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Posted on July 21, 2016 by ninanorstrom

Penny,
I admire your spirit and embrace your journey. You are truly a Trooper. And deserving of an honorable mention. You’ve taken control of your destiny. May you continue to stand T A L L, you are truly a GI A N T!

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Well, I don’t know how many of you teammates have had the luxury of a 3 week, all-inclusive, 24/7 complete room service, resort vacation like I concluded at Emory University Hospital last Friday evening! Image result for beautiful hospital on the beach

Whew, talk about feeling loved and cared for – it was overwhelming! The first week was pretty touch and go but the medical team, family, friends and Gods strength hoisted, encouraged and kept telling me I could make it. Over the next 2 weeks every doctor told me I went from being the weakest patient on the floor to the strongest. Those were angel words! Great things started popping as my Philly popped THE question and now we have a wedding to plan. Hurray!

As far as treatment goes, I got my 3 weeks of whole brain radiation during the hospital stay. I’m a little unclear what’s next after this 2 week wash period and see…

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I will write when the children let me!

Posted on July 6, 2016 by ninanorstrom

Yvonna Sherlock

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The weather outside is bright and warm, the children don’t let me stay inside to write!

My day is run by two bosses, my Superhero 6 year old and my one year old Princess. I did not mean to spoil them not much but it happened. They demand my attention all day long, sometimes it gets overwhelming and stressful but I do love every minute. They grow so fast but in my heart they will always be my little babies. Just like me they love going outside and even in the Texas heat we can always find summer fun.

I really love to write and the characters are shouting at me because I am behind some chapters, but my most number one priority are my children, especially now since they are so young. I will try to write as much as I can but summer time and laughter take me outside to play.

Right now they are…

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Anne Mercier ( Gina’s Reviews )

Posted on June 19, 2016 by ninanorstrom

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Lullabye by Anne Mercier

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

OMG the babies are here!!!!!
such are great birth story!!! I have fallen in love with these characters, especially Xander, he so needs his own story and soon, there is so much more to him, all the guys need to have their stories told.
I cried so much with this series, such great characters, and I love the babies names, I don’t want to give them away, and I still picture a young, sexy Adam Levine when I read about Jesse. Lucy was such a trooper carrying around the Kingston Litter, and how the band adopts the babies is so sweet.

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Falling Down by Anne Mercier

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

omg, first off in my head Jesse is a sexy young Adam Levine, is that wrong? and Lucy for some reason I am picturing…

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Book Review: Please Don’t Tell by Laura Tims

Posted on June 14, 2016 by ninanorstrom

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17933522 Title: Please Don’t Tell by Laura Tims
Genre: Young Adult Fiction – Thriller
Length: 336 pages
Format: Ebook
Publication date: May 24, 2016
Publisher: Harper Collins
Rating: 4/5

Joy killed Adam Gordon—at least, that’s what she thinks. The night of the party is hazy at best. But she knows what Adam did to her twin sister, Grace, and she knows he had to pay for it.

What Joy doesn’t expect is that someone else saw what happened. And one night a note is shoved through her open window, threatening Joy that all will be revealed. Now the anonymous blackmailer starts using Joy to expose the secrets of their placid hometown. And as the demands escalate, Joy must somehow uncover the blackmailer’s identity before Joy is forced to make a terrible choice.

In this darkly compelling narrative, debut author Laura Tims explores the complicated relationship between two sisters, and what one will do for…

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Blog Tour Book Review: Girls On Fire by Robin Wasserman

Posted on May 31, 2016 by ninanorstrom

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About Girls on Fire

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Harper (May 17, 2016)

Three girls went into the woods; two came out.

It sounds like a joke, or a riddle. But it was only, would ever after be, the rest of our life.

Shortly after Halloween, 1991, the local high-school basketball star is found in the woods near Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, with a bullet in his head and a gun in his hand—a discovery that sends tremors through this conservative community, already unnerved by growing rumors of satanic worship in the region.

In the wake of this incident, bright but lonely Hannah Dexter is befriended by Lacey Champlain, a dark-eyed, Cobain-worshipping bad influence. Lacey forges a fast, intimate bond with the impressionable Dex, making her over in her own image—and unleashing a fierce defiance with unexpected and harrowing consequences. By turns a shocking story of love and violence and…

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3 Questions Wednesday with Vanessa Fortenberry

Posted on April 7, 2016 by ninanorstrom

3 Questions Wednesday welcomes children’s author and inspirational speaker, Vanessa Fortenberry. I first met Vanessa at a writer’s conference in Atlanta and we’ve been chatting ev…

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Spring into these Non-Fiction New Releases

Posted on April 5, 2016 by ninanorstrom

BQB Publishing

WriteLife Publishing is proud to announce our spring line up of new releases. These non-fiction books land in a variety of genres: self-help, biography, business, memoir and humor, of course. We hope you will enjoy them, be motivated by them and learn from them!

Letters from Madelyn: Chronicles of a Caregiver – 2nd Edition

by Elaine K. Sanchez

Madelyn Kubin is a 70-year-old Kansas farm wife. She appears to be fragile because of her thinning white hair, macular degeneration, osteoporosis, congestive heart failure, and severe hearing loss. But when her husband Quentin suffers a debilitating stroke, she is forced to summon all of her physical, emotional, and spiritual strengths in order to care for him at home.

Madelyn manages her isolation, loneliness, and stress by going to her computer, disengaging her emotional monitor, and writing letters to her daughter Elaine.

Madelyn’s story of faith, courage, and love is told through…

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Blog Tour Book Review: Set Free From Darkness: A Memoir by Susan Klarkowski-Rasmussen

Posted on April 4, 2016 by ninanorstrom

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SFFDBANNER SFFDKINDLE Title: Set Free From Darkness: A Memoir by Susan Klarkowski-Rasmussen
Genre: Nonfiction – Memoir
Length: 143 pages
Format: Ebook
Publication date: September 20, 2015
Publisher: Veritas, an imprint of Ravenswood Publishing
Rating: 5/5

In 1987 I had dreams of marriage and a family. I had a wonderful husband, a beautiful daughter and a nice home. I wanted to know the God that could create a child so perfect. I began exploring my spiritual options. While researching New Age philosophies I would go through mental illness psychosis leaving me with the worst fear I could ever know. I was afraid of my thoughts and myself. With misdiagnosis and failed hospitalizations I ended up taking the life of my 10-month-old child. Set Free From Darkness will take you from tears to victory. I set out “to know the God that could create a child so perfect” and He answered my prayer but in a…

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Ryder, Slater Brothers (#4) , L.A. Casey

Posted on March 29, 2016 by ninanorstrom

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Title: Ryder
Series: Slater Brothers (#4)
Author: L.A. Casey
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, New Adult, Romantic Comedy
Release Date: February 23

Cover Design: Mayhem Cover Creations

Branna Murphy is broken. For months now she has been a part of a one-sided relationship to a man she loves more than life itself. She prayed for a miracle, and hoped something would change, but found that was wishful thinking.

Talking didn’t work. Shouting didn’t work. Crying didn’t work. Nothing bloody worked.

Ryder Slater is furious. For months now he has been lying to a woman he would take a bullet for in order to protect her. He is involved in something that goes deeper than his old past, and if he strays off target, people will start to die. People he loves.

He couldn’t talk. He couldn’t slip up. He couldn’t lose focus. He couldn’t do a damn thing.

Things between Ryder and…

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One Night with a Stripper Author: Scarlett Metal

Posted on March 19, 2016 by ninanorstrom

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Title: One Night with a Stripper

Author: Scarlett Metal

Genre: Erotic Romance

Publisher: Hot Ink Press

Cover Designer: Rue Volley

Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR

Blurb:
Trent had never let loose one night of his life. Find out what happens when the doctor meets Syndi and throws caution to the wind.**One Night with a Stripper is a short story of about 7000 words. It’s the first in a set of standalone one night stand stories. Due to mature content, this story is recommended for readers 18+**

Scarlett lives in the Midwest with her family. When she’s not busy writing steamy stories, she can be found reading, camping, or looking for an adventure. She loves Diet Coke, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and 80’s hair bands.