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Fun Reading

Exit Strategy is a nail-biter and I hope you will enjoy how thoroughly my protagonist's life unravels at the hands of everyone around him.

AFSP.org

As a practicing psychiatrist, I've personally lost several patients to suicide. In a lot of ways writing my newest novel was a cathartic exercise in trying to make sense of the feelings I went through during those times.

You can learn more about suicide statistics at this link.

So You Want to Kill Yourself

Psychic pain, that feeling of torment that exists in the emotional part of the brain, can be every bit as debilitating as the physical variety. A feeling of emptiness that can never be filled, a torture of past actions that can never be lived down, or the devastation of a loss that leaves a chasmic void in its wake. All can leave a person convinced that the only way out is the ultimate exit. Concommitant with those feelings are the justifications that build in the individual’s mind. They’ll be better off without me. They’ll get over it eventually. My present state is worse for them than my absence. All of which are patently untrue, but soothing delusions that enable suicide.

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Exit Strategy at Your Book Club

In a book club? My newest novel will have your group on the edge of their seats and talking! You can find it on Amazon.

Exit Strategy Dual Perspective

My newest novel provides perspective from both patient and therapist, as both endure the aftershocks of suicide.

Johnny Mandel Intro

The intro verses (via Johnny Mandel) for my newest novel, EXIT STRATEGY say it all.

And I'm happy to announce that you can purchase a copy of EXIT STRATEGY for yourself at this link.

Suicidefrontlines.com

With few exceptions humans are wired to fight for life. Try to hold someone’s head under the water and you will witness a mighty fight for breath. The need to breathe is located in the deepest recesses of our central nervous system in the brainstem. It is an unconscious drive; we don’t have access to it save the ability to slow or speed up the rate.

Read the full blog post at my website here.

Exit Strategy Now Avail On Amazon

EXIT STRATEGY follows psychiatrist, Archibald Wendt, who seeks to leave behind a traumatic professional past and make a new life in a small Ohio town. But when he's approached by the town’s wealthiest man and asked to provide counsel for succession planning, Archie's anonymity turns to notoriety and his world comes crashing down. EXIT STRATEGY is an exploration of the lives we keep secret, the guilt we carry around, and the impact of suicide on those left behind.

Find it at Amazon here.

Archibald Wendt

Enjoy this introduction to psychiatrist Archibald Wendt, the protagonist of my newest novel, EXIT STRATEGY.