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Book: The Art Of Influencing Project Success

Q1.  Hello Sir, can you please introduce yourself? Readers would love to know more about you.

Hi, I’m Nicholas Ferguson.  I’m a father, artist, philosopher, yogi, and lover of this life experience.

Q2.  What were the key challenges you faced while writing ‘The Art of Influencing Project Success’ book?

This was my first book and finding a voice and believing in my message took some time. I realized the more significant challenge came after completing it and wanted to start sharing it with the world. My energy around it was not one of success. I’m improving this all the time.

Q3. What books or authors have most influenced your own writing?

In no specific order. Isaac Newton.  Albert Einstein.  Max Planck. Buddha. Lao Tzu. Ernest Holmes.  Esther, Jerry and Abraham Hicks.
I’m very selective about what I read and about the thoughts I take in from others.  I follow what inspires my focus and attention.  The people listed have inspired my thoughts and awareness for decades.

Q4. What’s your favourite spot to visit in your own country? And what makes it so special to you?

I love Big Sur, California.  I love the blending of mountains, ocean and the forest.  It feels magical and inspiring to me.

Q5. Is there lots to do before you drive in and start writing a book?

The time spent before diving into a book is largely filled with thought games and coming to realizations of your own awareness. I found that it all unfolded with ease.

Q6. How long did it take you to write ‘The Art of Influencing Project Success’ book?

I used the Author Incubator program to help write the book since I had no clue what I was doing. Their system worked perfectly for me and allowed the information to flow smoothly. I spent about 12 hours prepping and getting the content aligned with their expectations and desired marketing, 12 hours at the keyboard typing, and another 12 hours through the editing process. It was all fun. I loved it.

Q7. On what all platforms readers can find your book ‘The Art of Influencing Project Success’ to buy?

Currently, it’s available on Kindle and Paperback.  I’d recommend the Kindle version presently. I think the diagrams in the book are horrible quality in the paperback version. Likely to be fixed in a later revision.

Q8. Tell us about the process of coming up with the cover and the title of your book ‘The Art of Influencing Project Success’?

I painted the cover picture during the fall of 2019 when I was experiencing a period of extraordinary clarity. It is a self-portrait. When I completed the book, I submitted that picture as the one that best represents the book’s flow and concepts to me.  
The title came from a list of suggested options that help market and sell books for first-time authors. I liked several others, but the editors believed this to be the most marketable of the options I presented.

Q9. When writing a book how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?

I don’t read or consume other’s content when I’m in the creating and thought phases. I follow my inspiration and emotional guidance but keep influence from other’s thoughts to a minimum. I must be inspired to read or listen to something during this time to do it. This selective isolation allows me to deliver my thoughts and perspectives with more clarity. The more clarity and flow I’m receptive to allows fresher content for any subsequent reader.

Q10. Are there any secrets from the books (that aren’t in the blurb), you can share with your readers?

For the past 25 years, my day job has been highly technical, including years of programming, system architecture, and design. I love abstraction, science, and philosophy. As I mentioned in the preceding answers, around August 2019, I began a period of clarity; some in the New Thought and Law of Attraction communities might call it a period of receiving or downloading information. This period started shortly after sitting in the Abraham-Hicks hot seat during a seminar while on an Alaskan Cruise with my son on July 19th, 2019. I began to see our (human) experience as a reflection of our (individual and collective) expanding conscious awareness. It’s a little like a mirror but in reverse – where our (physical) life experience is a type of reflection of our (nonphysical) conscious expansion. My love of science, philosophy, and system abstraction combined, so I translated these new thoughts into a formula that explains it all with elegant simplicity. C^2 * M = E = M * C^2, is a formula describing nonphysical awareness and physical expression entangled through a conscious source energy. My ideas came directly from Newton’s, Einstein’s, and Jerry, Esther, and Abraham-Hicks’ work blended with my understanding and ability to abstract and bridge these concepts.

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The Art Of Influencing Project Success

Book: Black Boy Joy

Author: Charlitta Hatch

Available On: Amazon

Language: English

Rating: 5/5

Q1. Hello Ma’am, can you please introduce yourself? Readers would love to know more about you.

I am Charlitta Hatch. I am a Wife, Mama, Consultant, Author, and Advocate. 3 years ago after my son was born, I looked through our home library to find a specific book featuring a young Black boy. I have read stories featuring other characters, but this was missing for me. I began to search and to my surprise, I couldn’t find it. Instead, I learned that less than 10% of children’s books featured people of Color and of that 10% less than 3% featured Black boys as the leading protagonist.

I am on a mission to change the narrative of Black boys in American through positive images, expressive stories, and deliberate advocacy. I fulfil part of that mission by saturating the media, homes, schools and communities with positive images of Black boys.

Q2. What were the key challenges you faced while writing ‘Black Boy Joy’ book?

1)      Finding a publisher that was willing to publish my story

2)      Sharing the story beyond my network

3)      Accepting that everyone will not be supportive of the book because it features a Black boy on the cover

4)      Hearing feedback that someone will not share this book with their child because of their gender or race

Q3. What books or authors have most influenced your own writing?

I love you forever by Robert Munsch was the book that pulled on my heart strings as a new mom. I searched all over for a mother/son story that featured a Black mother and son like I love you forever and was not able to find it. That was the book that sparked me to write my own.

Q4. What’s your favourite spot to visit in your own country? And what makes it so special to you?

Since we are in a global pandemic, I am traveling in books right now. I am learning so much about our history and applying that to the Me3 Project. Me3 Project is an organization I started to change the perception of Black boys in America through positive images, expressive stories, and deliberate advocacy.

Q5. Is there lots to do before you drive in and start writing a book?

I have not followed the traditional path of writing and have been inspired by experiencing that I have with my son. My first book Black Boy Joy was inspired because of my love and desire for my son and I wanted him to see and feel that in the books we were reading. My 2nd book, Black Boy Joy Christmas Countdown was inspired by wanting to teach my son what Christmas was all about and also showcasing that Black families celebrate Christmas too.

Q6. How long did it take you to write ‘Black Boy Joy’ book?

I was nursing my son when the idea of Black Boy Joy came to me and I wrote it that night. The next day I called my friend to tell her that I thought I wrote a children’s book and that I didn’t know how to find an illustrator; her 17-year-old stepdaughter illustrated both books. The 3rd day I was connected to my publisher at AK Classics. 90 days later we were published and gifted my son Black Boy Joy for his one-year old birthday. Similarly inspired for Black Boy Joy Christmas Countdown, after the Christmas holidays last year, I wrote the story that I wanted to read to my son to share with the world.

Q7. On what all platforms readers can find your books to buy?

My website https://www.me3project.com/shop-1

Q8. Tell us about the process of coming up with the cover and the title of your books?

The title Black Boy Joy derived from the desire to humanize Black boys in America. To change the perception of mainstream media, I thought it was important that the title reflect the joy of being a child and how Black boys deserve that as well. The covers were strategically chosen to show a Black boy being loved and adored by his mother in Black Boy Joy and the entire family celebrating Christmas together in Black Boy Joy Christmas Countdown. These are not images that you see in mainstream media when you think of Black boys or their families.

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