April 14, 2010 - An editor is a gift from God!

I have confirmed a talented and wonderful editor willing to work for potential earnings.  Well, that's not true, she insists she will do it for free but that's not very ethical, so I look forward to having her accept the 5% offer.

It will be hard to see any part of Overcome! taken out.  It will be akin to watching a toe cut off my baby!  I have worked very hard to include only what I thought important and appropriate.

There has been considerable attention to the incest and the incest recovery in the book.  Much of the framework for the incest recovery happened in my life before the beginning of Overcome! however I do address it in my time in the loony bin after my return.  (Never tell a doctor who resuscitates you that you want to go back.  It'll get you a psych consult in a half of a second!)  Incest recovery is a long, hard process.  Especially, if you are a victim of same-sex incest and you happen to be same-sex oriented.  I look forward to discussing this with Renee Baker, a freelance writer from the Dallas Voice.  I talk to Ivory today at noon.  Hopefully, she'll love it as much as I do.

Blessing,
Reece

Dr. Reece Manley is an established progressive Christian writer and spirituality expert.  His books include Crossing Twice and Spirit Thinking which can be purchased on Amazon, BN.com or asked for at your favoriate bookstore.  Reece also sees clients for counseling at www.pridecoach.net.  Reece is seeking literary agent who picks up on how special the book, Overcome!, will be!

Author Reece Manley Reviews Connection Between Incest and Sexual Orientation in Interview

Apr 12, 2010 12:46 CEST

Recently, Dr. Reece Manley, DD, M.Ed., MPM,  sat down with Rick Setter of Advocate USA Publishing to talk about his departure from sanitized versions of his memoir to talk about the new book Overcome! During the interview, Dr. Manley was asked about the connection between the incest he faced and the connection that had to his sexual orientation.

“I’m not gay because my Uncle Tom raped me,” said Reece Manley, “but I’m sure it had influences.  I believe our sexual or affectional orientations are caused by a nature-nurture connection.  We are born GLBT, yes.  They are going to find the gene soon.  However, that isn’t the end of the story.”

Dr. Manley continued, “That gene, that flipped switch, lays down the orientation.  However, it becomes very complicated when same-sex incest is added to the mix.  I learned things in a horrible, terrifying fashion that would later be used to express intimacy and love.  This made it very difficult for me to experience intimate relationships of any kind.  Much less trying to meaningfully date.”

The themes run through Reece’s new work, Overcome!, which is being released this year.  “InOvercome!, I gave myself the freedom to explore without constraint.  There was no reason to ‘play it safe’ because I know I’m reaching a reader base who has faced these issues themselves.  I don’t know of many gay and lesbian people who have fully ‘normal’ childhoods,” adds Reece.

Overcome!, the latest work by the progressive Christian writer and spirituality expert Reece Manley is scheduled for final edit this month and the manuscript will be ready for immediate release.  Dr. Manley has chosen not to use Advocate USA Publishing for the work instead offering Advocate USA Publishing his next spirituality work, Needles and Haystacks: The Gift of Discernment.

Dr. Manley can be reached at reece@manley.net and more information on the new work Overcome! can be found at http://manley.weebly.com/overcome.html.  The author’s main site iswww.reecemanley.info .  The author can be reached by phone at 214-206-1607