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Featured in a college newspaper for the CNM Chronicle. Interview about me and my book, My Mind's Abyss.

http://goo.gl/9PfD1

I uploaded a scanned image of featured article. Me and my book, My Mind's Abyss have been featured in the paper with an interview with college paper, the CNM Chronicle. For the online story read it here: http://goo.gl/VAMut
To see the article you can view my photos. Thanks to my niche for the continued support, I greatly appreciate it.

Hello all! My book, My Mind's Abyss is currently free at Smashwords! http://goo.gl/WDsDm

It is also currently on sale on Amazon Kindle, it is 70% off! It is 99 cents instead of $3.99!
http://goo.gl/Cg4gy

Thank you! And I hope that everyone had a safe and happy holiday!

Hello ladies and gentlemen. I have gotten with the blog program. I have opened a blog with the fine folk at Wordpress. So, to stay in the loop, keep up to date with everything that is Volatalistic, I encourage, no, I plead, well that sounds rather desperate, I invite you, yes that's it, I invite you to my new blog. Get there first so you can enjoy the new car smell, er, new blog smell!

Oh, and it's a great place for bonus features from my books.

http://teamvolatalistic.wordpress.com

John Hoff III conducted an interview about me for his blog! How awesome is that? Thank you, John!

To check out the interview go to his blog:

http://johnhoff3.wordpress.com/2011/1...

For a long time, almost immediately after publication, I suppressed this book, and limited all ebook and paperback copies available for it. I did this out of fear, out of shame, maybe for being a writer, maybe for what I've written. I have been tackling this notion for a long time, and that's the re-release of this book. I plan to release the original raw version (that I since suppressed), in which I wrote during times I was battling delirium tremens, hysteria, and severe depression. The original plan was to write this book and then shoot myself. I guess I didn't end up cashing my own check, and as a result of it I was consumed by fear and shame, and for a long time, it haunted me. I continued making changes to the book, until I eventually pulled it down from everywhere.

I never wanted to change this version, because I looked back on it as art. So, that is why I'm planning to release the original version in all its sometimes confusing and random glory, and also editing an amended version, which removes two of the chapters, making the book slightly less sporadic, but adds some new content, making it version 1.5 (tentatively to be known as "My Mind's Abyss: Relapse". I am currently working on book #2, which is tentatively being called, "My Mind's Abyss: Aftermath (The Art of Dying)".

So, for those of you who've been trying to obtain a copy, it'll soon be coming available, for better or worse, I suppose. I hope I'll not disappoint anyone. Thank you everyone for your interest and your support.

This is a very special thank you to everyone who has and continues to reach out and contact me about my book(s), and have been courageous enough to even share with me bits about their lives and their struggles and their victories in life over substance abuse and addiction.

I really didn't know what to expect when putting this book back out there, but your comments and kind words have been a victory and an affirmation for me. It's been a humbling experience, and at times even a little overwhelming, but I'm thankful for all of it.

I just wanted you to know that every one of you is special--every one of you is hall of fame in my book. I'm so proud of everyone and I hope that I'll never let you down.

Thank you so much <3,
-Phil