Rowling Wealth 'misleading'

I read with interest the article in the 9th July 2014 Evening Standard by Kiran Randhawa on JK ROWLING'S success and wealth; the false impression it has given on the life as an author.

I don't know any authors that are struggling to make ends meet but I do know authors like myself, we are ordinary people with ordinary jobs like everyone else. (Yes, we are still in our day jobs.) We juggle our household bills, credit cards, personal spending money etc just like the rest of society.

I agree with my learned friend, people do have a false impression of authors. Since publishing and launching my fantasy fiction Novel; Broken Oath, on Amazon.co.uk in November 2013, I have had all sorts of weird reactions from people who know me. It is particularly interesting to note the number of people who are suddenly obsessing over my bank balance. My grown daughter doesn't know how much I put into my account at any given day so why would I tell anyone else?

And some people are aggrieved to pay me money for my book because they feel they are 'putting money into my pocket.' Get over it, it's a product like anything else. You buy it because you like it; you wouldn't buy it otherwise.

Can you imagine if we all obsessed over whose spending our money everytime we bought something; we'd all be in a madhouse.

If you look around you, the person next to you is probably an author. We shop in Tesco and Morrisons and we buy the store brands. And, some of us even buy our clothes from Primark.

For myself and maybe even other authors, when I come home from my day job, while society is watching TV, I am working at marketing my book.  There may well be other authors who are writing their book after work and we probably spend more money than we get back.

My hat off to those authors who make it big and have a massive bank balance. Well done, you deserve it. When I make it big as an author, you will know because I will be living in a secure gated detached house; so no one can knock on my door and ask me for money.

Best Regards
D. A. Martin
Bestseller Author of Broken Oath


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Create A Life Whereby Your Soul Can Thrive

After reading the first few pages of the book, Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck, I was really excited. She talks about our ‘social self’ and ‘essential self.'

The ‘social self’ is the appearance we put on for the public to be accepted by everyone; family, friends, work colleagues etc. This includes the job we decide to do, or the career we decide to take.

The ‘essential self’ is who we really are and doing what we really want to do. It is interesting to note the majority of people I meet give up the 'essential self' in favour of the 'social self' and in terms of making that emotional commitment, they give up what they really want in favour of what the other person want and then they spend their life pretending that everything is fine and dandy.

The unhappiness and emptiness comes from not living life according to your true self; not fulfilling and satisfying your soul.

It‘s been a few years since I gave up my social self for the much preferred essential self. And I’ve turned my life around. I have been places I never thought I would go to. I've done things I always wanted to do; I’ve become a Life Coach, NLP Master Practitioner, I have trained as a Interpersonal and Commercial Mediation Practitioner.

I spent my 50th birthday in Dubai and spent the morning flying around in a helicopter. I have been on holiday to Madeira on my own. My latest fullfilment as you know was publishing my first fiction book Broken Oath.

I am still training, studying and doing what my heart desires. I feel great. I am living my life, and feeding my soul by doing what I want to do.

That being so, it is no coincidence at all that I named my Coaching business Beyond Your Boundaries. Because that is what I am doing. And, whenever I can, I free people from their social self to their essential self. It's a wonderful feeling to watch them fly.

Do what you were meant to do, not what you feel you ought to. Don’t live any old life. Live Your life. Stop pretending and make it real. Create a life where your soul can thrive.

I am glad I have found my own North Star and my journey is far from over.

Put an end to following a black hole and reach beyond your boundaries to finding your own north star.

You have many options:-

• You can read Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck and do her exercises.

• You can contact me for coaching sessions.

• You can find some other route to living your real life

• Or you can carry on the way you are and achieve the same results 

Your life journey is waiting for you.

Best Regards
D. A. Martin
Bestseller Author of Broken Oath
Life Coach
NLP Master Practitioner


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Heart's Desire And Unresolved Issues - Broken Oath Book Review: Chapter One

Many thanks to those of you who have read my book; I have spoken to some of you and it’s great to have such wonderful feedback from you. I feel humbled. Please feel free to give me a review on Amazon.co.uk. You will be supporting me further as well as inspiring others to read this fantastic (your words) novel.

In this book review, I want to draw your awareness to the Contract. It was a deliberate intention to draw the brothers; Tjor and Rajad into believing that they could have their heart’s desire without having to pay a price. But then that’s human nature. We all want something for nothing. We all want good energy in return for giving out negative forces.

Imagine their horror when they realise, that as they intend to forfeit the liberty of those souls living beyond the wall in the kingdom of Saulle, so their lives would be forfeited even if one agreement is not adhered to within the contract.

Worse still, they had already set things in motion and there was no getting out of it. There was no room to change their minds because even that would bring the contract into disrepute and an end to their lives, their loved ones and their kingdom.

This may be fiction, but I am sure we can all give a similar story about ourselves or someone we know or have heard of; wanting something, signing the contract to get it and then experiencing that horrible feeling when it is known that a mistake has been made; a grave error one cannot get out of without incurring severe consequences or loss thereof.

I tried to make the contract as frightening as possible. Technically, nothing should go wrong but just the mere wording makes it sounds as though something might. It was truly meant to worry those participating in the contract. And it worked.

Mind you, if Karob hadn’t of taken his eye off the ball so to speak, everything would have worked out swell.

This too I can relate to, I am sure you the reader could too. I can tell a story where I took my eye of the goal for split second, the window of opportunity stepped in and my life took a different turn; not for the better I might add.

All that power Karob had and he let go for a ‘bit of skirt.’ Still, he couldn’t help it. He had unfinished business. It rose up from his subconscious and took over without reason or warning.


It can be a dangerous thing this unfinished business that lays dormant within us, following us throughout each and every lifetime, waiting to resurrect itself. Time does not heal this hidden issue, no matter how long the length of time you put between yourself, others and the original sin.

Whether purposefully or not, the window of opportunity is always waiting its chance to bring into being that which you least expects or desire. And Karob desired the Lady of Time. She in return did not expect to see him.

Can it be coincidence that through her disobedience, the Lady of Time meets her gaoler (the former Lord Supreme) again on the battle field? The Lady herself has unfinished business and the energy of their past recoils on itself and begins to manifest all over again.

Life will now change for Karob and the Lady of Time and there is nothing that either of them can do about it.

It can be a dangerous thing to break from a commitment. A perilous road if you break an oath, for there may be many a harsh stone that will wound your feet.

Karob and the Lady of Time will soon find out that bad things happen when you divert from your purpose.

Let me know if you have found more lessons in this chapter.

In the meantime, stayed tuned for the next review on chapter two.


Best Regards
D. A. Martin
Bestseller Author of Broken Oath

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