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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- Author and Speaker and I read as much as humanly possible.
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- www.ittakesgutstobeme.com
- About Me:
- I am on "The Book Marketing" network and "The New York" network as well. I'm an ex Marine Gulf War vet first and foremost. After that I am a father of one boy, a past substance abuser of all types, a fitness nut, a jack of all tradesman, a felon, a brawler, twice divorced, and a survivor of bipolar illness.
For all I've done (and it's a bunch) bipolar became my whole entire universe. I wallowed in every negative emotion there is to feel and at strengths I didn't know the human mind had the power to drum up. It was killing me...literally.
I've since recovered, although that's supposed to be impossible, I quit every thing I was ever addicted to (except coffee - me and the holy bean have an understanding), and my life just improves in ways I did not see coming.
My story is not believed by some. I've been clinically dead twice, multiple times during each day. I've come out of two comas. I've survived car wrecks, gang attacks, and many other violent physical happenings, not the least of which was the War.
I became someone that others feared, including my own family. Eventually, I simply turned pathetic as bipolar consumed me and robbed me of all my strength, dignity, possessions, freedom, wives, and then my sanity.
I was beyond hope, beyond help for eight years. Somewhere in there I got pissed! The character traits planted in me firmly by the Marines started resurfacing and I took charge. It took me a few years to figure it all out but I did it.
This story and my system, tested by myself, is what's in my book "It Takes Guts To Be Me: How An Ex Marine Beat Bipolarism."
When you read where my life took me and how horrific a place that was, you will feel hope for yourself because I made it out. So can you or your loved one if this is the 6,000 pound gorilla on your back. Trust me.
God's given me countless free passes. There's a reason I'm still drawing air. It's to help you.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://blog.myspace.com/ittakesgutstobeme
- Favorite Books:
- I can't possibly remember all the books I love but here's some: Anything by Carl Hiaasen, The Da Vinci Method, Anything by Eric Van Lustbader, Desperation, The Talisman, The Rogue Warrior series, Swan Song, The Scream, anything by Clive Barker.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Amazon online. Barnes and Noble offline. God I love books!
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Lots of creative types (like writers) have bipolar or something like it. Maybe YOU are the one who needs ME right now!
Please click on this link to order my book:
www.ittakesgutstobeme.com
I spell it all out but not in a painfully clinical way. As I tell my life story, you are brought along on a twisted adventure some have trouble believing is even real. I mean, I've been DEAD twice! Aren't you just a wee bit curious as to what the hell was up with that?
C'mon. Caress the link with the pointer.
www.ittakesgutstobeme.com
The end of the line was staring me right in the face and yet I escaped. You or someone you know can do the same. I figured out a few things and you need to know them. Get my book and get to healin'!
You won't regret it. And thank you!
Please click on this link to order my book:
www.ittakesgutstobeme.com
I spell it all out but not in a painfully clinical way. As I tell my life story, you are brought along on a twisted adventure some have trouble believing is even real. I mean, I've been DEAD twice! Aren't you just a wee bit curious as to what the hell was up with that?
C'mon. Caress the link with the pointer.
www.ittakesgutstobeme.com
The end of the line was staring me right in the face and yet I escaped. You or someone you know can do the same. I figured out a few things and you need to know them. Get my book and get to healin'!
You won't regret it. And thank you!
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Posted on July 9, 2007 at 6:52am —
For maximum effectiveness I am simply pimping my myspace blog.
Hey guys!
I blog 'til my brain weeps over on Myspace. So doing it here would not only be redundant but needlessly punishing to my weary hemispheres. My lobes. Gotta protect my lobes!
I'm a bit of a character and it comes out quite clear in my blog: http://blog.myspace.com/ittakesgutstobeme
"Normal" beyond good health, has always annoyed me and I shun it. I fear it. I can't do it. I always considered that a strength.
… ContinuePosted on June 25, 2007 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment
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I'm over at a few other blogs today. If you get a chance, come on over to see the Christmas Decorations at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/At http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/ the topic is Spoiled Milk. Ever sit down to read a good book and been disappointed?
If you haven't yet, check out the post below about the Paper War.
Thanks,
Morgan Mandel
Paper War
I've been waging a war on paper the last few days. So far, paper is winning. The more I clean up, the more of it I find. The problem is, for much of it, I feel an obligation to do a thorough examination and decide whether or not it's worth keeping.The mailperson is my enemy. He, sometimes she, keeps leaving more paper in my mail box. I'm not talking about my Christmas cards, which I cherish, but all the other stuff dropped off for me to sort out. At times it's torture to come home and see the new pile the DH has set on the kitchen table.
I've discovered tons of magazines over a year old. They were trying to hide in a magazine holder on the side of the couch, but not doing a good job of it, since they were spilling over. Of course, I decided to check the headings on the covers to see if some of the information inside might prove valuable. Wouldn't you know it, I was right. Many articles seemed to good to give up.
I've already mentioned here before about how I also have a compulsion to print out emails that seem important to me. The result is I have lots of important pieces of paper. When there's an abundance, which is the most important? And, where's the one I really need? It is a quandary.
What about you? Is paper your enemy? Are you also waging a war against it? Who is winning?
Library Displays - See Make Mine Mystery Monday
Have you tried a library display? If you want to see mine, come on over to Make Mine Mystery on Monday.Thanks,
Morgan
Christmas Card Blues Is Up at Un:Bound Today
Hi Gang,I've written a short Christmas story which is being featured at Un:Bound today.
You may be able to relate to some of it.
I'd appreciate your going over to look and leave a comment.
Thanks,
Morgan
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