Hot Days of Summer
July is almost gone and we are in the middle of the hot days of summer. It doesn't seem so long ago that we were fighting the blustery winds of winter. It reminds me that no matter where we are on the calendar year or in the season of our life, that there are challenges. We need to learn to just keep on going.
Look for the good things in your life. Watch for the kindness of God in your life.
When I spoke to the Stonecroft Women's group in Dodge City one of the cute little favors at my plate was a paper doll with an orange flavored Tootsie Roll Pop attached. (My favorite!!!) I took it as a little kiss from God. I mentioned this to the group in my speech and when I got to my spot at the table there were 6 of them stuck inside my Bible. That was way too sweet and I cried.
Another big kindness of God was that I was assigned the conceptual editor that I had for Elk's Resolve. What a blessing! I am so happy about that.
I also am blessed to be acquainted with some very special author friends. I learn from them every day. I want to intoduce you to one of my newest friends, Janie Wilkins
1.My name is Janie Wilkins, and my book is "Janie's Unbelievable Journey: Inspirational Letters written along the Way."
2. I think my readers would like to know that my faith in God has enabled me to overcome obstacles along life's highway and to succeed in helping students to grow and learn and believe in themselves.
3.A Methodist minister told me that I have a story to tell, and God commanded me to tell my story to help others and to teach and inspire.
4.My strong points, according to my own children and those who know me best are that I write from the heart, as I feel led by God and that when one reads my stories and letters that it is as if I were talking to them. This is my style as well.
5. I love to read, and I have read everything I could get my hands on that is about real people. I love non-fiction and history best of all.
6. I just completed reading Max Lacado's "Traveling Light," which is on our United Methodist Women's reading list.
7.My memoir is in two volumes, and volume two will be out shortly after volume one is released.
8.My biggest obstacles to writing are time, time, time, always. When I was completing my manuscript initially, I found that I had to set goals and stay up until I met the goal I had set. Since I had sponsored school yearbooks most of my working years, I applied some of the rules and guidelines we established to meet deadlines.
9. "Janie's Unbelievable Journey: Inspirational Letters Written along the Way" is a true story of life as a wife, mother and educator. It lets the reader know that we can accomplish our dreams if we believe in ourselves and never give up! You will want to read this memoir to see how Janie overcame obstacles to raise three extraordinary adult children the last one as a single parent.
10. Readers may contact me at Janiew3@aol.com or at my publisher at www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore
or at 888 361 9473
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