hey folks, .
goodreads is having free giveaway of 3 signed copies of my new book: "journey to god's house".
nothing required, just sign up for it!
Thanks for all the great support folks. Much appreciated.
For those who have already read the book, I love hearing about how the book has resonated with you, so keep those emails coming. Each one of them makes me smile and some can make my day.
Only a few days left for this free giveaway. I hope at least one of the 3 free books goes to somebody on JWN...
Brock Talon
my interview with "journey to god's house" author brock talon is on my jwstruggle youtube channel.. brock talks about writing the book, his background as a former jw, and more.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvz-jxx4bpc.
Auntfancy - Hope you like the ending of the book now that you are getting along in the book. Let me know how it ends for you.. maybe in a PM?
Tornapart - It's so interesting hearing different people's favorite parts of the book. I'm not 100% sure about this, but I don't think I've heard two different people tell me the same "bit" that stuck with them the most or made them laugh the most, etc. I was actually going for that. That is, to have many different points of interest to appeal to a wider audience...
Lied2NoMore - To be frank, when I finished the interview with Eric, I thought I blew it. I didn't really say all the things I wanted to say, through no fault of Eric's. So let me add something to the interview that I really wanted to say when Eric asked me to describe the book:
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I wrote the book to be accessible to both JW and non-JW alike. Witnesses have a lingo all their own and my wife encouraged me to explain each of the things that came up so that a mere "normal" person could understand what I was referring to. Sometimes I did that in a funny way to show how obtuse these terms could be.
I wrote the book to be in small chapters or stories to be easily digestible for those with short attention spans like me. So, many stories make up the bigger story, but each story can stand or fall on it's own pretty much.
I wrote the book so that most of the time the readers can make up their own minds as to what the "lessons" are. Sometimes there are lessons within lessons, but each story does have a point to it, sometimes blatant, other times subtle.
Brock Talon
my interview with "journey to god's house" author brock talon is on my jwstruggle youtube channel.. brock talks about writing the book, his background as a former jw, and more.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvz-jxx4bpc.
Eric,
I had fun with the interview. After listening to it with my wife today, it sounded a bit better on replay than it did in my own brain when I was doing it. Your editing might have helped...?
Thanks again for putting it on JWStruggle, the coolest YouTube channel.
Happy,
Thanks for the great review on Amazon.com. It is much appreciated.
Brock Talon
hey folks, .
goodreads is having free giveaway of 3 signed copies of my new book: "journey to god's house".
nothing required, just sign up for it!
Hey folks,
Goodreads is having free giveaway of 3 signed copies of my new book: "Journey to God's House"
Nothing required, just sign up for it!
Giveaway ends September 15, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
Note: locations for sending the book are the U.S. and Canada however. I'm so sorry if that doesn't include you...
Use the link below if the above widget doesn't work for you:
Good luck!
Brock Talon aka LivingTheDream
truth does not need protecting, it can protect itself.
no knowledge is dangerous to what is true as what is true can never be proven otherwise.. .
ask questions, trust yourself, trust your motives as you will never know anothers, trust your reading and research.
I like this post snare&racket, couldn't agree more. I hope young people are reading...
Brock Talon
i have been threatening to publish a book about growing up in the jw religion, then leaving as a mature adult.
well, it's 368 pages and it's done!.
introduction to the book.
Congratulations Satinka. I hope you have many readers!
Brock Talon
my first cigar.
not soon after i faded, i was on a company shindig and they were providing hand rolled cigars to everybody there.
i watched in amazement as this dominican guy rolled them in front of my eyes with great care and skill.
What I've learned from this thread here is that when it comes to cigars, you get what you pay for. Point taken.
Also I've learned that many of us got "brave" after fading or leaving the WTS and started living a little bit...
Brock Talon
this thread's in tandem with clarity's started here in the members only section.. remember the jwn poster livingthedream from 2 years ago?
his threads often had me in stitches and he had a real knack of hooking you into the story so that you kept reading.
who of us could forget the account of the booming voice of 'god' ordering a double chocolate chip ice cream?
Cedars - Please send me a PM on what you think about the ending of the book...
Brock Talon
this thread's in tandem with clarity's started here in the members only section.. remember the jwn poster livingthedream from 2 years ago?
his threads often had me in stitches and he had a real knack of hooking you into the story so that you kept reading.
who of us could forget the account of the booming voice of 'god' ordering a double chocolate chip ice cream?
AnnOMaly,
I pretty much lost track of almost everyone in the book actually. When I left Bethel, I put all of that behind me.
When I faded from "The Truth" about 13 years ago, I put everything else behind me as well.
Never looked back.
It wasn't until I stumbled upon JWN 2 years ago that I started thinking about any of this stuff again. Writing it all down was great therapy for me that I didn't realize I even needed.
I guess I had that book sitting in my brain for 30 years.
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I have since tried to search for many of these folks however. I'm actually not done with that research. What I've found may appear in other writings later...
Brock Talon
my first gun.
i realize that not all jws avoid guns.
if you live where they hunt for food, it was ok to have guns as a jw.
Regarding:
Magazine vs. cartridge...
Sorry folks. Still a newbie to guns as you can see and using incorrect terms from time to time. No disrespect intended.
I'm not entirely sure how that mistake could be misconstrued as disrepectful though. Hmmm.
In any event, a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down...
Is this a penis thing?...
I suppose men like some things more than women: shooting guns, driving fast cars, tipping g-strings... But that doesn't mean that many open minded women won't like them as well.
That said, there are a number of things women like more than men: watching soap operas, reading romance novels, attending Lady Ga Ga concerts.
Still, I've never heard once in my life a man ask: "Is this a vagina thing?"
Brock Talon
