Monday, October 26, 2026

The Messy Writer: Creating Stories When Your Brain Has 47 Tabs Open

   Waste Can with Krumbled Up Papers


The Messy Writer:

Creating Stories When Your Brain Has 47 Tabs Open


What if you aren't a bad writer? What if you're just a messy one?

Writing advice often assumes you're a writer with consistent energy, uninterrupted time, endless motivation, and a brain that stays focused on one project at a time. But what happens when that's not true?

In The Messy Writer, K. E. Koontz explores the realities of creating with: 

  • ADHD,
  • chronic illness, 
  • disability, 
  • brain fog, 
  • hyperfixation,
  • and a tendency to collect unfinished stories.

Through personal stories and practical strategies, she challenges the idea that there is only one right approach to creativity. 

Learn how to work with your energy instead of against it, navigate brain fog, return to abandoned drafts, adapt your writing process to your body, and build a creative system that can bend when life gets messy so you don't have to break. 

If you have ever felt like traditional writing advice wasn't built for their brain, The Messy Writer offers a different way forward. Perfect for readers of How to Keep House While Drowning, The Anti-Planner, and Big Magic.



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Sunday, October 25, 2026

The Adventures Of Digger The Magic Cat The Jewel of the River An LBGTQ+ Primer

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The Adventures Of Digger The Magic Cat The Jewel of the River An LBGTQ+ Primer


An exciting original "animal adventure" story, ideal reading for literate grade-school age children. It is also the perfect story for parents to read to their kids. Containing twenty-seven pictures, each of the twenty-one chapters of this 200 page novel is followed by "Food For Thought" questions. These are designed to teach many life-situations seldom discussed at home, as well as to inspire discussion of the interesting story lines. 


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Saturday, October 24, 2026

Being the Light: A Practical Guide to Walter Russell’s Teachings in The Secret of Light & The Divine Iliad

   Bright Light in the Dark Sky


Being the Light:

What if science and spirituality were never meant to be separate? In 1921, artist and scientist Walter Russell entered a state of expanded consciousness that revealed the hidden structure of creation itself. His revelations—later shared in The Secret of Light and The Message of the Divine Iliad—described the universe as one living field of Light, where matter, motion, and spirit are unified. They’re brilliant… but not easy to understand. Being the Light makes Russell’s teachings clear, practical, and deeply human. It bridges metaphysics and daily life, showing you how to live from the same Source energy that powers the stars. Inside, you’ll discover: The truth behind matter, motion, and stillness How desire becomes the blueprint of creation Why you were never separate from the Source Where science and spirituality finally meet
Practical ways to realize you are the Light—and remember it in daily life through simple exercises and reflections Whether you’re drawn to spiritual science, universal law, or expanded consciousness, this book will help you see what Russell saw— that you are not here to find the Light, but to live as it. Because you ARE the Light! Simple. Practical. Transformative. A guide for anyone ready to understand and embody the physics of the soul.






Thursday, October 22, 2026

Radical Islam, Mass Immigration, and Their Effects on the Western World: Immigration, Extremism, and the Test of Liberal Democracy

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Radical Islam, Mass Immigration, and Their Effects on the Western World:

Immigration, Extremism, and the Test of Liberal Democracy

“What happens when a country changes faster than its institutions can keep up?” From Sweden’s gang violence to Britain’s grooming-gang scandals, from immigration pressures in Canada to debates over Islamist extremism across Europe—there are questions Western governments cannot afford to ignore. What do the facts actually reveal? Radical Islam, Mass Immigration, and Their Effects on the Western World





Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Murder at the Shore

  Couple Walking the Shoreline with Fireworks in the Sky


Windemere Bay is a peaceful summer resort at the New Jersey Shore, where families return year after year for sun, swimming, and relaxation. For twenty-year-old college student Alex Rhodes, it’s supposed to be the perfect escape—lazy beach days with friends, a summer job at the local supermarket, and the hope of finally asking out Grace, the new cashier who catches his eye. Then the notes appear. On the Fourth of July, identical typed messages turn up in every mailbox: “SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE TONIGHT.” Most people laugh it off as a sick prank. Until the assistant groundskeeper is found floating lifeless in the resort pool the next morning. The police rule it an accident. Alex isn’t convinced. When a second body turns up—and then a third—the pattern becomes impossible to ignore. As more cryptic warnings appear, the idyllic resort begins to feel like a trap, and Alex realizes someone at Windemere Bay may be hiding a deadly secret. With the body count rising, Alex and his tight circle of friends race to uncover the truth before another life is taken. In a close-knit summer community where everyone knows your name, the killer could be anyone. Murder at the Shore is an atmospheric whodunit blending small-town secrets, summer nostalgia, amateur sleuthing, and escalating danger along the Jersey Shore. The first book in the Windemere Bay Mysteries series. This 2nd Edition features smoother pacing, a revised ending, updated formatting, and a new cover. Available now—because some notes you can’t ignore.



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Sunday, October 18, 2026

The House on Boyd Street

  House with Birds Flying out of Chimney.


The House on Boyd Street


Some houses shelter you. Others raise you. At Boyd Street, the walls did more than protect-they remembered. They held laughter, grief, discipline, love, and the quiet lessons that shape a boy into a man.Cobby M. Williams invites you inside a home where generations lived, struggled, and grew together-where survival and strength were built day by day and where leaving was never as simple as walking out the door. Through vivid storytelling and emotional honesty, he captures the beauty and weight of family, the realities of growing up, and the moments that slowly pull you away from where you began.But leaving is never simple. No matter how far you go, some houses never let you go. The House on Boyd Street is a powerful story of memory, identity, and belonging-of what shapes us, what stays with us, and what calls us home long after we've tried to move on.



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Thursday, October 15, 2026

Set The Tone: What to Say, and How to Lead, When It Matters Most (Coaching Playbook For Modern Times)

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Restaurant and food service managers do not need more theory. They need something that holds up on a Saturday night when half the team is new, the rush will not stop, and everyone is watching to see how you handle it. This is that system. Written for the people who run the floor, The Coaching Playbook gives you a full framework built on behavior, not personality. You will learn how to build trust fast, cut turnover, and lead with purpose even when you are not the one with the title. At the center is the Coaching Loop: Observe, Coach, Apply, Review, Repeat. Five simple moves you can run on any shift, with any team, starting tomorrow. Around it you get the daily huddle that builds culture in five minutes, coaching logs and behavior scoreboards that actually get used, and feedback scripts written the way people really talk. No corporate language. No binder nobody opens.

Inside you will find four frameworks that work together. The Ted Lasso Effect, on leading with belief. The Shoresy Standard, on holding the line and hating to lose. The Assist Standard, on putting the team above the individual. And the Whole Roster Principle, the idea that you do not have weak people, you have strengths and opportunities you have not coached yet. It is warmth and fire in the same leader. Heart and an uncompromising standard. Written in one voice that reads the same whether you run a line, a floor, a bar program, or a district. Clay David Laugier spent more than twenty years leading teams in restaurants, food service, and hospitality before founding Clay Laugier Ventures. He writes for the person running a double on four hours of sleep who still finds a way to make their team believe the night is going to go well. Your team isn't broken. Your system is. Lead with heart. Coach with clarity. Let's set the tone.




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