Candy Paull

I'm almost ready to release my new e-book, The Heart of Abundance. It's a "best of" compilation and I'm going to be publishing it with Smashwords.com. I'm also in the process of preparing my other Artful Living books for e-book publication, and all of my books will eventually be available in print-on-demand format. I'm also working on getting some more website infrastructure ready to make it easier for you to stay in touch with me, and to expand in sharing my artistic side.

Why a free e-book?

The Art of Abundance was first published in 1998 and eventually sold over 80,000 copies. As the fortunes of my career and the publishing industry waxed and waned, I went on to write other books and to work with many publishers. Eventually the three Artful Living books were published in 2006 with Stewart, Tabori & Chang Publishers. They created amazingly beautiful packages, but the upheavals in 2009 proved too much and the books went out of print. Thanks to a fabulous agent who negotiated a great deal, my rights were returned to me. Now I have the opportunity to publish them on Smashwords.com, where I published my first e-book, Inner Abundance.

I have been greatly influenced in my understanding of the Internet infrastructure and its burgeoning possibilities thanks to visionaries like Seth Godin, Chris Guillebeau, and Pam Slim, among others. Their insistence on the gift economy and making information freely available has convinced me that it is time to share some of the best from my books, especially key concepts from The Art of Abundance, the book that started it all. The Heart of Abundance offers excerpts from several of my books in a free e-book format. It’s a good introduction to the other books and products I will be offering for sale on Smashwords.com and in other venues. Please continue to check back at candypaull.com to see what other books and products I will be releasing.

I'm very excited to have a way to offer my gifts to the world with ease and no friction. While there is nothing like the feel of a physical book in your hand, an e-book brings a new kind of accessibility. It is my prayer that The Heart of Abundance will bless all, and that enough people who enjoy it will come back to buy my other books and products so I can support my ongoing work. I am already taking notes in preparation for writing The Art of Creativity, the fourth book in the Artful Living series.

Keep checking back for more news and announcements. I'm on the home stretch of getting The Heart of Abundance ready for you!

Whether we are young or old, whether our dreams are public or private, we are always evolving toward either a smaller and more fearful self, or a larger and more loving self.
Marianne Williamson

We now know that matter is not “dead” but is instead concentrated energy. Life force takes the energy of matter and gives it something more: the breath of life, the movement from static particle to wave, the becoming out of pure potentiality into material form because of mind’s purpose. Human beings are the conscious frontier between idea and materialization, particle and wave. (more…)

Meditation as Medicine

To meditate does not mean to fight with a problem.
To meditate means to observe.
Your smile proves it.
It proves that you are being gentle with yourself,
that the sun of awareness is shining in you,
that you have control of your situation.
You are yourself,
and you have acquired some peace.
— Thich Nhat Hanh

It is our nature to harmonize with the natural rhythms of the universe, yet we have for the most part forgotten how to do this. In a world in crisis, it is vitally important to regain this lost art, and to attune our lives to the silent pulse that lies beneath all forms and manifestations. (more…)

As we move into a new year and a new decade, here is a story that has had great resonance for me through the years, (more…)

I am simply conscious of the forces I am using and I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture.
Henri Matisse

I attended a painting demonstration on Sunday, October 11, at the Lieper’s Creek Gallery in Lieper’s Fork, just outside of Nashville. (more…)

I am so excited that my book, Inner Abundance: Affirmations for Confidence, Creativity, and Higher Consciousness, was published (more…)

I have been working like mad on my first e-book, Inner Abundance, and it’s in the final edit and formatting stage. It’s been a long and heavy pregnancy with this book baby. There has been lot of wrestling with fear and doubt, especially because of the new e-book format. It hasn’t felt as “real” as a physical book with an established publisher. (more…)

Take your business as it is, child, and praise Divine Love that there is a strong wise way out of your dilemma.
Emma Curtis Hopkins

I received an email from a friend who is considering a move. She is not happy where she is living and is looking for a new start. This reminded me of what has been going on in my own life recently, including having fantasies of moving away to find the “perfect” life. (more…)

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anaïs Nin

The surfer riding the crest of the wave knows it. The doctor in surgery and the soldier in battle trust it. The mountain climber and Olympic athlete tap into it. The opera singer in a once-in-a-lifetime performance and the artist who rides the wings of inspiration feel it. It is the moment when something within, something we may not have even known existed, awakens in us. (more…)

You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew.
Albert Einstein

Talking with a friend about questions of faith and practice brought out some thoughts on living what we learn. It is easy to get caught up in dogma and doctrine when our hearts really long for spiritual experience that can transform our lives as well as our understanding. (more…)