“Healing The Writer” is a memoir that reads like a compelling mystery story. Why did Dan Hays walk away from publication not once, but twice? What was the cause of the writer’s block he struggled with for many years?
About Dan L. Hays
Dan L. Hays is a gifted writer who has been pursuing his craft for more than 25 years. His passion has always been writing, but he had a writing block that he could not understand for many years. In 1985 he wrote a book about being the adult child of alcoholic parents. Several publishers were very interested; he felt he had “lost the thread of the story,” backed away from the book and did not return to it.
In 1987 Dan’s father died. In 1993, trying to understand his father better, he wrote a book entitled Nothing Left to Lose, about a critical turning point in his father’s life. Several agents expressed interest in the book. Again, he “lost the thread” and walked away from the book, puzzled as to why it had happened yet again.
Lost creativity is just one of the elements of the story he explores in his first published book, Freedom’s Just Another Word, which chronicles events around the time of his father’s death. It is the first of a cycle of seven books about healing old wounds with his father. That cycle will culminate with Nothing Left to Lose, written from a perspective of forgiveness and admiration. You can see the review of Freedom’s Just Another Word by Laura Schultz at New York Journal Of Books.
Dan participates in the Dialogues With Dignity radio show.
Dan also presents Minute To Freedom, a series of inspirational seed thoughts to brighten your day. This full series is also available as podcasts here.
What Cell Phones Have Taken From Me
Cell phones have deprived me of safety on the highway, the quiet use of libraries, and the enjoyment of movies.
We Just Don’t Talk About It – (Sponsored Video)
When they are around cancer, people just don’t talk about their experience. That doesn’t help the fight against cancer – people need to be talking, about the pain, about the success.
Faith Comes Through Doubting
By questioning what I had been taught, by doubting God because of my past, I came to a certainty that had been missing earlier with my faith.
Exploring The Artist’s Way
Working through The Artist’s Way greatly expanded my concept of myself as a writer, and shed light on the limitations in thinking that had held me back.
When Is It Time To Move On?
There comes a point in a relationship when it’s time to move on – from a group, an old friend, a lover. How do you know when it’s time?
Minute to Freedom #100: I Can’t Remember
I discovered that there were painful periods of time while I was growing up that I had blocked out, but which were still impacting me strongly.
Minute to Freedom #99: I Won’t Be Like Him
I decided in my early ‘20s the one thing I wanted most in life was not to be like my Dad. Then I realized I had become just like him.
Minute to Freedom #98: Easily Discouraged
When I was successful as a child, I got belittled or put down, and as an adult tended to easily become discouraged and give up on projects.
Minute to Freedom #97: Paralysis of Analysis
Being extraordinarily analytical, I ruminated over my problems for long periods, until confronted by a good friend who wouldn’t support that behavior.
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