A short piece about shopping and changing another’s life.
Hope you enjoy.
Category: Non-Fiction
Beware the Soul Killers now on BizCatalyst 360°
A while back a friend reached out to me so down, so bottomed out, and so unwilling to talk about it I simply sat with him while he worked things out in his own mind.
Being willing to sit with someone without talking while knowing they’re going a million miles a minute is a powerful tool and often a gift to them.
Sometimes people get wounded and need a place of quiet comfort to rest. Resting with someone who’ll offer patient love – the ability to let them know you’re there and available while simultaneously giving them space to do what they need to do – can be the greatest healing agent around.
Eventually, my friend opened up. Someone had been verbally cruel, abrupt, antagonistic, and completely without cause (note I only have my friend’s views on this). The result was a wounding, a lessening, a soul killing.
Provided my friend’s recounting was accurate, yes, the purpose of the other person’s words was to be antagonistic, even threatening. There was no attempt at discussion, at understanding, only a desire to invoke pain.
So I penned Beware the Soul Killers for my friend. Perhaps you’ll also find it useful.
That Th!nk You Do is now an audiobook
That Th!nk You Do, my first title with Northern Lights Publishing and published Jan ’23, is now available as an audio book.
Northern Lights’s A-Team had many discussions about going the audio route, and several audio providers (of course) leapt forward explaining how they’d do the best job.
Already having one audio book failure with a previous publisher, I was skeptical.
In the end, Northern Lights went with Amazon’s native ACX system for several reasons (which they’ll explain). The chosen narrator, Nicholas Torres, did an excellent job.
I also have some promo codes available, and the next five people to become members of this blog will get one.
And as always, thanks for your support.
Four More Books Accepted into Library of Congress
I am thrilled and honored to have four more of my books selected by the Library of Congress, accepted into General Collections, and assigned Library of Congress Control Numbers:
Tales Told ‘Round Celestial Campfires LOCCN 2023448306
The Augmented Man LOCCN 2023448307
The Inheritors LOCCN 2023448305
Empty Sky LOCCN 2023448304
“Nothing Ever Dies of Old Age in The Wild” now on BizCatalyst360
The kind folks at BizCatalyst360 just published my Nothing Ever Dies of Old Age in The Wild, about recognizing and understanding how The Wild sees to itself and thereby sees to us.
Regular readers know my experiences of The Wild are documented under WildLife on this site’s menu.
Enjoy!