TIME IS SHORT, LIFE IS FRAUGHT WITH FAILURE. BUT NEVER LET THAT STOP YOU. REMEMBER THAT SUCCESS DWELLS ON THE RAZOR'S EDGE OF FAILURE. STAY WITH WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND LET NONE DETER YOU. THAT MOMENT YOU QUIT IS WHEN YOU WERE ON THE CUSP OF SUCCESS. IT DWELLS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND YOU WERE JUST THERE. STAY WITH IT AND YOU'RE FIND IT. ONCE YOU FIND IT SUCCESS WILL STAY WITH YOU. REACH AND GRAB IT.
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THEY SAY LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE BUSY MAKING PLANS. THAT HAS DEFINITELY COME TRUE A BIT TOO OFTEN FOR MY TASTE. WHILE I WAS BUSY CARING FOR MY BROTHER AND ALL THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE AFTERMATH OF HIS VERY SERIOUS STROKE I CAME TO DISCOVER I HAD CANCER FOR WHICH I NEED SURGERY WHICH I DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR IN MY PLANS. I WILL STILL FIND TIME TO CONTINUE ON MY BOOKS BUT PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR THESE DARN DELAYS. THEY'LL BE THE DEATH OF ME EVENTUALLY BUT NOT TODAY! BE WELL AND THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
IT'S BEEN A ROUGH COUPLE OF MONTHS TO OPEN 2019 BUT I'M BACK AT WORK ON THE BOOK. SOJOURNER IS GOING TO BE THE RESULT OF MANY YEARS OF RESEARCH AND STUDY. I WILL HAVE MORE NEWS IN AN UPCOMING POST PLUS I WILL BE PRESENTING MORE INSIGHTS ABOUT YOUR HUMBLE AUTHOR, ANTHONY WAYNE PETTUS. TILL THEN, STAY TUNED AND STAY WELL.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! AS 2018 COMES TO AN END, I WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHY I'VE BEEN MISSING IN ACTION FOR AWHILE. LIFE ADDS ITS SURPRISES AND MY BROTHER SUFFERED A SEVERE STROKE AND I'VE HAD TO HELP SEE TO HIS RECOVERY AND TAKE CARE OF HIS NEEDS AND ALL THE OVERDUE BILLS HE ACCRUED. I WILL CONTINUE WRITING (I HAVE NO CHOICE) BUT I NEED AND WILL NEED TO SEE TO IT HE GETS THE BEST OF CARE. HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER. 2019 IS COMING AND WILL BE A YEAR OF GREAT DISCOVERY FOR IMPETTUS. STAY TUNED. GREAT THINGS ARE COMING.
LOOKS LIKE MY FIRST LITERARY RELEASE WILL BE AN EXTRAORDINARY SERIES OF RANDOM THOUGHTS BY THE IMPETTUS COMPILED BY NONE OTHER THAN THE INCORRIGIBLE ANTHONY WAYNE PETTUS CURIOUSLY TITLED
LIFE IS: ABOUT A TRILLION ACCIDENTS ON THE WAY TO A FUNERAL. IT'S SUBTITLED AS THE MUSINGS FROM A MAD MAN'S MANIFESTO. HOPE YOU FIND IT AS INTERESTING AN OBSERVATION OF THE WORLD AS IT IS WILDLY INSANE. LOOK FOR IT IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SOJOURNER -- THE NOVEL OF A LAND YOU NEVER KNEW AND OF A CIVILIZATION LOST IN TIME IS COMING IN 2019. THIS IS THE STORY I HAD TO TELL; IT WAS SO IMPORTANT I HAD TO STOP WHATEVER I WAS WORKING ON AND COMPLETE THIS TALE. IT'S ALL THE MORE IMPERATIVE THAT I TELL THIS STORY BECAUSE IT IS LARGELY TRUE. YOU'LL SEE WHY I BECAME CONSUMED BY THIS WHEN I FINISH SOJOURNER EARLY NEXT YEAR.
--- ANTHONY WAYNE PETTUS Hello, I'm ANTHONY WAYNE PETTUS.
In this column of IMPETTUS SPEAKS I will give you a brief glimpse into the stories to come. I will be uploading a series of videos on this website and on Youtube delving into my upcoming novels and perhaps into the adventures of your humble author of these fantastic tales. You may learn how much of the intensive detail I use comes from my actual knowledge and experience in the clandestine worlds that I once dwelled within. What is real and what comes from my boundless imagination? That is for you to decide. They do intermingle and entwine but it could be be fun to eventually fully unravel in the future. In the meantime, join me on this journey whether we travel to the past, near present, or future or on this world or on another world. I will cross genres in different books leaping from historical fiction to spy stories to science fiction. Enjoy the ride, Anthony Wayne Pettus I WAS WORKING ON GETTING INTO THE LAST CHAPTERS OF THE TORCHBEARER NOVEL WHEN A REALIZATION HIT ME. MY BOOK I PLANNED AS A FOLLOW UP NEEDED TO BE LAUNCHED FIRST. I'VE COME TO REALIZE THAT SO LONG AS THE PUBLIC DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHO I AM AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THEN I COULD HAVE THE GREATEST BOOKS IN THE WORLD AND IF NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT IT THEN NO ONE WILL BUY AND SUPPORT MY EFFORTS. IT'S TIME I DUSTED OFF MY DEGREE IN MARKETING (YES, I KNOW I RECEIVED IT AROUND THE TIME OF THE LAUNCHING OF THE TITANIC--OR WAS IT NOAH'S ARK?) AND DID THIS P.R. CAMPAIGN RIGHT.
IF I CONTINUE THE WAY I WAS GOING THEN I WILL BE BROKE AGAIN AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO LET THAT HAPPEN ANYMORE. THEREFORE I AM GOING TO COMPLETE MY BOOK, SOJOURNER, FIRST. IT IS A HISTORICAL NOVEL WHICH I WILL BE ABLE TO PROMOTE ON TV AND RADIO NATIONWIDE AND PERHAPS WORLDWIDE. NOW IS THE TIME TO LAUNCH MY CAMPAIGN AROUND SOJOURNER WHICH WILL ATTRACT MEDIA INTEREST IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE NOVEL AND THE STORY OF ITS AUTHOR AND WHY HE CHOSE THE MYSTERIOUS NOM DE GUERRE OF IMPETTUS FOR HIS NAME AND COMPANY. THE FUTURE IS NOW AND THERE IS A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO. THE TORCHBEARER WILL BE RELEASED SOON AFTER SOJOURNER TO A LARGE ESTABLISHED AUDIENCE RATHER THAN WAIT FOR THE RELEASE OF SOJOURNER AND ITS FAR GREATER REACH. I WILL BE POSTING REGULARLY AS WE GET CLOSER TO OUR RELEASE DATE. ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH, DEAR FRIENDS, ANTHONY WAYNE PETTUS I'M BACK TO WORK ON FINISHING MY NOVEL THE TORCHBEARER AND I'M WORKING ON ANOTHER SURPRISE I NEED TO KEEP UNDER WRAPS FOR THE MOMENT. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE, IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE BUT WHAT DOESN'T KILL ME ONLY MAKES ME STRONGER. HOPE TO HAVE MORE GOOD NEWS SOON!
HERE'S THE LATEST ON MY UPCOMING BOOK: THE TORCHBEARER. I HAD ONLY A COUPLE OF CHAPTERS LEFT TO FINISH BUT I HAD TO PUT THE BOOK TEMPORARILY ON HOLD IN ORDER TO WORK. MY FINANCIALS HAD FALLEN TO A DANGEROUS LEVEL SO I'M WORKING FEVERISHLY TO REPLENISH MY SAVINGS SO I CAN FINISH MY BOOK AND KEEP A ROOF OVER MY HEAD. I'M DOING EXTREMELY HARD PHYSICAL LABOR NOT NORMALLY DONE BY ONE OF MY ADVANCED YEARS BUT I WON'T LET ANYTHING DETER ME FROM MY GOAL, NOT PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, PAIN THRESHOLD, OR ANY OTHER OBSTACLES PLACED IN FRONT OF ME. I WILL NOT BE DETERRED.
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