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[Emma]

Sounds like everything is going well Stuart, congratulations, am dead chuffed for you xx

[Stuart]

Thank you Emma! Just the fact that so many people are now in possession of my odd little book makes me feel fine indeed! x

[Kath]

Are you a member over at KUF Stuart? cos someone wrote something nice about your book in the thread i mentioned earlier !

[Stuart]

really? What is KUF?

[Kath]

UK Kindle Users Forum... Another safe place for Indies :)

http://www.kuforum.co.uk

You can read stuff without being a member - have a peek here
http://www.kuforum.co.uk/kindleusersf...
you want post #91 if it doesnt open at the right place

[Stuart]

Thank you! I will do!

[Stuart]

Kath - you are lovely! Thank you!

[Kath]

you are more than welcome... :)

tell you something...
2 of the 3 things that feature most prominently in my life are...
mental health and cricket... HONESTLY it's true...

guess why i like your book ?

now if you at all hint at the holocaust in the remaining 52% i have left, i think i will explode...

[Stuart]

damn! I knew there was something missing! So what do you make of it all so far?

[Kath]

it has made me cry a few times, and i have laughed too... speaking as someone who can relate to the dark bits i think that you have the balance between that and the lighter moments perfect so the book isn't too heavy, which was something i have to consider when reading about this stuff...
i can see alot of the tools i personally use in what i have read so far... acceptance, mindfulness, staying in the now, etc...
some of the stuff has evoked memories of things i havent thought about in time, like meeting Barry Richards...
and it is beautifully written and very easy to read...

thumbs still up here :)

[Stuart]

Bloody hell! Stick that in a review when you get a chance!!! Sorry for making you cry - you'll smile before the end though, I promise!

[Kath]

OMG you will get a review... no worries there...

and no need for sorry, crying is cathartic... :)

[Stuart]

I just can't believe that basically I wrote the whole thing never thinking for one moment that anyone would ever publish it, let alone read it and like it. To be honest, I put it on Kindle because it's the only way my boys could get to read it. Mad how it's all worked out!

[Kath]

bonkers innit... but some things are just meant to happen... and so they do...

anyway... i am at 58% if i have any chance of sleeping tonight i have to crack on... :)

[Stuart]

I'll leave you to it!!

[Stuart]

Ah you're about to start part 2?

[Kath]

yes... and some of that got me angry...

i am going through a whole spectrum of emotions with this book, good job my therapist helped/taught me how to identify them or i'd be in a right pickle...

having a pause before starting chapter 19...

and i bet it is even more bonkers talking to someone whilst they are actually reading your book !!!

[Kath]

best add that it got me angry cos i related to something IN the book - for personal reasons...
which again shows how well written it is !

[Stuart]

not sure what to say! I have been a mental health nurse for fourteen years and have come to certain conclusions that I guess are in the book. Sorry for your angriness!!

[Stuart]

fair point! But when you realise work is an illusion then the whole world is there for you, mate!! (That's two bottles of wine and a five-nil defeat against Milwall worth of wisdom for you!) ; )

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Arrggh Karl I know that feeling, I used to be that way too.

[Stuart]

Forgive everybody everything people! Kath knows what I'm talking about! ; )

[Kath]

Karl... i havent finished yet - and bear in mind i only started reading this at lunchtime
hence the roller coaster...

also my emotions are probably more extreme cos of my own life experiences adding to what is written...

who's to say yours will be the same, you are not me and i am not you...

[Kath]

Stuart wrote: "Forgive everybody everything people! Kath knows what I'm talking about! ; )"

just about to start that chapter !!!

[Stuart]

It's all good from there on in!!

[Kath]

hang on Stuart... i am afraid that it has lost all credibility now...
i no longer believe in your story - you have lost me with the first thing he forgives...

HOW CAN ANYONE FORGIVE THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

LMAO

[Stuart]

can't believe you're more than halfway through in half a day!! And it's a 74,000 word novel!!

[Kath]

73% actually...

and still going...

[Stuart]

wow!

[Kath]

you'll be pleased to know that i am laughing again... :)

[Stuart]

Hoorah!!!

[Kath]

FINISHED!!!!!!!

more tears and more laughter and a great ending to a FANTASTIC book... THANK YOU SO MUCH for writing it and also putting it out there for me to read... it has gone into my all-time top 5 books...

i now know why i wanted to read it which was all of what, 12 hours ago...

looks like once again i was right to trust my feelings (am getting better at that trick!)

promise i will do a proper review for you, just it's late and i have to be up at 6...

[Stuart]

YOU ARE WONDERFUL!! XX

[Kath]

I want to shrug that off, cos stuff like that is still a little uncomfortable for me... but OK... deep breath...

I AM wonderful... and so are you... xx

Right now though I don't feel wonderful, a little tired this morning... wonder whose fault that is ;)

[Stuart]

There! Not that hard when you get used to it!!

I can't thank you enough for reading the book. If yours is the last feedback I ever get about it then it would all have been worthwhile anyway!

[Kath]

You'll get a review in a bit - was formulating it whilst i cycled in to work !

And i just wish i'd met you and read your book a few years ago, could have saved me the fortune i spent having private therapy !!!!

[Stuart]

Everything happens at the right time, Kath!

[Kath]

ok - review submitted to amazon
*runs and hides*
will post it everywhere else in a bit
really should do some work now, have spent all morning so far chatting and writing the review...

[Stuart]

You don't know how much I'm smiling right now!!

[Kath]

you havent read it yet !

[Stuart]

Just the fact that you have taken the time not just to read the book but to do a review as well!

[Kath]

ok it's gone live !

[Stuart]

Now I've read it and you just brought tears to the eyes of my smiley face! x

[Kath]

smiley tears are good... :) x

[Stuart]

the best! x

[Kath]

am i going to have to read your other book now ?

[Stuart]

A Cleansing of Souls? Entirely up to you my dear!! (Remember I wrote it when I was 22 though! But then people do seem to like it!)

[Philip (sarah)]

Kath,how brave of you to share your journey through the book with us, you have sparked my curiosity I plan to start the book tonight. Thank You.
I had a similar experience during our group read of
Words to the Wise by Cornielius Hacker (link not working)How much more meaningful a book becomes when one can personally relate to the story.

[Stuart]

Whatever my little book has meant to Kath, her response has been of equal value to me. She is wonderful x

[Kath]

Thanks Sarah - it just felt right to do that - as opposed to the review which took AGES to write cos i wasn't too sure how much of my personal stuff to admit to on the world wide web !

And Stuart - i have read the sample and now i want to read the rest... BUT i mustn't cos i really HAVE to finish my coursework before i can allow myself to do anything else... (mindfulness and counselling skills by the way - i am sure you would approve and understand) maybe i will set it as my reward... yes, it'll be a great motivator !