Back on October 14, I shared this book by Adam J. Kurtz and a page from it for circling some favorite things. Here’s another recent page, and clearly I don’t listen to any music from this century, but whatever (and also, this page made me listen to The Antlers’s “I Don’t Want Love” and it’s from 2011).
When I look at that list now, I’d add Gladys Knight singing, “Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be the First to Say Goodbye)” because it keeps running through my head while I’m writing. I wonder if other writers’ hearts break when their characters’ love stories don’t work out.
I digress.
I also mentioned in that post that Kurtz had a new book coming out, and I recently received my copy thanks to a very generous offer from him and his publisher, and I keep flipping through it and finding new things to make me smile or think or steel my determination to just be me and stop worrying about whatever it is that plays on a loop in my brain when I can’t sleep.
I appreciate that Kurtz has followed his creative vision his way. One thing I like about both books (and there are more things in his shop that I’ll be buying) is that I feel like a friend is talking to me, saying the things a friend needs to say, that I need to hear, and most of all, being vulnerable and so making me feel a little less vulnerable, if that makes sense. On the inside front cover is written: Even small changes help us transform as life unfolds, whether you’re chasing your dreams or trying to get out of bed. You are here but you’re not alone.
Also, my book came with some extras. Who doesn’t like free stuff?
You can find out more about Adam J. Kurtz at his website, and he’s also on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube.
Interesting.
I sometimes think to be successful, one needs a social media team behind one.
Most of us can’t afford one and have to try to be our own if we have a good or service we want to sell. If we’re not comfortable in that role, maybe that’s one reason we ultimately redefine “success.”