Happy Crow

Happy Crow is a novel I have been working on since May 31st of 2007. It is near completion and I decided that rather than posting it at various locations on the web, this website might possibly more available for the masses than others. Let me throw out a few paragraphs, briefly, about my feelings on the novel that hold a title that may throw off those who only judge books by covers, authors and of course... titles. We only know if a story is good if we attempt to read it. My thoughts on Happy Crow I've heard a lot of peoples thoughts on Happy Crow and I don't think I have ever stated mine. To be quite honest I am fully aware that Happy Crow is something I talk about often, maybe more often than I should. It has come to my attention, through personal dwelling, that Happy Crow is a novel that was suppose to be a short story and seems to grow more and more with layers and complexity. It was suppose to be a short story about the witty idea of Karma and the theory of Everything being connected. It was suppose to be openly obvious and not so personal. But as I laid on a hospital bed at Bayonet Point some months ago, my family sitting in the waiting room thinking infinite babbles of what's and how's, I whispered a secret into my wife Amandas ear. A secret that had only become apparent to me through self realization some days before the trip to the medical center. I wont go into detail what the secret is, but let me say this; The book has been a gift presented from my subconscious into focus for my realistic "self" to see. It has revealed to me more about life than I can ever truly express in conversation or through actions. The book speaks of awakenings and it has in all actuality been awakening for me during the writing process. I have learned so much about myself not only as a writer but as an individual. I would be lying if I were to say I regret some of the actions that led to the ideas of the book. Meditation, Alcohol abuse, Minor Drug Use, Mental Breakdowns, they were all unintentional in the process of forming the book, oddly adding to its layers...but making it more than the short blurb about the aspect of Metaphysics,Karma and Reality that I had originally intended it to be. Ive mended past with present. Fiction with Non Fiction. Its a giant heap of life put in a wrapper for someone to open and question whether they want to stick an unknown brand of candy in their mouth.