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  Are Ex-JW's Suffering From Burn Out?

  by IWant2Leave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the reason that i ask is, in the two years on this forum and you tube, i've seen ex-jw's either drop off entirely or make fewer and fewer videos.

  i know the emotional toll can be high.

  is that the sole reason, or is it cost (video) or do you think it's external pressure (legal or family)?

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  JeffT

  My wife and I left in 1988. I am working on a novel based very loosely on my time as a JW. I use this board to gather current information about JW's as ideas for my book. I no longer have some kind of burning desire to educate JW's. My information is dated and useful only as studying history, so I don't contribute as much as I used to.

  I would describe my wife as an ex-XJW. She gave them fifteen years of her life and isn't going to waste any more time or energy on them.

  Incidently, after we left the JW's we were members of an independent Evangelical church for about twenty years. We're over that now too.
  
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  Has Anything Positive Come Out Of This Coronavirus Isolation For You?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i guess you could make a case of more families being together although that might not be the best situation.

  less cars and pollutants mean we can breathe better.

  if you were ever uncomfortable in crowds, this could be good news.

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  JeffT

  I've published one novel on Amazon, I'm editing the sequel and making good progress. I'm also reworking the plot outlines for two JW related novels.

  Vidiot: what kind of models? Most of mine are 1/700 warships, but I just started a 1/72 B-25, it will sort of go with Hornet, which has the Doolittle raid spotted on the deck.
  
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  Hospital is laying off and furloughing

  by Anony Mous in

  1. social
  2. current

  i've been having a tough time today, i just got notice that our hospital is laying off a large group of people and furloughing others.

  nurses, doctors, we just don't have enough business during this covid crisis, we've only ran at 60% capacity, while cuomo is telling us about shortages, they weren't ever realized, and nys simply won't open up fast enough for us to recover.

  nys has given notice that hospitals are likely going to be out for 4-5 more months before all restrictions will be lifted, only necessary surgeries are allowed right now, with a few hundred of millions per month revenue shortfall, this is going to destroy and contract our business and our remote (rural) hospitals are the hardest hit, probably going to close permanently.

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  JeffT

  I'm sorry to hear that. I've been close to medical care all my life (father, brother, sister all docs). Rural hospitals are going to be really hard pressed to get through this. Where in NY are you? I grew up in Cooperstown, its only by fluke deal that we had a real hospital there.
  
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  Sad News Of Zing

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  very sad news .i am zing's partner.

  first time on any kind of blog so please forgive any mistakes.

  we have lost zing to the coronavirus this saturday gone, in the early hours.

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  JeffT

  My condolences on your loss.
  
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  How can I promote a book that is exJW related?

  by VerdadTJ2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a friend in guatemala who was born and raised in el salvador.. he wrote a book in spanish which i am translating to english.. normally, he would be making enough money to provide for his family by working at a textile factory as their graphics designer.

  but, given the covid19 crisis, he was laid off.. he was hoping to make a little side money by writing a book before this whole covid19 thing hit, and he sold only a few copies of the spanish version, because the market is small and it's really small in the spanish-speaking exjw community.the book is really good, it's very entertaining, and it gives a fresh perspective of what it was to be a latino jw and coming of age in the early 1990's.so... any tips on how to promote it?

  i would like to sell it at $10usd and sell at least 100 copies.

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  JeffT

  I just self published a novel using Amazon's Kindle Direct program. It's a print on demand service that will put out books in both Kindle and Print formats. You'll need a Word file to convert to PDG which you then upload for publication. They have tips on marketing. You will need to do the translation yourself.
  
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  Not JW related, but I've published a novel

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's an alternate history called "1910: war in the pacific," about a (mostly naval) war between the united states and japan after the japanese buy alaska from the russians it's now on sale on amazon in both print and kindle formats.

  it grew out of a short story i wrote a number of years ago.

  that story was just posted on jeffthomasbooks.wordpress.com.

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  JeffT

  Cofty it should be available on your side of the pond, although it may take a while to get listed there.
  
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  Not JW related, but I've published a novel

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's an alternate history called "1910: war in the pacific," about a (mostly naval) war between the united states and japan after the japanese buy alaska from the russians it's now on sale on amazon in both print and kindle formats.

  it grew out of a short story i wrote a number of years ago.

  that story was just posted on jeffthomasbooks.wordpress.com.

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  JeffT

  Scully, nice to see you again, its been awhile. Either I missed some punctuation or I have to see if Amazon ships whole states as part of my prime membership.
  
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  Not JW related, but I've published a novel

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's an alternate history called "1910: war in the pacific," about a (mostly naval) war between the united states and japan after the japanese buy alaska from the russians it's now on sale on amazon in both print and kindle formats.

  it grew out of a short story i wrote a number of years ago.

  that story was just posted on jeffthomasbooks.wordpress.com.

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  JeffT

  It's an alternate history called "1910: War in the Pacific," about a (mostly naval) war between the United States and Japan after the Japanese buy Alaska from the Russians It's now on sale on Amazon in both print and Kindle formats. It grew out of a short story I wrote a number of years ago. That story was just posted on jeffthomasbooks.wordpress.com. I have two sequels that are polical pot-boilers about the aftermath. Those will be finished after I complete rewrites and editing. Feed back on any of this is welcome.

  There is a JW related book (or two) in the works.
  
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  Who is considered more bizarre?

  by incognito2014 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jws or mormons.

  from a public point of view not from people within the religion as that would be obvious.. examples of extreme beliefs or behaviour would be useful..

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  JeffT

  I've long thought that Mormons have some weird beliefs, but they are much better members of the community than JW's. They go to school, work hard and generate more tax revenue. I think the JW's are a net negative on that score, in that they are lower income, so lower taxes; and they have no problem with using all the government money they can get their hands on. Mormons vote and hold office, I know some won't like that, but it connects them to the community.
  
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  People Are Drinking a Lot More When "Locked Up" in Their Homes

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it was amusing the other evening on the local news to see the increase of drinking due likely to people having to basically stay at home.. the news crew went out on recycle day in a couple of areas during the week.

  they showed the general neighborhoods (but not the specific houses).

  the reporter walked down the street and looked into the recycle bins.

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  JeffT

  When Mt. St. Helens blew in 1980 we were living in Pullman, Washington. It's a small college town about 250 miles downwind from the mountain. At the time the population was about 25,000, 16 thousand of whom were college undergraduates. Within twenty-four hours of the eruuption the entire town was out of beer.

  I suspect something similar is happening with the stay at home orders.