Category: about books

• Living with PTSD One Day at a Time – a book review

  If combat or abuse of any kind, mental or physical, has traumatized you, I’m suggesting you read this memoir, even if it is the only one you real in your life. If you hate to read, then listen to the audiobook. Geeze, no excuses! You may also want to read this memoir if you know…

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  February 21, 2022

  about authors, about books, book reviews, book reviews, heroes, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, terrorism, Uncategorized, war on terror, crime, PTSD

  A True Story, Al-Shabaab terrorists, living with PTSD, Meyli Chapin, SAS operator Christian Craighead, surviving with PTSD, Terrorist Attack Girl, trapped in Nairobi.

• RAGE! Trump RAGE! Trump RAGE! Trump

  “This is deadly stuff,” the president told Woodward in a Feb. 7 conversation,

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  September 9, 2020

  about books, crime, crime fraud scams, Lloyd Lofthouse, politics, propaganda, The United States of America

  American Pathogen the documentary, Rage by Bob Woodward, Trump murders 180 thousand Americans, Trump the liar, Trump the malignant narcisist., Trump the monster, Trump the murderer

• An American Allegory Revealed through Stargirl

  What defines a fake Christian?

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  August 13, 2018

  about authors, about books, book reviews, God and Scripture, Hollywood and movies, Lloyd Lofthouse

  How does Stargirl teach people how to live life, What does Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl represent, what is Stargirl’s real name, Who is Stargirl’s boyfriend, Who is the troll and bully in Stargirl, Who wrote Stargirl, Why is Stargirl a book everyone should read

• Boredom

  People who are often bored are at a greater risk of developing anxiety, depression, and drug or alcohol addiction.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  May 4, 2018

  about books, About writing, Crazy is Normal, education, healthy lifestyle, Hollywood and movies, literacy, literature, Lloyd Lofthouse, My Splendid Concubine, procrastination

  How dangerous is boredom, What can I do to avoid being bored, What does being bored mean, What happens if you are bored all the time, When do most people become bored, Why do people become bored

• When the Muse Strikes and A-Cappella Hijacked the Next Novel

  I turned 21 in Vietnam where I’d hold a grenade with the pin pulled to make sure if I fell asleep while on watch, the blast would wake the others.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  April 5, 2017

  about authors, about books, About writing, book promotions, book reviews, Crazy is Normal, Hollywood and movies, literature, Lloyd Lofthouse, My Splendid Concubine, publishing books, Running with the Enemy, science, The writing process

  All about Merlin and King Arthur, it’s all about writing the next novel, What happens when a writer’s muse strikes, When Merlin became my obsession, Who was the real Merlin, Why do authors keep writing

• Are you self-published? I am!

  Twenty percent of indie authors earn nothing from their books. What do traditional published authors earn?

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  September 11, 2016

  about authors, about books, About writing, book promotions, book reviews, Lloyd Lofthouse, My Splendid Concubine, publishing books, The writing process

  Are you an indie author, are you self published, What do authors earn, what do indie authors earn, what do self-published authors earn, what does it take to be a successful author

• What reading level should you write for?

  Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea” has a 4th grade reading level.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  August 12, 2016

  about authors, about books, about indie publishing, About writing, Lloyd Lofthouse

  avid readers, Donald Trump talks at a 3rd grade level, Earnest Hemingway wrote at a 4th grade level, how to discover the reading level of what you write, the average reader reads at a 7th and 8th grade level, what is the reading level of your writing, Writing for your readers

• Downsizing, cows, a one-sided shootout, and The Wedding

  During renovations there was a shooting three houses down when a father and son got into an argument causing the police to be called to deal with the son waving a pistol around.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  May 24, 2016

  about books, book promotions, Lloyd Lofthouse

  a lavish wedding, an abused house, downsizing to a smaller house, downsizing your life, living in a house while renovating it, renovating an old abused house

• Book Promotion for “The Redemption of Don Juan Casanova” on Sale for $0.99

  American clubs like the one in this novel have been the center of a cultural struggle pitting the forces of hedonism, revelry, and sexual liberation against those of socio-sexual stability and control.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  January 30, 2016

  about books, book promotions, Lloyd Lofthouse

  #murder, #romance, Casanova, Don Juan, murder mystery, sex and seduction, The Redemption of Don Juan Casanova

• Seeing “The Martian” Two Times in Three Days

  “The Martian” was originally self-published in 2011 by American author Andy Weir.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  October 5, 2015

  about books, environment, Hollywood and movies, Lloyd Lofthouse

  Andy Weir, film review of The Martian, Jessica Chastain, Mark Watney, Matt Damon, Ridley Scott, Stranded on Mars, The Martian