Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Monday, June 1, 2020
First ever post on Gaze Finder a.k.a. the official introduction
In March I wrote on my fiction blog that I postponed the release of my next novel (Bird Man) until a later time. Not long after, it seemed that the pandemic came in full swing and things spiraled out of control.
All of a sudden it seemed that this work of fiction had become less relevant, until we reach that point in time where the end of the recession (resulting from the pandemic) is in sight. Until then, it seemed to me, that it's a better time to offer hands-on advise.
As it is, millions of people have lost their jobs and current projections show that about 40% of those will not be able to return to their prior job, after the recession has been overcome. The world is in a transition right now, and because of that, we ourselves will need to be in a transition. This means that for many of us, we might change at least some aspect of our professional lives, or change careers altogether.
That's when I decided that I should do my part to try to solve that problem: to make any transition and to realize any ambition depends largely on having the right mind-set. I believe that I'm uniquely qualified to do this, because I have extensive experience as an educator. My profession all boils down to creating the right mind-set, which is a basic requirement to achieve any ambition, be it in school, or be it as a professional.
This is exactly the stuff that my series Gaze wide, aim far is all about. This work is non-fiction, because it's about a problem that needs to be solved.
I'm working on this as I go. Currently there are three parts available: The Foundation, Bulwarks & Landmarks and Realizing Ambitions. These are available as separate e-books, and I also made a bundle available of all three, both as e-book and paperback.
Based on feedback that I receive, I might expand this series into an even more elaborate whole.
I'm also working towards a YouTube channel, and a dedicated blog. There are more ideas as well. Below is the cover of the first part of the series:
All of a sudden it seemed that this work of fiction had become less relevant, until we reach that point in time where the end of the recession (resulting from the pandemic) is in sight. Until then, it seemed to me, that it's a better time to offer hands-on advise.
As it is, millions of people have lost their jobs and current projections show that about 40% of those will not be able to return to their prior job, after the recession has been overcome. The world is in a transition right now, and because of that, we ourselves will need to be in a transition. This means that for many of us, we might change at least some aspect of our professional lives, or change careers altogether.
That's when I decided that I should do my part to try to solve that problem: to make any transition and to realize any ambition depends largely on having the right mind-set. I believe that I'm uniquely qualified to do this, because I have extensive experience as an educator. My profession all boils down to creating the right mind-set, which is a basic requirement to achieve any ambition, be it in school, or be it as a professional.
This is exactly the stuff that my series Gaze wide, aim far is all about. This work is non-fiction, because it's about a problem that needs to be solved.
I'm working on this as I go. Currently there are three parts available: The Foundation, Bulwarks & Landmarks and Realizing Ambitions. These are available as separate e-books, and I also made a bundle available of all three, both as e-book and paperback.
Based on feedback that I receive, I might expand this series into an even more elaborate whole.
I'm also working towards a YouTube channel, and a dedicated blog. There are more ideas as well. Below is the cover of the first part of the series:
Sunday, May 31, 2020
New Release: Gaze wide, aim far
In March I wrote that I postponed the release of my next novel (Bird Man) until a later time. Not long after, it seemed that the pandemic came in full swing and things spiraled out of control.
All of a sudden it seemed that this work of fiction had become less relevant, until we reach that point in time where the end of the recession (resulting from the pandemic) is in sight. Until then, it seemed to me, that it's a better time to offer hands-on advise.
As it is, millions of people have lost their jobs and current projections show that about 40% of those will not be able to return to their prior job, after the recession has been overcome. The world is in a transition right now, and because of that, we ourselves will need to be in a transition. This means that for many of us, we might change at least some aspect of our professional lives, or change careers altogether.
That's when I decided that I should do my part to try to solve that problem: to make any transition and to realize any ambition depends largely on having the right mind-set. I believe that I'm uniquely qualified to do this, because I have extensive experience as an educator. My profession all boils down to creating the right mind-set, which is a basic requirement to achieve any ambition, be it in school, or be it as a professional.
This is exactly the stuff that my series Gaze wide, aim far is all about. This work is non-fiction, because it's about a problem that needs to be solved.
I'm working on this as I go. Currently there are three parts available: The Foundation, Bulwarks & Landmarks and Realizing Ambitions. These are available as separate e-books, and I also made a bundle available of all three, both as e-book and paperback.
Based on feedback that I receive, I might expand this series into an even more elaborate whole.
I'm also working towards a YouTube channel: Gaze Finder TV, and a dedicated blog: The Gaze Finder. There are more ideas as well. Below is the cover of the first part of the series:
All of a sudden it seemed that this work of fiction had become less relevant, until we reach that point in time where the end of the recession (resulting from the pandemic) is in sight. Until then, it seemed to me, that it's a better time to offer hands-on advise.
As it is, millions of people have lost their jobs and current projections show that about 40% of those will not be able to return to their prior job, after the recession has been overcome. The world is in a transition right now, and because of that, we ourselves will need to be in a transition. This means that for many of us, we might change at least some aspect of our professional lives, or change careers altogether.
That's when I decided that I should do my part to try to solve that problem: to make any transition and to realize any ambition depends largely on having the right mind-set. I believe that I'm uniquely qualified to do this, because I have extensive experience as an educator. My profession all boils down to creating the right mind-set, which is a basic requirement to achieve any ambition, be it in school, or be it as a professional.
This is exactly the stuff that my series Gaze wide, aim far is all about. This work is non-fiction, because it's about a problem that needs to be solved.
I'm working on this as I go. Currently there are three parts available: The Foundation, Bulwarks & Landmarks and Realizing Ambitions. These are available as separate e-books, and I also made a bundle available of all three, both as e-book and paperback.
Based on feedback that I receive, I might expand this series into an even more elaborate whole.
I'm also working towards a YouTube channel: Gaze Finder TV, and a dedicated blog: The Gaze Finder. There are more ideas as well. Below is the cover of the first part of the series:
Friday, April 3, 2020
"Do I amuse you"/Salvatore Pane REVIEW
This morning I read an excellent short-read, and I went ahead and made an honest review. This author made this work available for free during the pandemic, which is a great gesture --- I made a similar gesture when it comes to my e-books....
The links to both the short-read of Pane, as well as the links to my fiction are in the description of this YouTube video. Enjoy and be safe.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Pandemic, recession and pedaling through
Enough has been said about the current pandemic. If you look around online, it seems that it has already dropped us in a recession, but I personally believe that we haven't seen the worst of it yet. In this video I lay it all out there, and I give some (unsolicited) advise on what to do while we're holed up and in quarantine...
Saturday, March 7, 2020
New release: Bird Man (April '20)
The release of my next novel is slightly delayed; initially to be released in February, I decided to push it down to April. The reason isn't bad planning or anything as such, but it's just that even though the word count was there ----- the work doesn't feel finished. A novel is like a dis-covery, or an un-covery, and it just doesn't feel that I uncovered the entire work.
I can already give you a glimpse of what this next one is about. It's a size larger than The Entity and The Island; Bird Man is about a city, a metropole really , that's on its last legs. To a large part because of that, there's this bad element that gets to go wild because the authorities are no longer able to keep things in check. The Bird Man is a schizo who believes that he can talk to birds, and to that end he designed a microchip that he has let an alcoholic surgeon without a license implant in his brain. And that's just the beginning.....
Until then, I'd like to refer you to The Entity, The Island and the short read that's available on my blog: West End Mansion.... JdH.
I can already give you a glimpse of what this next one is about. It's a size larger than The Entity and The Island; Bird Man is about a city, a metropole really , that's on its last legs. To a large part because of that, there's this bad element that gets to go wild because the authorities are no longer able to keep things in check. The Bird Man is a schizo who believes that he can talk to birds, and to that end he designed a microchip that he has let an alcoholic surgeon without a license implant in his brain. And that's just the beginning.....
Until then, I'd like to refer you to The Entity, The Island and the short read that's available on my blog: West End Mansion.... JdH.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
2nd promo of The Island
I took my wife on a trip back to Europe. We went up to the snow in the Pyrenees; up there I shot the second promo of The Island:
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