"The perfect guide to interviewing . . . anyone who speaks with fellow humans to acquire information will find Nelson's guidance priceless." —Tom Foster, New York Times–bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a ProfessorInterviewing is the single most important way journalists (and doctors, lawyers, social workers, teachers, human resources staff, and, really, all of us) get information. Yet to many, the perfect interview feels more like ...

Am I a writer? Where should I get ideas? Is my writing any good? How did my favorite authors make it big? The act of writing is a daunting task for many people, and becoming a “writer” means so much more than putting pen to paper.Dean Nelson embraces the questions that plague writers by turning to some of the best-known authors of our time. With encouragement, advice, and refreshing honesty, writers discuss their own beginnings, struggles, and victories in a manner...

Am I a writer? Where should I get ideas? Is my writing any good? How did my favorite authors make it big? The act of writing is a daunting task for many people, and becoming a “writer” means so much more than putting pen to paper.Dean Nelson embraces the questions that plague writers by turning to some of the best-known authors of our time. With encouragement, advice, and refreshing honesty, writers discuss their own beginnings, struggles, and victories in a manner...

OCD and the New ULR Method™ offers a groundbreaking, real-world approach to understanding and managing obsessive-compulsive disorder. Drawing on more than sixty years of lived experience, author Dean Nelson combines science, personal insight, and compassion to reveal how OCD truly works-and how it can be changed. Through his discovery of the ULR Method™ (Urge, Label, Relief), Nelson introduces a simple, science-inspired technique that helps interrupt the obsessive-compulsive loop in real t...

Have you ever had a conversation that went far deeper than the words spoken or an experience where you felt you had participated in something sacred? Although these situations may seem unexplainable, they are reminders that God's grace surrounds us constantly and shows up in manifold ways. In this colorful, story-driven introduction to sacramental living, veteran journalist Dean Nelson offers all Christians a way to see the presence of God amid the chaos and monotony of everyday life. Each...

Death is inevitable. Avoiding it is optional.We rarely speak honestly about death. We soften the language, look away, or treat it as something that happens to other people. Yet when we allow ourselves to face mortality without denial, something unexpected occurs: life becomes clearer.The Gift of Death offers a gentle, thoughtful exploration of what mortality reveals about living. With honesty and compassion, Dean Nelson guides readers through fear, regret, ...

Bloomsbury presents Talking to Writers: The Craft of Non-Fiction by Dean Nelson, read by Bob Souer and featuring the original interview recordings between Dean Nelson and a collection of famous authors.Am I a writer? Where should I get ideas? Is my writing any good? How did my favorite authors make it big? The act of writing is a daunting task for many people, and becoming a “writer” means so much more than putting pen to paper.Dean Nelson embraces...

Bloomsbury presents Talking to Writers: The Craft of Fiction by Dean Nelson, read by Bob Souer and featuring the original interview recordings between Dean Nelson and a collection of famous authors.Am I a writer? Where should I get ideas? Is my writing any good? How did my favorite authors make it big? The act of writing is a daunting task for many people, and becoming a “writer” means so much more than putting pen to paper.Dean Nelson embraces the...

From respected journalist, professor, and founder of the Writer's Symposium by the Sea, a book that demystifies the art and science of interviewing, in the vein of On Writing Well or How to Read Literature Like a Professor.“Dean Nelson is one of the best interviewers around.”—Anne LamottInterviewing is the single most important way journalists (and doctors, lawyers, social workers, teachers, human resources staff, and, really, all of us) g...

Beyond The Threshold concerns the mind-body-spirit relationship and delves into much more profound aspects of our being. It originated from more than 25 years of research and experiential education.This book will share many leading-edge, insightful, yet simple, ways of crossing the threshold of consciousness into more meaningful states of spirituality and coexistence within the world we live in. It is replete with solutions to problematic issues relating to current topics that are ...

This book is a testimony and example that words and thoughts count-especially when they agree with the Scriptures.Words are spiritual, and God's Word in your mouth can create healing and change the atmosphere.Spiritual Bread is real. Healing Bread can heal your soul and spirit.

You want to help others, so what's stopping you? Is it that you think you don't have the skills, the time, or the resources required? Here, Gary Morsch - a physician and founder of one of the top international relief agencies in the United States - and Dean Nelson show that everyone has something to contribute. Packed with extraordinary examples - including the relief efforts of Morsch's Heart to Heart International in the aftermath of both Hurricane Katrina and the devastating tsunami in ...