David L. Workman's Blog, page 2

What if they made a movie of your life?

After a lifetime of asking questions to thousands of other people - to understand their truth and share it with the world - it's always interesting to be on the receiving end of a Q & A. How would YOU answer the questions posed to me in a recent interview? Here's a link: bit.ly/2xB2mO8

Letter from Alabama: The Inspiring True Story of Strangers Who Saved a Child and Changed a Family Forever

Celebrating fathers - mine and yours

Long before there was the Internet & 24-hr cable, there was Dad. After Ralph & Louise made me their son at age 3, I always had lots of love & the latest news from around the world. Dad subscribed to 3 daily papers, a weekly news mag, & Life. Every night we watched Cronkite or Huntley-Brinkley. You wouldn't know Dad graduated from 8th grade & then left home to make it on his own. He was always the best-informed guy around, and he made sure I was, too. He is one of the true-life heroes of 'Letter from Alabama,' the inspiring story of 2 orphaned & abandoned children saved by grace, love, & a startling letter. Meet Dad & other true-life heroes here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQIIODK

I was a missing child, and then I was found

65 years ago on May 23, 1952, a boy's life changed forever when a 6'4" truck driver made the 700-mile drive to Mobile AL to find a 3-year-old who had been the subject of a missing-child search for 6 months. When he had me safely in his care, we boarded a Gulf Mobile & Ohio train and sped off to a new life in a new family in a new place. This event is the turning point in my life and 'Letter from Alabama,' the inspiring true story of a child orphaned and abandoned, then saved by grace, love, and a startling letter. Details here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQIIODK

Thank you, guardians of the word & bearers of the light

Starting April 9, ‘Letter from Alabama’ joins in celebrating National Library Week. The theme is ‘Libraries Transform,' and that's certainly what happened to this boy. The branch library in my hometown was within walking / biking distance of my house. There I found the words that opened up the world to me. After the 2015 publication of my memoir of uncommon grace, a family’s love, and a startling letter – I gave copies to libraries in towns where the events in the book occurred. Thank you to librarians who share the world. For more about Library Week: http://bit.ly/1gUe48B
For more about my true story of inspiring people who saved a child: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQIIODK

Inside story of a Kindle bestseller that united a family & changed lives

The Inside Story - how a 2015 indie memoir became a Kindle bestseller, and changed lives. 'An Author Tells All: Surprises and Revelations from Publishing My Story' available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9HV0AQ

Want to be inspired by real people and actual events?

FOR A DAY WHEN YOU WANT to be inspired by the good in people, and by mysterious twists of fate (and more) . . . . 'Letter from Alabama' - a 20-month Kindle bestseller, and true story - is on sale until the Kindle Countdown clock runs out: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQIIODK

Never doubt the power of the printed word to change your life

Never doubt the power of the printed word to change your life. It happened to me, not once but twice. Here's news about a pair of books that tell the story: prlog.org/12609940

An Author Tells All (The Important Stuff, Anyway)

Do you have a book inside you waiting to get out? Ever wonder how a book comes to life (or death!)? 'An Author Tells All' is a quick & entertaining read about the adventure of writing & publishing a personal story that became an Amazon Kindle bestseller. Available as a Kindle eBook pre-order, with delivery to your e-devices Dec. 26:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9HV0AQ

Thanksgiving tribute to redheads who changed a child's life

A Thanksgiving tribute to families, siblings, and a brother & sister who embraced a lost child as their own, a lifetime ago. On FB:
https://www.facebook.com/letterfromal...
At Amazon Books:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQIIODK

Epic surprises from publishing my story

You never know what surprises await you when you publish your memoir. In my case, the surprises were epic. Meet one of them here at the 'Letter from Alabama' Facebook page: http://bit.ly/2d6DzUS
For more about the book that set it all in motion:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQIIODK