“It might be hard for you to understand this being an outsider; but South Africa holds the souls of its sons and daughters in an almost inescapable gasp. History cast all of us in a strange and gripping drama, but I had deserted the stage. I had no idea what my role was, and felt I would never be whole until I found out!”- fine writing by Rian Malan in his “compelling” book MY TRAITOR’S HEARTHow a “South African became “politically aware”...The journey of my ...

A Story of Hope and a Boy's DreamA story of a boy and his childhood racing-driver hero"A short yet rewarding tale of faith, hope and especially love"Tags: books, new books, Stirling Moss, hope, dreams”, motor racingTHE PLOT:This is the story I set out to write, but we'll see where the plot goes...."Life is what happens in between making other plans."Racing driver in a deep coma...

GOD AND FORMULA ONE: 'BEYOND THE ZONE'"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience."- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin."Aim at heaven and you'll have earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you'll hit neither."- CS Lewis, English poet, essayist and novelist“Whenever (or perhaps rather ‘ if ever’) you arrive in heaven, let f...

How to win in "the top two inches": An examination of/on "the last unexplored frontier", that is the human mind.A look at the psychology of sport. From the basic amateur sportsperson to the professional sportsman or woman.PART ONEA basic introduction to the psychology of sport.Then,SUCCESSINDIVIDUAL MOTIVATIONSATTITUDEGOALSETTINGCOACHING: the role of coaching, commun...

TBI is a much more manageable injury today than it has been in the past, but it remains a major health problem. As people with TBI continue to live longer and face the challenges of aging with TBI, it will be our duty to provide better education and long-term programs and services. We all have brains; let’s continue to use them — injured or not — to support TBI prevention, research, and treatment.”Michael Paul Mason writing in his first book, Head Cases...

It's always darkest before the dawn'“Here was a light behind the despair, beyond the darkness. At first a flicker of an ember, just a tiny pin-prick of dawning possibilities…"https://craigsquotes.wordpress.com/…/here-was-a-light-behind-the-despair-beyond-the…From my various WordPress blogs http://www.fromdarknesstothelight.wordpress.com http://www.itsalwaysdarkestbeforethedawn.wordpress.com http://www.shatteredbrokendreams.wordpress.com http://www.thedriverthenursea...

This is Craig Lock's first novel. A short novel set in "the beloved country". A passionate and heart-breaking tale of South Africa, a true story of the bad old days, but with the hope of the new. THE END OF THE LINE "The End Of The Line" could be described as a "faction", a fiction with a serious factual grounding. It is simple, and therefore moving. It gives yet another highly individual portrait of that troubled land, and it does so through a believable and sustained narrative form."...

14 May 1988 QUALIFYING FOR MONACO GRAND PRIXThe spine tingling spectacle of the late Ayrton Senna on a qualifying lap provided some of the most thrilling moments in the history of the sport. There has never been a faster driver over a single lap - his record of 65 pole positions is unlikely to ever be broken - nor has anyone thought so deeply about it. When he talked about his memorable lap, the one that left the most indelible impression on his exceptional mind, Senna's eyes shone...

THE NEW RAINBOW (including audiolink)by craig lockA “moving” tale of the many people in the rainbow nation of New South Africans.SEA AND SANDSea and sandMy loveMy land,God bless AfricaSea and sandMy loveMy land,God bless AfricaBut more the South of AfricaWhere we live...Bless the angry mountainsAnd the smiling hillsWhere the cool water spillsTo heal the ea...

THE RED HELMETTHE MIND, THE “TOP TWO INCHES” OF THE GREAT GRAND PRIX DRIVERS"There are only three sports: bullfighting, mountain climbing and motor racing; all the rest are merely games."- Ernest Hemingway"The driver is expected to explore the inner places of his desire by taking everything to this limit...to translate it into a sublime peak only he can reach; but the trouble is they're all doing it.... on a narrow ribbon of track, together."

. HANDBOOK FOR SURVIVAL IN THE NINETIES(now retitled and republushed as: ‘How to Survive LifeThis is Craig’s first book: A collection of writings on various subjects to help every man or woman survive in a rapidly changing, uncertain world… after the “easy living and prosperity” of the seventies and eighties. An introductory look at the concepts of success, motivation, attitude, goal setting and stress.* “Life is God’s novel; so let Ultimate Source write it, as it un...

I WANT TO WRITE A BOOKby craig lock and bill rosoman“They say that everyone has a novel inside them, even a great one, perhaps; so then you just have to find the words.”- craig“’They’ also say that if enough chimpanzees were put in front of enough word processors for enough time, eventually one of them would write Hamlet.”*I WANT TO WRITE A BOOK (AND GET PUBLISHED)!(to roars of laughter from family and friends… “Dreamer!”)Me write a ...