To be Mindful is to focus your attention on what is happening in the present moment with a receptive, open attitude.

In my international love story and suspense drama "A Mindful ​Death" the protagonist is presented with a choice to show less defensiveness when his sense of self is challenged by a confrontation that threatens his mortality...and instead allowing compassion and fairness to weigh in on his decisions how to react...and act.

In "A Mindful ​Death" choices are made you wouldn't normally make. And the protagonist lives with the consequences knowing he made the best out of an impossible situation.

By "focusing his attention on what happened in the present moment, and doing so with a receptive, open attitude" he made choices he found a way to live with​.

When you read "A Mindful Death​" do so without judging. Instead feel empathy for the characters and the event that follows. You will find in the end that there is a love AND death that can be mindful...and justified.

"A Mindful Death" is scheduled for release in May 2017. Book launch and reading in Cold Spring scheduled for 6pm on September 28th, 2017 at lovely Hudson House Inn, Cold Spring NY.

If you walk around thinking you should do... then just do it!

Maybe you feel you're not ready, have to gain more experience, or wait until you have less of a hectic life...Or even worse you're telling yourself it's too late...

What am I talking about?

I could talk about any happening in your life, a transition, that you don't really want to acknowledge...but one that still exist and continue to "pop up" in your life, reminding you that one day you really need to address it...but not today....

Why not?!!

Just do it!

Take the thought, urge, desire to write a book, poetry, fiction or memoir as an example.

Writing is not a "sport" where you can claim you are "too old". No, writing is something you can start at any age and there's no excuse for not picking up the pen when you feel a burning desire to do so.

Do not "think" it's too late. Instead take a good look at yourself and the life experience you have gained, This is what you base a solid script on. Life is experienced at all ages. It's not a privilege for the "elderly" only. You'll have to make up your mind and decide if you are a person who talks about writing, or one who picks up the pen and write.

That's two completely different approaches. And one you need to make...today...not tomorrow...not when you "think" the time is right...

Just do it!

When your Editor "is feeling it" it got to be a good day!! So, allow me to publish his thoughts about my writing. I hope, once you buy and read a copy of my first book "A Mindful Death", available in stores and online in May 2017, you as well will like the international love and suspense story.

Jay Spear, Editor, said:

"No matter how exciting the possibilities of a story might seem, unless the actual writing of the book is properly done, it will not succeed. This is where Lars separates himself from most other writers. His prose is clear and precise.
​In reading his manuscript as his editor, he maintained my interest and imagination throughout. He gave life to his characters and kept this reader caring about them on a very personal level.
I so wanted them to succeed and to fulfill their desires and needs for me and all the other readers who fall in love with Harry Anderson and the others."

Getting back to my characters, the plot and Harry dealing with...A Mindful Death...New release date is May 2017 and I can't wait to see how the story ends. Do I know...? Maybe...but I won't tell you...and who knows what Harry has up his sleeve...

A Harry Anderson Mystery will return in 2018 with "A Swedish Chameleon".
In this sequel Harry decides to look for his Swedish roots. Little does he know it will reveal a violent and criminal past and present. He wishes he hadn't traveled to Sweden. With Maria by his side he is trying to leave the past behind for good...but by leaving "no stone unturned" he enters a world of corruption, money laundering, human trafficking and right wing zealots.  A family and country he never thought were anything like what he discovers them to be...risking his life...and Maria's...to find out more. The story that unfolds ends up being his most personal and dangerous journalistic endeavor.

Expect "A Swedish Chameleon" to hit the stores in late 2018 or early 2019.

And remember to pick up your copy of "A Mindful Death" available in May 2017.

Follow my work and my main character, Harry Anderson: at www.aHarryAndersonMystery.com

Italians say that someone who acquires a new language "possesses" it. In the book "La Bella Lingua", Dianne Hales has a love affair with Italian, the world's most enchanting language. 

My love for the Italian language is in the emotion it evokes in me when listening to it...the sound captivates me even if I don't understand the words that are spoken.

The written word [in English] possesses me, and with it racing like blood through my veins, I see with different eyes, hear with different ears, and drink in the world with all my senses...I have grown a new head. I have learned a new language.

​The universal language of emotions.