D Anthony e-Interview by Reader Views
The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me... Once
Author: D Anthony
ISBN: 0931761255
Today, Tyler R. Tichelaar of Reader Views is pleased to be joined by D Anthony, who is here to talk about his new book, “The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me… Once.”
D Anthony is on a quest to make a difference in the world. He has always felt the need to ask the difficult questions, ever since his life was altered by the untimely death of his mother. Her death set him on a journey to make his life matter again, and eventually, to a selfless desire to inspire others. He now maintains the uplifting website, SomethingToShare.com as an insightful respite from the unchecked stress and spiritual drain that too often defines our day to day existence, a haven for perspective and a place to inspire. He continues that journey with his new book “The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me…Once: Stories and Perspectives to Help You Unlock Your Amazing Potential.”
Tyler: Thank you, D Anthony, for joining me today.
Anthony: Hello Tyler. It’s great to be here.
Tyler: To begin, will you tell us a little bit about how the book is structured, and why you decided to write it as a series of short stories?
Anthony: As your question indicates, the book is comprised of motivational and inspirational life stories—as well as poems and maxims. All are categorized within eight chapters involving pretty wide ranging topics such as being a leader, maintaining perspective, having passion, dealing with death and sustaining faith. Within the chapters, the order is random—thus mimicking the randomness of life. Because the book is primarily made up of short stories and poems, each can stand alone, offering its own distinctive motivational and/or inspirational message. This seems to be a popular aspect of the book as frequently readers comment how great it is to be able to pick up the book and read a passage or two anytime they could use a quick injection of motivation and inspiration. A number of readers have commented that they intentionally are not allowing themselves to read the book straight through, cover to cover—instead reading one a day to allow each passage and the associated impact the necessary time to sink in. Some readers have told me that they can’t seem to make it to the end of the book, because they continue to find themselves going back to reread previous passages that uniquely spoke to them.
Ultimately, although the individual passages cover a range of topics and opportunities for growth; collectively they are simply about who we are, who we will be and our degree of happiness, fulfillment and relevance in the time we have. As a whole, the inspiring life stories, poems and maxims offer a frank, yet insightful and empowering perspective for permanently enhancing your approach to, and getting the most out of, this life.
Tyler: D Anthony, that’s a wonderful reaction to be receiving from readers. Would you summarize for us just one of the stories, perhaps your favorite, in the book?
Anthony: Two have popped into my mind here. So, if it’s okay with you, I’ll give a brief synopsis of each… since each one speaks to a different core message within the book.
There’s one life story entitled, “Lucky You?” that offers a different take on what it truly means to be lucky. It recounts a test that was conducted with two women, with very different personal perspectives as to how lucky respectively each was. Detailing the series of three tests, the inspirational story considers their varying mindsets and behaviors—and how the long-term effects of these enhance or inhibit the ultimate degree of success. In other words, if you really want to increase your opportunities for success, it begins with changing your perspectives, decisions and actions—and stacking life’s proverbial deck in your favor. Then, as your enhanced odds begin to play out, others will refer to you as lucky too.
The second life story, “Back To Normal,” is a very different take on 9-11. With the horrible events of that day as a backdrop, this story considers the altered perspectives, decisions and actions in the days immediately following, our ever present need quickly to get past that day (and every other negative event in our life)…and get back to normal—and the resulting missed opportunities we have to learn and grow. Lastly, the inspirational story questions whether the ‘normal’ that we should be striving for isn’t something a little closer to the ‘normal’ our grandparents and great-grandparents knew… in some respects, the kind of ‘normal’ many of us too (for a limited time) begin to appreciate in the days and weeks following that catastrophic day.
Tyler: Would you tell us a little bit more about “Back to Normal”? Did you do any research on how people’s perspectives were altered on 9-11, or is it purely your imagining a change in perspectives? What happens in the story?
Anthony: By and large, my passages grow out of experiences, observations and a healthy dose of consideration why—or why not, as the case might be. And the same is true for “Back to Normal.” Some months after 9-11, I found myself absolutely captivated by a television program I happened to stumble upon. From her hospital bed, a woman tearfully recounted her very own incredible story from that infamous day—somehow having survived the harrowing catastrophic event, the likes of which we’d never seen…one that few that day were fortunate enough to walk away from. As I listened to her heartfelt, appreciative words, it struck me how changed her perspective and her life, as a whole, must have been.
Separately, I had been feeling somewhat dismayed about what I was witnessing around me. While immediately after 9-11, collectively it was evident that our priorities had changed. Churches were full, business trips were largely eliminated, society’s new role models fought fires and crime and people spoke to each other on the street—and really spent quality time with their children. I had begun to think maybe, just maybe, there was at least some good that we would collectively derive from that horrific day. Merely months later however, and society’s perspectives had seemingly completely regressed.
Those two perspectives would come together—and “Back to Normal” was the result.
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D Anthony e-Interview by Book Pleasures
The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me... Once
Author: D Anthony
ISBN: 0931761255
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest D Anthony author of The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me…Once.
Good day D Anthony and thanks for participating in our interview.
Anthony:
Thank you and your readers for having an interest and being willing to invest the time.
Norm:
Please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background.
Anthony:
Well, as I mention in my book, “The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me… Once: Stories and Perspectives to Help You Unlock Your Amazing Potential” the important thing for readers to note is that I am not a doctor – and have no related certifications of any kind. I am merely someone blessed with the need to, since long ago when I was a child, always ask why, and cursed with the need to then seek the logical answer.
The only degree on my proverbial wall is a Bachelor’s in Computer Based Information Management. And that’s the direction I was heading in, fully immersed on my chosen technical career path (including programmer, PC support specialist and telecommunications management) – then life, as I knew it, ceased to exist. Just like that, my mom was unapologetically and unceremoniously taken away. I was devastated. I had much heartache. I had much anger. And there was little fairness, meaning or purpose in it all to be found. My mom simply wasn’t here anymore and nothing else mattered – not even life itself. I wrote something to release some of my pent-up feelings. It proved therapeutic. I wrote some more. I realized it was therapeutic for others. The more I wrote, the more I had to say. And in time, the wonder of life again began to take hold, revealing an even more inspired and motivated me – bolstered with true purpose in life now fully understood. And I’ve been writing since…
Norm:
Did you have a set plan when writing your book or was it improvisational?
Anthony:
Definitely improvisational… In fact, some of the earlier stories, poems and maxims in the book, weren’t written for the book. They were originally written as rotational content for the inspirational website I founded eight years (or so) ago, SomethingToShare.com. Based on testimonials from site guests about how helpful the passages were however, it occurred to me that I needed to expand the audience… I needed to compose enough content to publish my first motivational and inspirational book. And a lot of writing, a lot of learning, and a number of sleep deprived nights… has me here…
Norm:
What's the most difficult thing for you about writing your book?
Anthony:
I would say maintaining my focus on all of the administrative tasks necessary to complete the book – when what I really wanted, and felt like I needed, to do was to just keep writing. Now that the book is completed, the internal conflict continues over the time required for marketing.
Norm:
What has been your overall experience as a published author?
Anthony:
The experience of being a published author has been remarkable. The book is significantly expanding the audience for the inspirational and motivational message. The volume of positive feedback, complimenting the relevance of the passages and the potential impact they could have, and are having, in readers’ lives has been absolutely incredible thus far. Similarly receiving so many heartfelt reviews and perspectives to this point, complimenting the writing style and degree to which the individual passages are engaging, have further motivated me, as well. Like the terrific Bookpleasures.com review from you Norm (again thank you)… Bottom line, I’m just grateful and very much inspired by the unbelievably positive energy I’m receiving.
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