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Chat And Spin Interview

This page is for the audience that heard Ron Clark’s May 28, 2020 interview with me on Chat-and-Spin Radio.  Click on the link to hear the not-for-profit station live.  You’ll discover a mix of interesting music and interviews in this U.K.-based station.

The Interview

Free Resources

Links to the free books that Ron Clark and I discussed in the interview.  They are perfect for children and adults who want entertaining, empowering books.

  • The Poetry of Vehicles – Free .pdf book. Perfect for adults and children who love classic cars.
  • Come In, Come In – Free .pdf book. Younger children can spend hours coloring it, more mature students illustrate poems, and everyone, including adults who enjoy poetry.
  • and Love is in the Air – An interactive presentation that shows the comprehensive nature of love.

The Monster on Top of the Bed and Other Books by Alan H. Jordan

This is a link to a FREE video of The Monster on Top of the Bed, narrated by Virginia Castleman that I discussed in the interview.

You can read many 4-star and 5-star reviews, see Alan’s Kindle Books and buy the printed book in the U.K. Amazon site here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alan-H-Jordan/e/B006BHWKQI

Here’s a link to Alan’s books on Amazon’s U.S. Site

Here’s a link to the Monster on Top of the Bed on Barnes & Noble’s site

Help to Refine I Feel Good! A Book for Children and Adults

Excerpts

 

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS BOOK WILL BE ILLUSTRATED

Hi. I’m Alan. Sometimes, I tell myself things like, “I’m not good for anything,” “I can’t do this,” or “I keep messing up.” Saying these words makes me feel like a soggy towel. But I know how to push thoughts that bother me away. I know how to have an excellent day or a relaxing night. When I read or speak my feel-good words three times, and say them differently each time, they wrap around me and make me feel good, like a warm blanket.

[Words between asterisks are the fear that I’m neutralizing. Illustration suggestions are available.]

 

*I’ll never be able to ______.*

I can do it. Yes, I can.
I can do it. Yes, I can.
I can do it. Yes, I can.

….

Part 1 – Warm Up (About 1 Minute)

1.       Stretch and stand up straight, but not at attention.[2] Bend your knees slightly.[3]

2.       Put your right hand on your tummy. Close your eyes. Breathe normally. Put your left hand on top of your right hand and rub your belly nine times in one direction.  Then rub it nine times in the other direction.[4]

3.       Put a smile on your face.[5] Pretend your arms are ropes and swing them from left to right, and then from right to left.[6] Go slow, medium, or fast. Slow down if you have trouble.

4.       Swing your body from side-to-side so that your right arm taps your left shoulder and your left arm taps your right shoulder.[7]

[Show the location of the kidneys in an illustration.]

5.       Swing your body from side-to-side so that your right arm taps your left kidney, and then your left arm touches your right kidney.[8] Be gentle.

Part 2 Push Stress Away  (About 2 Minutes)

6.       Take a deep breath.[9] Reach both of your arms straight up, so your palms face the sky. (Your back will stretch. That’s okay.)  Whoosh your breath out and say, “I’m pushing away all of the things that are coming down at me.” [10] *

 

If you are interested in being a Beta Reader, please reach out to me using my Contact page.

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Alan on the Web

Dynamic Links

These are dynamic links (to up-to-the-minute searches) for me.  You can get the same results by copying and pasting the URL yourself.  The idea is to make it easy for you to check me out, without having to worry about incorrectly typing Alan (Allen, Allyn, Allan, etc., Jordan (Jordon, Gordon, Jorden, etc.)  Also, by including H in the search term, you are less likely to get another Alan Jordan who has also published work.

Note that these searches have more than one page.  Some of the results go back 10 ten years or more.

 

Google – Focusing on The Monster on Top of the Bed

Google – General Search for Alan H. Jordan, Author

 

Bing – Focusing on The Monster on Top of the Bed

Bing – General Search for Alan H. Jordan, Author

 

 

Alan H. Jordan’s Barnes & Noble page

Alan H. Jordan’s US Amazon page – Includes Kindle books.

Alan H. Jordan’s UK Amazon page – Includes Kindle books.

Just for Fun

 

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What I Want to Manifest in the World and How I Plan to Do It

Yesterday, I finished a five-month course called From Comfort to Courage. The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada presented the class. Toward the end of the final sessions, I had seven minutes to write down what I wanted to manifest in the world.  Here’s what I wrote:

My strongest desire is to manifest health and happiness for myself and all of those whom I love is one of my most important objectives.

Manifesting a sense of calm in children (and adults) is important to me. I am attempting to do this with a series of non-fiction picture books that reaffirm spirit through affirmations and also provide physical and spiritual exercises that foster stress reduction, self-love, and self-actualization. The first manuscript is just about ready to go out into the world. It’s titled I FEEL GOOD!

I also want to help preserve species that range from frogs to panda bears to lightning bugs. I’m working on three manuscripts that call attention to the plight of these species.

Although it may not be realistic, I am acting to manifest a feeling of wholeness in the world. I am so tired of the polarization that is taking place. One way for me to do this is by writing a Graphic Novel called “WHOSE COUNTRY IS THIS?” that empowers Republicans and Democrats to see each other’s point-of-view and work together. I realize that it is unlikely to work because there are so many people that read only what they already believe, but there has to be a way to foster change. In the words of Edward Everett Hale, “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

I’m also requesting a radio interview.  Here’s a copy of an email that I sent today.

[Name] suggested that I contact you regarding an author interview. I am offering four free unique experiences on my website: http://alanhjordan.com (I will put up a special page on my website for your listeners. It will contain the links they need.)  
For your convenience, each of the bulleted items is a link so you can preview it.)
  • The Poetry of Vehicles – Free .pdf book. Perfect for adults and children who love classic cars.
  • Come In, Come In – Free .pdf book. Younger children can spend hours coloring it, more mature students illustrate poems, and everyone, including adults who enjoy poetry.
  • and Love is in the Air – An interactive presentation that shows the comprehensive nature of love.
  • This FREE video of The Monster on Top of the Bed, narrated by Virginia Castleman.

Here are suggested interview questions:

QUESTION: On your website, you explain that you’re offering these for free, what motivated you to do this? 

  • MY RESPONSE WILL FOCUS ON: Helping parents who are at home with their children and how each of these offerings can help.  I’ll also point out many adults will just enjoy seeing the photos of classic cars in THE POETRY OF VEHICLES.

QUESTION: You state that LOVE IS IN THE AIR is an interactive presentation. What do you mean by that?

  • MY RESPONSE WILL FOCUS ON: Explaining that this is not a book per se, but a presentation that uses conditional logic. Each reader has an opportunity to see different pages, based upon their choices. I use this presentation when I do virtual school visits.

QUESTION: Will LOVE IS IN THE AIR become a book?  

  • MY RESPONSE WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE: Maybe. The poetry in it may be illustrated by another artist and it may have a different title. 

QUESTION: I’ve looked at the video of THE MONSTER ON TOP OF THE BED.  It’s beautifully illustrated. It makes me want to get my hands on the book. Is this available as a book?

  •   MY RESPONSE MAY EXPAND UPON: Yes.  It has several different formats. It’s available as a small booklet with a CD that reads the story in English, Spanish and Italian. It’s also available in a paperback book and it’s available in two special editions that allow a child who to write their own words directly onto the background artwork.

QUESTION: You told me before the interview that you have something special for members of our audience who are interested in having an impact on your upcoming book I FEEL GOOD!, which is a picture book that helps children and adults to brush off negative feelings in five or ten minutes.  Could you explain your offer to our audience?

  • MY RESPONSE WILL FOCUS ON explaining that I have a book in the manuscript stage that combines affirmations with yoga, and Qi Gong techniques. The forthcoming book presents nine affirmations and a short moving-meditation that usually results in someone feeling more relaxed immediately. I’m willing to share this manuscript with anyone who is willing to digitally sign a form that says they will respect my copyright and will not copy the material or present it as their own. They can then use the manuscript at home and let me know what they like about it, or how they think I can improve it. I’ll take their feedback into consideration before I submit the manuscript to the publisher.

QUESTION: Why only nine affirmations, that’s not many?

  • MY RESPONSE WILL EXPLAIN that too many affirmations when read are, frankly, boring. I’ll explain that these affirmations innoculate against fears that most children have, fears like, “I’m not good enough.” I’ll also explain that the book contains instructions for writing the EXACT affirmations the reader needs at that point in time. Furthermore, we’ll go over the importance of combining the affirmations with a short, physical/spiritual exercise that’s based on a combination of Yoga and Qi Gong.  

QUESTION: Do you have any other books?

My RESPONSE WILL EXPLAIN that they can buy many but not not all of my other books on Amazon, the U.S. site. I’ll suggest that to save money on shipping they use the U.K site  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alan-H-Jordan/e/B006BHWKQI.  The special page on my website can also link to an archive of our interview, if you like. 

To encourage manifestation, I’m going to print two copies of this post and plant them in the soil, one in my back yard and the other near a lake that I walk by frequently. Wish me luck.  Wish us luck!

 

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Press Release: Free Downloadable Books Offer Respite for the COVID-19 Blues

For Immediate Release
Contact: Alan H. Jordan
http://alanhjordan.com/contact

Leave a message: 24/7:  (415) 562-5265

 

FREE DOWNLOADABLE BOOKS OFFER RESPITE FOR COVID-19 BLUES

 

(Washington, DC.  April 16, 2020) If you’re quarantined at home with the kids as a result of COVID-19, you might want to download a free .pdf, Come In, Come In. This chapbook features poems designed to provide respite from the COVID-19 blues.

Alan H. Jordan, the author of over 20 other books, wrote this chapbook to address a problem explained by Tory Newmyer and Brent D. Griffiths, of the Washington Post.  In an article published on April 16, 2020, they warned that readings from every corner of the economy Wednesday delivered a dose of grim reality. (Link to article.)

According to Jordan, “I’m trying to counter the grimness of the situation for many people who can’t go out and buy books now.  They can download this book in a minute or two.”

The free book is Jordan’s way of helping children and adults exercise their creativity. Jordan claims it also helps parents and children bond. It’s a great Rx when you’re weary from watching TV.

Come In, Come In features black-and-white poems for young children to color. It also contains poetry Jordan wrote for artists to illustrate.  Says Jordan, “The act of illustration takes the mind on vacation.” Poetry has long been a respite for overload.

The download is free and is one of two books that Jordan has put up for free download. The other is The Poetry of Vehicles. It features poems written to photographs taken by Jordan. Get one or both free by clicking here and providing a valid email address. http://alanhjordan.com/blog/. If you like what you see, please make a donation to a charity.

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