The Horned Edge is due to launch in the winter of 2023. Now it is in the hands of beta-readers, who will give the author feedback on the story. After all revisions and editing is done, after the proofreading and the formatting, the book will reach the publisher, Winged Publications, the Jurnee division for sci-fi, and then … it will be available for purchase!
If you are interested in being a Beta Reader for The Horned Edge, please comment on this post, and I will contact you.
What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you?
When people flare at trivial comments or disturbances, I take note. I’ve had my own triggers. On—thank goodness!—rare occasions I’ve even exploded! Too often I’ve reacted in some unhealthy way with noise and fuss.
When I volunteered at a crisis hotline, I took 52 hours of Listening Training. That’s where I learned about the Anger Bucket 🪣. it fills up with old hurts—some dating back to early childhood or teenage years. And when “the last straw” falls in, the anger overflows.
The healing ❤️🩹 of anger takes place in a safe, loving environment where I can tell fully about the experience that triggered me and trace it back to the old hurt 😔. The environment may be alone writing in my journal. Or, in prayer. I can (and do) talk with a trustworthy person —for me, that’s a counselor.
And so, I urge you, use your decision ability to clean out your anger bucket regularly during peaceful and safe times. Then your responses will fit the situation.
What brings a tear of joy to your eye?
Rosemary B. Althoff—gratitude, but …
1. Remembering how grateful I am to have 3 grown kids: Peter, Amy,and Mary. They’re my friends as well as my precious kids, and now I also have the people they have added to my family.
2. I will have a tear of joy in my eye when I get over this rotten URI.
Rosemary Althoff, Author 