Shameless

OK, I don't want to do this, but I feel that I have to. I have this platform to express my thoughts and opinions and I need to express something that, well, might appear shameless. A year ago, I published my first novel, Better Days. I am currently in the process of writing the sequel, which doesn't have a title yet, but I do have ideas. I self published, and the book is available online through my publisher, xlibris.com, my own website, prestonkerr.com, or through barnes and noble and borders. It is also on Amazon.

BUY MY BOOK people! :) Just kidding. But seriously, buy my book. I personally think that I written a pretty good book, and I am proud of it.

Here's the jist. What makes you happy in this life? Your job? Friends? Things? Car? Family? What happens to you when those things are taken from you? The joy of your life is lessened because you found joy in is no longer there. Therefore, your life is less happy and you feel less fulfilled.

In my book, I explore that feeling through my main character Brady McEwing. I know great name, right? Brady is a good guy. He does things for the right reasons, and his friends love him for his selfless ways. However, the role of being there has created a feeling in him that joy is wrapped up in being needed.

Slowly the friends come to rely on him less and less, which makes his joy less and less and reveals what happens when you place joy in the things that can be taken away at any given moment.

Now, being happy with your friends and people the mean something to you are important, I don't take anything away from that. But, when it's you SOLE source of joy, that's where things get bad.

So where are you supposed to find this joy? Well, read the book and find out! I am not going to spoil the whole thing for you.

My story centers around Brady McEwing and his friends, Jordan Miller, Sean Cunningham, Nelson Matthews, and and Amanda McCoy. I start you off at their high school graduation, take you through college, and early adulthood. Each chapter is a new year. Highlighting the events of the year and showing how Brady is slowly turning into a joyless person who's lost and in desperate need of guidance.

Yes, I know, this is a shameless way to promote my own book, but like I said, I have this forum available to me, and I will use it in anyway that I see fit.

Please, go buy my book. It's good. I promise. Just ask my wife, she read it.

Until next time.
P