This Is/Is Not the Way I Want Things to Change (Ember)

This Is/Is Not the Way I Want Things to Change  (Spanner Series, III)
Sally Ember, Ed.D., 2015
Timult Books
536 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780996999823 (Kindle)


Summary
Clara, Moran, Espe, Epifanio and the alien Band of holos are back in This Is/Is Not the Way I Want Things to Change, Volume III, The Spanners Series.

Psi-Defiers launch increasingly violent protests during this five-year Transition, attempting to block Earth's membership into the Many Worlds Collective. Earth's nations and borders must dissolve and Psi-Warriors must strengthen in their battle against the rebels.

Clara, as Earth's first Chief Communicator, also juggles family conflicts and danger while creating psi skills training Campuses to help Earth through the Psi Wars. Clara timults alternate versions of their futures as the leaders' duties and consciences force them to make difficult choices across multiple timelines, continuing to train and fight.

Will the Psi-Warriors' and other leaders' increasing psi skills, interspecies collaborations and budding alien alliances be enough for Earth to make it through The Transition intact? If there is no clear path for Clara's and Epifanio's love, does she partner with Steve or go it alone?
What do YOU do with wanted/unwanted changes?

This is Vol. III of the Spanners Series. Vol. I is This Changes Everything (2013). Vol. II is This Changes My Family and My Life Forever (2014).

Author Bio
• Birth—1954
• Where—Clayton (St. Louis), Missouri USA
• Education—University of Massachusetts/Amherst, M.Ed. & Ed.D.
• Currently—Creve Coeur (St. Louis), Missouri USA


Sally Ember, Ed.D., has been passionate about writing since she was nine years old. She’s won prizes for her poetry, stories, songs and plays. She began meditation in her teens. Now, Sally delights fans of paranormal and romance by blurring the lines between fact and fiction in a multiverse of multiple timelines, often including exciting elements of utopian science fiction and Buddhism. Born Jewish on the cusp of Leo and Virgo, Sally's life has been infused with change.

In her "other" professional life, Sally has worked as an educator and upper-level, nonprofit manager in colleges, universities and private nonprofits in many parts of the USA before returning to live in St. Louis, Missouri, in August, 2014. Sally has a BA in Elementary Education, a Master's (M.Ed.) and a doctorate in education (Ed.D.).

Her sci-fi /romance/ speculative fiction/ paranormal/ multiverse/ utopian books for New Adult/adult/YA audiences, "The Spanners Series," are getting great reviews.
Vol I, "This Changes Everything," ebook is FREE everywhere, $17.99 paperback.
Vol II, "This Changes My Family and My Life Forever," ebook as $3.99 and paperback $19.99.
Vol III, "This Is/Is Not the Way I Want Things to Change," released @$3.99 as ebook and paperback $19.99 on 12/8/15. Look for Vol IV – X in 2016-2021. From Timult Books.

Currently, she meditates, writes, swims, reads and hosts her Google+ Hangout On Air (HOA) *CHANGES*, conversations with authors, LIVE almost every Wednesday, 10 - 11 AM Eastern USA (on hiatus until January, 2016).

Sally blogs regularly on wide-ranging topics and includes reviews, interviews, guest blog posts, and excerpts from her books. (From the author.)

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Book Reviews
Because this reads like a documentation of actual events, I came away from it feeling like my own little life is petty and trivial and a waste of "time." Like, I’m not part of The Movement and I ought to run right out and start a victory garden or a recycling program or find an ESP trainer and get started learning how to TK or.... The entire series is such an astounding creation it amazes me that it’s the production of just one person.
Devorah “Dee” Fox - Dee-Scoveries (fantasy/thriller author, journalist, columnist)

Discussion Questions
1. If you read Volume II, This Changes My Family and My Life Forever, which focused on the younger Spanners' views of the same five years of The Transition, what do you think are the major differences between their viewpoints ad those of the older Spanners as presented in Volume III? If you haven't read Vol. II, what do you think are the key age-related concerns expressed by these older Spanners in Vol III?

2. Compare/Contrast Epifanio Dang and Steve Jasny as partners/lovers for Clara Branon: pros and cons for each, type of person each is, type of relationship she has with each compared to her being on her own. Give your preference for her partnership status and reasons.

3. If you had to do a "Confession" as Clara does, especially in public, what would be your difficulties and why? What would you confess with the most ease and why? How would you benefit from having to do this?

4. What are your thoughts on the religious/spiritual aspects of Clara's life and those of other older Spanners in this series (Buddhism, Judaism)? What have you learned from this book and/or what would you like to learn more about due to having read this or other books on these subjects?

5. What do you think about the Many Worlds Collective's Interventions on behalf of Earthers? Favorites? Objections? Reasons? Consider: Tinting, dissolving national and regional boundaries and governments, Sequestering, making all education/Access free and available to all, hormonal adjustments to reduce/end violence and close most prisons, Excellent Skills Program trainings, communication with all species via the fish.
(Questions courtesy of the author.)

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