Billy Soden; Beatbusker Mindset - Mindset On The Loose!

Excerpts from Billy Soden; Beatbusker Mindset - Mindset On The Loose!

A freelance writer with over 30 years of experience on the beat in more ways than one, Billy grew from a writing hobbyist to a professional communicator and creative storyteller. A former music teacher and community educator, Billy is a believer and advocate for finding the story in every type of written content. He combines a creative persuasive touch to nuance any niche.

"I am a survivor of writing education curriculum and policy, grant writing for the fine arts, marketing copy for quarterly community events and classes, and successfully transitioned from paper post-it notes to on-screen post-it notes." ~ Billy Soden

Billy has been published in Jewish Life Magazine and his second book, Hope Dealer, was published in November 2017. Hope Dealer inspires those who struggle to the depths of despair and hopelessness through the stories of perseverance, recovery, and personal prosperity, some from the life of its author.

Billy is a regular blogger has been featured on a global blogging site with more than 35,000 contributors and an average of 1.1 million unique monthly visitors. His blog, "How To Squeeze A Football Team Into A Sardine Can; Growing Up In Small Spaces," touched the hearts of many through a condensed telling of growing up in a large blended family.

As a writer for the world's largest non-profit independent television and media company based in New York City, Billy was a natural storyteller to a global audience of over 65 million viewers. Billy contributed to the shared vision of uniting humanity, hope, and freedom, engaging his readers in an intensely compelling message of unification of all humankind.

Born with a trombone in one tiny hand and a pen in the other, Billy's passion for writing developed early in life. Professional, versatile, and creative, Billy has coined the term "Beatbusker" and labels himself as such. "I'm a hybrid writer," Billy explained, "kind of a cross between a beat reporter and a street performer (a busker). I know all the words. You just have to put them in the right order to make them get up and dance!"

Positive, collaborative, and inspired, Billy is indeed the "Beatbusker" of the writing world.

Hope Dealer (Book) - Short Excerpt Chapter

Published on 12th August 2017

My dad was abusive to my mom and to my brothers and sisters, both physically and verbally. In one attempt to stop my dad from beating up my mom, I tried to intervene. I almost always intervened, even at four years old. This particular time, my dad threw my little body across the room. Another time, my dad chased my mom out of the house and across the street with a gun. She was running for safety to call the police. All of my siblings ran out the door and down the street a few miles to where one of my brothers was working as a cook. Even at their urging to follow them, I stood frozen on the front steps, having watched my mom and dad run in one direction and my brothers and sisters in another.

In his drunken stupor, my dad had fallen down on, face first, on the unforgiving asphalt of a very busy Lowry Avenue. He came back to find me standing there, frozen and traumatized on the porch. His bloodied face leaned into me, just inches from my own. he smelled of sweat, blood, and alcohol. He asked me why I did not run with my brothers and sisters. I don’t remember what I answered.

What does a four-year-old boy do in that situation? I was in shock, and what happened next would change my life forever...I was only four years old.