The Fall and Rise of Kat Walker

"HOW DID THIS BOOK COME ABOUT? About ten years ago I sustained a series of downward turns during which I lost everything I considered vital to my existence. In the end, I came to realize, what I’d really lost was me. So I began to write daily journals to help myself heal.
Early in my recovery, I had a dream about two celestial creatures, Beast and Priest, who decided to play The Game to decide which of them would control all men’s souls, including my own. Never did I imagine those first few sentences I wrote in my journal the morning after my dream would result in a two volume book which documented the journey of a tortured soul named Kat Walker into the Great Abyss and beyond. When his courage proved to all his heart was pure again, he got one last chance at life.
Kat Walker and I completed this book together to prove to all who enter its pages there is always hope if you believe in the power of love and that miracles are real."

WHY DID I START WRITING THIS BOOK? I started writing simple short stories in 2001 as a therapy to help me heal from the disaster of my relapse back into active alcoholism during which I lost everything I ever help important. As the years passed and my recovery became stronger, I continued to write journals of my daily progress. It was during my journal writing when certain characters and scenes became clearer to me. I wrote what came to me and most often put these few sentences into files I would open months, or even years later to develop more fully as my writing skills continued to mature. But never once did I envision those first few sentences would lead to a manuscript interwoven with all the short stories, characters, and poems which my imagination began to create to cure my many wounds. I completed this book to prove to those who need a word of encouragement that hope always exists if you believe in something greater than yourself. When I did - it made all the difference. wcd