Stealing Hope Launches

Today, we launched the stand-alone StealingHope.com website. A big, hearty thank you to Sharelle Quick for spending countless hours of mind-numbing detail-driven work to get this site up and going in such short order. You really are amazing, SQ.

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As you will soon learn, you can order the Hardback, Paperback, eBook and/or the Audiobook all from the comfort of the website. It’s secure, efficient, and best of all, if you order from the site before the end of April, you’ll receive FREE SHIPPING on any and all services in the U.S. So, swing on by, take a peek and a listen and then pick up a copy…or three.

Lastly, if you would like me to come to your local bookstore, library or book club, I’d be happy to discuss. Yes, I’d bring along all sorts of goodies for purchase and to give away to your friends!

Progress Report

STEALING HOPE NOVEL, a sequel

102999 / 103000 words. 100% done!

And the little train said, “I can!”

Faith, to keep on

This morning, I awoke to one of the most beautiful emails from a very dear and longtime friend. She was encouraging me for standing strong and following my dreams. Please allow me to share a very personal and poignant piece of love from someone who “gets this journey of creativity.” She writes:

“I wanted to remind you of the beauty in YOUR moment. We all choose how to use our time. I admire your choices and respect the difficulty of standing on a cliff with the wherewithal to create. No one can squash a man but himself.  Admiring your place, far from the nonsense of a different kind of life, it occurs to me that you need to hear this because I know your moment feels fragile…but it is your moment…and it is good.

DO WHAT YOU CAN, WHERE YOU ARE, WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, right? It reminds me of you, as much as it reminds you of me.

You are a paragon of passion, tapping into your most creative yet vulnerable self to release your expression of life itself. Damn, I love that!”

Wow. It’s moments like these, from friends like mine, that encourages people like me…to continue doing what we love.

Thank you…

Stealing Hope Sample

Here is a sample of Chapter 67 of the upcoming novel, Stealing Hope. I hope you enjoy.

 
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Stealing Hope Novel approaches

My latest novel, Stealing Hope, is currently in the final stages of editorial tweaks and is being prepped to send to the publisher. It should be available between the last week of February and the first week of March.

St Simons Press is going to publish the sequel to my first novel, Discovering Grace (Amazon), a book I wrote about three years ago. Grace was my first book and I certainly learned a great deal from that experience. Here’s hoping that the sequel builds a friendly following.

With the evolution of Stealing Hope, I wanted to share with my audience how the Matheson family had progressed since we last visited Mission Grove, NC, a year ago.

If you’re an Audiobook fan, then maybe you’ll like this sample from Chapter 9. Enjoy and please feel free to share with a friend.

 

 

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