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AN INTRODUCTION Writing is something that I have come to rather late in life during a period of intense self-development over a period of ten to fifteen years. In the course of this period I wrote and published five non-fiction books. A sixth one is on its way. You can find out more about this period and these books here. While putting the final touches to my final (for the time being) non-fiction book, I have ventured into fiction and hope to publish my first novel later in 2023. More information about this book is available here. When I am not writing or relaxing, I am a trauma expert by experience offering my services as a trauma coach at Trauma Coaching Online. In addition, I am a managing partner of an online provider of English language services covering everything from tuition to writing, translation, editing and beyond. If you would like to know more about these services, please feel free to visit English Services Online.
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WRITING BEGINS
The period of self-development during which I first penned a book started in 2007 when my dog, The Smudge,
died. His death prompted a period of reflection on who I had become and I did not like what I saw. Trauma had
turned me into an angry man who distrusted everyone. At around the same time I felt a need to find a new way
of being and interacting with horses. Instinctively, I knew that it would involve a dramatic change in myself.
Setting out on this journey, I resolved to document my development in a blog, which I called Horses and
Humans.
HORSES AND HUMANS
The Horses and Humans blog spawned three books, namely In Search of the Master Who Dances with
Horses: Challenge, Growth and Being. In the course of my self-development I became an Equine Touch (a
form of equine bodywork) practitioner and instructor. I also qualified as a saddle fitter. With the horses as my
primary tutors, I wrote papers on horses, humans and the interaction of the species with each other along the
way. These I collected and published in a book called When Horses Speak and Humans Listen.
‘Take a leap of faith and discover the boat at the end of the pier.’
Andrew-Glyn SMAIL
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COMING SOON!
fiction
After completing six books on various aspects of horses and humans, I have finally ventured into the realm of fiction. Yet I have done so for one reason only, to draw on events that have induced and shaped some of my traumas. As a fellow writer once revealed to me, sometimes fact is more convincingly portrayed through fiction.
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Severely traumatised throughout my youth and afterwards, I was grateful
just to have survived. Yet survival is not enough when happiness is the
purpose of life. Largely on my own, I have managed to survive my
traumas, heal myself and find happiness. Told by a trauma survivor for
fellow survivors.
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excerpts from the book, related content and a free gift? Then click on the
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Based on a true story and spanning a period just shy of four and a half
decades, from the sharp, cold gusts of the Cape south-easter to the third
wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe, the dislocation that is Brexit,
the uncertainty of transition and the challenges posed by war in Palestine,
Love and Light in the Dark charts a dance of love in the face of violence,
abuse and discrimination covering the great social divides of black and
white, rich and poor, male and female, and Jew and gentile. Can love and
light survive the dark and, if they can, is survival enough?
Andrew-Glyn Smail, 2025
SELF-DEVLOPMENT AND HORSES
Over time I learned much about horses, humans and myself. This produced a profound change in me, which led
me to experience joy on a permanent basis for the very first time in my life. The horses responded well and I was
eventually able to interact with and care for them without tools of restraint and instruments of coercion. What I
learned and the conclusions which I drew, I set out in a book titled Becoming Humans for Horses. More detailed
information about these books on humans and horses may be found on the Horses and Humans website here.
TRAUMA EXPERT BY EXPERIENCE
In my early sixties my relationship of thirty-eight and a half years broke down, leading to a distressing divorce,
abandonment by dear friends of twenty to forty years standing and the loss of access to my horses and other
animals. The trauma caused by this, which I managed to cope with thanks to the gift of profound self-development
courtesy of the horses, caused me to reflect on my life and the havoc that trauma had wreaked in it from the age
of four until I was twenty-one and then subsequently at sporadic intervals. Reconnecting with the first love of my
life at about the same time occasioned even more trauma, reflection and study. I was becoming a trauma expert
by experience, albeit not precisely in the same way that some trauma counsellors insist we trauma survivors be
confined to.
TRAUMA TROUNCED, TRANQUILLITY TRIUMPHANT
The horses taught me that the purpose of life is to be happy, nothing less. Survival is not enough. As I increasingly
find self-contentment on my own and share joy with fellow humans, I have extended my understanding of my self-
development, of the severely debilitating impact of trauma in my life and of how I have overcome it to find
happiness. This understanding I fleshed out into the pages of a book, which has now been published. The title?
Trauma Trounced Tranquillity Triumphant. You can order a copy here.
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welcome
AN INTRODUCTION Writing is something that I have come to rather late in life during a period of intense self-development over a period of ten to fifteen years. In the course of this period I wrote and published five non-fiction books. A sixth one is on its way. While putting the final touches to my final (for the time being) non-fiction book, I have ventured into fiction and hope to publish my first novel later in 2023. When I am not writing or relaxing, I am a managing partner of an online provider of English language services covering everything from tuition to writing, translation, editing and beyond. If you would like to know more about these services, please feel free to visit English Services Online here.
non-fiction
WRITING BEGINS
The period of self-development during
which I first penned a book started in
2007 when my dog, The Smudge, died.
His death prompted a period of
reflection on who I had become and I
did not like what I saw. Trauma had
turned me into an angry man who
distrusted everyone. At around the
same time I felt a need to find a new
way of being and interacting with
horses. Instinctively, I knew that it
would involve a dramatic change in
myself. Setting out on this journey, I
resolved to document my development
in a blog, which I called Horses and
Humans.
HORSES AND HUMANS
The Horses and Humans blog spawned
three books, namely In Search of the
Master Who Dances with Horses:
Challenge, Growth and Being. In the
course of my self-development I
became an Equine Touch (a form of
equine bodywork) practitioner and
instructor. I also qualified as a saddle
fitter. With the horses as my primary
tutors, I wrote papers on horses,
humans and the interaction of the
species with each other along the way.
These I collected and published in a
book called When Horses Speak and
Humans Listen.
‘Take a leap of faith and
discover the boat at the
end of the pier.’
Andrew-Glyn SMAIL
Click. Let’s talk!
focus
terms
fiction
After completing six books on various aspects of horses and humans, I have finally ventured into the realm of fiction. Yet I have done so for one reason only, to draw on events that have induced and shaped some of my traumas. As a fellow writer once revealed to me, sometimes fact is more convincingly portrayed through fiction.
SELF-DEVLOPMENT AND HORSES
Over time I learned much about
horses, humans and myself. This
produced a profound change in me,
which led me to experience joy on a
permanent basis for the very first time
in my life. The horses responded well
and I was eventually able to interact
with and care for them without tools of
restraint and instruments of coercion.
What I learned and the conclusions
which I drew, I set out in a book titled
Becoming Humans for Horses. More
detailed information about these books
on humans and horses may be found
on the Horses and Humans website
here.
TRAUMA EXPERT BY EXPERIENCE
In my early sixties my relationship of
thirty-eight and a half years broke
down, leading to a distressing divorce,
abandonment by dear friends of twenty
to forty years standing and the loss of
access to my horses and other animals.
The trauma caused by this, which I
managed to cope with thanks to the
gift of profound self-development
courtesy of the horses, caused me to
reflect on my life and the havoc that
trauma had wreaked in it from the age
of four until I was twenty-one and then
subsequently at sporadic intervals.
Reconnecting with the first love of my
life at about the same time occasioned
even more trauma, reflection and
study. I was becoming a trauma expert
by experience, albeit not precisely in
the same way that some trauma
counsellors insist we trauma survivors
be confined to.
TRAUMA TROUNCED,
TRANQUILLITY TRIUMPHANT
The horses taught me that the purpose
of life is to be happy, nothing less.
Survival is not enough. As I
increasingly find self-contentment on
my own and share joy with fellow
humans, I have extended my
understanding of my self-development,
of the severely debilitating impact of
trauma in my life and of how I have
overcome it to find happiness. This
understanding I fleshed out into the
pages of a book, which has now been
published. The title? Trauma Trounced
Tranquillity Triumphant. You can
order a copy here.
OUT NOW!
Severely traumatised throughout my youth
and afterwards, I was grateful just to have
survived. Yet survival is not enough when
happiness is the purpose of life. Largely on
my own, I have managed to survive my
traumas, heal myself and find happiness.
Told by a trauma survivor for fellow
survivors.
Interested in interacting with the author and
receiving updates, including excerpts from
the book, related content and a free gift?
Then click on the button above to enter your
name and the address to which you would
like the updates and your free gift to be sent.
COMING SOON!
Based on a true story and spanning a period
just shy of four and a half decades, from the
sharp, cold gusts of the Cape south-easter to
the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in
Europe and the dislocation that is Brexit, Love
and Light in the Dark charts a dance of love in
the face of violence, abuse and discrimination
covering the great social divides of black and
white, rich and poor, male and female, and
Jew and gentile. Can love and light survive
the dark and, if they can, is survival enough?
Interested in interacting with the author and
receiving updates, including excerpts from
the book, related content and a free gift?
Then click on the button above to enter your
name and the address to which you would
like the updates and your free gift to be sent.
Andrew-Glyn Smail, 2025
CLICK ON THE COVER TO ORDER
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updates
All updates currently concern the novel, Love and
Light in the Dark, and are listed on a separate update
page, which can be accessed using the link below.
Click here for updates!
