Letters to B - Back Jacket Cover

Letters to B - from dad to daughter takes you through a journey in time. Suddenly facing life without his only child, Glenn finds his world turned upside-down and inside-out affecting him emotionally, financially, physically, and psychologically, a father seemingly left without a purpose.

Relying on past coping techniques for his bouts of depression, some good such as therapy, support groups, church, and friends, and some bad, alcohol and drugs, he continuously struggles on a day to day basis.

At the onset of the holiday season and the anniversary of his daughters disappearance, the pain is only intensified. Succumbing to the darkness seems to be more of a valid outlet then any other.

Its only after he finishes a blog update titled: "If I woke up dead would it really matter?" does he realize what must be done.

Glancing at a copy of his first book,  What it Means to be - STUCK IN NEUTRAL - A lifelong struggle, he takes to the keyboard once more. Willing himself to move forward, he begins a letter to his beloved daughter. What follows is an emotionally filled series of letters that takes you through their life together and how she changed his life forever not once but twice.

If you are a parent or lost someone dear to you, what would you say to them if you had the chance.

Read and relive this man's journey through the letters he writes to his daughter in Letters to B - from dad to daughter. A man's search for his daughter, himself, and his purpose in life.

Letters to B - About the Author

About the Author

Glenn Silva, 45, author, blogger, columnist, photographer, self-employed, semi-retired network engineer, - spends most of his spare time restoring his 1920's Victorian home on the East Coast, collecting sea glass while going for walks on the beach, and dreaming about the life he should have had.

His personal blog can be found at: http://as-seen-through-these-eyes.blogspot.com/
Glenn can be contacted at inspired.images@ymail.com.

Letters to B - Prologue

Prologue

I'd like to say that the reason for writing this book is because of the sheer demand for it. The final pages, no, the final sentence in my last book What it Means to be - STUCK IN NEUTRAL - A lifelong struggle left the reader anxious and hopeful for what was sure to be a follow up book. If you haven't read Stuck In Neutral, which will be most, if not all of you, I encourage you to do so. That could be a daunting task to say the least. But I assure you this is not a continuation where my last book left off although I will include events that did in fact take place after the final chapter of Stuck In Neutral. In fact, this book isn't even being written in the same style. So it isn't a sequel. Not at all.

The "Reason" I have written this book is twofold.

The first is simple; I have much to say, in fact so much that only by writing it down can I get it out of my head and into the space that is not in my head.

I wrote this book in the event something happens to me. I wanted to tell a story, my story to the world in the hopes it could save someone from traveling the same dark roads I've been on and ending up well... at what I'll call the dead end to life as we know it. This book is a safety-net of sorts. I always thought if I wasn't here to tell my story, who would? Now the book would. It was simply getting all my thoughts on virtual paper and not having to retell them ever again.

The second reason isn't as easy. It kept me from going crazy. Now this isn't unlike the first reason at all but a bit more complex.

Let me explain...

I wrote the first draft of Stuck In Neutral in less than 4 months. What started out as a two page homework assignment turned into an entire book. It not only kept me focused but it got me out of bed in the morning and gave me something to look forward to do each and every day. It kept me from going crazy and also prolonged my life by almost three years to the date.

The recent events of the last year have all but destroyed me emotionally, financially, physically, and psychologically. As my life began to unravel what seemed to be the last shreds of cohesion here on earth I started to look at what it had amounted to. I truly felt I had given it my all. I had gotten back up each time when life had knocked me down over and over again. I had loved and lost, and loved again. I had been at the right place at the right time on more than one occasion in my life. I had also done what seemed to be the right thing at the moment only to realize down the road I couldn't have had worse timing. I had journaled, Blogged, and eventually written a book about it all.

What I hadn't done is followed through and gotten it published. I shopped around the self-publishing options, copyrighted the title and my work, and even filled out the application for obtaining my own ISBN number. It has been read by a very limited audience and everyone who has read it agrees it needs to get into the mainstream and be published. It will get there.

Letters to B was born in a similar fashion. A suggestion of sorts from an associate. This book has kept me from falling into the abyss during its creation. It has kept me from opening the door to which there is no return.

It is my hope that whomever may read this understands that pain comes in many shapes and forms varying in degrees. It is also my hope that the majority of you take solace in the fact that you will never feel first hand, the pain I have felt and live with. No one should.

No one should lose a child...

                                         at any age.

And now... Letters to B.

SIN Publishing - The Birth

This is home for where all things relevant to SIN Publishing will go.

The follow up to [What it means to be "Stuck In Neutral" A lifelong struggle] will be posted here in its entirety.

This will include notes, rough drafts, indexes, research material, cover pages, unused chapters, extras, etc.

The working title at this time is: ["Letters to B" - From dad to daughter]

Other titles including but not limited to [Dying 100 Deaths in 100 Days] and ["B" - Gone] are still being considered during the initial draft.

Comments, questions, and open discussions are welcome and permitted as long as things stay civil. It is at the author's discretion that at certain times these comments, questions, and discussions may be deleted without prior notice or consent from the OP - Original Poster. (After all, it is my BLOG.)

Anyone who significantly aids me in the completion of this, my second book, will get a personally signed copy upon completion of the book in its entirety. This will be an advanced copy before being made publicly available in any store (brick and mortar, or online). It is still unsure if this book will be made available in the Kindle format or other e-reader format for that matter. It is also unsure if this will be released as an Adobe Acrobat file - .PDF seeing it will already here online.

The estimated time for this project is 6 months to a year with certain guidelines to be met along the way. The first full working rough copy (draft) should be completed no later than May 29th 2013.

No less than 8-10 working hours per week will be spent during these first 6 months. This is a minimum of 208-260 hours of writing.

Thanks to all in advance for your kind thoughts, prayers, advice, criticism, and support.