For all those out there who believe the paperback/print book is dead…

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I believe God wants you to know that you need not be concerned about money. Be concerned, instead, about joy.

How much joy are you experiencing in this moment? How much joy are you bringing to this moment?
The joy you experience will be the joy you bring. If you are waiting for joy to be brought to you, you do not understand what you are doing here. And if you think that joy has anything to do with money, you really do not understand what you are doing here.

There is a person waiting right now, right this very minute, for you to uplift them.  Do that…and you will be rich. Really.  I mean, really.  I’m not making this up. www.CWGPortal.com

I believe God wants you to know that life offers you an amazing opportunity in every single moment to see and experience Who You Really Are.

Watch yourself this day.  Just watch yourself.  Look at what you are doing moment to moment…and why.
Ask yourself in the midst of it, “What does this have to do with my real reason for being here? Is this what I have come all the way to the Earth to experience?”

If the answer is a resounding Yes, keep doing it. If the answer is No, ask yourself, “What in the world am I doing?” Look at the words and consider them literally. What-in-the-world-am-I-doing?  What am I involved in every day, and what does this have to do with my soul? It’s just a question…just a question… www.CWGPortal.com

Loiacono Literary Agency has acquired Blue Sullivan’s empowering nonfiction on relationships, Your Ex-Boyfriend Will Hate This

Your Ex-Boyfriend Will Hate This, a relationship advice book that differentiates itself by mostly not being about dating at all. Instead, it’s about answering the four core questions in life:

1) Who are you?

2) Where are you?

3) Where are you going?

4) Who are you going with?

The book posits that the last of these questions can only be satisfactorily resolved by answering the other three first. You must know who you are before you can know where you are in life. You must understand where you are in life before you can decide where your life is headed. And you must know the destination before you can choose the right “travel” partner.

To address these essential questions, the book invites the reader to contemplate the origins of their ideas on love, their ideas of what constitutes the “perfect” mate, their ideas of their own personal “type” and, most important, their ideas of themselves, including their own capacity to love and be loved.

Blue Sullivan is a Contributing Writer for Slant Magazine and the Senior Arts Editor, Contributing Writer for Insite Magazine where he has interviewed music & arts luminaries including Johnny Depp, Jerry Seinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Barbara Streisand, Terry Gilliam, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Smith, Eric Bogosian, Oasis, Radiohead and Weezer. In 2004, he sold the motion picture screenplay, Saturday 2am, to Cucaloris Films, a production company founded by Producer Stephen Israel, known for Swimming with Sharks. Sullivan has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Minors in Mathematics & Communications, graduating magna cum laude from Auburn University and a Masters of Professional Writing, graduating summa cum laude from the University of Southern California.

Put these dates on your calendars!! Meet Wally Avett, author of Last Bigfoot in Dixie and Murder in Caney Fork!

Black Friday, November 28^th 11am – 1pm  , the day after Thanksgiving for those who are not manic shoppers, Wally Avett will be having a book-signing for his novels Last Bigfoot in Dixie and Murder in Caney Fork at the Curiosity Shop Bookstore, 46 Valley River Ave, Murphy, NC 28906 (828) 835-7433. www.csbookstore.com

Monday, December 8th, 12 noon, Avett will be the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the Murphy Rotary Club, being held at New Happy Garden Chinese Restaurant, 1164 U.S. 64, Murphy, NC 28906 (828) 837-0711 www.hgbuffetandgrill.com  www.wallyavett.com Published by BelleBooks www.bellebooks.com Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com

Make plans NOW for the book launch for Forgotten Heroes of World War II: Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers Land, Sea and Air!

Forgotten Heroes of World War II: Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers Land, Sea and Air by Thomas E. Simmons, published by Taylor Trade, will have its book launch at Barnes & Nobel, Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 2 pm, 15246 Crossroads Parkway, Gulfport, MS 39503.

Meet Tom Simmons and three of the contributors who will be signing books with Tom! Harry Bell, Chapter 9; Oscar Russell, Chapter 7; Jerry O’Keefe, Chapter 15 What a privilege! I cannot wait!!!

“If you only read one book of the 11,000 plus books about WW II, this is the one you should read.  It takes you up close, maybe closer than you want to be, to the fight on land, sea and air, close to individuals representing the thousands or ordinary boys in all services who stood their post, gave their best, and kept us free.  They are heroes every one.”

Forgotten heroes, they truly are. Men of honor, integrity, and perseverance, love of God, country, and family who fought on many fronts and survived to tell their stories— stories of horrors seen which live on forever in their minds and hearts. These veterans are slowly “crossing to the other side” to be greeted by those who have long been there, welcomed with open arms. Men and women you share combat and service time with, you never forget, especially those you see take their last breath. These are the personal accounts that will live with you till the end of time.

Republished as a second edition with enhanced and added stories by Taylor Trade/Rowman and Littlefield www.rowman.com  www.TaylorTrade.com  Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com Thomas E. Simmons www.thomasesimmons.net

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about eleven things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1:  Life is not fair – get used to it!

Rule 2:  The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem.
The world will expect you to accomplish something
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3:  You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4:  If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5:  Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
They called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it’s not your parent’s fault,
so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7:  Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring
as they are now.  They got that way from paying your bills,
cleaning your clothes and listening to you
talk about how cool you thought you were:
So before you save the rain forest
from the parasites of your parent’s generation,
try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8:  Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
but life HAS NOT.  In some schools, they have abolished failing grades
and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
*This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9:  Life is not divided into semesters.
You don’t get summers off and very few employers
are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
(Do that on your own time.)

Rule 10:  Television is NOT real life.
In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11:  Be nice to nerds.
Chances are you’ll end up working for one.