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Memoir of a freelance artist who ignored safety tips from her Spirit Guides. Life on this planet and clues from another dimension examine: art, reincarnation, relationships, childhood trauma, redemption and the love of good dogs. ""I wish I could have your life... but only for two weeks,"" said a friend with a salaried job and a pricier (but less eclectic) wardrobe. Mernie's life was supposed to be more enviable. Spirit Guides on the Celestial Side helped plan it for this planet. A roller coaster track for this incarnation was laid out as a carefully charted course. Then it was suggested the first hairpin turn was too sharp and a bolt might be loose. Ignoring safety advice from sages sure enough, Mernie's little car flew off the track to careen through a very different 'theme park' than expected. Humorous and cautionary tales take you on rides much safer to read than experience. You'll race on sailboats, ski on acid and live with showgirls in Las Vegas. You'll share puff pastries with angels and you might face some fears. Mernie also shows you how to have a career in the creative arts without a real job. Her freelance vocation in both commercial and fine art has spanned forty years.This is a also a story of redemption, so hang in there. (Mernie is rather unlovely in chapters 5-8, but she does eventually get sober.) An artist's 4th Quarter Review looks at stories and paintings to see a bigger picture-inspired by life in this world and glimpses of another. Being only marginally adept with the Cosmic Message function, Mernie keeps trying to hear to the angels... and the dogs. Quality paperback includes 20 black & white illustrations by the author.

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Better than I expected it to be. The dead people's voices are good. -First woman who read an early draft (retired NYC book editor) In this truly delightful and inspiring memoir Mernie shares funny, forthright accounts of her unconventional life. This is the story of a woman who has lived life full-out, made challenging choices, and gone places where her angels feared to tread (and went anyway to help her out). Ultimately, her story offers a rich, thought-provoking-perhaps even healing-read that will inspire you to look at your own life with greater appreciation of the masterpiece that every life ultimately produces. -Second woman who read a better draft (another retired editor) From an adventurous life comes a fascinating memoir. The Incompetent Psychic in my humble opinion, is quite an engaging success... an intelligent and compelling read that hit home for me, like Tom Wolf, Tom Robbins and Hunter Thompson in a blender. I couldn't stop reading it. -First man who read it (Authors note: I was shooting more for Liz Gilbert, Anne Lamott & Kurt Vonnegut) Mernie's honest and magical storytelling is complemented by the fantastical characters that inhabit her journey -First librarian who read it Brilliant! I absolutely love it. I love the dogs, the Celestial pauses, but mostly the progression of recovery and growth. A huge part was the family-like planets circling around the burning out/burning bright star that is Mernie. -Fourth woman who read it I love Mernie's literary voice, her self deprecatory style, her uninhibited way of being, her acerbic humor, her art and her love for the planet and its inhabitants. I like that she has the balls to put her story out there. I suspect you're going to thoroughly enjoy this. You might want to hang out with her. She's kinda magical. -Fifth woman who read it Aghast, engrossed, enchanted and delighted. It had me by the short hairs all the way through. -Second man who read it

"""Better than I expected it to be. The dead people's voices are good."" -First woman who read an early draft (retired NYC book editor) ""In this truly delightful and inspiring memoir Mernie shares funny, forthright accounts of her unconventional life. This is the story of a woman who has lived life full-out, made challenging choices, and gone places where her angels feared to tread (and went anyway to help her out). Ultimately, her story offers a rich, thought-provoking-perhaps even healing-read that will inspire you to look at your own life with greater appreciation of the masterpiece that every life ultimately produces."" -Second woman who read a better draft (another retired editor) ""From an adventurous life comes a fascinating memoir. The Incompetent Psychic in my humble opinion, is quite an engaging success... an intelligent and compelling read that hit home for me, like Tom Wolf, Tom Robbins and Hunter Thompson in a blender. I couldn't stop reading it."" -First man who read it (Authors note: I was shooting more for Liz Gilbert, Anne Lamott & Kurt Vonnegut) ""Mernie's honest and magical storytelling is complemented by the fantastical characters that inhabit her journey"" -First librarian who read it ""Brilliant! I absolutely love it. I love the dogs, the Celestial pauses, but mostly the progression of recovery and growth. A huge part was the family-like planets circling around the burning out/burning bright star that is Mernie."" -Fourth woman who read it ""I love Mernie's literary voice, her self deprecatory style, her uninhibited way of being, her acerbic humor, her art and her love for the planet and its inhabitants. I like that she has the balls to put her story out there. I suspect you're going to thoroughly enjoy this. You might want to hang out with her. She's kinda magical."" -Fifth woman who read it ""Aghast, engrossed, enchanted and delighted. It had me by the short hairs all the way through."" -Second man who read it"

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Mernie got started in Victoria, British Columbia, received her higher education in Las Vegas, Nevada and was a freelance artist in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 40 years. Mernie currently lives in Woodstock, New York where she has an art studio, a painting classroom, an AirBnB rental, an Etsy shop and Faun the mighty chihuahua.

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