Bonnie L Pelton's Comments

Hey, good luck with the book signings. Glad you liked the IWN page. The new photos are great. I love the pic of the desert panorama. Tilly is now much better but Alfie is proving a handful to walk near other dogs. I'm just about to goout with them again.

Be in touch again soon.

Regards

Brian

Hi again,
Good to hear from you. Enjoy your hard earned day off. Get your shoes off, put your feet up and read a good book...lol I'm sure you'd like to but have too much to do to allow that little luxury. Tilly is now much better, and Alfie is learning a little more each day. Hope Ginger's well. I'll look forward to seeing the new pics when you can get them uploaded.

By the way I'm pleased to have been made "Author of the Week" at "The Independent Wrtiers Network". http://independentwriters.ning.com/ You might like to check it out.

Have a really good day, and try to relax a bit.

Best regards

Brian

Hi,

I love the ducks, the hare and the Ostrich? Glad you're ok. Tilly still making progress today. we now have a large crate for Alfie, (his den), and he's been good in that while we've been out twice. It's a bit cooler here today. I think you'd enjoy theses temperatures. Going to take Tilly and Alfie for a walk together in a minute. Hope your day is going well. Love to Ginger.

Best regards

Brian

Good to hear from you. Sorry you're still so tired. You must do something about that job! Tilly is still improving, and we're taking Alfie along with her to the agility ring today to see if he can learn from her. Should be fun! It's very warm here today but not quite as hot as where you are. 106 degrees, wow!! Hope Ginger's still making progress with her 'education'.
I'll be looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Best regards and have a great day, (try to keep cool).

Brian

Hi Bonnie,

Just dropped by to say hello. Hope you haven't been working too hard and that you're feeling better than you did the other day. Tilly is getting better, she's a bit more like herself agan, but still not 100%. Alfie's doing ok.

Look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best regards

Brian

Sorry to hear you've not been too good today. Hope you get that new day job before long. Poor Tilly has now developed a bad cough on top of her other problems. It's awful to see her feeeling unwell as she's usually so bright and bubbly. Alfie had to go back to the vet yesterday, as he's developed Colitis after his operation. Apart from that, he's behaving reasonably well at the moment, so he's 'safe' for now...lol

Thanks for taking the time to check on the doggies.

Best regards

Brian

Tilly is vastly improved Bonnie, thanks. Maybe your prayers are being answered, along with mine. Alfie has been a bit better too. We took him to the park and then to the pub and sat in the beergarden, and he's really behaved well, so he gets to stay at least for now. He's so adorable. wE really don't want to lose him. We're going to try and get a large crate for him so we can leave him in there when we go out, and then he can't destroy anything. The others all settle down and go to sleep when we're out but he just wants to play, which is understandable, but he has to learn his 'house manners'.
So all in all, it's not been bad day, and Tilly should soon be back to her old self if continues to make progress a she is doing.

Thanks so much for caring, hope you have a great day.

Brian

Hi Bonnie,

Your prayers appear to be working. Tilly is already responding to the medications and has shown signs of slow improvement today. She's still a long way from being her usual self, but she's definitely better than she was yesterday. the vet did tell me that it would be around next Tuesday before she'd be fully recovered if the tablets work, so I just hope she continues to make steady improvement each day. I'm going to take her for a short walk soon and see how she enjoys it.

We went out for a couple of hours this afternoon and Unfortunatley Alfie just about wrecked the kitchen while we were gone! If we can't solve this probelm, (this is the 2nd time he's done it), he may have to go back, as the other dogs are all perfectly calm when we leave them, and he's the obvious culprit. I've just spoken to my dog trainer who is going to try and come up with something that might help.
I hope we don't have to put him back in the sanctuary and we'll try everything we can with him, but we can't have the home totally trashed whenever we go out.

Best regards

Brian

Hi Bonnie,

Tilly is bleeding from her large intestine. She may have been poisoned, accidentally by something she's picked up in the woods. she has a hihg temperature and is now on two lots of medication in an attempt to cure the problem. Is she doesn't improve by tuesday she has to go bak to the vet. We've even let her curl upon our bed, and we don't usually allow any of the dogs on there. She will obviously not be doing her agililty training today, as she''s not well enough, and she'll miss doing that very much as she enjoys it such a lot. I justhope she shows some sign of improvement today. thanks for praying for her.

Best regards

Brian

Thanks for the vote Bonnie, and more especially for the prayer for Tilly. she's still at my feet, well actually she's resting her head on one of my feet as I'm typing. Aidan doesn't charge a penny to clients, she works off commission only. she is an illustrator as well and will charge if you want her to design a cover for you, but that's nothing to do with her literary agency work. If you can give me som eidea of what your book is about I'll get in touch with her, give her a head's up about you and tell her to expect a submission from you in the near future. How does that sound? I wish you success but obvioulsy I can't sway hwer one way or the other, as the decision will be hers alone. I'm just another mere author after all...lol
Hope the rest of your day goes well. I'm setting off for the vet's in about 30 minutes.

Best regards

Brian

Hi again Bonnie,

Thanks for the prayer for Tilly. She's at my feet here in the office right now, just as she always is when I'm working. Every now and then she whimpers, and I know she needs to go out again. I can't imagine what things would be like if she weren't here. The only appointment I could get with the vet today is for 6.20 p.m. which seems a long way off. I also have to drive 15 miles with her in the car to get there.

On the subject of work, have you made contact with Aidana yet. Would it help if I told her about you before you email her?

Could I please ask you for another vote for my novel Purple Death, which is this month's nominee for the Authors Lounge Awards at http://www.talauthors.com/TAL/RomanceandMoreAwards.htm

Best regards

Brian

Hi Bonnie,

Hoep you're ok and that it's not too unbearably hot there today. Alfie went to be neutured yesterday, though today you'd hardly know he'd had an op. He's bouncing around like a spring lamb.

Tilly is very poorly today though. I have to take her to the vet this evenng. She has been passing a lot of blood when she's gone to the toilet. I'm very worried about my special little girl. Will let you know what happens.

Best regards

Brian

It's pretty hot here today, though not as hot as in your location I'd imagine. Take a look at this: http://stillwavespublishing.blogspot.com/

I'm just about to take Alfie for his first experience of intensive clicker training.

Enjoy your day.

Brian

A nice, dry, arid dersert would do me fine right now. I feel like a fish! Good luck when you contact Aidana, glad you like the look of her services.
Best regards

Brian

Hi,
Nice new pic of Ginger! It's Sunday morning and just because I want to take the dogs out, it's pouring with rain. The forecast says it's going to be like this all day, so looks like I'm going to get very wet.

Have a good day.

Brian

Hi Bonnie,
Thanks for the comment. Alfie's training is coming along nicely. We're taking him to be microchipped today. He was too skinny when we first got him, but he's put some weight on now, so it should be ok. Tilly and the others are all fine thanks, hope Ginger's behaving herself.

You have a great weekend too.

Brian

Great sunset pic, bonnie.
Best regards

Brian

I'll put some details together and send you them to you asap. Probably be tomorrow. Will also answer your question re agents etc at the same time. I may be able to help you there. Leave it with me. Alfie, Tilly and the others all say "Woof".

Take care

Brian

I'm glad you get to work with animals. That must be terrific. It's a bank holiday here today and we took all five dogs for along run in some nearby woods. They loved it, even Alfie, who we daren't allow off-lead yet, but who enjoyed it on a long extended lead.
I'd be happy to share some marketing ploys with you. I do have an agent who gets my name out everywhere she can, and I do quite a bit myself. The quickest tip I can give you is to do a search of Ning.com and find all the writers sites you can and sign up to them and get your name known by as many people as possible. You can even market and promote your book through many of them, as you can here at Book Marketing Network. Bleive me, the more people who hear about your book, the more will buy it. It works, believe me Bonnie. I also took out an ad with a newsletter/magazine in the far east that gets over 8,000 hits a day. It didn't cost much but the site gets so many hits that even if a small percentage buy a copy of the book, it helps enormously. The Far east is such a mega market and if an author can get known over there, you have a huge potential readership waiting for you. If you want details of that one I can send it to you in a private message.

Best regards to BLP from BLP