March 5, 6, 7


About the author:

Tony Thorne MBE

Email: tonythorne@aol.com 

Thursday, March 3, 2016

'Follow the Dotted Line (Andrea Bravo Mysteries)' by Nancy Hersage



Andrea Bravos is dazed and amazed when a Styrofoam burger box with her ex's ashes arrives in the mail. Her adventure to find out what happened will upset officials of several small countries, insult the founders of three major religions, give her four adult children acid reflux, and lead her to assault with a deadly golf club.

In the process, she will joyfully drag along her soft-spoken but fearsome accountant, while trying to fend off her mooch of a nephew. It’s a convoluted and quixotic caper, but it all comes together in the end—even the avocados, World War II spy, IRS agent, palm reader, and deadly spider.

Move over Marple and Plum, here comes Andy!

Introducing the Andrea Bravos Mystery Series.





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About the author:

Five-time national award winning playwright and screenwriter Nancy Hersage lives and works in Los Angeles. She has written screenplays for NBC, CBS, ABC and PBS and treatments for Spelling and Cruise Wagner. Her plays have been produced on three continents and by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Her novel, Tribunal, about sex trafficking, is available from Online Originals in London at OnlineOriginals.com. Her new musical, Out!, written with Molly Hersage, is available from the Dramatic Publishing Company of Chicago at DramaticPublishing.com.

Contact Nancy or learn more about her novels, stage plays and screenwriting at NancyHersage.com.

Also find her on Twitter and Facebook.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

'Chocolate Kisses and Love Filled Wishes' by Linda West



Summer and Brad are slated to get married but things go awry in Kissing Bridge! 

Brad's younger sister, snowboarding champion, Kacey Anderson is forced to come home to heal from a bad accident. After being told she can no longer compete she begins to train at her home while still missing her beloved Olympic gold medalist Brody Jenkins. Against doctor's orders she begins to regain her strength in the hopes of competing in the 2018 Olympics. When a young Climate Change activist enlists her help to bring awareness to the cause, Kacey begins to think that her future may be much different then she imagined. 

Summer is forced back to LA to finish off a contract when the worst blizzard in decades hits her hometown. Unable to return she can only suffer as she here's a fate worse than she can ever imagine is unfolding back home in Kissing Bridge Mountain. Against all odds, love always seems to bring miracles to Kissing Bridge and this story will leave you believing and having faith in the power of true love.


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About the author:

Linda West was born in Buffalo and now lives in LA. She used her small town as an inspiration for Kissing Bridge Mountain, and she had more fun writing this book than any thing she has ever written! Linda is a manifestation and law of attraction expert and has many books on empowerment and living your dream life. Go see her tools and books at MorningMayan.com

'Christmas Kisses and Cookies' by Linda West #99cents




This is a hilarious light hearted and charming romance about a delightfully funny family and their determination to win the prestigious Christmas cookie competition against all odds. It's sure to bring a smile to your face and uplift your heart and make it a truly magical blue ribbon Christmas! 


Los Angeles super model, Summer Landers, finds herself stuck going home for Christmas after ten years of avoiding the heartbreak she left there. After a snowstorm hits closing most of the airports, she is forced to fly back to Christmas-obsessed Kissing Bridge Mountain where people take their holidays, and cookies seriously. 

Upon arrival Summer finds her family legacy in shambles. Despite the Landers winning the blue ribbon every year for decades at the Christmas Fair Cookie Competition, somehow they had been unthroned by their neighbor Mrs. Beaverton! The Landers women, with their family curse and strange and unique talents, now must struggle to find a way to best their competition who has secretly employed the help of the Evil-Martha Stewart. 

Besides dealing with the crazy antics of the town people, Summer must also avoid her ex boyfriend Brad, who has returned home for the Christmas holidays as well. Now she is confronted with her feelings and the truth about that fateful night under the mistletoe so long ago. 

Mistletoe kisses and cookies are too much to deal with, and try as she might it looks like Summer is destined to relive the worst nightmare of her life. Luckily, Christmas brings miracles and Kissing Bridge is full of them so anything can happen...

This is a recent newly edited edition.



Look for the follow up to this book - "Holiday Kisses and Valentine Wishes" where the fun on Kissing Bridge Mountain continues!


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Rave Reviews!
"The perfect feel good book when you want to lift your spirits! It made me laugh the whole way through. Thank you for the true holiday cheer!"
S. Cages
“Within a matter of pages I was laughing my socks off and immediately fell in love with the slightly crazy Summer … Linda West has such a knack for the humorous side of characters … Her writing style is so upbeat and unique I hope to see more of these characters I’ve come to love - can’t wait to see what happens next in this sweet town of Kissing Bridge!”
M. Sinclair


About the author:

Linda West was born in Buffalo and now lives in LA. She used her small town as an inspiration for Kissing Bridge Mountain, and she had more fun writing this book than any thing she has ever written! Linda is a manifestation and law of attraction expert and has many books on empowerment and living your dream life. Go see her tools and books at MorningMayan.com

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

'Talking to Your Physician: Surviving Obamacare' by Lawrence W. Gold, M.D.



Talking With Your Physician is a lighthearted attempt to deal with a potentially serious problem in medical care, the deteriorating relationship between patients and their physicians. As the healthcare system becomes more complicated, expensive, and stressful for both patients and their physicians, especially under Obamacare, we may need, more than ever, to rely on that relationship to guide us through the system.

The book makes important observations and specific suggestion about how to improve patient care, reduce malpractice claims, insure patient rights, and allow physicians to practice in a more rewarding manner.

Dr. Gold does not pretend that solutions are easy or quick, but he does believe that improving the patient-physician relationship is a good start under any healthcare system, including Obamacare.


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About the author:

I was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, moved to Queens, and then my family ascended to the Island. After graduating from Valley Stream Central High School, I went to Adelphi, a college then, a university now, and then to medical school in Chicago. The war in Vietnam interrupted my postgraduate medical training with a year in Colorado Springs and another as a Battalion Surgeon in Vietnam. I spent seven months in the Central Highlands with the 4th Infantry and five months in an evacuation hospital in Long Binh outside Saigon where I ran the emergency room. I returned intact in 1968 to complete my training in internal medicine and diseases of the kidney, nephrology. I worked for twenty-three years in Berkeley, California in a hospital-based practice and served as Chief of Internal Medicine and Family Practice and as an active member of the quality assurance committee. We retired in October 1995 before fate could intervene. We sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge for a life at sea in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Four years later, exhausted from repairing everything on board, (often many times) we sold the sailboat and within a year took the lazy man’s out; we bought a Nordic Tug trawler. We motored around Florida, the Bahamas, and the entire East Coast and Canada. I’ve written fifteen novels, ten in the Brier Hospital Series, and one non-fiction book, I Love My Doctor, But…, a lighthearted look at the patient/doctor relationship. I write primarily to entertain, but I can’t help but pass on to readers observations and beliefs culled from years of practice, and yes, my biases, too. In fiction, I strive for realism in portraying the medical scene that is gripping without being melodrama or gimmicky. With even a minor degree of success in writing novels, comes responsibility to readers. I attempt to produce honest material that reflects my beliefs. Exposing these beliefs to the public through my writing requires courage, stupidity, or both. My fans have been generous, and although nobody enjoys criticism, I’ve learned much from that, too. The novel that expresses most clearly my candor, and my bias, is For the Love of God. The novel reflects my attitudes toward those who are willing to sacrifice the lives of their children for their personal religious beliefs. We live in beautiful Grass Valley with 11 year old Bennie, a Yorkie who just looks like he’s on steroids and Wesley, a 1 year old rescue, a terrier of some sort.