A Voice From the Other Side of the Wall

This is a short book.

On purpose.

A Letter to the One Who Pulls Away is the first release from the Deep Water series. It's maybe twenty pages. You can read it in one sitting. You can put it down anytime.

It's written for someone who might not read a longer book. Someone skeptical. Someone who had it placed in their hands by a partner who hoped they'd read it.

It won't chase you.

What It Is

A letter from someone who has been on both sides of the wall.

Who spent thirty years as the one pulling away—and then found himself reaching for people who did the same thing to him.

Who learned words like "attachment" and "avoidant" and "inner vows" and realized they were all describing the same wound from different angles.

Who isn't writing to fix you or diagnose you or tell you what's wrong with you.

Just to say: I see you. I've been you. Here's what I wish someone had told me.

What It's Not

A self-help program.

A demand that you change.

Another person telling you you're broken.

The Tone

From the opening:

I'm not going to chase you through these pages. No homework. No exercises. No demands that you feel something or do something or become someone different. Just some things I've wanted to say. To people I've loved who pulled away. To myself, in the years when I was the one behind the wall. Take what resonates. Leave the rest.

Before You Go

A few lines from the closing:

"You're not cold. You're protected. And that protection made sense once."

"The wall isn't proof that you don't want love. The wall is proof that you want it so much it terrifies you."

"I'm not chasing you anymore. I've learned that lesson. But I want you to know: you were never cold to me. You were protected. And I saw, underneath, someone worth reaching for."

"The door is yours to build. No one can build it for you. And no one should rush you."

The Pre-release Version

The novella will be available early 2026 from Tsillan Publishing. If you'd like to read (or share) the initial version of the work, please feel free.

Download "A Letter to the One Who Pulls Away"

More soon.

~ ethan