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Autumn in the Country is one book in the SENIOR STORIES series of color photography books with simple text designed to stimulate conversation and interaction between seniors with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. The readers will take a visual trip through the countryside to see fall foliage, apple picking, and a country market with apple cider, pots of mums, and piles of pumpkins for sale. The text invites the senior readers to tell what they like along the way, whether they prefer apple pie or pumpkin pie, and whether they’ve ever carved a jack-o’-lantern…Seniors might tell their own autumn memories, or tell a new story about a photo, or just enjoy looking at the images!

Jed Levine, Executive Vice President of the New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, writes,”Autumn in the Country is a book that can be shared by two people or enjoyed alone. For a person with dementia, these evocative pictures may momentarily jog a memory like the taste of a fresh apple pie or the fun of carving a jack-o’-lantern, reawakening a lost experience. These images of life’s pleasures have the potential to stimulate conversation by rekindling warm feelings, which are captured in the pages of this special book.”

The author hopes both seniors and caregivers enjoy sharing the autumn scenes.

Six Months to Live is a first of its kind. You may find the story behind the writing of this book interesting.

23 years ago I learned how to stop causing arthritis and other diseases. Within two months from the date that I removed the cause, my pain was gone. Over the next two decades I struggled to teach anyone who would listen what I learned about health.

I worked at many jobs to make a living while teaching anyone who would listen. The biggest problem I had was getting people to believe that they could really change what they eat and their body could heal itself.

Well I had been praying for years about how to reach into the homes of people all over the world and tell them the message that they don’t have to be sick.

My mother was in a nursing home. I could have helped her but I did not have the facilities or the money to do more than visit her. I desperately wanted to share the message with her and the world, in a way that gain her interest in learning more.

I had been watching TV programs like Survivor, and Lost. I have watched movies like Swiss Family Robinson, and countless others where someone gets stranded on a deserted island or dumped into difficult circumstances with nothing.

My mother watched Six Days and Seven Nights over and over in the nursing home. I wondered why there were no fiction books that taught the truth about health?

One night in March of 2004 I woke up with a story in my head. I could not set aside. I had to start writing. A few days later I was fired from my job. I had missed some tiny scratches about the size of this ( , ) comma.

Any way I went home and kept writing until I had the entire story down. Then I went to work trying to clean it up while I contacted a publisher.

While looking for a publisher I sent the rough draft to some people I new on the net, and some friends here in Michigan.

I mentioned the publisher in the book, so I thought that they would be the obvious choice.

I contacted them. I was given a person named Linda to talk to and she agreed to read the book.

That was the beginning of an exciting summer.

Linda read the book and loved it. She got in my corner and was instrumental in getting the publisher to take on my book. We spent the next 6 months emailing and phoning back and forth through the editing process. Then with the cover and layout it started all over again.

In the middle of the process I got word from a woman who read the rough draft. She became very interested in what I had to say on health since she had been bed redden because of severe rheumatoid arthritis.

Shortly after we began the editing process she notified me that she was up and getting active and her pain had been reduced 70%

Before we started the cover design process she contacted me again to tell me that I had saved her life. Her pain was all gone and both her and her husband were healthy and thankful for my ministry.

You can immagine that that was a real boost to me. It was what kept me going when it looked like it wouldnever end.

The end result is that a year after I had the idea dumped into my head, my book was in print.

If you would have asked me even a month before I started writing Six Months to Live, if I would consider writing a fiction book, I would have laughed in your face. I took basic English in high school. I took the minimum English classes in the college I went to. Creative writing was not something that I thought I would be good at. I never considered myself a story teller.

I had written many articles about health. But the thought of writing a fiction story never crossed my mind. I was an avid reader of good Christian novels. They had an influence on my writing style.

Since Six Months to Live came out I have written two more books, and am working on more in my spare time when I have a creative moment.

God in His infinite wisdom can work through the most unlikely people.

I hope this encourages someone to write a really good story. If I can do it, you can.

Charles Snyder is a Health Minister and teacher of Natural Hygiene.

Mr Snyder is giving readers of his weekly newsletter a preview of the sequel, to theis engaging story of faith and courage in the face of great danger, one chapter each week. To subscribe follow this link.
http://www.arthritis-back-knee-pain-free-health-restored.com/news.html

“Fern’s Dragon is a wonderfully fun read that stimulates the
imagination of both young people and the young-at-heart
alike. It is a good mystery-fantasy story that is artfully
composed.

Fern is a bright, artistic young girl who is utterly fascinated
with dragons. One day she created a masterpiece with
beach sand and loved it so much that she was reluctant to
leave her dragon, Nogard. When her mother brought Fern to
visit Norgard, they were shocked to discover he was
missing. Later that night, Fern is visited by Norgard, who
begs for her help in saving dragon-kind.

Little Fern finds herself leading the last of the race of
dragons, following clues and trying to piece together a way
to save the dragon king - the only dragon with the power to
stop the catastrophe about to fall.

David Wills has done a superb job on this children’s book.
His use of colors and visually stimulating words is sure to
spark the imagination. The light ending will leave a smile on
the readers’ face.

I highly recommend this book to parents, as they are
unlikely to become bored with their children begging to have
the story repeatedly read to them. I know I certainly enjoyed
it.”

ISBN# 1413770177

Publisher: Publish America, Inc

Author: David Wills

~ Lillian Brummet - Book Reviewer - Co-author of the book Trash Talk, a guide for anyone concerned about his or her impact on the environment Author of Towards Understanding, a collection of poetry.
http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit

In their ebook “How To Write And Publish Your Own Ebook…
In As Little As 7 Days”, Jim Edwards and Joe Vitale teach
you how to adapt a proven ebook writing formula to vastly
improve the performance of your own ebook writing
techniques. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, you are
taught how to find a topic, write about it and produce your
own ebook, sometimes in as little as 7 days, reducing the
trial and error sometimes associated with writing your own
ebook.

Of course, we know about ebooks don’t we? You cannot log on
without being offered one. There are various degrees of
credibility associated with ebooks from the brilliant
informative ebooks that you hope that you are buying to the
downright useless regurgitated rubbish that you are
sometimes duped into buying. Well, we do not want to go
down that route do we? No of course we don’t, we want to
produce a well thought out, well written and informative
ebook that not only you will be proud of producing, but also
an ebook that gives people value for money. So, having got
that goal established, how do you even begin to research a
subject that everyone is looking for and put it into words
in the form of an ebook?

The authors are arguably two of the best exponents of the
written word on the internet. Their step by step
instructions in the “How To Write And Publish Your Own
Ebook….In As Little As 7 Days” takes you logically and
systematically through the creation process right through to
the finished product. Their track record for writing
informative and educational ebooks and articles, that have
helped thousands of internet entrepenuers, is second to
none.

At over 200 pages long, “How To Write And Publish Your Own
Ebook….In As Little As 7 Days” has alot to offer those who
really do not know where to start when writing an ebook. Of
course, even those who are adept at stringing a sentence
together will probably find something useful in the book.

“How To Write And Publish Your Own Ebook…In As Little As 7
Days” is designed to teach you:

How to conceive an idea for an ebook that has a market with people willing to pay or it - either directly or
indirectly.

How to write your ebook quickly and concisely in a way that conveys information so that people can use and implement it quickly.

Take positive action towards selling your ebook online by giving you a road map to start marketing your ebook on the internet.

The main instructional section is 80 pages in length and
filled with informative and motivational text. So instead
of: write a book, look for a market, hope and then give up
what about: identify a niche market, identify needs, wants
and problems, write a book that satisfies those requirements
and then market your book to your niche and make some
money.

If you think you cannot write, think you do not have
anything to say or you do not want to write a full length
ebook, that’s okay, every eventuality is covered to get you
to start writing. I mean let’s face it, how much motivation
do you need? I bet if you were offered $50.000 to
write a short ebook you would soon get your pen and paper
out!

Of course, there has to be constructive criticism and for me, I get bored with featured authors who contribute to add a few more pages to the ebook. However, you cannot dismiss the valuable advice of Yanik Silver, Kevin Donlin or Neil
Shearing whose life experiences are included - with
appropriate links to their websites of course! However
irritating these featured articles are (and they will appear
in other ebooks as well) they do provide a valuable in site
into how they got to where they are now. Just remember to
concentrate on one thing - writing and publishing an ebook -
do not get hijacked by outgoing links to other sites.

“How To Write And Publish Your Own Ebook…..In As Little As
7 Days” is finished off with bonus reports for accepting
credit cards, ebook cover design, web hosting and more. All
designed to get your finished product published and making
money.

If you are looking for well written, informative and value
for money instructions on how to write your own ebook,
whether it is 10 pages or 1000 pages, then I believe that
this ebook does deliver on its promise to get you to write
an ebook in as little as 7 days. The only thing it cannot do
is write it for you.

For more information on Jim Edwards’s and Joe Vitale’s book,
“How To Write And Publish Your Own Ebook….In As Little As
7 Days please visit http://www.1st-4-income.com/

Hopefully, the authors will collaborate again in the future
to write an ebook that will again take the mysteries out
writing and publishing on the internet.

Ian Simpson reviews software and informational products on the internet for their value and usefulness. Subscribe to his free newsletter at http://www.information4income.com

The Seventh Jewel is a fantasy-adventure fiction geared for
youth (ages 11 and up). J.J. Pritchard crammed several
tantalizing elements in only 278 pages. The reader is taken
on a journey that involves a treasure hunt, a noble quest and
the discovery of an ancient civilization. The author touches
upon family relationships, dealing with death and coming to
terms with loosing a limb. The Seventh Jewel is also an
educational book that brings up serious issues from poverty
to discrimination. Mr. Pritchard’s approach to encourage
readers to use his glossary of the ancient Inca language
was very well done.

J.J. Pritchard, author of 6 books including The Seventh
Jewel, has participated in a climbing expedition in Peru. His
first hand knowledge of Peru, global warming and ancient
Inca history is shown by tasteful and accurate use of facts.
He couples this with highly plausible events throughout the
story, making this book very well rounded, unique and
realistic.

There are four main characters: Emma, a gutsy and witty
teenage amputee, teaches the reader understanding and
respect for what amputees experience. I think she could be
a role model for many readers. Joel, her brave 11-year-old
brother, displays a loyal adventurous heart. Uncle Jake, a
well-connected treasure hunter by trade, plays the part of a
hero and protector during a few points in the story. Estrella,
a beautiful professor, has a chip on her shoulder that
begins to melt when she meets Uncle Jake. Her life long
dream is to honor her people by discovering the mysterious
jewel of the Ancient Inca.

They are all thrown together when scientists discover that
knowledge of an extremely rare element may exist in the
ancient records of the Inca. This element has the potential
to combat global warming and it is worth an inconceivable
amount of money. Because of this value, people of
questionable character are attracted to treasure hunt - but
they play by their own rules and answer to their own ethics.

The Seventh Jewel was an exceptional read. I highly
encourage readers to pick up a copy of J.J. Pritchard’s latest
book. You won’t be disappointed!

ISBN#: 0595336744

Author: J. J. Pritchard

Publisher: iUniverse

~ Lillian Brummet - Book Reviewer - Co-author of the book Trash Talk, a guide for anyone concerned about his or her impact on the environment Author of Towards Understanding, a collection of poetry.
http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit

“Dawn Josephson, author of 14 books, has written a
fantastic author resource with her latest book Putting it on
Paper - The ground rules for creating promotional pieces
that sell books. This book discusses the development and
use of contents within a media kit, and other marketing
materials. From cover letters, press releases, book reviews,
bios, sell and catalog sheets to articles - Dawn covers it all.

Each chapter concludes with two brief, but very helpful
sections. ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ is an essential
ingredient to this well-rounded book because it touches on
creativity and exceptions to the rule. Her section ‘Key Points’
acts as a summery to the main ideas within the chapter.

There are many excellent samples of actual promotional
pieces, which give authors a variety of choices and ideas to
use in creating the content for their own marketing
materials. The samples are also precluded with notes on
the construction of the piece so that the reader can fully
understand the purpose of each opening, paragraph or
by-line. Dawn shows many ways to tweak text for each piece
and then closes with how to present promotional materials
to various markets.

I really enjoyed the thought provoking quotes she used
throughout the book and felt Putting it on Paper was quite
inspirational. As an author who has spent a year of intensive
marketing research and hands on application, I can say that
several of Dawn’s tips are unique and I cannot wait to try
them. The information on multiple press releases, mock
book reviews and catalog sheets were particularly helpful
for my own applications.

I highly recommend this useful book to any author who is
facing book promotion. Putting it on Paper will certainly help
authors get noticed.”

ISBN#: 0974496618
Publisher: Ground Rules Press
Author: Dawn Josephson

~ Lillian Brummet - Book Reviewer - Co-author of the book Trash Talk, a guide for anyone concerned about his or her impact on the environment Author of Towards Understanding, a collection of poetry.
http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit

Yinka Adebiyi’s new book of poetry, Thoughts in Words, was certainly written with the intent to encourage and uplift its readers.

This book represents seven years of dedicated work by a talented author, and community-minded musician. Much of the content is very up beat with a spiritual and inspirational theme.

Yinka discusses love and friendship quite a bit in the poetry and reveals how important being able to share troubles with someone trusted is to him. Life’s challenges, common decency and joy of living are also touched upon.

I have two favorite poems in this book, The Possibility and Winner. Here’s an excerpt from Winner that truly moved me with its strength:

“I am surrounded by negativity.
There is a label on me.
However, I am not moved.
There is lots of gossip about me.
I am not shaken by it.”

In this world, where individuals are surrounded by seemingly surmountable challenges and bombarded with negativity - Thoughts in Words will bring some welcome relief to its readers.

ISBN#: 1413789706
Author: Yinka Adebiyi
Publisher: Publish America

~ Lillian Brummet - Book Reviewer - Co-author of the book Trash Talk, a guide for anyone concerned about his or her impact on the environment - Author of Towards Understanding, a collection of poetry. (www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit)