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Book Launch Tour- Surviving Emily by Laurie Bellesheim


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About the Book: SURVIVING EMILY by Laurie Bellesheim

Abigail Hooper and Stephen Sparks had never heard of Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy until one fatal morning in November when it crushed their hopes and dreams. Twelve years after the devastating loss of their dearest friend Emily, they find themselves still affected by the trauma. Abigail, married and newly pregnant, helps others through her work for the Department of Children and Families. When a new client with epilepsy unexpectedly forces her to re-examine the past, Abigail realizes she’s the one who needs saving.  Stephen has struggled emotionally, physically and spiritually after losing the love of his life, and the long-term effects of his grief have kept him from truly living and finding love again. As the two search for redemption and the power to heal, their paths cross once again. Emily’s presence so long ago still has meaning in their own lives, teaching them the meaning of true friendship and what’s really important. Drawing on her own experience with a close friend with epilepsy who died, author Laurie Bellesheim raises awareness about the disease in this compelling tale told partially through flashbacks. Laurie Bellesheim, a published poet, belongs to several writers’ organizations including Writer’s Digest, Authors Den and Writing.com. Bellesheim was inspired to write Surviving Emily because she lost a close friend to Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy when she was 18. Before writing Surviving Emily, her first novel, Bellesheim was a social worker for six years, including working with the Department of Children and Families. She graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor’s degree in social work. She lives in rural Connecticut with her husband and three children.
About the Author:

authorLaurie Bellesheim, a published poet, has now turned her love for writing into writing fiction novels. Bellesheim was inspired to write SURVIVING EMILY because she lost a close friend to Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)when she was 18. Bellesheim also hopes to help raise awareness about this condition. Before writing Surviving Emily, her first novel, Bellesheim was a social worker for six years, including work with the Department of Children and Families. She graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor’s degree in social work. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and three children.

Connect with Laurie on her Amazon Author Page, Website, Twitter and Facebook

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Dead is the New Black

The only thing I love more than reading a good book is sharing a good book. This week’s book of the week is a great book to share. Dead is the New Black is by indie author Christine DeMaio-Rice. I met her through the Facebook group Indie Writers Unite. She is a fabulous person, and someone you must add to your to be read list. Dead is the New Black is about Laura, Laura’s the most talented pattern maker on Seventh Avenue, but when she stumbles across a dead body in her beloved boss’s office, she has to become the fashion industry’s most talented sleuth. If you love Project Runway, or enjoyed The Devil Wears Prada, try Dead Is the New Black (Fashion Avenue Mysteries).

 

About the author:

Christine has worked in the fashion industry since 1990, and knows the business like it’s her own. She would like to tell you some indelible facts about designers, merchandisers and retailers, but likely that will ruin the plot of a future book. You can find

 

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Monthly Meeting of the ISWG

I know I’m a litle late but it’s still Wednesday somewhere in the world right? This week has been a struggle in time management. Too much to do and not enough time to do it in. I’ve signed up for NaNoWriMo next month so this month I’m not doing any writing or at least not much. Just little spurts here and there. I’ve never had a writing routine. Never felt the need to get X amount of words on the page before. For me it was always about getting the story out. If that took 10 words or 1000, then it didn’t matter. So I’m  a bit worried about next month. How will I sit down and pump out X number of words a day to meet the goal? Honestly, I don’t know. I don’t have a plan. I barely even have a goal. All I know is I’m going to wing it, see what happens, and be (hopefully) be content with the outcome. If I’m able to get the story out, then I’ll be satisfied and the word count won’t really matter much.

Alex’s post today really resonated with me because I too don’t have those dreams or desires of being a “published” author. I just want to put my story out there in the world and hope that one day it’ll be the bridge between me and my children. If it can do that, then I’d be satisfied even if I never sell a single copy. After I get that out of me, then I don’t know what I’ll write. Poetic prose maybe. Nothing? I don’t know what lies beyond November. I’m just a passenger along for the ride.

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October Author's Contest Win Free Book Formatting


I hope to start having monthly Indie author contests where I’ll be giving away various prizes including cover designs for both ebook and print, book formatting, logos, and a variety of other goodies. For the first Indie Author Contest, there’ll be 3 lucky winners. The grand prize winner will win a full book formatting service package including formatting of their novel for Smashwords, Amazon Kindle, B & N, and Createspace OR full cover design package including high and low resolution images and front and back cover designs along with formatting for Createspace. Grand prize winner can choose which they prefer.

Two runners-up will be able to choose from a single format service of their choice from any of those mentioned or a promotional banner design for their books they can place on their blog/site.

Since this is October I thought I’d make the sign up be Halloween related so to enter simply comment on this post and tell me the scariest thing that ever happened to you (or a character) on Halloween when you were a kid. Winners will be picked at random by the all seeing oracle random.org. As each person comments they’ll be given a number according to their comment, first commenter will be #1, second will be #2 so on and so forth. You may also leave more than one comment to gain extra entries but each comment must contain a story about a Halloween from your childhood to be counted as an entry. Simply commenting to tell me about my awesomeness will get you on my good Xmas list but it won’t get you extra entries. Maximum one entry per day per person.


Contest runs from Tuesday Oct 4th til midnight Tuesday Oct 18th. Don’t miss out!!! Winners will be announced Friday Oct 21st.

Kickin' off my Indie Book of the Week Club

indie designz book of the weekI’m super excited to start this weekly addition to my blog. Every Monday I’ll be introducing a brand spankin’ new book, and it’ll be featured in my sidebar for the entire week. I’ll also be adding a page where past BOWC entries will be archived. The ebook revolution has opened up a whole new reading outlet I didn’t have before. I’ve always been an avid reader from as far back as I can remember. Even at the ripe young age of 5-6 yrs old, I can remember going to the book store with my grandmother and picking out books. I would walk up and down every aisle just to be sure I didn’t overlook some spectacular book. Then several years ago I moved overseas and finding good books in the genres I prefer to read became near impossible until I came across the Indie phenomena and realized I could get books online. Not only could I get books, but great books and some of them were even FREE like today’s first book of the week.

I can’t think of another book that I would rather kick off my BOWC with than Katie’s Hope by Lizzy Ford. Now before you all go thinking I’m biased, I challenge you to read the first chapter of the book and see if you are able to put it down. I am certain you won’t be. Lizzy’s books are like potato chips. You can’t stop at one.

Katie’s Hope is the second book in the popular Rhyn Trilogy.  To download your free copy of Katie’s Hope, you can visit Lizzy’s website Guerilla Wordfare or download directly from Smashwords. Downloads are available for Kindle, Nook, Sony, Kobo, and eReader.

 

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Brief Snyopsis of Katie’s Hope:

Katie learns the Immortals have no intention of letting her go. Rhyn discovers he can only protect her if he accepts his place among the Immortals. However, doing so may cost him the only thing that matters.Meanwhile, enemies are closing in and Katie must choose between Death or Hell to save Rhyn from both. Includes exclusive excerpt from rising star Shéa MacLeod’s debut novel, Kissed by Darkness.

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