Kindle is selling

I just checked in on Kindle today and I have sold five books already for the month of December! I can't believe that it is actually selling better than my print version. OK well maybe I can believe it. The world is moving completely digital and if you care about the environment, how much more productive do you need to be? The book started out with only one sale in Oct, 3 in November, and already 4 in the first two weeks of December. This could prove to be very good going into the New Year. My thesis is underway at my seminary and I can't wait to get this STM degree. Back to the Kindle version of my print book. It has proven to be very useful in the 21st century. I can't even begin to name all of the digital hosts out there that are willing to sell books. The greatest resource of date for any young publisher is to go to www.smashwords.com. Mark Coker is a genius! It is all free and all it takes is one successful submission and your book is available in every digital format known to man. I finally broke down and got acclomated with twitter so to follow me just go to www.twitter.com/writingreverend God Bless!

Natural Bodybuilding

Over the last seven weeks my wife and I have been doing natural bodybuilding. I plan on competing and my wife just wants to flattern out her midsection. It is no coincidence that she looks younger than me even though I am the younger one. Our foods have changed drastically and our work ethic almost impeccable. We believe that God gives us a perfect body so why let it go to waste by just sitting around. Our water intake has risen and when its all said and done there is no room for sugar drinks. It cracks me up when some people that are overweight say they do diet this and diet that. The reality is to cut that crap out! Anything with high fructose corn syrup will bring you down. We have a tendency to get love handles and we found out that there is nothing but sugar in there. After cutting out the sugar and doing high intensity cardio for 45 minutes everyday the changes are amazing of what could happen within a week's time. I had my doubts in the early going, but after about two weeks of training I found my body making positive changes. The key is patience. If it took you a few years to put on all of that weight, then it will more than likely it would take that long to get it off. Getting up at 5 am isn't an isssue anymore and eating 6 small meals a day is my new best friend. I would always recommend training with your spouse or significant other and that way you both can discuss how you are feeling and the compliments and intimacy will increase dramatically!!!!!!! There's no magic formula and no magic pill out there that will help you achieve the results that you are looking for. And no a million crunches aren't going to do the trick either. Make up your mind that you are going to make a change within yourself and stop feeling like a slob for no reason. Persistence and prayer never hurt anyone. Be sure to look for transformation pictures within the next couple of weeks.

Mortified Books To Publish It's First Children's Book

Mortified Books is proud to announce its newest author, Linda Conner to the Mortified Books family. Linda feels that this is a gift that the Lord has given her and wants the world to benefit from the gift. Her self-illustrated book, "The Adventures of Molly Dolly: The Case of the Lost Smile" will be available this month. It is our first Children's Book and we are so excited! She has already made many bookings for signings in schools and libraries all around the Columbus area as well as some locations on the East Coast. And just like me she is from New Jersey!! She has been a school teacher for 20 years and we look forward to her science fiction novels as well as her poems that are expect to hit the shelves hard in 2010!

IS IT NECESSARY?

Yesterday was a blessing to be in the midst of so many people fellowshipping in the name of the Lord. I had the opportunity to preach at Exceeding Joy yesterday and it was well received. I used the Scripture of Hebrews 2:14-18. I spoke about how Jesus had to become one of us in order to feel compassiona and mercy for us in our times of struggle and need. It is no secret today that money is the God of America. There are many people living today that are not provided the opportunity to work that glorified Monday-Friday 9-5. Many are forced to work 10 hour shifts and through weekends for just simple gains of capital that never seem like enough. My wife and I ministered to a young couple who was getting ready to split their marriage apart for a car! The car was the driving force for 95% of their arguments. There was no room for Jesus. "Her Jesus was too small to fathom in a time of struggle." As she struggled through the early stages of her new marriage she asked was all this struggling necessary? Hence, the theme of the sermon. Yes, it is necessary, because it WAS! It always caught me off guard when anyone thought that it wasn't necessary to struggle in this world. If you are worshipping a God who was beat down, a minority of all sorts, from a poor land, and not born into any earthly wealth; of course it is inevitable that you struggle! In my novel, "How Did I Get Here, Preston Brown had to know what it was like to struggle in order to rise and become a better man. His ego was boosted to a point where there was no room for God and not to mention that Lustray was just part of the Devil's plan to throw him off of his straight path that had destiny written all over it. He was stripped of his bank accounts, health insurance, jobs, and even suffered some physical abuse. In case you forgot here is the link http://www.amazon.com/How-Did-I-Get-Here/dp/0982556403 If you haven't read the book please do not miss the first book of the "Here" series. Exceeding Joy and the Banks family thank you very much for the opportunity to share my gifts with the world and I look forward to keep preaching there in Columbus, OH often!!

The Writing Reverend takes post at Exceeding Joy!

For a while now I have been in direct contact with Senior Pastor Conrad Banks at Exceeding Joy. For months we have flirted with the idea that we would jion forces and I would be his right hand man when it came to getting things done administratively. I have been in and out of churches, but for some particular reason my wife and I found ourselves in his church again on a last minute decision. Before the service was overwith there was another pastor there that I have only ever saw once before in my life. She stood up in front of the congregation and voiced to my wife and I that the Lord spoke to her and said that I need to walk with him and everything that is burdening in my family is not delayed, but is in process. It may seem delayed to us, but it is not in God's way of doing. And wouldn't you know it? My wife and I were talking about why some breakthroughs were not happening the way that we thought they would at this point and time in our lives.

During the Thanksgiving Day dinner for Real Men talk we had the opportunity to fellowship and eat with a few families. During that time I felt compelled in my heart to let Pastor Banks know that the Williams family is now on board 100%. We are not sure where this will take us, but we are very fortunate to be in a position where so much opportunity is available. It may not be the biggest congregation, but we are sure that it has the potential to be the most dynamic in terms of blessing others!

This has really been a great joy here in Columbus, Ohio and I pray to see a few more bodies show up within the next coming years. My wife and I will meet with the Pastor and his wife this week on some of the possibilities that are available. I want to work, but not so much that we have no opportunity to minister to our children and finding ourselves in the church more than spending time with our children. I believe that this will be another setup for us to hit 2010 with a bang! The platform is laid out and now it's showtime! I will keep you all informed on websites and bloggers that are to come. Hope to see you all there next Sunday at 3p.m. on 3424 Hamilton Road, Columbus, Oh

Getting into Bookstores

As I was called into the hospital today as the on call Chaplain at The Ohio State University I had to pray for the soul of a young 20 year old man. His mother could not breathe and was in shambles. At the same time I received another page to give the anointing of the sick to a patient that had already passed away. Because I am not Catholic I have the responsibility of calling priests that, because there are not any on staff. The priest kindly informed me that after they have passed away there is no such thing so he left it to me to be the chaplain to the family. When I walked to the patient's room to assess the situation the family was gone so I just said a prayer over the body. The family of the 20 year old finally went to see the doctor and had time for me to same a prayer as the family. It is funny, because often times families in a crisis situation always feel the need to confess to me that so and so was not really religious. Oftentimes I just want to say that God is not really interested in if you are religious or not, but if you are interested in seeking God yourself. The family asked for a little more time and I went into the family room to kill some time and since I had nothing else to do I decided to call one of the local African-American bookstores in Columbus, OH. The name of it is The Booksuite which is located on Long Street downtown. I spoke with someone there and asked if they were open to getting my POD book onto their shelves. They told me that it would be no problem and that they would also promote a booksigning for me in December. So I got the owner's personal email address and she asked that I send in a copy of my cover as well as my synopsis and bio. So it looks like I am in! I would recommend all indie publishers to get their books into Indie bookstores whenever possible. Oh yeah, they are looking for a 60/40 split as well for about 5 copies to be put into their stores.

Why is it so hard for men to apologize to their women?

My wife and I had it out the other day and we pretty know how to push eachother's buttons and we just went ahead and let it all out anyway. I said some hurtful things to her and she said some hurtful things back. I knew that I should have apologized, but for some reason I just could not bring myself to it. I knew that once I did apologize it would smash all the beef that had been cooked up between us. But for the most part I just flat out refused and just felt like that all I had to do was hold out and make her apologize and from there it would be all good. In the meantime I feel that we really went about 12 steps back from all of the recovery that we made since stopping the proceeds to our divorce over a year ago. Now I find myself sleeping on the couch and thinking about things that I shouldn't. We haven't said two words to eachother all day long and we both just interact with the children and don't coomunicate. We are at the phase of having silent arguments and not working with the children together, but on our own terms; which does nothing but confuse the kids. I outright refuse to eat any of her cooking in protest due to the ongoing dilemma and I know that I'm hungry, so I eat when she isn't looking. I am at the point where I feel that there is just no point in all of this nonsense so I think I will apologize tomorrow and get back to life as normal.