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Acts of Surrender: A Writer's Memoir

Acts of Surrender: A Writer's Memoir

by Mark David Gerson
Acts of Surrender: A Writer's Memoir
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Acts of Surrender: A Writer's Memoir

Acts of Surrender: A Writer's Memoir

by Mark David Gerson

Overview

An Exceptional Telling of an Exceptional Journey!

Mark David Gerson never wanted to be a writer, never believed in a world beyond that of his five senses. But when life began to chip away at his sense of self with a relentlessness that he couldn't ignore, he found himself launched on a spiritual journey that would redefine everything about him...multiple times. It was a journey of surrender that ultimately birthed a timeless fantasy trilogy...and a new life he could never have imagined.

"A dynamic read for the creative spirit within each of us. Positive inspiration at its best."
– Hank Bruce, author of Peace Beyond All Fear: A Tribute to John Denver's Vision

"I don’t know anyone who has regularly risked more, given up more, to be a writer."
– William Reichard, author of Evertime

"My life, as you will discover, has been rocky, on-the-edge and unconventional. It has been scary, disrupted and a distant remove from what most people still cling to as 'security.' It has also been creative, exhilarating, passion-filled, vibrant, exciting, adventurous and enriching. It has pushed me beyond the boundaries of what I believe and what I believe I want, and it has propelled me beyond the frontiers of the conventionally possible. In every moment, it steers me on a course that I could never consciously chart for myself. In every breath, it reminds me that the story knows best -- the story I'm living as much as the story I'm writing."

"Be prepared to share a journey with a most incredibly generous soul. Read it, love it and pass on Mark David’s gift to someone you love.
– Paola Rizzato, Heysham, UK

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781950189106
Publisher: MDG Media International
Publication date: 04/23/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 334
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Mark David Gerson is the bestselling author of more than a dozen books. His nonfiction includes popular titles for writers, inspiring personal growth books and compelling memoirs. As a novelist and screenwriter, he is best known for The Legend of Q'ntana fantasy series, coming soon to movie theaters. When not writing, Mark David coaches an international roster of both first-time and seasoned writers to help them get their stories onto the page and into the world with ease.

Table of Contents

Overture
About This New Edition
An Act of Surrender
Genesis
Caveat Lector

Act I. Origins
An Inconvenient Truth
Leaving Home

Act 2. Awakenings
School Days
A Writer’s Journey
Writing and Spirit
“I Must Teach”

Act 3. Exodus
Upheavals
Driving Ambitions
Atlantic Time

Act 4. Nova Scotia
No Rules
Birth of a Book
Home, Sweet Homes
Gay? No Way!
Inside “The MoonQuest”

Act 5. Toronto Redux
Farewell to Nova Scotia
Sight and Scent
Voicing the Past, Healing the Present
Of Dogs and Delusions

Act 6. On Georgian Bay
Rainbow Connection
At Home in Penetanguishene
“Dialogues with the Divine”
Return of “The MoonQuest”

Act 7. Back to Toronto
Toronto Calling
The Reiki Portal
The Perils of Pauline
Destination Unknown

Act 8. On the Road
O, Canada
A New Country
Channel Surfing
Sedona Beckons

Act 9. Coming Out
Being Different
Gay and Jewish
Mom and the Psychiatrist

Act 10. Sedona
A New Beginning
The Name Game
How I Met My Wife
Married...with Kids?
Roxy

Act 11. Hawaii
The Land of Aloha and Uē (Crying)
Sweet Surrender

Act 12. Return to Sedona
The Right Place
Changing Channels
Yes...Minister?
The God That You Are
The Art of Surrender

Act 13. Scenes from the End of a Marriage
Ringing Out the Old
Never Forever
Signs of Dissolution

Act 14. On the Road...Again
Guinevere
Pennies from Heaven
America the Beautiful
The End of the Road

Act 15. Canada
Stranger in a Familiar Land
Larger Than Life
Hometown Ghosts

Act 16. The Writer I Am
The Story Knows Best
Cover Story
The Voice of My Muse

Act 17. Albuquerque
Hello, Albuquerque
Goodbye, Albuquerque
Coming Out (Again) for Christmas
All That Matters Is That I’m Writing

Act 18. LA Story
Trading Open Spaces
A Time of Signs
Leap of Faith
The Heart of Desire
Birthday Presence
Sacrifice and Surrender

Act 19. Retracing My Steps
Back to the Future
Passion’s Legacy
Movie Magic
The Write Place

Coda
The Next Surrender...
...And the Next

Appreciation

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