And then, in 2011, I began a whole new chapter in my life by initiating "Tales2Inspire", an "Authors Helping Authors" project/contest. Not only has it enabled me to publish four (and counting) books filled with most inspiring stories, but it has put some incredibly talented authors on their individual roads to discovery, with me right beside them. I have named each book for a different gem stone with a particular symbolic meaning for the theme of each book: The Emerald Collection (Beyond Coincidence Stories): the stone of prophecy The Topaz Collection (Stories of Awakenings and Aha Moments): t...