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FROM THE HEART AVAILABLE IN AUDIO
The narrator is Beth MacEwan, and she did an awesome job of bringing life to this very special book that exposes feelings never shared before now.
Follow the link below to listen to a sample of From The Heart:
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=det_twe...
Visit my website to see all of my books and to find out what's coming out soon:
http://sj2448.wix.com/suejulsen
Excerpt from my memoir, Bitter Memories
"My name is Sarah, a little girl kidnapped by her father, trying to survive in a world of abuse, hunger, neglect, and terror.
This is a gripping, unforgettable, emotional journey.
This was my life..."
You can also go to amazon.com and read the first 3 chapters, and part of the forth for free.
Website: http://sj2448.wix.com/suejulsen
FROM THE HEART
From The Heart is a book of fifteen poems, exposing feelings never shared before. It also includes stories behind what inspired each poem in this book to be written.
If you’ve read Bitter Memories: A Memoir of Heartache & Survival and the other two books in this series, then you already know my story, and you’ll recognize several poems from that time in my life.
If you haven't read my other books yet, to learn the full story, you’ll just have to read the bitter memories trilogy.
For so many years my life was a living hell on earth, but here's one of the poems in FROM THE HEART written after I'd gone on a three-day retreat. This was when my life began to improve, but I still had a long way to go before I found true peace. Enjoy!
THE BRIDGE TO LIFE
I knew one day I would find a place
A place where all fears would fade away.
I spent my entire life trying to hide
Trying clever ways, I thought, to conceal
Afraid to let anyone see the real me.
I knew one day I would find a place
A place to build a bridge to You.
I was looking for a road or a path
A narrow road to love, to strength
A path to understanding.
I knew one day I would find a place
A place of sparkling waters.
There’s been so much missing in my life
I want to let love enter in
I no longer want to go it alone.
Did I let it just happen?
Or, did someone bring me here?
This place of peace and contentment
The place to build a bridge to You.
Never to go alone again, or, in fear.
I have found the place I looked for
The place to let my feelings free.
A place to let God enter in
With His love, His strength
His understanding.
* * *
I hope you'll get a copy of FROM THE HEART and take a short walk back in time with me. Or, get the audio version; sit back, relax, and listen as Beth MacEwan narrates.
I personally was totally blown away when I first heard Beth bringing life to my simple words, speaking with all the passion I felt during the writing.
The audiobook is truly awesome!
FROM THE HEART: A Collection of Poems and Stories
FROM THE HEART
From The Heart is a book of fifteen poems, exposing feelings never shared before. It also includes stories behind what inspired each poem in this book to be written.
If you’ve read Bitter Memories: A Memoir of Heartache & Survival and the other two books in this series (Trophy Murders and Cutter's Revenge, then you already know most of my story, and you’ll recognize several poems from that time in my life.
If you haven't read my other books yet, to learn the full story, you’ll just have to read the bitter memories trilogy.
For so many years my life was a living hell on earth, but here's one of the poems in FROM THE HEART written after I'd gone on a three-day retreat. This was when my life slowly began to improve, but I still had a long way to go before I found true peace. Enjoy!
THE BRIDGE TO LIFE
I knew one day I would find a place
A place where all fears would fade away.
I spent my entire life trying to hide
Trying clever ways, I thought, to conceal
Afraid to let anyone see the real me.
I knew one day I would find a place
A place to build a bridge to You.
I was looking for a road or a path
A narrow road to love, to strength
A path to understanding.
I knew one day I would find a place
A place of sparkling waters.
There’s been so much missing in my life
I want to let love enter in
I no longer want to go it alone.
Did I let it just happen?
Or, did someone bring me here?
This place of peace and contentment
The place to build a bridge to You.
Never to go alone again, or, in fear.
I have found the place I looked for
The place to let my feelings free.
A place to let God enter in
With His love, His strength
His understanding.
* * *
I hope you'll get a copy of FROM THE HEART and take a short walk back in time with me. Or, get the audio version; sit back, relax, and listen as Beth MacEwan narrates.
I personally was totally blown away when I first heard Beth bringing life to my simple words, speaking with all the passion I felt during the writing.
The audiobook is truly awesome!
http://sj2448.wix.com/suejulsen
LITTLE GIRL LOST (part 7)
Bitter Memories: A Memoir of Heartache & Survival
True Story of a little girl (me) kidnapped by her father...
Excerpt:
The sound of his heavy breathing roared in my ears. I was so scared and so confused. I'd never felt so frightened in my whole life! Then my head began to spin and I felt faint, like I was floating, and a soft voice, a comforting voice, whispered in my head...
Other books in this series:
Trophy Murders combines truth with fiction for an action-packed crime story while delving more into my life after going to live with my mother's brother, Henry (the cop) and his heavy-handed wife, Olivia.
Cutter's Revenge, again mixing truth with fiction, continues my story after being adopted. While another serial killer stalks our little town, I'm living a dream as I write my story's ending the way I wished it could have been.
All my books are based on or from events in my life and have received 4 and 5 star reviews. Books are wonderful gifts, and any or all of my books would be a great gift this Christmas.
To learn more about the bitter memories trilogy, and From The Heart, my new poetry book that includes stories that inspired the writing of each poem, please visit my website at: http://sj2448.wix.com/suejulsen
NOTE: Bitter Memories: A Memoir of Heartache & Survival is not a cozy, feel-good book. It's a true story of extreme child abuse and the will to survive. It contains strong language and heart-wrenching content. Trophy Murders and Cutter's Revenge has the raw language toned down, a lot, and are an excellent read.
BITTER MEMORIES, the LIES (part 3)
Bitter Memories: A Memoir of Heartache & Survival
True Story of a little girl (me) kidnapped by her father, living a life on the run, hungry, abused and terrified...
I don’t even know if Daddy knew how to tell the truth. His whole life consisted of one lie after the other, but two of the biggest lies told to me were:
1) I’ll never hurt you
2) I’ll never leave you
Daddy did both of these, many, many times.
Of course, the first time he hurt me was by kidnapping me, but compared to the other hurts over the years, the kidnapping was nothing! He hurt me by yelling at me, something he never did until after the kidnapping, and he backhanded me a few times, also something he’d never done to me before running off with me.
He knocked Mama around, a lot, but with me, the few months before he took me from my bed in the middle of the night, he just acted like he hated me…like he wished I’d never been born. That hurt, deeply, but even that didn’t hurt as much as what happened the time we stopped at a motel…
Other books in this series — creative non-fiction/crime fiction:
Trophy Murders is not only an action-packed pure fiction crime story, but I take you deeper into the journey of true events after going to live with Uncle Henry (the cop) and his heavy-handed wife, Olivia. A life I wouldn’t wish on any kid!
Cutter's Revenge continues my story after my adoption. While another fictionalized serial killer stalks our little town, I write my story the way it could have been if...turning my life into a fantastic, exciting, and happy ending!
My Newest Book — non-fiction:
From The Heart is a collection of fifteen poems written from events in my life, including short stories that inspired the writing of each poem. This book is also available in audio with Beth MacEwan narrating. She did a fantastic job bringing life to each poem and story. It is awesome!
NOTE: Bitter Memories: A Memoir of Heartache & Survival is NOT a cozy, feel-good book. It's a true story of extreme child abuse and my struggle to survive. It contains strong language and heartbreaking content, but it was my life. The language is toned down in the other books in this trilogy, and the abuse isn't nearly as intense or as often, and tossing in the serial killers does make for a very exciting (even a bit twisted and sadistic) read.
All these books are based on or from events in my life and have received 4 and 5 star reviews. If you still need a gift this Christmas, or would just like a new read for yourself, please consider one or all of my books. Thanks, and Enjoy!
To learn more about the bitter memories trilogy, my new poetry book, plus other books coming soon (just waiting on cover art to be finished), please follow the link below to my website:
http://sj2448.wix.com/suejulsen
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: NATHAN DANIELS
Author Bio:
Nathan Daniels is the author of, Surviving the Fourth Cycle, a new
non-fiction book about surviving abuse, overcoming suicide, and learning to live with mental illness.
Nathan grew up in Massachusetts, where he lived in fear and suffered abuse at the hands of his psychotic father and older sister. The only source of love in his life was his mother, who did her best to protect him from his ominous surroundings.
Frequently molested by his big sister, beginning when he was six years old, Nathan endured this dark secret for nearly a year. At the same time, he did his best to hide from the verbal emasculation and looming threat of violence that his father had to offer.
Nathan's parents eventually divorced, and he moved across the country to live in Texas. There he would face social isolation, living with his mother, grandmother, and a new step dad.
He did not attend school for a full year, and had no peers in the dusty, forgotten trailer park where they lived for a year.
Next came Maine, where he did enroll in school and tried to fit in with kids who hadn't had sexual relationships with their sisters, or been in bar fights (at eight years old) for their drunken daddy's amusement.
It was here that his mom discovered she had Breast Cancer, and he learned his best friend was going to die.
They moved back to Texas again, and the Nathan continued his downward spiral into madness during another long year of seclusion. He began "cutting" himself on a regular basis, and he developed chronic PTSD and severe insomnia.
After another year the family relocated again, moving back to Massachusetts where Nathan began losing touch with reality, while his mother's health deteriorated. She died within a year, and when Nathan tried to reach out to his estranged father, he found out he'd died as well.
At seventeen, Nathan Daniels found himself orphaned, homeless, and at the brink of madness.
He overcame his desperate situation, doing his best to adjust to the world around him, going back and forth between periods of high functionality and intense bouts of insanity for the next twenty years of his life.
He has managed to achieve success as a warehouse manager, and has worked as a Kung-Fu teacher and tattoo artist. An avid bodybuilder and fan of wrestling, Nathan was a semi-finalist in the WWF's first season of, Tough Enough. He's also a licensed truck driver and nationally certified personal trainer.
Nathan Daniels has been diagnosed with: Borderline Personality Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphobia, Chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and he suffers panic attacks, insomnia, hallucinations, self-mutilation, and suicidal tendencies.
Nathan lives with these psychological disorders, and against all odds, he survived a lifetime of trauma.
With a family of his own now, he had to unlock the mysteries of his mind to prevent himself from succumbing to the call of the grave.
He now uses writing to raise awareness for, and fight the stigma associated with abuse, suicide, and mental illness.
Book Description:
Surviving the Fourth Cycle
After a turbulent childhood filled with traumatic events, including the death of his parents, Nathan Daniels downward spiral brought him into hopeless despair and thoughts of suicide.
Orphaned and homeless, he miraculously clawed his way out of the bottom of the barrel and lived a relatively normal life for nearly five years before he felt himself starting to slip into a familiar darkness.
A cycle had begun that would continue to repeat itself throughout his life with ever-growing intensity and threats.
Surviving the Fourth Cycle swings pendulously back and forth between two stories that ultimately bleed into one.
You will experience the author's most recent battle with mental illness through raw and honest journal entries that give you a rare "fly on the wall" perspective from a truly haunted mind.
At the same time, Nathan rips his closet door off its hinges and lets all the skeletons come rattling out through a series of writings that are, in essence, the chapters of his life.
You are in for a bumpy ride as he picks through the bones in these extremely personal essays that examine the intense relationships and experiences that have led to both his struggle to function in society, and his ability to persevere.
Author links:
Main Website
http://survivingthefourthcycle.com/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Nathan.danie...
Twitter
https://twitter.com/NathanDaniels75
Linkedin
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Google+
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Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/nathancdaniels/
Youtube
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Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
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To Purchase Surviving the Fourth Cycle:
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I understand the pain Nathan tells about in his book, and I highly recommend Surviving the Fourth Cycle. Like Nathan, I too, am a survivor of child abuse. To learn about my own struggles and my fight to survive, please visit my website.
http://sj2448.wix.com/suejulsen
