Los Angeles, California - Director of an Academy Award short film has recently expressed interest in obtaining the rights to “When The Dust Settles.” This book captures the journey of the author through Hollywood, and is scheduled to hit bookstores this summer.
Two days after receiving the first shipment of “Spread Some Love (Relationships 101) - I dropped off 20 copies with the manager of my old neighborhood car wash while on my way to church. The service ended, I signed a copy for my pastor and headed towards the lobby. I suddenly felt the presence of someone trailing me. Before I could turn around, a female voice echoed “could you sign my copy of your book please?” For a moment I thought that she was stalking me because all 25 books circulated in the marketplace had already been signed by me. I obliged anyway.It was my first time meeting her. She opened the unsigned book and told me that she had just picked it up at the car wash. My immediate thoughts were “You were meant to have it.!” Continuing, she stated that she was going through a divorce and seriously looking for answers. I told her that I am a product of that “event” and don’t believe in it. I continued towards the lobby - echoing “enjoy the book.”
I saw her two weeks later at church. Her transformation was apparent – completely made over, dressed to the nines. She exclaimed, “I am enjoying your book Mr. Andrews. “Tell your friends about it. You look great,“ was my complimentary advice. She possessed an absolute aura of change!
Three weeks after the release of the foundation to Workbook 101 “Spread Some Love (Relationships 101),” I was doing a book signing event at a restaurant in Southern California. A woman came up to me and asked if she can scan through my new volume. I enthusiastically gave her the go ahead. Before wrapping the event some two hours later, I noticed that she was not only still holding the book in her hands but was joined by four other women - all in their late 20’s to early 30’s. I stepped into their space and after introducing myself, joined their huddle. I asked where everyone was in their relationships with a significant other. I learned that two of them were married, two were still single and one was going through a divorce – they weren’t very passionate about their relational status.
The woman going through her divorce asked me what motivated me to write such a book. I responded enthusiastically: “Doctors go to school for a reason, so do lawyers, pastors keep studying in order to remain on the pulpit but we fail to work on our relationships on a daily basis. Many of us fall in love and expect that osmosis will pull everything together. It doesn’t - It can’t.” She sobbingly echoed: “where were you a year ago.” That hit home. A year too late I pondered - her marriage would have been saved.