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  I am thrilled to invite you to one or both of these amazing book blog tours!  May 1st WOW! Women on Writing Launches An Amazing Book Blog Tour for Anomaly Aftermath by Hugh Fritz Loading… June 5th WOW! Women on Writing  Launches An Amazing Book Blog Tour for The Dark Side of Grace by Ronald Chapman Loading…

Book Review & Giveaway: God Doesn’t Love Us All the Same by Nina Guilbeau, Review by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto Have you ever walked past someone on the street and wondered “what is their story?”? I’m not just talking about homeless people (which is a theme in  God Doesn’t Love Us All the Same  by Nina Guilbeau, but I’m talking about people in general. I often wonder about people’s stories and their history. What does the man with the tattoos and the tattered bible do for a living? What kind of house does he live in? The woman with the partially shaven head and pink Mohawk, does her mother take issue with her “look”, or does her mother have a green Mohawk? Since I live in Wisconsin where it is cold most of the year, I don’t have an opportunity to see many homeless people. However, when I see pictures of homeless people or have come across them in my travels, I find myself wondering about them as well. My thoughts venture to the extreme fear of COULD THAT BE ME? My...

Ever Faithful To His Lead: My Journey Away From Emotional Abuse   is a memoir, a true life tears-to-triumph story of self-defeating detours and dreams lost and found. A young woman who loses sight of the faith she has been brought up with attempts to find her way in the world, rejecting her stable roots in lieu of finding adventure and romance. Despite periods of spiritual renewal in which she receives a prophecy, she slides back, taking several self-defeating detours that take her through a series of heartbreaking events.  When Kathy's second husband, Dan's verbal abuse escalates, Kathy finally realizes she must move on before she and her children become a statistic.  How does a young woman who came from a stable, loving family make so many wise choices when it came to career, but so many wrong choices when it came to love, so that she ended up sacrificing career and having to flee in broad daylight with her children from an abusive marriage? What is getting in ...

Grab Your Calendars! I have three VERY exciting WOW! Women on Writing Book Blog Tours I can’t wait to start booking and I hope you’ll be part of the excitement! Dates:    November 10 th through December 10 th 2014 Author:   Linda Appleman Shapiro Title:     She's Not Herself: A psychotherapist's journey into and beyond her mother's mental illness (Amazon Link: http://amzn.to/1wxCXOL) Genre:   Memoir, Mental Illness Audience: SHE'S NOT HERSELF   was written to appeal to a wide range of readers from anyone who has grown up in a family fraught with the destructive power of hidden stressors -- mental or physical -- as well as students of psychology, teachers, patients, and the professional community of psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and social workers. I believe that all readers will gain insight regarding family dysfunction, the destructive nature of secrets, and patterns of behavior that are set in motion -- as many...

Dear Friends,            Read on! I’ve booked another fabulous WOW! Blog tour beginning at The Muffin  Monday, April 21 st running through May 21 st . We would love to stop at your blog as part of this tour! Details below!          I am super excited to introduce you to a friend of mine. David Kalish is an all around great guy and I’m quite happy to also call him ‘friend’. Before I tell you about his new release, let me share a bit more about him: Author Bio: David Kalish is a fiction writer, screenwriter and playwright whose debut novel, The Opposite of Everything , will be released on March 11, 2014 by WiDo Publishing.  The Opposite of Everything grew out of his studies at the Bennington College Writing Seminars, where he earned his MFA. His short fiction has been published in numerous literary journals, his non-fiction in the Writer’s Chronicle, and a short film of his, "Regular Guy," won honors in fi...