Hi CP,
Thanks for the friendship. I wish you all the best with your book sales!
~Colleen

Hi CP,

I look forward to networking with you and wish you the best as well.

-Nadia

Not sure what this is going to accomplish but it's always worth a try. Thanks for being my friend.

Hello there, Christine. Thank you for the friendship! I live in Plantation, which is about 8 miles west of Ft. Lauderdale. I've been down here 20 years, originally from MD.

But I love the Naples area! I don't know if you've visited lately, but it's grown so much in the last 10 years. My fav spot in Florida is Captiva Island. It's so beautiful.

Hey there,

I like my music too. Thank you! Reading your book last night. Good story, I'm tellin' ya.

Hi CPMurphy,

I would like to invite you to join my Ning Book Marketing network. I have been a published author for many years and love to network with others who have a passion for writing and publishing.

If you get a chance, please visit my blog to read my special feature called The Author’s Corner. This week’s featured author is Nikki Leigh. http://www.kathleengage.blogspot.com Nikki shared some excellent tips on how an author can market themselves.

Have a great day.

Kathleen Gage

The Street Smarts Marketer and Author

www.streetsmartsmarketing.com

Hello CP! You're book sounds great! I'll have to get myself a copy of it. BTW, did you pick the name "Patrick Buchanan" on purpose?

HI! I just re-read your comment about communication in marriage and want to share that George and I are also best friends like you and yours are. Like with you, it wasn't always that way. Sometimes you have to learn how NOT to have a relationships before you can have one. We still make mistakes and assume wrong things big time, though, but overall, our relationship is great. I agree with you that there is no price for this. Thanks so much for sharing.

Blessings,
Sharon
http://www.encouragingwordsministries.com
Transforming lives through developing balanced, emotionally healthy relationships with God, others and self

Thank you for the invitation. Your book looks very enticing!

Stephanie
"Angels and Quilt Pieces...Our Journey with a Katrina Family"

Thanks for the invite. Writing historical fiction is fun. I've published two family history books that contain more than just the vital statistics and enjoyed the research so much that I decided to write a novel based on the progenitor of our family. There was so much interesting info on him, including a court case where he was found "Naked in Bed Together with Joanna Armitage, both married persons." How could I resist filling in the unknown portions of his life, speculating on how he got from point A to point B and what other "interesting" things might have happened to him along the way. The book is 400 manuscript pages along. My usual genre is mystery/suspense/thrillers.

Douglas Quinn
www.douglasquinn.com

Thanks for the invite.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Toni V. Lee
www.tonivlee.com

CP -- I just replied to your question about virtual book tours and other ways of getting online notice and have sent a friend request to you so I can share what I know a little more conveniently

i WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO VISIT MY WEB SITE:
www.lmstephenson.com
AND CHECK OUT MY HOT NEW ROMANCE NOVEL CALLED, "A PRESCRIPTION FOR LOVE". IT'S A HARD TO PUT DOWN READ THAT YOU WILL WISH WOULD NEVER END!! WHILE YOU ARE THERE PLEASE VIEW MY TV INTERVIEW VIDEO, CHECK OUT MY CONTEST AND SIGN MY GUESTBOOK. THANK YOU, LEEANNE

Hi CP:

Got your message. If you'd like to post the reviews that I do for Bookmarketing Network authors, go to: http://mjbookreviews.blogspot.com/.

I don't mind if you copy and past the reviews, which will show up about every two weeks. The first one is there now. Just please put "Reviewed by Author/Editor Martha Jette.

Let me know, okay. I'd like to see the postings.

Take care,
Martha

Thank you ladies for allowing me to sleep at night once again. Talking about horror stories with errors.

For starters, I am in the process of creating my own publishing company and re-releasing my first novel, ME TIME on my own label (slated for March 2008 to celebate my 50TH birthday). I believe this to be atleast my twentieth read of this novel to the point I can recite it in my sleep! Nonetheless, it will be used as a spring-board to the release of the sequel I GOT MINE Fall 2008.

Long story short, I published with AuthorHouse in 2006. Submitted manuscript in June for a September release party. Errors were so numerous they were too many to count. Resubmitted galleys only to now be pushed for a deadline. My release party was scheduled for September 10, 2006 with over 100 books already pre-sold and 75 attendees scheduled. Books were guaranteed to arrive several weeks prior too. Received them less than 48 hours before the event. So elated they arrived and crunched for time, proceeded with party. Event was a overwhelming success! Did not get the opportunity to exhale until the following day after dropping guests back off at the airports. Low and behold open the book and the "revised" copy was the edited version unedited. Almost hit the roof! Now I have hundreds of copies floating out there filled with countless errors. Couldn't sleep or eat. My buyers believed in me enough to pre-order most of the books without reviewing it. I am just starting to feel somewhat comfortable with this entire ordeal. How did I handle this situation? I resent the galleys back only to find new errors which were not on the original. I immediately stop marketing the book for sale only for exposure. Now this time around I have created my own publishing company to re-release my first novel along with a self-help guide I invented out of one of my seminars. First Time Out: The testimonies of a self-publisher.

Again, both of these projects will be a spring-board to release the sequel in September. I say all this to say, your comments allowed me to get some on my self worth back. For those who know me, I am viewed as a would be perfectionist,i.e. Perfect Patty. As a communications major it has taken me a while to grasp the fact that my name is out there circulating on something I would view as substandard. Although, not so eccentric to believe it deminishes my work. Moreso my pride.

Thanks for the lift!

Happy Reading!

Hey:--)

Great news about those website visits! I'll be getting with you soon about that historical fiction!

I send you greetings of peace and love from the rest of the family. They, like I, are always with you and never leave or forsake you. The angels and the rest of us want you to know how precious you are to us.

When I agreed to give up my divinity and be born in the flesh, I did so very willingly. I looked forward to the time when we, you and us, could all be together and share in everything that is. I looked forward to loving you, hugging you, comforting you and encouraging you so that, when your life gets tough, you will feel secure and supported enough to face whatever you have to face. I looked forward to being the one you could rely upon unconditionally for that strength, comfort and encouragement whenever and however you need it.

Not only that, I looked forward to sharing with you that we created you to love you, and that we so hoped and desired that you would love us back. We want you in our life, and we love it when you want us in yours. It was so exciting when I could turn to my disciples and expand our relationship to include friendship and true fellowship. I offer that friendship and fellowship to you today as well, and I look forward to your inviting me into your life in that way.

You can see there are many reasons why I came in the flesh so many years ago. There’s more! I also wanted to set you free from thoughts and behaviors that hurt you emotionally and spiritually. If you were hurt by people or experienced hard times in your life and lost things like your health, relationships, or your way of life because of disaster or unemployment, I wanted to give you the tips and tools as well as the encouragement to recover emotionally and spiritually from who or what hurt you so you could have the kind of life I want you to enjoy.

Most of you understand why I sacrificed my life for you and what an act of love that was. It is my hope that this letter will help you understand how very much more my life and ministry were to accomplish. I look forward to expanding our relationship now and forever.

Joyfully, Jesus


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