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A Good Weekend

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 It's been a weekend, not only did I win my match and the Kosen Judo 2023 Nationals, but I got a 5-star editorial review for Ivan Ivanovich from Reader Views. I feel truly humbled and blessed. If you know me well, you know that I hate talking about my accomplishments, but I think it appropriate to share some thoughts on the process leading up to the wins I've enjoyed this weekend.  Writing and combat sports seem completely unrelated, yet the emotions I experienced leading up to the release of my book and a tournament are the same, mostly fear. I was afraid my book would be rejected, made fun of, completely fail; likewise, I was afraid of how I'd perform during my match. The process it took to get me the win at the Kosen tournament was all-encompassing, it required physical, mental, and spiritual discipline and dedication....passing up this hamburger or that doughnut, making it to the gym to lift weights or making it to jiu jitsu and judo class after a long commute and day a...
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Creating Ivan Ivanovich

 (Contains spoilers)     "It shouldn't have been possible," Ivan Ivanovich Chernov usually like to start out this way, and whether or not one was acquainted with him, or even if they've heard the story before, Ivan would corner his victim and recite the "miracle" of his birth as if he were capable of remembering it.       That is how Ivan starts to tell everyone he meets the story of his birth, but as his creator, I think it appropriate to tell the story myself, after all, I was there when it happened.      My novel   is largely an interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount. Everybody knows what the Sermon on the Mount is, yet few are familiar with what it actually teaches. It was astonishing to those who heard it from Christ's own lips, and it is astonishing even today when one truly comprehends the messages that are being taught.      The Sermon on the Mount contains lists, a list of those who are blessed, and a list...
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Philosophical/religious ideas explored in The Gospel According to Ivan Ivanovich

  Philosophical/religious ideas explored in The Gospel According to Ivan Ivanovich https://ernestpublishing.my.canva.site https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gospel-according-to-ivan-ivanovich-nathaniel-ernest/1143654440?ean=9798369265918 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9SJ2P1K Part I:   Prologue:   - dishonesty in photographs   -Death is predictable   -History is boring, the human experience is what matters   Chapter 1: The Genesis of Ivan Ivanovich   -The miracle birth   - The goodness and purity of childhood   -the female reader   - a meditation on childhood   - God and the c hil d   -Religion and the persona   -Ivan Ivanovich and the shadow   - Ivan Ivanovich and his demons   -The 10 commandments of Ivan Ivanovich   - A friend for the right price     Chapter 2: A Eulogy for Vera Pavlovna   - the dualistic nature of human beings   -a particular unhappiness   -to fall to daydreami...
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