Author Archives: authorpaulhayden

I am fortunate to currently be working at a surf shop in Jacksonville Beach, FL. For the enjoyment of our shops customers, we run various surfing videos throughout the day. I was watching one yesterday when I came to realize … Continue reading →

For my newly released novel I use the term Waves of Fate for my title which makes me ponder are we really bound by simple fate or do we drive our destiny through our every day actions. The topic is … Continue reading →

We tend to hold onto fond memories from our youth of special places and events. When remembering those things a smile generally comes to our face and we are often filled with a sense of well being and nostalgia. It … Continue reading →

Ok, I’ll admit it, I count things. I don’t do it on purpose so I suppose it has to do with something I was born with (God only knows what makes my funny little brain work). I count steps I … Continue reading →

“The mind is a terrible thing to waste Paul”. That’s not really where I was planning on going with this post. I suppose the voices of teachers and parents past are still ringing in my ears. Lest I digress, and … Continue reading →

The worry express is an easy train to get on but really difficult one at times to get off of. Worry, just like a train, often starts out slowly then picks up speed as it moves along. Often, if one … Continue reading →

Last night, after two days of trying to get my newly completed novel “The Waves of Fate” published on Amazon Publishing and Amazon Kindle, I finally was able to get it loaded and approved. I’d like to say it took … Continue reading →

Ok I admit it once again. I am a huge fan of Ernest (Jim Varney) movies. I’ve come to believe the main reason I am is due to his character’s sense of wonderment of the world and things around him. … Continue reading →

Recently I reread my personal story Chicken of The Sea. It had been a long while since I had last done so and I wanted to revisit what I had written. I had forgotten that at the end of the … Continue reading →

I hate to admit it but I grew up in a home environment with parents who were somewhat uppity and very judgmental of others. They used terms like “they’re not our kind” and made disparaging comments about those of certain … Continue reading →