Eric S. Townsend

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About Eric S. Townsend

Eric S. Townsend is a poet, author, and publisher for Go Booklets. His titles span self improvement, sports, music, humor, children's, and fiction. Eric was born in the shadows of New York City, published first in the Shenandoah foothills west of Washington DC, and now creates among the Cascades mountains east of Seattle WA.

Go Booklets has been at the forefront of the "small books" revolution since 2012. Publications provide quick, accessible insight and breezy reading. Formats include PDF, MP3, and paperback.

Go Booklets feature:
* productivity hacks * street sense * life lessons * colorful language * poignant metaphors * storytelling * short, punchy sentences * lean reads (100s of mobiles screens, not 1000s)

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SUCCESS STORIES
* Developed and funded Tabula Raisa, a children's adventure series (TabulaRaisa.com) on Kickstarter. Raised ~$13,000 in 30 days, named Staff Pick, Project We Love, tagged New & Interesting, and recognized with a featured listing on their home page (#1 of 418 projects, 2016). Protected the intellectual property with the U.S. Patent and Trade Office (registration #5101045 / serial #86570349, registration #5233075 / serial #86574937) and the U.S. Copyrights Office (# 1-2258907701).
* Branded, packaged, and funded Hard Luck Cafe, an off-Broadway musical on Kickstarter. Raised ~21,000 in 30 days, won "Best Director" and was finalist for "Best Play" at the Thespis Theatre Festival (2015).
* Partnered with The Prince Estate to develop Blue Clouds, an episodic sketch of the rock icons early years (2020).

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Sharking: Don't Get Fooled Again — Billiards and Pool, Billiards Books, 8 Ball, Billiard: Kindle Books, Small Books, Short Reads (Go Booklets Book 1) Sep 12, 2013

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia

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Success can be stymied in subtle ways. Some devastating attacks are void of physical contact. Sharking is a highly-determined form of psychological warfare that stunts your personal growth through distractions.

Its most famous forum has been pool, billiards, and snooker rooms — but don't think for a second that’s the only playground. You're fooled at work, in competition, through conversations with friends, and among family every week.

Without awareness and the appropriate defense mechanisms, something as simple as a well-timed twitch can unnerve you. Next, a series of more substantial actions disrupts your execution. The most surprising form of sharking may be friendly words that are ill-intentioned. Southern charm, anyone?

Before you're dealt a brutal outcome, learn a very simple but effective shark antidote. Form winning habits. Overcome a variety of confidence tricks to perform at peak levels. Gain productivity hacks that act as a success guide for resilient focus and deeper concentration.

Noted billiards author Phil Capelle (A Mind for Pool, Play Your Best Pool) offered this review:

HIGHLY-RECOMMENDED!
"Sharking is well-written, full of engaging anecdotes, and is loaded with sage advice from which anyone could benefit. His three-step process is right on the money. Eric, like myself, recommends a method of quickly and efficiently putting sharks methods in their proper perspective so you can go back to what you were doing before you were disrupted."

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Bizkü Vol. 2: A Bird in My Hand — Poetry Books, Haiku Poetry Books, Haiku Poems, Haiku: Small Books, Kindle Books, Motivational Books (Go Booklets) Sep 13, 2013

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia

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The ancient art form popularized by the Japanese poet Basho (1644-94) gets a refresh. Bizkü are haiku for business and life. Perfect for "in-between" moments: lunch break, subway, airport, cooking, waiting in line, intermission.

This is Volume 2 in the series.

An effective haiku poem is a highly accessible personal growth tool. It’s instant gratification at just over 5 seconds each. Scroll the entire collection of 200 entries in 1,160 seconds (19 or so minutes).

Laugh, look twice, and think anew.
Challenge a long-held perspective.
Motivational books make great gifts!

Would you prefer a prettier version of the book — with cover art, cleaner typesetting, a single bizkü per page, and 43 black/white photographs? If yes, then visit the publisher’s bookstore here: http://www.gbklts.com/buy/products/bizkus-volume-2-a-bird-in-my-hand-pdf.

Bizkü Vol. 1: Dragonfire for Business & Life is also available on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Haiku-Success-Dragonfire-Business-ebook/dp/B0075LLKLU.

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Lovely: A 360° Look at Critique and Feedback — Personal Development Books, Personal Development, Interpersonal Communication, Critical Thinking: Success ... Books, Small Books (Go Booklets Book 1) Sep 13, 2013

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia

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Success is rarely a solo journey. It's a shared experience. Successful people understand the importance of taking criticism in stride. After all, all of us learn first from failures.

Standing by idly or showering pleasantries when critique would be beneficial can cost friends, family, and colleagues dearly. Don't shy from offering honest feedback and meaningful support in trying moments. Sparing feelings also means their struggle persists.

In this success guide, we dissect what’s said and not always done in lieu of assessment and action. We discuss giving and receiving advice and feedback as an important means to personal growth. We explore mechanisms and obstacles like critical thinking, conflict resolution, learned helplessness, and more.

Would you like a prettier version of the book — with cover art and cleaner typesetting? This title may currently be available to our Amazon customers as a free PDF. To check, email the publisher: gobooklets@gmail.com.

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Score Big: Lessons Learned from a Classic Boxing Match — Success Books, Winning, Feedback, Personal Improvement: Kindle Books, Small Books, Short Reads (Go Booklets Book 1) Sep 12, 2013

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia

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Success and the winning formula are elusive. They survive guesses in the dark and the aspirations of those who most need to grasp them. Sometimes, whether you succeed or are overlooked is decided by others. There are the game rules and the gatekeepers who enforce them.

Success books often complicate a simple equation. This success guide explores the subject from a number of angles. Based on analysis and lessons learned from a landmark boxing match — when Manny Pacquiao lost to Tim Bradley.

If you’ve fallen short in the past, and you're searching for success motivation, then Score Big will enhance your prospects. Success and the spirit are closely connected. Place the perception of your performance in a new and positive light through proven success strategies.

Would you like a prettier version of the book — with cover art and cleaner typesetting? This title may currently be available to our Amazon customers as a free PDF. To check, email the publisher: gobooklets@gmail.com.

Command Parallels: Learning Through Detachment — Self Help Books, Success Books, Personal Improvement, Mastery: Kindle Books, Small Books, Short Reads (Go Booklets Book 1) Sep 12, 2013

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia

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No, this is not a military exercise. The title sure sounds like one, right? This is a quick and easy success guide that shows you how to master a new skill faster.

Personal growth often begins with the breadth of your skills and the depth of your expertise. It could mean practical things you can do or an ease in social settings. More than other success books, we focus on a single stroke of genius to spring you forward.

Developing new or existing skills can prove daunting. The first step is separating skills for success from skills that the majority possess and use every day. The former deserve your attention, energy, and commitment.

Command is a soft skill that’s central to success training. Command of mind, hands, workflow, and others’ attention dictates your ability to advance in the workplace and life. To lack command is asking to be taken less seriously in all that you do.

Our method will help you to achieve and refine command sooner and more completely.

Would you like a prettier version of the book — with cover art and cleaner typesetting? This title may currently be available to our Amazon customers as a free PDF. To check, email the publisher: gobooklets@gmail.com.

Spark Series 002: Tactical vs. Strategic: A Tiny Paper (Go Booklets Book 1) Nov 23, 2012

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia

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This publication is the 001 in the Spark Series.

Sparks are our leanest goods. They are fiery particles thrown, activators, stimulants, inspirations, and catalysts. Most of all, sparks are yet another procrastination killed by Go Booklets!

Tactical vs Strategic clears any confusion about the greater of two actions you can take. Do yourself a favor. Be strategic. Don’t fall for the tactic du jour.

Spark Series 001: Speak to Unspoken: A Tiny Paper (Go Booklets Book 1) Nov 23, 2012

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia

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Sparks are our leanest goods. They are fiery particles thrown, activators, stimulants, inspirations, and catalysts. Most of all, sparks are yet another procrastination killed by Go Booklets!

Speak to Unspoken touches upon composure, communication, confidence, confrontation, and conquest. Communicators are a dying breed. Its time for you to speak up.

150 Sharks: Pocket Guide to Billiard Distractions — Billiards and Pool, Billiards Books, 8 Ball, Billiard: Kindle Books, Small Books, Short Reads (Go Booklets Book 1) Nov 23, 2012

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia

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This is an abridged version of Sharking: Don’t Get Fooled Again. Text size is increased for reading on a smartphone in a pool room.

No sharking antidote or short stories are included. Just some fluff upfront and a list of dangerous tricks to recognize, navigate, and overcome.

Your fate in tournaments and money games relies on your knowledge of sharking. Where there are high stakes, there will be significant cheating.

Don’t just win. Level the playing field for yourself and others.

Would you like a prettier version of the book — with cover art and cleaner typesetting? This title may currently be available to our Amazon customers as a free PDF. To check, email the publisher: gobooklets@gmail.com.

Orion Sagas: A New Mythology Takes to the Stars — Myths and Legends, Myths, Legends, Sagas: Kindle Books, Small Books, Short Reads (Go Booklets Book 1) Nov 23, 2012

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia

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Mini sagas are a different sort of legend. They’re short passages of exactly 50 words. Each phrase carries a renewed burden in the storytelling process. If you enjoy mythology, fairy tales, and other types of folklore, then you'll enjoy these sagas.

This collection of 26 epic stanzas chronicles the life of Orion, one of the greatest legends in ancient mythology. Why are the constellations so easy to trace? Why is our hero flanked by Canus Major and Minor in the night sky?

The answers to the above questions, plus birth of the great hunter’s son (our addition to the legend), await you inside. Legends. Kindle. The ancients would marvel at their stories being told on today's tablets.

Would you like a prettier version of the book — with cover art and cleaner typesetting? This title may currently be available to our Amazon customers as a free PDF. To check, email the publisher: gobooklets@gmail.com.

First World Maladies Vol. 1: Mild Inconveniences to Perfectly Able Individuals — Funny Books, Humor Books, Pop Culture, Sarcasm: Kindle Books, Small Books, Short Reads (Go Booklets) Nov 23, 2012

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia

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Popular culture is fodder for all kinds of humor. This collection is a spinoff on the phenomenon known on Twitter as #firstworldproblems.

Each day in America, we're plagued by the slightest of setbacks. We reach into the complaint box (social media walls) for this tongue-in-cheek look into what must be unbearable pains.

Enjoy the subtle (and not so subtle) sarcasm in this stark tour of the privileged — the spoiled brats, drama queens, and more who truly have it rough. Many more to come in Volume 2 and beyond!

Would you like a prettier version of the book — with cover art and cleaner typesetting? This title may currently be available to our Amazon customers as a free PDF. To check, email the publisher: gobooklets@gmail.com.

Catch: Because Telling Ain't Selling — Sales Books, Sales Management, Consultative Selling, a Highly Effective Sales Method: Kindle Books, Small Books, Short Reads (Go Booklets Book 1) Feb 19, 2012

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia , Morgan C. Benton

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Success lies in capturing attention, commanding focus, advancing conversations, and getting others to take action. Some call it sales. Others call it negotiation or closing. The bottom line — you need to be convincing!

Sales ebooks are an inexpensive way to acquire the sales management skills you desire (or already possess but wish to improve). You could spend hundreds to thousands on a sales coach. You could attend a national conference or take classes in sales strategy at a community college. Perhaps you prefer the most expensive option — procrastination! For a fraction of those other costs, invest in this sales primer.

Performing better as a sales person doesn’t mean doing more. People don’t want more of the same. Most seek conversation, helpful exchanges, and answers. In our sales process, it should feel like playing catch. It should not be a hard or uncomfortable sell. It's an opted-in exchange they've chosen.

Our program teaches consultative sales — identifying and isolating what someone wants, followed by selling a solution that meets or exceed needs. Contrast this with traditional sales — tossing out canned features, advantages, and benefits in hopes that they stick.

Opportunities are fewer. People are more skeptical and careful than in the past. While other sales people cling to a form of guessing, you’re about to shift to a foundation of knowing. They’re telling, you’re selling — and you’ll be the one who survives and thrives.

Would you like a prettier version of the book — with cover art and cleaner typesetting? This title may currently be available to our Amazon customers as a free PDF. To check, email the publisher: gobooklets@gmail.com.

Bizkü Vol. 1: Dragonfire for Business & Life — Poetry Books, Haiku Poetry Books, Haiku Poems, Haiku: Success Books, Kindle Books, Small Books (Go Booklets) Feb 3, 2012

by Eric S. Townsend , Sue LaLumia

( 14 )

$3.00

The ancient art form popularized by the Japanese poet Basho (1644-94) gets a refresh. Bizkü are haiku for business and life. Perfect for "in-between" moments: lunch break, subway, airport, cooking, waiting in line, intermission.

This is Volume 1 in the series.

An effective haiku poem is a highly accessible personal growth tool. It’s instant gratification at just over 5 seconds each. Scroll the entire collection of 200 entries in 1,160 seconds (19 or so minutes).

Laugh, look twice, and think anew.
Challenge a long-held perspective.
Motivational books make great gifts!

Would you like a prettier version of the book — with cover art, cleaner typesetting, a single bizkü per page, and 43 black/white photographs? This title may currently be available to our Amazon customers as a free PDF. To check, email the publisher: gobooklets@gmail.com.

Bizkü Vol. 2: A Bird in My Hand is also available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Haiku-Poetry-Success-Bizkus-Booklets-ebook/dp/B00F6M0DD6.

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

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