Culled from my 1981-2011 journals, this book conveys my true feelings for my son, both positive and negative, as he was growing into a man.  While writing the journal entries, I had no idea that they would someday constitute a book.  As a result, my fatherly concerns, emotions and imperfections are openly revealed.

“Joseph Sutton has written a very important book that describes, over the course of thirty years, his relationship with his son Ray. …It is, in my opinion, a must-read for men approaching fatherhood, those currently involved in the initial stages of childrearing, or those overseeing their sons’ maturation as they transition from adolescence to early adulthood and beyond.” —Psychologist Richard Vogel, Ph.D.

I am presently in search of an agent.

Excerpt from Week 6 “Just Write, Don’t Stop”

Millions of words have been written about writing and the writing process, so who am I to add my two cents to the dialogue? Well, I’m adding my two cents because I believe what I have to say can help other writers.

If you have an idea but don’t know where to start, just start.

If you have a desire to write but don’t know what to write, I’d like to spur you to put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard and start writing something, anything. Forget about making sense at the beginning, you’ll automatically make sense as you go along and later when you start revising your piece.

Just write, don’t stop, keep your pen or fingers moving and don’t look back until you’re finished with what you have to say. If you do this non-stop type of writing, it’ll be good for you, for humanity and the universe, because writing is fuel for the soul. You’ll have peace of mind. You’ll discover new things about yourself. You’ll create something that no one else on the face of the earth has ever created.