From Imagination to Empowerment: The Journey of an Author
Albert Stanley Jackson
What Has Albert Stanley Jackson Been Up to?
As and author, I feel it is my duty goes beyond just entertainment. It is also to inform my readers. My passion in life is writing and my goal is to share with the world how writing has been my tool for overcoming depression and anxiety. I wish to share how it helped me overcome and look past the stigma that comes with a Mental Health Diagnosis. I am a supporter of NAMI (The National Awareness on Mental Illness) Charity foundation who help millions nation wide cope with this crippling illness. I also donate $1 of each sale of my debut novel "What Where The Chances?" purchased from my personal book store which can be found at www.booksby/old-uncle-als-books.com to that organization.
My First Write-up
I was honored to be written up in the local paper here in Cincinnati Ohio. As a Debut author at 61 years old, you do not expect much notoriety and I will always be grateful to the Cincinnati Enquirer for taking the time to showcase local author's and their contribution to this beautiful city.
Mental Health Activist
My debut novel came to be as self-therapy. I lost partner in 2019 unexpectedly. Though out time together was brief, (just over a decade) I treasured every moment we had together. He was more than my partner, he was my best friend and soulmate.
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Love had finally settled my restless heart. My days were filled with a radiating warmth I had never imagined possible. I no longer searched, no longer longed for something more. I had it. At night, I held the world in my arms, secure in the knowledge that I was where I was meant to be.
And then, in an instant, it was gone.
Loss came suddenly, cruelly. When your soulmate is taken from you without warning, the world becomes unrecognizable. The air is heavier, the colors duller. Time does not move forward so much as it drags you unwillingly along.
Eleven years of waking up with purpose, knowing that no matter what came, we would face it together. Over a decade of laughter and precious quiet moments, of belonging to something greater than myself.
And with one medical diagnosis, it all unraveled.
I watched helplessly as the person who completed me faded away. I held his hand as he took his last breath, and with it, the meaning of my life slipped into darkness. The home we built together became a house of echoes, a place haunted by love and absence in equal measures. The walls, once my refuge, have now become my prison.
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Why I Write
Welcome to my world of storytelling, where I strive to transport you to bygone eras filled with love, adventure, and human struggles. With each word, I aim to breathe life into a history long forgotten, allowing you to lose yourself in the rich tapestry of the past.
Join me as we explore tales celebrate simpler times, where genuine connections held greater significance than distractions todays technology provides. Before the internet and social media, the "grape vine" was your best chance of hearing secrets your neighbors did not want you to know. A time when all answers were not just a google search away.
Dive into the stories I create and let them take you on a journey through time.