Angel On Board - Real Life Stories is a collection of true stories written by the people who lived these amazing events.
Most people like the thought of angels. In my experience as the author of Angel On Board (since 1998), I've found that once you broach the 'angel' subject with someone, they have their own story to tell. Most people do not volunteer stories of the paranormal until they know they are telling someone who will not judge them to be crazy! Because I wrote the book first, they intuitively know that I'm a safe person to talk to about this. All the same, they usually look over their shoulder to see who might be listening, then they whisper their story to me.
The reason this book is so important, I feel is that it gives us all a platform to talk about the paranormal without being feeling odd. The more public events I do as the author of Angel On Board, the more I see that these experiences are universal. Most people have one or more stunning events in their lives. As with every topic, it helps to talk about it. Angel On Board - Real Life Stories is where we can talk about that.
If you can muster the courage to get a copy on Kindle - http://www.amazon.com/ASIN/B00AB7XXU6 (you can read Kindle books on smart phones, tablets, PCs or Macs), I bet you'll find some familiar stories on her pages. You'll know you're not alone! Just to be fair to all of those of you who want to follow along, I've listed the Kindle version free - today only! So, no excuses.
If this is your first Kindle purchase, I'm honored!
http://bookstobelievein.wordpress.com is featuring this blog. Check out their advice to authors who want to sell more books!
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Monday, August 24, 2009
Quick Author's Tips
Just getting your book corrected, like an English teacher would correct a paper IS NOT the equivalent of a book edit. Of course, you want your book to be as error free as possible, but there are so many other things a seasoned book editor looks out for that actually have nothing to do with right / wrong.
A seasoned editor will look for repeated words, active vs passive tense in sentences and ambiguousness is sentences. All of those sentences may have their i's dotted and t's crossed, but there is always room for improvement or clarification. An experienced book editor will help make your book better, not just correct.
For more information go to the free e-book - The Basics of Profitable Publishing
A seasoned editor will look for repeated words, active vs passive tense in sentences and ambiguousness is sentences. All of those sentences may have their i's dotted and t's crossed, but there is always room for improvement or clarification. An experienced book editor will help make your book better, not just correct.
For more information go to the free e-book - The Basics of Profitable Publishing
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
LucidLights/LucidBrake Newsletter
Greetings!
We've had reports of our newsletter not making it all the way through the email system, so we've attached a link to help: LucidLights newsletters
Thanks!
-John and EJ Craig
EJ
Email: ej.lucidlights@gmail.com
John
Email: john.lucidlights@gmail.com
Twitter: @jccraig
P.S. This morning an interesting news article abut LucidBrake appeared in the online Orlando Sentinel... http://tinyurl.com/ccm2fz
We've had reports of our newsletter not making it all the way through the email system, so we've attached a link to help: LucidLights newsletters
Thanks!
-John and EJ Craig
EJ
Email: ej.lucidlights@gmail.com
John
Email: john.lucidlights@gmail.com
Twitter: @jccraig
P.S. This morning an interesting news article abut LucidBrake appeared in the online Orlando Sentinel... http://tinyurl.com/ccm2fz
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Interview with EJ Thornton - part 1
Why do most people think most people Angel On Board was written by a man?
Angel On Board is written from a male perspective. I had to create an ambiguous pen name so you couldn't tell if I was a man or a woman - basically so the reader wouldn't pre-judge the book based on the gender of the author.
You claim to have written the Most Positive Book on the Planet. How can you make such a bold claim?
I decided to challenge myself and see if I could write a book completely in the affirmative. So, I took out all negative words like 'not' and 'no.' For instance, I changed occurrences of "Don't worry." to "Relax." I changed the book in about 2000 places... for a 288 page book, that was an extensive rewrite, but I really do love the new results and so do my readers. It was fun to do, and I'm glad I did it.
What did you learn by doing this?
I learned so much about the English language - especially how we talk to one another. I found out the word 'not' can be eliminated without very much effort. It is superfluous in many cases. The questions, "Don't you want to do that?" and "Do you want to do that?" are exactly the same except for the intent behind them. "Don't you want to do that?" is a leading question with an expected result. You have to work against the question to answer it other than with the asker's expected response. "Do you want to do that?" is a genuine question. It feels better to ask, it feels amazingly better to answer and it feels better to read.
By all reviews over the past few years, Angel On Board was well received. It even was credited with great healing. What possessed you to change something already so successful?
I just challenged myself. I practice spirituality in the Science of Mind church and they teach affirmative prayer. Writing these prayers means speaking completely in the affirmative and expressing things in terms of what you want instead of what you don't want. I decided to see if I could apply that to my
writing. I did the first chapter and I could instantly see the positive change it made to the book. I shared it with a couple of people and they agreed that it was a change for the better, so I did it to the rest of the book.
Angel On Board is written from a male perspective. I had to create an ambiguous pen name so you couldn't tell if I was a man or a woman - basically so the reader wouldn't pre-judge the book based on the gender of the author.
You claim to have written the Most Positive Book on the Planet. How can you make such a bold claim?
I decided to challenge myself and see if I could write a book completely in the affirmative. So, I took out all negative words like 'not' and 'no.' For instance, I changed occurrences of "Don't worry." to "Relax." I changed the book in about 2000 places... for a 288 page book, that was an extensive rewrite, but I really do love the new results and so do my readers. It was fun to do, and I'm glad I did it.
What did you learn by doing this?
I learned so much about the English language - especially how we talk to one another. I found out the word 'not' can be eliminated without very much effort. It is superfluous in many cases. The questions, "Don't you want to do that?" and "Do you want to do that?" are exactly the same except for the intent behind them. "Don't you want to do that?" is a leading question with an expected result. You have to work against the question to answer it other than with the asker's expected response. "Do you want to do that?" is a genuine question. It feels better to ask, it feels amazingly better to answer and it feels better to read.
By all reviews over the past few years, Angel On Board was well received. It even was credited with great healing. What possessed you to change something already so successful?
I just challenged myself. I practice spirituality in the Science of Mind church and they teach affirmative prayer. Writing these prayers means speaking completely in the affirmative and expressing things in terms of what you want instead of what you don't want. I decided to see if I could apply that to my
writing. I did the first chapter and I could instantly see the positive change it made to the book. I shared it with a couple of people and they agreed that it was a change for the better, so I did it to the rest of the book.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Quickly teach children how to set the table correctly
I've raised three children, and now am raising two grandchildren and I've had to teach each one how to set the table. Inevitably, they would get it backwards, until one marvelous day, when I realized that if they really did know "Right" and "Left" they could remember which side of the plate the fork went on.
Count the Letters of all the words involved.
There are five words involved when teaching children where to place silverware...
Name - then spell - the Silverware and the sides of the plate.
They are right, left, knife, fork and spoon.
3of those words have 5 letters each - and it just so happens, that those letters all work together. The knife and spoon go on the right side of the plate.
2 of the words have 4 letters - and lo and behold, the fork goes on the left side of the plate.
It is so easy...
Keep it simple.
Your child should be at least first grade to remember how to set silverware this way
Any child who can spell small words,and has been taught right and left remember this rule every night. They can set the table perfectly and share this with their friends... (You can share it with other moms and dads too).
But because it is so easy, it can be taught to anyone.
Good luck!
Count the Letters of all the words involved.
There are five words involved when teaching children where to place silverware...
Name - then spell - the Silverware and the sides of the plate.
They are right, left, knife, fork and spoon.
3of those words have 5 letters each - and it just so happens, that those letters all work together. The knife and spoon go on the right side of the plate.
2 of the words have 4 letters - and lo and behold, the fork goes on the left side of the plate.
It is so easy...
Keep it simple.
Your child should be at least first grade to remember how to set silverware this way
Any child who can spell small words,and has been taught right and left remember this rule every night. They can set the table perfectly and share this with their friends... (You can share it with other moms and dads too).
But because it is so easy, it can be taught to anyone.
Good luck!
Friday, November 28, 2008
The Principle of the Lost Bathrobe - an important corollary to the Law of Attraction
by author EJ Thornton
(Angel On Board & Secrets to Creating Passive Income)
There is so much hype these days about the movie, "The Secret " and in it they state that if you just look around, you can see the power of attraction being demonstrated everywhere. It is true, you can. Sometimes, it is very subtle and sometimes it is so obvious, you wonder how you could have been oblivious to it. I discovered an important corollary of the “Law of Attraction ” I call it, “The Principle of the Lost Bathrobe .”
It was so clearly demonstrated to me once when I bought a new bathrobe . There are eight people living in my house ranging in age from 9 to 55, so don’t think too badly of me for losing something as basic as a bathrobe , but I couldn’t find it anywhere. It had literally been a couple of months since I’d seen it. Finally, my birthday rolled around and my daughter took me shopping. I found a bathrobe that claimed to be the “softest and sweetest bathrobe on earth.” That sounded so nice, I might have bought it even if I still had the other one in hand. However, she bought it for me and I was so happy to have a bathrobe again that I strutted out of the store!
I proudly walked into my house to show my husband my new found treasure and decided to model it for him. As I changed into this soft, sweet garment, I noticed a familiar feeling under my feet! My old bathrobe was on the ground, at the foot of my bed. I was standing on it! I was standing on the thing that I couldn’t find for weeks prior. How could that have happened? Trust me, I scoured my bedroom floor before this moment! I searched the laundry room, the kids’ room, old suitcases, the works –– trying to find this thing. How could it just suddenly appear like that? The simple explanation was that earlier that same morning, I’d asked my husband to wash the sheets –– so he took all the bed clothing off the bed, and pulled out some stuff from under the bed and found my bathrobe had been caught between the mattress and the bed springs. He left it out on the floor for me to find. However, that is not how it really got there. No, it really got there because of the “Law of Attraction !”
The principle is simple, when you lose something, you feel its absence intensely, so –– according to the “Law of Attraction ” you must feel more absence of this thing. You search and search and you can not find it. As you search, you become frustrated, then frantic and finally you give in and simply just miss it. All of these feelings allow ‘lack’ to set in. This feeling of lack inevitably forces the object further and further away from you. Then after days, weeks or months of missing this object, you finally give in, explain it away (aliens or neighbor children) and go to replace it. Upon your triumphant return to your house with your beautiful new
replacement in hand, you open up the door to find your long, lost object sitting on the dining room table with a note from one of your children on it, which simply says, “I found it!”
But how did it get there? Your vibration changed.
In my case, I was suffering a terrible case of ‘bathrobe -lack’, but as soon as I bought a new one, the ‘bathrobe-lack’ vanished –– released into ‘bathrobe-abundance and gratitude.’ I was able to completely release all lack because I bought the new bathrobe. I changed to an abundant bathrobe vibration and the universe couldn’t help but respond - in kind. I was so grateful to have this new one, I guess I was lucky I didn’t have a bathrobe delivery truck break down in front of my house!
This or something close to this happens over and over and again. I’ve lived it and heard this story too many time to believe it is just ‘coincidence’ or interesting timing. No, it is just another example of the “Law of Attraction” in action and I’ll forever call it, “The Principle of the Lost Bathrobe .”
So, how do you use this epiphany to your advantage?
First become aware that it is real, a very real law of nature, as Yoda would say, “As sure as gravity, it is.” So, if it is such a sure thing, it should work for everything. Suppose you lose something and you’ve looked everywhere it could possibly be, but you still can’t find it. First, quit looking for it. Quit thinking of the fact that it is missing from your life . Quit being angry or frustrated about its disappearance. Every thing in life is a lesson, so play this one out and see what it teaches you. Now, turn your thinking to how it will feel when you find it and appreciate it, gratitude will help bring it to you. If you can’t think about that, then picture yourself shopping for and buying a new one. Appreciate how it will feel when you possess the new item and you walk out of the store with it in the bag. Breathe that in for a couple of minutes. Now, just go about your day, imagining when you can work that shopping trip into your schedule and again, how it will feel when it is complete. You will have
released the lack and shifted into abundance and gratitude and to the extent that you genuinely appreciate having the item in your life , it will magically appear, even in a place you’ve already looked.
Another approach is to attract it to you – consciously. Once you’ve decided to blame the aliens or neighbor children, just let go of your need to search for it and decide that it will have to come to you. Shift from frustration to release. I call this the “Corollary of the Lost Tool.” How many times have you been loo king for a tool, couldn’t find it, improvised with some other tool, and as you were cleaning up, the tool you were looking for showed up? I’ve had that happen and it is also the “Law of Attraction” in action. While you’re frantic about finding the tool you need, again, you feel its absence and that is what is amplified. Finally out of fatigue and frustration, you change your plan and finish the job without the tool. Primarily, that experience taught you how to use something else to get the job done and expanded your thinking. Secondarily, when the job is done, the feeling of missing the tool is released, you don’t need it anymore, so it evaporates from your consciousness. After the release, the appearance of the tool is imminent. Once you’ve changed your vibrational pattern, the universe has to respond. Therefore, just let go of the attachment to whether you find it or not, and
you will find it sooner.
Caution: Please don’t just go out and buy things that are lost to enable you find the lost item sooner, if you use that tactic to that end in a conscious way, you’re still attracting its absence. You’re still trying to find it by replacing it, instead of just appreciating its replacement. Awareness is key, and you can use this rule, but the actual act of replacement isn’t the reason it shows up. The release of the search is the key. Conscious manipulation to a deliberate end still means you haven’t released the search, you’re trying to search for it at another level and that will get you more and more frustrated, hence really drive the item away. Merely decide that it can’t attract you to it to find it, so you must attract it to you. Then let go and wait for it to manifest. Odds are, you’ll trip over it as soon you truly make that shift.
If this has happened to you, I want to hear your story - please click through to my squidoo.com/LostBathrobe page and tell me by voting, if this has ever happened to you and if so, how. I'd love to hear from you!
(Angel On Board & Secrets to Creating Passive Income)
There is so much hype these days about the movie, "The Secret " and in it they state that if you just look around, you can see the power of attraction being demonstrated everywhere. It is true, you can. Sometimes, it is very subtle and sometimes it is so obvious, you wonder how you could have been oblivious to it. I discovered an important corollary of the “Law of Attraction ” I call it, “The Principle of the Lost Bathrobe .”
It was so clearly demonstrated to me once when I bought a new bathrobe . There are eight people living in my house ranging in age from 9 to 55, so don’t think too badly of me for losing something as basic as a bathrobe , but I couldn’t find it anywhere. It had literally been a couple of months since I’d seen it. Finally, my birthday rolled around and my daughter took me shopping. I found a bathrobe that claimed to be the “softest and sweetest bathrobe on earth.” That sounded so nice, I might have bought it even if I still had the other one in hand. However, she bought it for me and I was so happy to have a bathrobe again that I strutted out of the store!
I proudly walked into my house to show my husband my new found treasure and decided to model it for him. As I changed into this soft, sweet garment, I noticed a familiar feeling under my feet! My old bathrobe was on the ground, at the foot of my bed. I was standing on it! I was standing on the thing that I couldn’t find for weeks prior. How could that have happened? Trust me, I scoured my bedroom floor before this moment! I searched the laundry room, the kids’ room, old suitcases, the works –– trying to find this thing. How could it just suddenly appear like that? The simple explanation was that earlier that same morning, I’d asked my husband to wash the sheets –– so he took all the bed clothing off the bed, and pulled out some stuff from under the bed and found my bathrobe had been caught between the mattress and the bed springs. He left it out on the floor for me to find. However, that is not how it really got there. No, it really got there because of the “Law of Attraction !”
The principle is simple, when you lose something, you feel its absence intensely, so –– according to the “Law of Attraction ” you must feel more absence of this thing. You search and search and you can not find it. As you search, you become frustrated, then frantic and finally you give in and simply just miss it. All of these feelings allow ‘lack’ to set in. This feeling of lack inevitably forces the object further and further away from you. Then after days, weeks or months of missing this object, you finally give in, explain it away (aliens or neighbor children) and go to replace it. Upon your triumphant return to your house with your beautiful new
replacement in hand, you open up the door to find your long, lost object sitting on the dining room table with a note from one of your children on it, which simply says, “I found it!”
But how did it get there? Your vibration changed.
In my case, I was suffering a terrible case of ‘bathrobe -lack’, but as soon as I bought a new one, the ‘bathrobe-lack’ vanished –– released into ‘bathrobe-abundance and gratitude.’ I was able to completely release all lack because I bought the new bathrobe. I changed to an abundant bathrobe vibration and the universe couldn’t help but respond - in kind. I was so grateful to have this new one, I guess I was lucky I didn’t have a bathrobe delivery truck break down in front of my house!
This or something close to this happens over and over and again. I’ve lived it and heard this story too many time to believe it is just ‘coincidence’ or interesting timing. No, it is just another example of the “Law of Attraction” in action and I’ll forever call it, “The Principle of the Lost Bathrobe .”
So, how do you use this epiphany to your advantage?
First become aware that it is real, a very real law of nature, as Yoda would say, “As sure as gravity, it is.” So, if it is such a sure thing, it should work for everything. Suppose you lose something and you’ve looked everywhere it could possibly be, but you still can’t find it. First, quit looking for it. Quit thinking of the fact that it is missing from your life . Quit being angry or frustrated about its disappearance. Every thing in life is a lesson, so play this one out and see what it teaches you. Now, turn your thinking to how it will feel when you find it and appreciate it, gratitude will help bring it to you. If you can’t think about that, then picture yourself shopping for and buying a new one. Appreciate how it will feel when you possess the new item and you walk out of the store with it in the bag. Breathe that in for a couple of minutes. Now, just go about your day, imagining when you can work that shopping trip into your schedule and again, how it will feel when it is complete. You will have
released the lack and shifted into abundance and gratitude and to the extent that you genuinely appreciate having the item in your life , it will magically appear, even in a place you’ve already looked.
Another approach is to attract it to you – consciously. Once you’ve decided to blame the aliens or neighbor children, just let go of your need to search for it and decide that it will have to come to you. Shift from frustration to release. I call this the “Corollary of the Lost Tool.” How many times have you been loo king for a tool, couldn’t find it, improvised with some other tool, and as you were cleaning up, the tool you were looking for showed up? I’ve had that happen and it is also the “Law of Attraction” in action. While you’re frantic about finding the tool you need, again, you feel its absence and that is what is amplified. Finally out of fatigue and frustration, you change your plan and finish the job without the tool. Primarily, that experience taught you how to use something else to get the job done and expanded your thinking. Secondarily, when the job is done, the feeling of missing the tool is released, you don’t need it anymore, so it evaporates from your consciousness. After the release, the appearance of the tool is imminent. Once you’ve changed your vibrational pattern, the universe has to respond. Therefore, just let go of the attachment to whether you find it or not, and
you will find it sooner.
Caution: Please don’t just go out and buy things that are lost to enable you find the lost item sooner, if you use that tactic to that end in a conscious way, you’re still attracting its absence. You’re still trying to find it by replacing it, instead of just appreciating its replacement. Awareness is key, and you can use this rule, but the actual act of replacement isn’t the reason it shows up. The release of the search is the key. Conscious manipulation to a deliberate end still means you haven’t released the search, you’re trying to search for it at another level and that will get you more and more frustrated, hence really drive the item away. Merely decide that it can’t attract you to it to find it, so you must attract it to you. Then let go and wait for it to manifest. Odds are, you’ll trip over it as soon you truly make that shift.
If this has happened to you, I want to hear your story - please click through to my squidoo.com/LostBathrobe page and tell me by voting, if this has ever happened to you and if so, how. I'd love to hear from you!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
LucidBrake
Have you seen or heard about LucidBrake?
* It's a CEO Space grad's hottest new invention.
* It's an intelligent inertial brake light for bicycles.
* Just three weeks ago it didn't exist on this planet.
* It is intended to save lives, prevent injuries, and make a huge positive impact on the world!
Would you help us please?
What we "need next" is a gauge of market interest. Simply hit "reply" to this email, tell us how many bicycles are in your household, and when LucidBrakes become available we'll let you know. As a gift for your help and support now, we will offer you a 25% discount from the retail price when they become available. There's no obligation, so if you think you MIGHT want one or more LucidBrakes later on, please let us add your name to our list.
We greatly appreciate your support!
Thank you,
John Craig (Inventor and CEO Space grad)
P.S. A video clip to see LucidBrake in action is at...
http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=103585
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Questions and Answers:
What is a LucidBrake?
It's an intelligent inertial brake light for bicycles.
Who invented it and when?
John Craig, inventor of LucidLights, another CEO Space project, spun off this invention just 3 weeks ago.
Is there much interest after just 3 weeks?
YES INDEED! AFTER JUST 250 VIEWS OF OUR 30-SECOND YOU-TUBE VIDEO, THIS HAS BEEN THE RESULT...
* 10 people emailed us requesting to buy one as soon as they are available.
* A manufacturer of adult recumbent bicycles in the UK wants to buy them for all his new "trikes" as soon as possible, and he wants to offer them for retrofitting to his 10,000+ previous customers. A letter of intent is on its way.
* A Colorado police department wants to offer them as motivation to people who register their bikes in their town, and we are working with them to make this a pilot program for a nationwide effort for other police departments.
* A repair shop catering to a large California biking cooperative wants to offer them for sale to their members for their night-time rallies.
What's so good about LucidBrake?
* It's a bright brake light that automatically lights up when you decelerate!
* IT'S A BRIGHT BRAKE LIGHT THAT MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE OR THE LIFE OF SOMEONE YOU LOVE!
* No wires or mechanical hookup, just clip it on your seat post and ride.
* No switches or buttons - it deep sleeps when your bike is not in use.
* Kids (and grownups) don't need to worry about turning it off and on.
* The two AAA batteries should last for months.
* The production model will be very lightweight and aerodynamic.
* It flashes for high visibility when just riding along.
* It's bright enough to be visible day or night.
Can I see it in action?
Yes, it was shown on a local Denver TV station and you can see the video clip right now...
http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=103585
If it's only 3 weeks old, how have you been able to make such progress?
LucidLights, the parent invention and product you might have seen at CEO Space, has led the way. LucidBrake uses nearly identical circuitry, but it's easier to manufacture, it "solves a problem", is easy to show, everyone "gets it", and many people want one. The response has been amazing!
Is it patented?
We have filed a provisonal patent for LucidBrake, and we've applied for a full utility patent for its parent product, LucidLights.
Why would I want to buy one?
* Are you a bicyclist who cares about safety?
* Do you have kids, grandkids, or other people you care about who ride bicycles?
* Are you looking for a great gift idea for Christmas or for birthdays?
Are they available yet?
No, we are in capital raising mode immediately prior to manufacturing. We are preparing for a big rollout, soon.
How much will they cost?
Right now the retail price point has been set at $59.
How big of a market is there, how many bicycles?
There are 16 million bicycles sold each year in the U.S. alone.
Are there many deaths and injuries?
In the U.S. there are about 800 bicycle accident deaths reported each year, and there are many thousands of injuries, some reported and many not.
What if I know someone who wants to buy them in quanitites at wholesale?
Great! Please contact us for more details. Can I forward this email to a friend?
Absolutely, we'd appreciate it if you did!
How do I find out more?
Click through to our web site...
http://LucidBrake.com Can I ask other questions?
Please do...
john.lucidlights@gmail.com 720-879-3493
ej.lucidlights@gmail.com 720-879-3495
Thank you,
John and EJ
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