Thank you, everyone, for taking the time to read Georgia's story. Unfortunately, I realized I made a major mistake back in "Day 4" of writing. I will be working on fixing that timeline error which will add more depth to Georgia and insight to her way of thinking. I will alert you when that is fixed.

Also, this book WILL be heading to publication one way or another. So, once I fix Day 5, that will be all I will be posting online for now. Once I reach 25 followers, I will post another 'chapter.' Yes, I will admit it. I'm not splitting anything in to real chapters until I get the entire book written and I can see the story as a whole. I'm currently splitting it up in to days that I write for now so I can track my progress in an easy manner.

Feel free to also message me and ask for another chapter. If I get enough requests, I will do so. But for now, I need to fix what I broke. ;-) I know this hasn't been an easy story to write and could very well not be an easy story to read. But I appreciate every single one of you who has taken the time to follow Cracked but not Broken. 

Thank you,

EJ Roberts

The huge, often violent struggle over land and land rights throughout the world has often come down to a simple one syllable word. Here's a paragraph from The Haida Gwaii Lesson that describes the conflict.

       "It has always been rather difficult for the European colonial mind to understand native peoples’ relationship to land, or grasp the difference between living on and living with the land. In all their struggles, communications and litigations with government and extractive industry, that tiny one-word difference has been the hardest message for the Haida to get across. That is why they felt compelled in 2004 to draft and issue a Land Use Vision, which is merely a statement of their land values and a description of a land tenure system they believe will work for them and the government. For them living with the land is not only right living, it is in the end the only way to survive. Living on the land is seeing it as a platform, a substrate upon which life and economics proceed without much concern about what’s underfoot. Living with land is the aboriginal way. And individual ownership of it is to most aboriginal communities of the world a mistake. In the aboriginal worldview land does not belong to people, people belong to the land."   

 For full text of the Haida Land Use Vision go to :

 http://www.haidanation.ca/Pages/documents/pdfs/land/HLUV.lo_rez.pdf 

Dear readers:

First off, please accept my apology for being so inconsistent with
updating this blog, and thank you for your patience. I know many of you
have been waiting to hear from me; and no I have not vanished.

Speaking of updates, I am happy to inform you that a new chapter is ready and either has been or will shortly be posted. I also continue to make minor edits and adjustments to the text of the story as I progress toward the goal of publishing.

In addition, I will be participating in NaNoWriMo (National November
Writing Month). I expect to be focusing my creative efforts on writing
short stories for another project, as well as the continued tweaking of
Kingslayer.

Please stay tuned for more regular updates to follow this one. Thanks again.

Hey Everybody!

My little virtual tour for The Body of Chris is still underway, and I am super excited to have the book reviewed in Library Journal (click here). Here are a couple pulled quotes from the column:

"Cole tells his story with self-effacing humor and compassion..."

"Cole's simple honesty could be massively helpful for those struggling with mental illness, body issues, or almost anything."

Also, I was able to contribute to an article for Elements Behavioral Health (click here), giving advice to newly-diagnosed bipolar patients:

“Think of treatment in terms of manageability, rather than believing in ideas that you are broken. You could be far from broken — gifted creatively, spiritually, intuitively — but your beautiful mind or compassionate heart will be unsustainable without some level of stability.” — Chris Cole, author of The Body of Chris​

Thanks again for the opportunity! If you haven't yet, please leave a review on Amazon (click here) and Goodreads (click here). They are massively helpful.

Hello!

New chapter! You want to know where the title of the series comes from? Well, read on!

Your humble servant,

M.