04/08/2022
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‘Owning It - The Ride That Changed My Life’
What better way to commemorate the 8 year anniversary of my accident than to finally announce the upcoming release of my autobiography!!!
This has without a doubt been the biggest undertaking of my life and the toughest challenge I’ve set myself, so I’m beyond excited to have it completed and ready to share with you.
I was offered a ghost writer to help write my story, but I refused as I wanted to achieve this myself. So after 5 years of writing, using only a mouthstick stylus to type each letter, I submitted around 450,000 words to my publisher Allen & Unwin (the longest memoir they’ve ever received). From there it’s taken about a year to edit it down to a digestible first person telling of my life, from my pursuit of a career as a pro wakeboarder, to my life changing spinal cord injury and navigating the huge challenges that followed. This book is packed full of my own learnings that I hope will help others navigate life’s challenges, no matter how big or small.
Honestly, I couldn’t be more proud of myself for seeing it through to completion, as I had to rip open the wounds and face my biggest demons in order to be able to heal, and now I’m ready to share it all openly for the world to read.
Honest . . . Raw . . . Real . . . This is my story. Hitting book stores mid August.
Pre-order now https://linktr.ee/bradsmeele Available in hard copy and ebook.
Huge thank you to my amazing editors Kimberley and Rachel for your help shaping this book into the final product that I’m so proud of. And big thanks also to Jenny, Leanne, Abba, Courtney and everyone at Allen & Unwin for your patience and for believing in me. We did it!!
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