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Jeffrey Marcus Oshins

Jeffrey Marcus Oshins

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Jeffrey Marcus Oshins is a multimedia artist living in Santa Barbara, CA.

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The Magic Word

The Magic Word

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12pt;">Elisabeth was rude and selfish and demanding, and therefore had very few friends.<span>  </span>When she sent out invitations to her birthday party, no one accepted.<span>  </span>Her mother warned her that she needed to improve her manners and to try to get along with people.<span>  </span>She told Elisabeth that she needed to use the magic word “Please”.<span>  </span>So when Elisabeth went to school the next day, she thought of her mother’s advice, “What is the magic word?” and she started saying “Please” and also “Thank You”.<span>  </span>She tried to become more thoughtful of others, and discovered that she was a much happier person.<span>  </span>Imagine her pleasure when she returned home to find out that her new friends were all coming to her birthday party!</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"></span></p><p></p>

Story Behind The Book

I was walking down from Machu Picchu--you used to be able to hang out there and do pretty much whatever you wanted including camping--and it was night with lots of spirits about and I had this thought. Hey, if this fell apart as fast as it did for the Inca, who is to say that it won't happen to us? That's where I got the idea for the Eye of the Archer. I couldn't get past it and this book stayed with me through about 50 drafts (parts were published in an earlier version 12: A Novel About the End of the Mayan Calendar), jobs, marriage, kid, and well I finally got it, and here it is.

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<span class="readable"><span>Words of praise for 12 - A Novel About the End of the Mayan Calendar from Goodread readers.<br />- &quot;A fascinating read indeed. It starts of interesting and continues throughout - no 'wasted words' - my kind of book!&quot;<br />- &quot;</span></span><span class="readable"><span>really good fiction&quot;<br />- &quot;</span></span><span class="readable"><span>students would love it.  I look forward to reading Volume 2.&quot;<br />&quot;</span></span><span class="readable"><span> I was pulled into the story and into the Mayan mythology.&quot;</span></span><br />&quot;Characters unique and believable.&quot;<br />&quot;This was a great book!&quot;<br />&quot;Superbly written book that keeps you in suspense in the first few pages&quot;<br /><span class="readable"><span><br /></span></span>