Böcker av Carlos Harleaux

"Can I pick your brain?" That's usually how it starts. Many aspiring authors have asked me the burning question over the past 10 years as an independent publisher. During those conversations, I offered my expertise, knowledge, tips, and lessons I've learned along the way. Sometimes their "brain pickers" are surface and easy to answer. Other times, they are more complicated and may require a few tools to find a resolution. For the first time ever, I'm putting it all out on the table. Can I Pick Your Brain? explores everything from marketing misconceptions to proven writing methods and a recount of the various client experiences I've had as a publisher. Do you need practical tips on how to start your book and see it through to the publishing finish line? Here's your chance to pick my brain for an intimate how-to guide filled with true stories, a-ha moments, and practical applications.

Life is about choices.When we're moving through situations in real time, it may be difficult to make the hard decisions. Stay or leave. Love or hate. Forgive or hold a grudge. Play it safe or take a leap of faith. Many of the most important decisions we face boil down to opposites. If only we could flip a coin with a safe possibility waiting for us on either side. Heads or Tails explores the difficult choices we make, in poetic form. Each poem includes a "heads" or "tails" version with the same name. Every action evokes a reaction, whether blatant or subtle. View your own situations from various perspectives and make those important decisions today.

Halston has it all: a stunning wife, budding career and a future with limitless possibilities. However, all good things come to an end. His wife, Kelly, sustains a devastating physical health blow and a domino effect of compromising events soon follow.A few bad decisions and unfortunate situations make Halston reassess his life. As his back is pushed against the wall, he realizes he is left with one viable choice: engaging in an undercover money scheme.Will Halston's new lifestyle find him in over his head? Either way, it's survival by any means necessary.Thanks,

Everyone wants to see clearly, literally, and figuratively. However, the trials of life have a way of clouding our mental well-being. The ups and downs of love are one of the greatest contributors to impair our judgment. Financial woes, social injustice, the loss of a loved one, and health issues also create unbearable anxiety.How do we improve our mental clarity? The answer is not as simple as it seems. As we continue to travel through life, we receive flashes of wisdom that act as guiding lights along our path. We are all suspended in blurred moments, coming out of them, or about to enter them. Through poetic expression, Cataracts helps put those moments in perspective.Our greatest victories are often just beyond our most crippling fears. Are you ready to tackle your darkest hours and walk boldly into the light?

Love is a gamble. Both parties are vulnaerable, once they expose their hearts, in the hope that they will not be hurt as they attempt to travel together through this unforeseen journey. As humans, we desire to intertwine souls, united and enhanced. But, love is not always full of sunshine; sometimes it involves dark clouds....resulting in pain that we have tried so desperately to dodge. Is there a blueprint for the perfect relationship?When love as we know it comes to a screeching halt, there is a grieving process; one that we all must endure. We become thoroughly acquainted with feelings of anger, disappointment, confusion and acceptance. I cannot speak on how that process feels for everyone. However, this is it how it feels for me to watch eleven years vanish into thin air...