Over 20 years ago, I was told three times that I had less than six months to live to to metastasized melanoma.  From this experience, I learned a lot about alternative medicine and about using all sorts of alternative and new age resources to solve problems and realize dreams.  My book about all this is called The Magical Dozen. How to Control Your Destiny and Create the Life You Want--In Good Times and Bad.  I have also written three historically accurate novels about the Oregon Trail, a book of western Christmas stories, a major fantasy novel, and two books about the life of a most interesting cat..