Sorry to only see your comment now. Been buried in consulting work the past month.

Fascinating that you mention writing your first novel made you anti-novel. Same thing happened to me when I first dove into writing my current novel (not Motley Phoenix, another strictly fantasy novel).

For me, I didn’t want to accidentally copy someone else’s style and wanted to make sure I was cultivating my own talent and voice.

Then I found that immersing myself in books again, as I’ve done recently with my much-beloved kindle (!), my writing has evolved exponentially – a quantum leap recently.

I’m glad you liked the intro chapter of Motley Phoenix. That book has evolved dramatically as well.

The site crashed (the whole server did, I lost all my websites) which is why Ignite the Phoenix is down.

I’ve also come to a spiritual quandary with the Law of Attraction market and am not sure I want to participate in it anymore. I think it’s time to evolve the conversation beyond “how to make money with universal laws.”

So until I figure that out, I’m sitting on that one for a bit.

However, I am in the process of revamping those materials in the vein of lifestyle design, empowerment, and life authorship – which is really what Motley Phoenix and the Cosmic Playbook are about.

Once that’s solidified they’ll be available again, and probably still under the Phoenix brand as that archetype is near and dear to my heart.

Thank you so much for sharing! Glad you found me.

I love this book, it’s my favourite!

I’ve actually read Siddharta twice, once when I was 21 when my then-German girlfriend gave me a copy, and fairly recently when I was 42.

Aged 21 I knew nothing about self-help or spirituality but Siddharta still fascinated me, particularly his prowess as a lover (and as a ‘rich man’). It pretty much became my favourite book, then!

Aged 42, after much self-help education and immersion into spirituality etc., I started re-reading some of my favourite books, for inspiration more than anything – inspiration to be a reader again (writing my first novel seemed to make me anti-novel for some reason!).

And some of the books I re-read I really didn’t enjoy (e.g. Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man by Thomas Mann). But I loved Siddharta even more, and was able to recongise and fully identify with Siddharta the main character this time (not as a lover, I hasten to add lol, but as a searcher).

To me, Siddharta is about someone finding HIS own way, rather than following what others believe; and this is who I consider myself to be.

Anyway, just thought I’d share, Jaime. Just watched an interview with you and Chris Cade and finished reading a chapter of The Motley Phoenix (which I enjoyed, despite not ‘liking’ this ‘kind of thing’ normally – I’m just not a fan of story, which is very puzzling to me).

Thanks, and good luck with JaimeMintun.com!

Steve

PS What’s up with your Ignite the Phoenix website?

I need to read that book