Lucia and the Starfish

This was more challenging than I thought. I asked a reader of my novel to give me some passages that were her favorites. She gave me nine pages..... Now asking the author to choose her favorite is akin to  asking  a mother to chose her favorite child - actually that might be less challenging for some mothers.

In keeping with the animal theme of the passage I chose from the first book, this one mentions creatures of the sea. Rachel, one of the characters, the matriarch to be exact, narrates this scene in chapter Six of Lucia M of Singapore.


"........we crossed the causeway to Lido Beach in Johor where there were so many starfish. It was our favorite place to have chilli crabs. On one of the trips, we brought Lucia, who collected all the starfish she could find and left them in a pile by the beach. After we had lunch at the beach side restaurant, she returned to pick up her starfish but could not find them. Raul told her that the tide had come in and washed them away."

Next post, we will have a scene about school bullies and Lucia in her words.
PC Nicholas

A New Year of Possibilities??

Yes this is what I wish for all my readers, especially the readers who have supported me. I am very grateful for what I have received in the year 2009 - the ups and downs, the many challenges - they were sometimes not pleasant but that did not stop me from achieving some of my goals, especially writing and self-publishing these novels. Now I can add that 50% of the copies of each novel have been purchased.

My little tip for all of you - if you think you can, you will and if you think you can't, you won't! Do not put limitations on yourself or your worth. I think each of you deserve the best and you were created out of love and if you doubt that, please send me an e-mail and I will attempt to show you that you were created from Love!
Wishing each of you a Joyful and Healthy New Year!
PC Nicholas

Lucia M of Singapore -back cover

My second book appears to be doing well - almost 50% have been purchased. One of the purchasers told me that it could stand on its own i.e - you could read the second one without reading the first one which is "Beneath the Singapore Sky".
As promised a couple of weeks ago, here is the back cover.

Wishing each of my readers, a wonderful Christmas and a New Year filled with Hope, Joy and Peace!
PC Nicholas

Beneath the Singapore Sky 4

If you are wondering where Beneath the Singapore Sky post 1-3 are? Well, I have left them in my older established blog - empower-you.blogspot.com


The second book signing went well considering the almost non-existent advertising and the summer activities and festivals going on that weekend.
The next book signing will be in Toronto on the 18 and 19 of September. More information will be posted in the next few weeks.

I've also been approached to do a reading at the library as well as in a couple of book clubs? No I've not heard from Oprah yet!

The sequel is progressing although slower than I expected. Perhaps, I did not factor the time I would be spending promoting the first book. What a learning experience?
Agapelife/P Nicholas

Welcome to TransformYourLife

I have with much trepidation, created a new blog as a venue for my novels. This is to distinguish my fiction writing blog from my health related factual blog. What I write here will be as original as what I have written in my Empower-You Blog. I plan to transfer some of my writing material from that blog to here.

Will this be an interactive blog? I had plans that my Empower-You blog would have been interactive. Plans - Ha Ha. Did you hear this? What gave God a roaring laugh? When He heard man and woman making plans!

I will write at least monthly on this blog.So comments are welcomed.
PC Nicholas