Category: General (Page 4 of 18)

It’s that time of year again, and I just wanted to drop a line to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving.

It’s always at the holidays that I try to take some time for self reflection and to really consider what I’m thankful for (by the way, if you want to make it a habit to reaffirm what you’re thankful for, check out the Five Minute Journal), and to reconnect with the people who mean the most to me.

So, I want to thank you all for being there for me when I’ve needed you before. Thank you for the lessons, your criticism, your support, the late nights talking about things that ultimately have no importance. Thank you for the entertainment, the smiles, and all the fun we’ve had together. You are my family, and you will always mean the world to me.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Good morning/evening, depending on where you are.

I’m writing so soon because I’m asking for feedback.

If you have a few hours to read through my book and are willing to provide some feedback, and have some kind of digital reader, then let me know what reader you have (so I know what format to send), and I’ll send you a copy of my digital file.

Either post your reader in a comment below, or shoot me a message on my contact page.

I’ll send you a download link within 24 hours with the link to your appropriate version.

Right now, epub and mobi are available. That should work for most readers.

Let me know!

Well, I’m back!

By that, I mean that the site is back up and running. I found a very inexpensive hosting plan and was able to get it working again.

I’ll be posting some news, as there’s a lot of it to post (Although, I won’t be able to post everything publicly). I also need to get back in touch with some of you that I have not been able to stay in touch with for various reasons.

I apologize that I disappeared. Over the next couple months, I’ll be sending emails, making phone calls, and trying to rebuild relationships that I’ve allowed to break down.

My very personal situation (family) is at a point right now where I can’t blog publicly about it. Actually, for that reason, I started journaling everyday to get it out of my system. Yeah, I mean the old fashion way with pencil and paper. I needed an outlet, so I started “creating.”

I’ve been “creating” a lot. I mean a lot. Pretty much every second of free time I have, I’m either reading (research), writing, filming, or recording. A lot of it is just journaling in my composition notebook, but it’s also takes shape in recording quotes in my Moleskine, writing on my test blog, writing/editing books (I’ve started 2 more), recording and editing podcasts, and testing video blogging (nothing posted publicly yet).

For those of you who are technically inclined, I’ve decided to pass my first book out to a select few to get a better idea of your thoughts. I’m not finished editing it yet, but I think I’m at the point where I need feedback, so if you want to read it, and you have a digital platform, like a Kindle, let me know.

I haven’t figured out the whole story for the second one. I’m stuck on a few very main points, and because of that, I’m afraid I’m going to have to scrap most of what I’ve already written for it, and start over. 

Anyway, if you want to read my first book, let me know. I’m going to be packaging it in a nice digital format, and passing it out within the next couple weeks.

Books I’ve read in the last couple months:

• Walden
• Four Hour Workweek
• Call of the Wild
• Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
• Outliers
• Musashi
• The Meditations

I’m considering writing reviews and putting in a section on the blog for the books that I read. Much of what I read is older… like very old. But everyone gets a little something different out of the books that they read, plus I think it would be fun to start writing book reports again…

Is that weird?

Anyway, I think that’s enough for now. 

Well, it feels like it’s been ages. Around six months I think.

Despite the time, there’s not much to report, so I’ll bullet point it, and try to keep things relatively brief while simultaneously giving enough information to start the conversation.

So here we go:

On the parent front. My son is amazing. I get to spend far too little time with him, but he’s beautiful. He’s just over six months old now, and he’s gotten big. He’s about 9kg now (nearly 20 pounds). He’s a very curious young man, and always checking everything out. I’ve added an album in my gallery dedicated to Ren. Just a few photos. 

On working. Recruitment is interesting. At first, it was killing me. I didn’t really know what I was doing, and there were some real setbacks as I was both getting started with that while simultaneously getting started with a family. Now, after a series of small successes, alongside plenty of failures, I’m beginning to be able to crawl out of the hole. I’m now looking at making some small commissions for the year, as well as getting a decent start on next quarter. We shall see what the future brings.

On my book. The writing is officially finished. The editing is mostly finished. I am in the process of moving some edits over from paper to digital. I’m planning on going the self publishing route, and I’m planning a Kickstarter campaign. Hopefully it will be up by the end of this month, but I said that last month too. With all the stuff I have going on, it’s been difficult to get it figured out. You can check updates here: https://twitter.com/WitheringBook (Not a lot of activity yet, but I’ll update it more as things start to happen).

Aside from all that, not much has changed. There were some website updates, so now you’re going to see Amazon adds below and in the sidebar. Basically, I’m testing it out before I start another project that I’m currently in the process of working on. If you use that link, then Amazon will donate a small percent of what you spend directly to me, so you don’t have to do anything other than you normally do. Since only the people closest to me check this site, I figured I’d use this site as a testing ground (by the way, if you run an ad blocker, you won’t be able to see the ads unless you add an exception to this site). Hopefully, I can get the other project out sooner rather than later. More updates as that begins to materialize.

I think that’s it for now. Please keep in touch. I know I’ve been terrible about it. I’m sorry. I’m going to try to be more vigilant about it.

Oggy

Hello everyone!

I hope all is well. Wow, two posts in a month. That hasn’t happened in a while.

Anyway, this isn’t a social visit, it’s more of a what’s going on on the business side of things.

First, my hosting account has dried up, so I’m going to be migrating the site over to a new host over the course of the next couple weeks. YAY!!! Wait wait wait…. That may mean that there will be some downtime. BOO!!! Probably not a big issue here, since I don’t get millions, thousands, or even hundreds of visitors, but a minor inconvenience.

Secondly, I mentioned in my last post that if anyone wants to be so kind to donate to my baby cause, they could contact me to get details. I figured I’d make it easy. I set up this really easy Paypal option. So, if you feel so inclined (no pressure) to donate $5, $10, or even $1,000,000, I’d greatly appreciate it!

I’ll also add this to my home page to make it easier.

Thirdly, I’m starting to look for options in publishing. I’m going to start with trying to get published traditionally. If that doesn’t work, I’ll look into self publishing. It’s a little expensive to do that, though, so if anyone is interested in my book, let me know. I will go more into details about the options as I figure more out.

That’s the current state of affairs.

Bryan