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I haven't been blogging much on the personal side of my life. Maybe as I transformed my life for just this once I decided it didn't need to be on public display. Now that I'm on the other side of the transformation and floating nicely in the current of my life, I'm going to open up. When I share my personal life, it's an endeavor to help enlighten others. If I can give back to the world through the lessons of life experience hopefully you'll either avoid the same pitfalls or nod and laugh, thinking, "Yes!" Something important happened in the last year. Something quite literally "mind altering". After falling into the depth of depression and suffering some major life changes and losses, I woke up. I looked at my life and I wondered, "How did I get here?" I was broke, heart broken, and depressed. I had allowed negativity to take over my positive outlook. I had allowed the negative to cloud the positive. I was living in perpetu...

Sex, Drugs, Murder!   "As Pete walked into the door's shadows, he paused. He thought he was either walking through the doors of hell or entering the next phase of his life."   Welcome to rehab, a place where addicts come to get clean and sober, or in this case ... die! The Abused is a psychological thriller about nine addicts whose poisonous drug use has destroyed lives, including their own. One after another, each addict arrives to face their demons. One after another, each addict is getting killed.   The Abused invites readers into the world of rehab where everyone, including the therapists, have issues. What happens when someone's "issues" become murderous?    Nine go in ... who comes out?     Let's do the anatomy of what I did to create this effective back-cover copy.   Tip 1 - It's a marketing piece not a part of the book and not necessarily a summary. Your no. #1 goal without question is to sell bo...

Sex, Drugs, Murder! "As Pete walked into the door’s shadows, he paused. He thought he was either walking through the doors of hell or entering the next phase of his life." Welcome to rehab, a place where addicts come to get clean and sober, or in this case ... die! The Abused is a psychological thriller about nine addicts whose poisonous drug use has destroyed lives, including their own. One after another, each addict arrives to face their demons. One after another, each addict is getting killed. The Abused invites readers into the world of rehab where everyone, including the therapists, have issues. What happens when someone's "issues" become murderous?    Nine go in ... Nine don't come out!   The Abused -- Coming Soon!