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WRITER’S DIGEST COMMENTARY- They Are Not Yet Lost by Dan Baldwin A fascinating collection of true-life stories involving psychic detectives called into help solve a myriad of situations
and crimes. We may have heard about psychics called in to missing persons cases, and may have pre-conceived notions about
the efficiency of such expertise. For those who question the art and science of psychic detecting, this book is illuminating,
and we find ourselves digging deeper into what the gift of psychic detection must be like to have as one’s own gift.
The author does an excellent job of creating realistic situations, with an instinct to provide setting, dialogue and written
messaging beautifully enriched for our experiential enjoyment. We’re right there in the search, and we listen to the
psychics’ reports about a missing person having planned his getaway, and that he may be fishing, with an adoption of
the investigator’s mindset. Well done. Author has a terrific instinct for pacing, never allowing a story to lurch, or
delve into minutiae. Well done. Sections are well-paced, and individual psychic detectives are differentiated well. The order
of the cases is smartly structured as well. I liked the author’s decision to help the reader form their own psychic
detective group, for those readers who may have picked up this book to self-assess in his or her own perceived gifts. That’s
all-inclusive writing, and another gem of this book. Good work.
What Professionals Say About
Books Ghostwritten By
Dan Baldwin
“Whether
you are planning your first meeting or brushing up on meeting etiquette and ‘how-to’s,’ The One Minute
Meeting will answer your questions. Omar Periu writes in his easy-to-understand, enjoyable style…” Zig
Ziglar Author, Speaker
“Tom
Hopkins has once again put together his unique blend of hands-on implementation, humor, and balance to make Sales Prospecting
for Dummies mandatory reading for the professional salesperson. Dave
Ramsey Author of the New York Times Bestseller Financial Peace
“Upgrade
is a great flight plan for the 21st century. I highly recommend it to anyone with the passion to prove and wanting
to enhance their opportunities for success.” Howard
Putnam Former CEO, Southwest Airlines
“This Book (Sell
It Today, Sell It Now) is a remarkable new approach for closing sales that will drastically increase your income.” Mark Victor Hansen Co-author
of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books
“…loaded with sound, practical financial guidance.
If young people read this book (Be Money Smart), and take advantage of any retirement plans offered them, the benefits
will be tremdous.” M.J. Knutson Retired President/CEO, American Concrete Pavement Association
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What Authors Say About Dan Baldwin’s Writing Skills
"...Dan Baldwin is the funniest,
most delightfully creative, and fastest typing professional writer I have ever encountered...If ever it is important that
you write an effective book and you're not sure where to begin, I say begin with Dan Baldwin."
Ernest McDaniel/Author:The Essential Retiree Money Guide
“…for his diligent research assistance, great sense of humor, and willingness
to got the extra mile for us. Good job, Dan!” Tom Hopkins Bestselling Author, Speaker
“…but the one person that pulled it all together was Dan Baldwin from
Mesa, AZ. The timing of our meeting was perfect and within a month we were hot on the trail of making this
book happen. Dan expressed passion for the material from the outset. Thanks, Dan.” Robert A Rausch, Ph.D. Author, Executive Consultant/Coach
“…Dan, you are a terrific writer,
and I need you on my team to put my words and stories together in an entertaining format that readers can and will enjoy.
I recommend you highly as a skillful man who deserves much recognition.” Mark B. Weiss, CCIM Author, Real Estate Professional
“Dan Baldwin, our writer, is a joy to work with. Thank you for tearing our notes apart and putting them back
together in a sound manner. Your talent for clarifying points and creating analogies will make this a great tool for our readers.” Tom Hopkins and Pat
Leiby Authors, Sell It Today, Sell It Now
“This book has turned out so well that investors are calling me and investing more money after reading my book.” Robert J. Davis Author, Right Under
Your Feet
WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT DAN'S NOVELS If
not for the fact that I had known the author in college, I never would have read Caldera. In fact, westerns are not
my usual genre of choice for leisure reading. I must admit that I began reading it with an equal mix of curiosity, skepticism
and optimism. By the time I had finished (to paraphrase David Alan Coe), I realized that my friend had written the perfect
western novel. The story and its rich cast of diverse characters immediately grabbed me and pulled me into the harsh
reality of the badlands of the post-Civil War (a.k.a. The War of Northern Aggression as it is still referred to in parts of
the South) Arizona Territory. It is a world populated by grizzled frontiersmen, fierce Apache raiders, peaceful Pima allies,
dangerous Mexican outlaws and a host of other believable, period-appropriate characters who must interact with one another
in an ever changing dance of survival of the fittest and most resourceful. The ‘action' scenes are frequent, varied,
and compelling.
It is also a story of relationships, love stories, deceptions, friendships, betrayals, temporary alliances,
and grudging coexistences.
The many references to Native American culture, customs and language are authentic and well
researched.
Dan has written the perfect western novel.
GUS WALES, Advertising Executive
As a writer,
I'm always pleased to see another writer succeed. As a professional freelance editor, I'm even more pleased when an editing
client succeeds. I read a lot of manuscripts. Every now and then, one comes along that screams for a sequel. That was the
case with Caldera. Although Caldera is a long novel that left me more than satisfied, it was such an excellent story that
it also left me hungering for more. When Dan told me he was going to write Man on Fire, a sequel to Caldera, I didn't really
care whether I got to edit it. I just wanted to read it. And not to let the cat out of the bag, but I have it on good authority
that Dan is planning at least two more books in the Caldera series. I predict this will be a saga in the grand style of James
A. Michener, but without all the misplaced modifiers.
Harvey Stanbrough
Poet, author, essayist, fictionist, editor,
instructor and Pulitzer Prize nominee for poetry.
Dan Baldwin's novel, Caldera, is a rich experience on so many
levels. His plot lines are anything but predictable - exciting and gritty to be sure, yet frequently elevated to the spiritual,
even the supernatural - sometimes disturbing, but always unforgettable. His characters, even the secondary and lesser ones,
ring as authentic and as contrasting as wind chimes of pottery and brass. Baldwin's novel portrays the real Wild West, and
in particular the Arizona territory, as it truly was before statehood and great migrations rendered it "civilized"
and long enough afterwards to present a historically balanced and well-researched story.
The characters of Caldera defy
the stereotypes of heroes and villains, of Native Americans, Hispanics, and White peoples. They reflect the variety and complexity
of the era - cowboys and Indians; drifters, gamblers and empire builders; soldiers and settlers; farmers, ranchers and renegades;
townspeople, prostitutes, merchants and madams - all against a varied and beautiful, but raw and unforgiving landscape. Be
forewarned, reading Dan Baldwin's Caldera places one in a vast and virtual reality - an experience hard to leave and harder
to forget, lingering long after the last word whispers an echo.
ANNETTE TOLBERT, University art instructor
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