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A space where SP Woodring shares real-life stories, personal insights, and hard-earned lessons from a journey across cultures, challenges, and comebacks. Welcome to the conversation.

 

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Finally... Put It In The Bank Is Now Available in Paperback
For those of you who've been following my writing journey, I have some good news. After almost a year of telling myself, "I need to finish the paperback version," it's finally done. Tell me more

ElevenLabs AI Voice Generator - Why I Use it
ElevenLabs is a powerful AI voice generator that allows you to turn text into realistic, human-like speech for videos, audiobooks, and digital content. Tell me more

No More Waiting -- I Finally Launched The Web Site Building Tutorial You Neede
Finally, I stopped waiting and turned my Web Sites For Dummies domain name into a simple 24-step tutorial that shows total beginners how to build a website from scratch--no experience needed. Tell me more

Time Is Really a Luxury in America -- Why I Still Haven't Gotten Around to My Paperbacks
After finishing Book 10 of the Ti Koze series, I thought I'd finally have time to turn my work into paperbacks. But life in America has a way of eating your hours before you even realize they're gone. Tell me more

The Day I Met a Group of Teachers and Remembered the One Who Changed My Life
I met a group of middle school teachers recently who were in Indianapolis for a conference. And, as I often do whenever I meet teachers, I told them about my favorite teacher of all time. They surprised me. Tell me more

The Price of Putting Things Off
You ever notice how the more things you try to juggle, the more important things slip through the cracks? Tell me more

Miss Pac-Man and My New Addiction
Forrest Gump said life is like a box of chocolates. I say writing, formatting, and publishing books is like playing Miss Pac-Man when I was a teen--addictive, nonstop, and strangely satisfying! Tell me more

The Writer in Me Lost to the Webmaster Again!
I finally understand, on a deeper level, how being a jack of all trades can slow you down--even when everything you're doing is valuable. One man. Too many hats. Not enough time. This was supposed to take a few hours! Tell me more

What I Told My 19-Year-Old Niece About Success, Regret, and Getting Ahead
When Millie asked me about my book Why Am I Not a Millionaire Yet?, I smiled--because that question isn't just the title of a book, it's a question I've asked myself more than once in life. Tell me more

An "Aha" Moment with My Niece: Why Young People Should Read My Books
I just had one of those unexpected heart-to-heart conversations that turns into a lightbulb moment. My 19-year-old niece, Millie, asked me a simple question that stopped me in my tracks: Tell me more

 

Recent Comments

I Love Your Haitian bible
Hi, I just found out about this very helpful website, and I was wondering if you'd be willing to share the Haitian copies in Creole. I would greatly...

RE: I Finally Finished Book #10 of My Series: Ti Koze with Woody
Congratulations to my best friend Woodring. I think that my English is not enough to understand very well your book. Anyway I try to read it. Again...

RE: Put It In The Bank - A Book by SP Woodring
"If just one person had failed to make the right move at the right time, we might have been ten steps back." Bro, this is so powerful, thank you. I...

RE: Put It In The Bank - A Book by SP Woodring
"It's your mother's story that brought tears to my eyes, brother. Real love that took you time to understand. Strong, loving Black woman."

RE: Try Not to Die After You've Made It - A Book by SP Woodring
"Very enlightening! Woody brought a little tear to my eye. One love

RE: Try Not to Die After You've Made It - A Book by SP Woodring
A MUST -read for me. This book has some really interesting chapter titles. I'm hoping for a real 'come-to-Jesus' moment maybe I'm expecting too much...