ALT 📕 NEW: When a person abuses you and then leaves, you have the ability to heal. Once you go ‘no contact’ and work to restore the parts of yourself damaged by the relationship, you can recover. But with complex trauma experienced in attempted co-parenting, this can’t happen. My book, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨, on parental alienation, divorce, and family fractures... is available now! https://geni.us/ParentalAlienation

ALT 🎉 Happy Book Birthday! 🎂 NO PERFECT CHOICE, a novel by Lillian Méndez-Soto @lillianacubana https://geni.us/NoPerfectChoice When the law decides your fate, survival becomes an act of defiance. After a heart attack lands Alina Rodriguez in a Texas ER, she receives a second, unthinkable diagnosis: a non-viable, life-threatening pregnancy. With doctors unwilling to treat her, the clock ticks, and Ali is forced into a desperate search for care in a system where her life comes second. #BookBirthday

ALT 📕 My book, 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨: 𝘼 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙢𝙨, many years in the making, is now available! https://geni.us/PaintingYouWithWords by @ChrisWoodAuthor @ChrisWoodRocks What begins as a serendipitous reconnection between two friends becomes a vivid exploration of deep love. These poems trace the rhythm of a shared life, from the spark of first attraction to the quiet comfort of "always and forever."

ALT 🗃️ The Past is Never Dead. It’s Not Even Past; It’s Locked in a Box https://www.sheilasharpe.com/post/the-past-is-never-dead-it-s-not-even-past-it-s-locked-in-a-box by "William Faulkner" and @SheilaSharpe Locked in a Box is my first novel, though it's the second in the Kate O’Dade art crime series. It is the prequel to Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief (2025), and I’m thrilled to see it on Amazon and finally out of my drawer, its long-hidden secrets and lies revealed to the world.

ALT 📕 Print Literacy is On the Rise Because of Authors on Substack by @LaurieHollmanPhD https://lauriehollman.substack.com/p/print-literacy-is-on-the-rise-because This is a letter. It is not a message or email. If I could handwrite it, I would. I want to draw your attention to the vitality of humans, you and me, writing for print on paper in books. Reading and writing are alive and well because of us.

ALT "Another compelling novel tracing the depths, losses, traumas, and hopes of Nicola Kitts, one of my favorite characters..." ~ Thomas Fox Averill, author of Found Documents From the Life of Nell Doerr AVAILABLE NOW: 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙖: 𝙄𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧, Book 3 in the Nicola Kitts Psychological Thriller Series, by @JHermanKleiger https://geni.us/PareidoliaNovel AVAILABLE NOW! 👇 ⭐ International Impact Book Award Winner ⭐ https://jhermankleiger.com

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ALT 🔵 NEW: Why Does AI Think You Need Help Before You Even Begin? by @ItWorkedForMeBook by Jeff Burgess via @Substack https://seizingopportunitydaily.substack.com/p/why-does-ai-think-you-need-help-before When technology stops helping and starts assuming you can’t think for yourself... It’s disappointing when I open Microsoft Word to start a new blog; Microsoft automatically inserts a template into the so-called blank document to “describe what we’d like to draft with Copilot,” their AI...

ALT 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟒𝟖 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐯 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞-𝐭𝐨-𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧? https://geni.us/TheBrinkOfWar by @KenAdelmanAuthor

ALT 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟒𝟖 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐯 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞-𝐭𝐨-𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧? https://geni.us/TheBrinkOfWar by @KenAdelmanAuthor

ALT Today is the 40th Anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit —the most consequential in the post-war era, as Reagan and Gorbachev began a steep decline (80%) in nuclear arsenals, Reagan pushed hard for the development of defensive systems (which have proven decisive in Ukraine, Iran, and Taiwan), and Gorbachev accelerated his sweeping reforms, which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Not bad for a weekend’s effort. Not bad at all! 📕 https://geni.us/TheBrinkOfWar

ALT NEW: The Most Meaningful Things We Create Don’t Stay Ours: Watching “The Idiot(s),” the Film Based on My Book The Gambler Wife, for the First Time by @AndrewDKaufman via @Substack (free) https://andrewdkaufman.substack.com/p/the-most-meaningful-things-we-create