Chapter One Who Can I Blame? You can blame anybody you want to, actually, but you're probably lying. Are you shaped by nature or by nurture? It doesn't matter, because you control neither of them. However, you can choose how to react to them. That's how you get past fatalistic victim thinking and start living in earnest. Inertia may be (or seem) easier, but it's never as satisfying. Whatever it is, own it. If you don't own it, you can't change it. Here's something from The Chronicles of a Lost Soul, which I wrote over 30 years ago: All that we are is the result of what we have thought....
Chapter One Who Can I Blame? You can blame anybody you want to, actually, but you're probably lying. Are you shaped by nature or by nurture? It doesn'...
RISING FROM THE ASHES is the story of how my mother managed to raise two sons alone. She overcame rape, spouse abuse, child abuse, the death of the man she loved, alcoholism and suicide. I'm the one everybody thought would grow up dysfunctional. My brother's the one who killed himself.
RISING FROM THE ASHES is the story of how my mother managed to raise two sons alone. She overcame rape, spouse abuse, child abuse, the death of the ma...
Six years living in China, five years living in Thailand, one year living in Vietnam, several visits to Malaysia, one memorable trip to Laos, and one big book of what happened. Watch me travel with my lovely Australian bride and my lovely Chinese Calico cat. Can you eat grits with chopsticks? Let's find out. I now have ten years of Asia stories, spanning at least five countries. Can you eat grits with chopsticks? Let's find out.
Six years living in China, five years living in Thailand, one year living in Vietnam, several visits to Malaysia, one memorable trip to Laos, and one ...
Five stars out of five. Michael LaRocca is an author who knows how to use humor to make you laugh. He is an author who knows how to use thought-provoking material to entertain his readers, and he knows how to use poetry to make you think. He is one talented author. The Chronicles of a Lost Soul is a book that will entertain you, make you think, and will have you yearning for more. Jennifer L.B. Leese, A STORYWEAVER'S Book Reviews The whole book is terrifying and sure to leave you thinking...I highly recommend The Chronicles of a Lost Soul. The Write Stuff Book Reviews Wow Michael, you sure...
Five stars out of five. Michael LaRocca is an author who knows how to use humor to make you laugh. He is an author who knows how to use thought-provok...
Sandlot is a novel about a guy returning to Burgaw, North Carolina, after 12 years in China and, eventually, starting his own football team. I wrote it after I returned to Burgaw, North Carolina after 12 years in Asia, most of which I spent in China. Original, ain't it? Actually, it's a bit more complex than that. It's about being 48 years old and still not knowing what you want to be when you grow up. It's about estrangement between fathers and sons. It's about what we call reverse culture shock, about looking at your home from the perspective of an outsider, and learning to belong again....
Sandlot is a novel about a guy returning to Burgaw, North Carolina, after 12 years in China and, eventually, starting his own football team. I wrote i...
The love of horror is like a virus. It gets into your bloodstream, causing an insatiable hunger for more. There is no cure, only the ability to soothe the craving until the need-once again-grows too great. And you crave: Urban legends that are sickeningly real. Attempts to cheat death that don't quite succeed. Creatures with power over this world and the next. Twisted desires of the flesh that must be met no matter what the cost. Just in time for Halloween and all its thrills, "In the Bloodstream" brings together some of horror's most imaginative new writers. These thirty-one short stories...
The love of horror is like a virus. It gets into your bloodstream, causing an insatiable hunger for more. There is no cure, only the ability to soothe...
In 2123, the first manned space flight leaves Earth's solar system using faster than light travel. They are almost immediately faced with an inexplicable series of events, visions of past events that never happened, and eventually an unseen menace that's technologically far beyond them. Arthur C Clarke noted that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Unfortunately, that's the truth. Maybe they should've just stayed home.
In 2123, the first manned space flight leaves Earth's solar system using faster than light travel. They are almost immediately faced with an inexplica...
