How A Divorce Sparked A Spiritual Road Novel

The market can be “doom and gloom” on the news while your neighborhood stays busy, so we open with real numbers from Henderson County: roughly 135 single-family homes selling each month, prices holding steady, and days on market stretching out. That combination changes strategy, not opportunity, and we share how we think about timing decisions like selling before buying, buying before selling, and what to watch if you are relocating in Western North Carolina or Upstate South Carolina.

From there, the show turns into something deeper than real estate. We’re joined in the studio by local author B Dozer Singletary, whose new novel Life After Fall landed on a Barnes and Noble shortlist of best new authors. He tells the honest story of how he started writing during separation and divorce, not with a lifelong dream of publishing, but as a way to heal when pain had nowhere else to go. The book follows a character named Eli on a motorcycle trip to Alaska and a climb up Denali in search of God, only to discover that the real answers show up in people, small moments, and hard-earned self-awareness.

We also talk craft and culture: why the book is spiritual but not written as a “Christian novel,” how grief has to be acknowledged to heal, why fear gets loud right before something important, and what hybrid publishing means in an era when readers wonder if a book is AI-written. We wrap with where to find the book, plus a quick plug for our Hometown Hero Series highlighting the Medical Loan Closet of Hendersonville.

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Transcript

Welcome And How To Reach Us

SPEAKER_01 0:00

Hello, friends. Thank you so much for being here. This is the George Real Estate Group podcast, which is a production of our live weekly radio shows hosted on multiple radio stations here in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The George Real Estate Group serves Western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina, and it is a privilege to share positive news about our local real estate market and community. Thanks so much for subscribing. And of course, if you have any real estate questions or if we can help you in any way, be sure to reach out. Visit us at George Real Estate Group Radio.com for more information. Good morning, and welcome to the George Real Estate Live Radio Broadcast here on WHKP every Thursday morning, bringing you positive news about your local real estate marketing community. So grateful to be here with you. Thank you so much for this day. Uh joining us today. We got a lot to cover. Gonna share a little bit about the local real estate market. And then we have a special guest with us this morning, which I'll introduce to you here in just a second. Uh, if you're tuning in for the first time ever, the George Real Estate Group's located in Flat Rock, right next to the Flat Rock Bakery, Hubba Hubba Barbecue Campfire Grill, all our friends and family there on the Rainbow Row. And again, it's uh such a great time to be in real estate. You might think that's fascinating because there you know a lot of news is like the sky's falling, nothing's selling, but that's not true. The market's still moving here locally, which we'll we'll talk about here just briefly uh before we go to our special guests. But again, if you're tuning in for the first time ever, welcome. You can find us online at realestatebygreg.com. We podcast all of our radio shows. You can find it on your favorite podcast platform. Uh you follow us on social media, Facebook, and Instagram, uh, or just stop by our office or call us directly at 828-393-0134. 828-393-0134.

Henderson County Market Snapshot

SPEAKER_01 1:54

The market in Henderson County is continuing to move. We're averaging some 135 single-family homes a month selling. Uh, the prices are holding. Uh, the one thing that's going up is the days on markets increasing. Uh, but the prices are holding. The number of homes selling is actually higher. The number of home selling is higher now than the last 12 months versus the previous 12 months. Uh, and again, the market is moving, and again, life happens, therefore, real estate's happening. And so, if we can help you, if you're curious about what your home is worth, if you're curious, do you sell before you buy, do you buy before you sell? Again, we have those conversations. We've had we're having an incredible year. It's funny when you mention, hey, I'm in real estate, they're like, oh, I'm so sorry. And we're like, actually, no, we're having an incredible year. And again, we're grateful for the opportunity to serve the community through real estate. We love having the opportunity to serve our community. Again, whether Western North Carolina or the upstate in South Carolina, we'd love to help. Give us a call 828-393-0134. 828-393-0134. And again, follow us online or stop by our office. Again, grateful

Meet Author B Dozer Singletary

SPEAKER_01 3:05

to be here with you. And we will talk about real estate, but today we're so grateful to have we have one of Barnes and Noble's short list of best new authors in in the studio this morning. B Dozer. Uh current recent release, Life After Fall, B Dozer Singletary. Life After Fall is the name of the book, and and uh thank you so much for being here this morning.

SPEAKER_02 3:29

Thank you, Noah.

SPEAKER_01 3:30

So let's have I we've had a number of authors over the years on the radio program, local authors, which is again the just so incredible. A lot of people um have this dream of writing, and and a lot of people never actually fall through with it. But you know, for listeners who are just maybe meeting you for the first time, and and again, we're gonna introduce about yourself and the book, but tell us a little bit about who you are and what led you into the writing.

SPEAKER_02 3:56

Well, thank you very much again for having me on. Um for me, you know, you just said a lot of people have a dream of writing. I did not. Um I started writing as a source of healing um April of 2019, going through um separation and ultimately a divorce with my ex-wife. Um I actually um was sitting on the um the banks of the North Mills River after a failed day of fly fishing, um, and I ended up writing, or started writing, what ended up becoming the prologue of the book.

The Alaska Journey And Denali

SPEAKER_02 4:38

Um the book is about um it's ultimately about a guy that um decides to ride a motorcycle across the country um and goes all the way to Tolqueton, Alaska, climbs Denali in search of God, and uh gets to the top and discovers nothing but silence there. And um that's because he realized God was not at the top of Denali, he was in all the people and experiences he had along the way.

SPEAKER_01 5:09

So arriving there. You let's go back to that North More North Mills River experience, and again, the what the writing that ended up being the prologue, what you just said. At what point did you think, and again, you didn't have a dream to write a book, but you were writing as part of your healing process. At what point, though, did you realize I think this needs to become a book?

SPEAKER_02 5:30

Well, I never did. Um, ultimately, I just um you know, I was in therapy after counseling, making myself completely vulnerable on air, but that's okay. Um and I've realized tall therapy wasn't really doing it for me. Um, so you know, I started writing, I created a character, um, Eli, and um everybody that reads it um ultimately thinks that knows me this Reddit says, oh, this is autobiographical. It's not. It's not at all. It's not a memoir. I've never ridden a motorcycle across the country, I've never been to the top of Denali. Um there are some truths in the um throughout the book, but overall the book is complete fiction.

SPEAKER_01 6:23

Um and symbolic. Right, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 6:26

Well, you know, you got to think about it. Everybody, with the exception of perhaps sci-fi writers, there's always a little bit of truth. Um the book, I will say, is you know, my two favorite authors are Ernest Hemingway and uh Paolo Coelho, who wrote The Alchemist. And I don't know if anybody out there has read The Alchemist, but it is a game changer. It was a game changer for me when somebody introduced it to me in 2003. Um, I still keep copies in my trunk of the car. I'll give out to people. Um is written very much in that style, um, very positive, very, very spiritual book. Um I will say it is not a um it's not intended to be a Christian book, but very spiritual. Um and I will say very just let you know on a little bit of insight, um when I started writing it, umce I essentially, in my mind, got through with it, I said, Oh, well, the first half is um too negative. Let me go back. And so I went back and added chapter two. And chapter two is somewhat true. It does use real names. Um, two childhood friends, my best friend Gabe, and friend of mine Neil. Um they combine those two stories, and that that chapter is meant to be a little bit more lighthearted. Um, but then I got to thinking, oh my gosh, well, you know, I don't have an introduction. And so that ultimately was the hardest part for me to come up with.

SPEAKER_01 8:14

But um Well, let's talk about the writing process. Are you are you a I mean this is a again when I hear about people that have written books, this is a personal journey, right, with themselves. And you're birthing this, uh, you're writing this. I mean, are you a late night writer? Are you a daytime writer? Just write when it hits you.

SPEAKER_02 8:34

I mean Well, I wouldn't say that I wrote when it hit me, I wrote whenever I was in pain.

SPEAKER_01 8:41

That's okay. That's honest.

SPEAKER_02 8:43

You know, I will say what's amazing. Well, let me go back and um elaborate on the introduction. You know, I named the character Eli. Um, and um, you know, I said, Oh man, I gotta write an introduction now. I said, well, all right, I had an idea. I said, let me look up what Eli means in Hebrew. And um so I did, and I said, okay, I think I've got it now. I think I can um I think I can work up something, and uh I will just read it real quick.

Writing For Healing And Naming Eli

SPEAKER_02 9:16

Um my name is Eli in Hebrew. Eli means my God. Sometimes it is translated more fully as my God is Yahweh. I did not know that when I was young. To me, it was just the name my father shouted when I was late for dinner, or when I tracked mud through the house, or when he wanted something done immediately. It was a sound that meant expectation, sometimes anger, occasionally pride. I did not understand that my name was a question I would spend my life trying to answer. Who is my God? What do I worship? What do I trust when everything falls apart? For most of my life, my God was not God at all. It was success, it was approval, it was pride. And so I think that kind of really helps just kind of kick off um the book itself.

SPEAKER_01 10:06

Um The meaning behind the name alone is so much.

SPEAKER_02 10:11

Right, right. And in and you know, honestly, I it wasn't just random or happenstance that I picked the name Eli. Even though I didn't know why I was picking the name Eli, it just came to me and I put it in there.

SPEAKER_01 10:26

As you were processing this, as you were envisioning this book, right? Or is this story that was coming up in your head and you're creating this, right? Again, it just flowed through you out of the pain that you were processing. Right.

SPEAKER_02 10:38

Yeah. And and Eli that's why I say Eli does not represent me. It it represents everyone that we strive to become. Every, you know, everything I should have realized in hindsight is in this book.

SPEAKER_01 10:54

So through through this uh story of Eli.

SPEAKER_02 10:57

Yes. So ultimately each chapter was a part of therapy for me. And that's why I say the first half to me is kind of depressing, which is why I went back and added chapter two. I won't say it's depressing, it's kind of angry. Um, but the second half, just to kind of give you a timeline, it changes the tone. But that's also when I met my now wife. And, you know, and so that that part reading that, knowing that, going back and me seeing that and piecing together that's well, the the book kind of the tone shifted. Well, the art of yeah, the tone shifted. Why is that? And I said, Oh yeah, this is when I met Jamie.

SPEAKER_01 11:38

So incredible. What do you hope readers feel or think when they finish the last page that it's all relatable?

SPEAKER_02 11:49

And uh they can connect to it. Yeah, the book definitely shows my vulnerability. And uh, you know, the reviews that I've seen online for it um, you know, that um that it is very relatable. And um we've all experienced pain in some form or another.

SPEAKER_01 12:12

And challenges.

Grief, Strength, And The Fear Line

SPEAKER_01 12:13

I you shared some incredi these are some incredible book uh quotes from the book. And um I'm just gonna read a few of these and maybe you can elaborate on, and again, I think they speak for themselves too. The road to Alaska wasn't an escape, it was a confession written one mile at a time.

SPEAKER_02 12:33

Yeah. Um, you know, when when he takes off to Alaska, he says he was not going to Alaska necessarily to find God. And that was important to him. But the people he meets along the way and what he takes from each event after he meets them, um he realizes you know where he pride had ruled his life, um, you know, up until that moment. And um, you know, I put in there one of Ernest Hemingway's quotes that I absolutely love, and that I've actually got it on my Facebook page. I've always had it there. Um let me pull that real quick. The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places. Ernest Hemingway said that.

SPEAKER_01 13:28

And that's why I say I'll Well they by the way, uh Hemingway and then Coholo. Paulo Coelho. They're they're very different, right? Very different voices in in the writing world. Right. But but what what do you admire specifically about Hemingway and what do you specifically admire about Coholo?

SPEAKER_02 13:48

Uh well, you know, first of all, you're not going to find Paulo Coelho in the fiction section of a bookstore. He's very metaphysical.

SPEAKER_01 13:58

Well, he writes a lot about spirituality, destiny, symbolism.

SPEAKER_02 14:02

He is um a once a Catholic Jesuit and uh very, very devout spiritual person. And um that's why I say I did not start out to write this book as a Christian novel. It certainly is not. In fact, there's some risque stuff in there that I think a lot of people will like very much if they like Ann Rice and Vampires.

SPEAKER_01 14:27

So yeah, it there's some overt. I mean, again, it it's not a Christian book, but he finds God.

SPEAKER_02 14:33

Right. Right. And that's why I say, you know, um, if you're atheist, just replace God with joy. It reads the exact same way. I mean, you know, in fact, I've had several people. I've got a a club that's reading the book now, and um several of them are atheist and they love it.

SPEAKER_01 14:56

Well, how does it mean to be a local author here and and sharing your work with our own community?

Publishing Choices And AI Questions

SPEAKER_01 15:02

And again, it's it's published you know worldwide. I mean, you can get it on Amazon.

SPEAKER_02 15:06

Yeah, I actually just checked the sales report. They sold seven in Germany.

SPEAKER_01 15:10

Incredible.

SPEAKER_02 15:11

So, which I found to be remarkable, but do you weird?

SPEAKER_01 15:16

Well, again, the world, I mean, the world is so small now. Again, the so how do you how can that's amazing. Uh you know, book club has it. How do you feel like the community can support local authors and and right artists better? Again, you didn't go out, this was not your intention to write a book.

SPEAKER_02 15:31

No, I I didn't want to publish it. Uh in fact, you know, it was per the encouragement of um my wife, and then she had talked to my mother and shared some of it with her unbeknownst to me. And um so you know, I just submitted to three different traditional publishers, and uh, you know, several weeks later I heard back from two of them. And um ultimately I did more of a hybrid publishing route.

SPEAKER_01 15:58

Um Well, let's talk about people think, oh, any well, anybody let's anybody can quote write a book. I mean like self-publishing, but it's not what it people realize.

SPEAKER_02 16:08

No, yeah, and that's yeah, that's another thing. Unfortunately, with this book, I started in April of 2019, and somewhere during that time they came out with AI. And I've had two people ask, oh, is this AI ridden? No, it wasn't. And you know, that's one thing I will say about traditional and hybrid publishing is that you know, previously, um before you could go into Amazon and just self-publish a book, which they may be AI ridden, who knows? Um, but traditional and hybrid publishing used to be the gatekeepers. If you wanted to get a book published, you had to go through them.

SPEAKER_01 16:46

Traditional publishing.

SPEAKER_02 16:47

Yep, and but now they have become more of the guarantor of the author's legitimacy.

SPEAKER_01 16:53

There's a difference.

SPEAKER_02 16:54

Yes, I mean significant difference, right? So, you know, and that's not to say certainly that anybody that puts a a book on Amazon is using AI.

SPEAKER_01 17:05

I mean, because I mean there's clear, you know I believe actually if I've I've again these conversations I've had with local writers, uh other writers that again Amazon actually in their vetting process asks you is this AI Well, more importantly, I mean they go a step further, as as far as I know.

SPEAKER_02 17:25

Um once they find out, because even using AI, for example, the AI data database, I mean, they're still pulling from the deep burrows somewhere in the internet from in order to generate the stories.

SPEAKER_01 17:42

I mean, you know, so yeah, it's nothing's original.

SPEAKER_02 17:46

Right. And so, you know, Amazon does have a way of finding that out, apparently.

SPEAKER_01 17:52

What what's um what what kind of um what kind of reactions have you had so far in the book from the book, people reading it?

SPEAKER_02 18:02

Well, the most common comment on the reviews that I've read is that oh my god, this is so relatable. Um you know, like I said, it is a fiction book. Um there's it's just uh it's about a guy that just becomes vulnerable. His life falls apart, and um he realizes that internally he needs to make a change. And um, you know, he goes on an adventure in order to do that.

SPEAKER_01 18:39

It's remarkable. You can get it on Amazon, you can get it on at Barnes and Noble's or books some it's in Barnes.

SPEAKER_02 18:45

Barnes and Noble, Books a Million. Um Amazon, uh I will say Amazon has been selling, I think, in increments of one and two hundred they keep in stock. And so once it gets low and it says only five left in stock, sometimes if you order it then it'll pop up that it won't be ready until October or December. Um, in which case, if that does happen, just cancel the order, wait a day, and once they get more in, you'll have it in the state.

SPEAKER_01 19:18

I mean, I'm on Amazon right now. You can order it right now, and it will be here in a couple days. I mean, it's it's available, uh, which is amazing.

SPEAKER_02 19:25

Yeah, and I checked, you know, three days ago, and there was only five copies left. So and I the sales report um from today, I think. Let me look.

SPEAKER_01 19:35

Um well and why while you're while you're looking, again, it's remarkable, and I I'm so grateful for you to be here on the show, sharing about your story, sharing about the process of the journey of writing this book, and then the book actually coming to fruition. It's I know it's one of those things you're you're physically holding this uh very vulnerable story that you created and wrote and and and told, and your own journey, and then putting it in it coming to like to have it in physical form, it's amazing. I hear from other authors, just to have the physical copy of it is remarkable.

Who The Book Helps Most

SPEAKER_01 20:10

Who I I know you're looking up some sales reports, but like the he who do you think needs this book the most? I mean, like I mean, I the the thing is, I encourage people to give it away, right?

SPEAKER_02 20:20

I think I think ultimately um the you know, I mean, look, let's face it, it was written by a man that um, you know, was going through a divorce, a very unexpected divorce, and um for someone that he he loved wholeheartedly. And um I think ultimately it's for men like that. But you know, I've also had I've seen some of the reviews and from women, and it it's all very relatable to anyone.

SPEAKER_01 21:03

Do you uh if this book ever became a movie, do you who do you want who would you want to play the main character?

SPEAKER_02 21:10

Well, that's a good question. Um well, first of all, I'd want Quentin Tarantino to direct it. Um he'd throw a twist in there.

SPEAKER_01 21:21

Um He heard it here first, folks.

SPEAKER_02 21:25

Uh I don't know. Uh maybe Oh, Brad Pitt or Jake Gyllenhaal.

SPEAKER_01 21:31

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 21:31

Not Jake Gyllenhaal or James Earl Jones, but God rest his soul, I don't think he's available.

SPEAKER_01 21:38

Not available. Yeah. It's amazing. Let me read. These are again, it's it's I'm I'm so excited. I have a physical copy. I'm excited about reading this. Every mountain, another quote. Every mountain pass reminded him that the hardest climbs always came after believing the worst was behind him. Every mountain pass reminded him that the hardest climbs always came. After believing the worst was behind him. Um the thing that broke him were not the things he lost, but the things he refused to agree.

SPEAKER_02 22:09

Right. Yeah. That's me. I mean, you know, Eli basically kept everything buried and swept everything under the rug. And it's not until we release and actually aggrieve the loss that can we find healing.

SPEAKER_01 22:29

And and on the other side of it. Right. Some wounds don't heal when they're forgotten, they heal when they're finally understood. And then what if everything wanted this is I think I think this is the most powerful pro, right?

SPEAKER_02 22:44

Yeah, this is my favorite. This is the one that I've lived by.

SPEAKER_01 22:47

What if everything worth wanting lived on the other side of fear? What does that mean to you?

SPEAKER_02 22:53

Um take chances. You know, I was talking to my wife, and she actually made a comment. And again, I'm not trying to boast myself, but this is one of the things that I do try to live by. You know, if I want something, you know, I um I try not to be scared to go after it. In fact, that's kind of written somewhere along the lines of one of Paul excuse me, Paulo Coelho's quote. Um, and I believe that he said um was C um what if um everything we ever wanted um oh if you want something bad enough, the whole world will conspire to help you achieve it. Obviously that's abbreviated because I can't remember the exact quote, but um Right.

SPEAKER_01 23:52

I and again along the same vein, the thing you want most may require you to leave behind the safety of who you who you've been. You know, growth begins where comfort ends. Uh fear gets the loudest when you're closest to something that matters.

SPEAKER_02 24:07

Yeah. No, that's and you know, and I I have to I have to tell that to my wife sometimes. Um you know, when she's working, you know, building her business. I mean, you know, fear can cripple. But fear can also strengthen.

SPEAKER_01 24:32

Right, and and have you heard that things are never as good or as bad as we think they are, and also fear, you know, there's another saying, don't build bridges to things that haven't happened yet, right? And then this internal dialogue that we have with ourselves. You want something, you have this dream, you have this vision, what you know, this healing journey you're on, right? Again, but fear getting through, getting to the other side of fear, getting taking the action even when you're afraid. Correct. Yeah. And I'm sure there's parts of you that I could be wrong. It it's scary to be vulnerable and to write a book like this and to put it out there, but it was you could it not.

SPEAKER_02 25:11

Yeah, well, exactly. And that's why I said I never intended on anyone seeing this.

SPEAKER_01 25:18

You did this for yourself, that's what I hear.

SPEAKER_02 25:20

Yeah, and you know, in fact, I mean the reason it took me seven years is because I had different chapters saved in different files, and you know, I lost three or four chapters for a couple of years, and then I found them on external hard drives. You really publishing, I didn't even entertain the thought of it until about a year ago, and I slowly just started piecing all my writings together. And um, you know, I mean, and and every bit of it, I mean they I mean, but you know, you write something, and I think this is true, you know, after it published, you know, I have a couple of regrets in there. Um, you know, for example, you know, I mentioned this guy, Jack at the Bar, uh, when he leaves to go to Alaska. That's a true story, or based on a true story. I met a guy in Palmodo Bay in Hilton Head in 2000. And uh, I mean, he was drunk as a skunk. I mean, it was about 11 o'clock in the morning. I was there eating breakfast. Um, but uh, you know, he had come from Maryland and he said, you know, look, he said, uh, I just divorced my third wife. He said, I realized all three of my wives just got a house out of the marriage, and so I built the boat for two years and I've been sailing ever since.

SPEAKER_00 26:47

He didn't get another five.

SPEAKER_02 26:49

But honestly, that's one of the most powerful, one of my favorite parts of the book is Jack at the Bar. But because of that, when I put him in the very first part of him going to Alaska, my biggest regret is I intentionally did it, but the very next chapter I individually go through and essentially write these many stories about the people he met in Alaska. And I said, Well, I can't write about other characters without mentioning Jack again. Well, now I read, you know, I read through it, and essentially you're just reading about Jack at the Bar twice. Sure. I mean, you know But it's okay, that's nice. But yeah, I mean the editor never said anything about it.

SPEAKER_00 27:27

Yeah, but you know, do you ever do you see yourself writing another book?

Next Novel Idea And Moment To Moment

SPEAKER_02 27:34

Um yeah, I've I'm entertaining the thought of continuing with Eli and Dr. Anna. And um, you know, I'm I want to get more, I guess, metaphysical with it. Uh I've I'm I've got this idea rolling around in my head about Eli and Dr. Anna um moving to Italy.

SPEAKER_01 28:00

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 28:01

Basically just to essentially leave the world or leave their world behind. Opening an antique shop and you know, coming upon this clock that oddly enough doesn't tell time, but it determines state of being. So in other words, I'm in and I'm just I'm totally just off the cuff. I'm not yeah, I wasn't planning on talking about this, but uh basically a clock that determines state of being. Okay. Um, you know, that if everything is good in your life and you're living in the moment, you're living in the present, yeah, you know, moment to moment, you know, the clock is accurate. You know. Because I think ultimately, you know, we've all heard the saying, you know, live it's live live each day in the moment. In the present, day by day. I don't think it's that way. I think it's much more condensed than that. I think you've got to live moment to moment.

SPEAKER_01 28:57

Yeah. I mean, you know Well, all we have is this moment. None of us are guaranteed to uh the next moment, right? I mean, like it's it's all relative. And what they say actually, time slows down when we're present, right? It's like it's just this, you know, we're we're in this moment, we're having this conversation, not thinking about what I have to do next, not thinking about what I just did, right? It's like, you know, it's when your brain is is fully present in the moment. I mean, time slows down. That's why they say travel, go somewhere new. I mean, like your Eli was on this journey to Alaska.

SPEAKER_02 29:30

Yeah, yeah. I mean, you know, what's funny, the guy that told me made the comment about moment to moment. I was sitting there by a bonfire one day, and um this hippie was sitting there with me, and uh, you know, I made the comment living each day, day by day, and he goes, dude, uh, I think it's much more than that. He said, I I think it should be moment by moment. And that just resonated with me. This hippie said it, and I just I some wisdom there. Yeah, I loved it.

SPEAKER_01 30:02

That's amazing. It it's amazing. Uh B. Dozier Singletary, local author, Barnes and Noble's short list of best new authors that just came out.

SPEAKER_02 30:12

You can advise last week, early last week.

SPEAKER_01 30:15

Congratulations. Life After Fall.

SPEAKER_02 30:18

And the website, if you want to read more about the book, is and it also has different bookstore or vendors on there if you want to look where to get it. Um lifeafterfall.net.

SPEAKER_01 30:30

Very good. Lifeafterfall.net. Again, easy access on Amazon. Get it all your local bookstores. I mean the uh Barnes and Nobles and Books A millions.

SPEAKER_02 30:39

It's not in it's not in boutique bookstores and it's not in airports. Not yet. Oh fingers crossed.

SPEAKER_01 30:46

You never know. But again, amazing. So grateful for you to be here this morning. Time flies when you're having fun. Our show's uh about wrapped up. Anything you need to uh that we didn't cover, because I mean the uh I time flies genuinely. We've been talking for 30 minutes, which is awesome. What any other thoughts or last minute uh or last uh last uh closing thoughts you might have?

SPEAKER_02 31:09

I'll tell everyone what my mama used to say get out there and make you a new friend today.

SPEAKER_01 31:14

I love it. Again, thankful for you you joining us this morning, sharing about your story, sharing about the the book. Again, go check it out Life After Fall. Uh in lifeafterfall.net. You can you can get more information on that.

SPEAKER_02 31:25

Oh, and let me throw in a plug real quick. Um I had my cousin do the the artwork. It's beautiful. Yeah. It's beautiful. In fact, the publishing company, they said, Well, we got great artists here. And I said, Well, that's fine. I said, but my cousin's better.

SPEAKER_01 31:39

Well, it's stunning. He did an incredible job. Congratulations, by the way. It's it's remarkable and thankful for you to be here sharing your story and about the the the release of the newly published book.

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Yeah, sorry, I went a little over.

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No, you're great. This is what it's this is live radio. We're having fun. Hey, another thing.

Hometown Hero Series And Final CTA

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We're here every Friday morning at 8 45, the Hometown Hero Series, George Real Estate Group Hometown Hero Series. This week is Medical Loan Closet of Hendersonville. This volunteer organization refurbishes donated durable medical equipment, turns in this equipment at and then provides this equipment at low cost or no cost to our neighbors. And anyone facing recovery from illness, accident, or otherwise in need of this equipment, they can borrow this equipment. They're just down the road from WHKP. Maureen Graham will be here tomorrow morning at 8 45 to tell us more about the medical loan closet. And we're here every Friday morning with the Hometown Hero Series. If you know somebody making a difference in the community, certainly nominate them. Uh, we're here every Thursday morning, uh, right after the news at 10 a.m. Been doing this radio program since 2011, sharing positive news about our local real estate market and community. And of course, if you're thinking of buying, selling, or investing in real estate or a career in real estate, maybe need help with a 1031 Exchange, we'd love to have the conversation. You can give us a call, 828-393-0134. 828-393-0134. Grateful to be here with you again. Thanks so much for tuning in. Uh, we're gonna podcast this, by the way, but find this on your favorite podcast platform. Thanks so much, and we'll see you tomorrow morning. Maybe the house feels a little too big these days. The stairs, a little steeper, the pace of life a little too fast. But what if your next move wasn't about letting go? It was about making space for peace, for freedom, for what matters most. At the George Real Estate Group, we understand that real estate isn't just about the house. It's about transitions, timing, and trust. We've helped thousands of families in Western North Carolina make smart, thoughtful moves closer to nature, closer to family, closer to home. So when you're ready to rise-size, simplify, or start fresh, we'll be here. The George Real Estate Group. Local, trusted, proven. Call us today, 828-393-0134. Find us online at realestatebygreg.com because your next chapter deserves to feel just right.