CNN posted an article about how suicide rates have risen by 33% in nearly twenty years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also published similar results. “For some health experts, the rise in suicide comes as no surprise.”
My gawd. When something or some event does not surprise you, then you must have had some prior knowledge of it; in this case, the increase in suicides. Worse, you did nothing about it. Continue reading Only THE DEAD Are Experts On the Subject of Suicide
The following is the introduction to Chapter One by Dr. Jon Moore:
Being a textbook practitioner of the anal arts—please read: compulsively obsessive and obsessively compulsive—I often puzzle over the impossibly complex neural processes that lead a human being even to consider taking her own life. After all, they and their parents, for most people, have already invested at least fifteen years in that life, although for the average suicide—excuse me, suicidal person—this may not have been a particularly pleasant experience.
Continue reading Excerpt from Suicide Tango: Why Do You Want To Kill Yourself?
This tiny post shows you some of the costs of being an independent author in today’s market, which is flooded with a whole lotta content that may only be read by one person (you). This reality check will also encourage you to do whatever it takes to promote your beautiful book, regardless of the cost.
Continue reading Who Cares About the High Cost of Being An Independent Author?Growing up a kid these days is the most challenging thing. We have so many distractions that compete for our limited attention, and we often go down dark roads when we can’t decide what to choose. Continue reading Why Write A Novel About Teen Suicide?
