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Michael Tomlinson's avatar

Dear Teresa, thank you for your thoughtful and kind message. I'm sorry for the pain that comes when your dear mother has passed on into What Comes Next. I have no doubt that she is still with you.

I also appreciate your feedback on my stories and I understand about them seeming too long sometimes. What people don't automatically know is that in my writing sometimes, there are sparks that go off, creating new pathways of thinking and expressing, much as a new melody can form an entirely new pathway in your brain.

So I'm not writing to be long winded, I keep instilling it with my full attention and presence all the way. It's just that our attention spans have so shortened that without knowing it, we have grown frightened of a two minute or ten minute commitment. It needs to hurry up and be finished.

Still, I want people to not feel overwhelmed, as if -- the way my favorite comedian Nate Bargatze puts it when talking about books and how he feels opening one -- "There are just SO many words! The words just don't stop!"

I have a song I would love to email you in this time of finding your way with your precious mother beyond her body. If you'd like that, email me at mt@michaeltomlinson.com and I'll hit reply and email you back a beautiful song.

In Friendship, Michael

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Sharon's avatar

PS, thanks for mentioning the book. I got the audio version through my library.

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