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Tell us a little about yourself and your
background?
I have
been a college Financial Aid Advisor for almost 18 years, helping students with
the finances to attend college. I have
also previously foster parented teen girls.
My number one passion in life is to encourage and uplift others.
What inspired you to write your
first book?
For many years I have encouraged hundreds of people one on one,
I wanted to take it to the next level with a book, hoping now to encourage
millions of people around the world.
What finally got me started on actually writing this book was the death
of a brother in August 2009. I try to
have something positive come from negative times I life, and I wanted the time
I spent grieving his death to be more than just the emotional pain. I decided to start writing my book during
that time to bring something positive out of that time in my life.
How did you come up with the
title?
Encouraging and helping others is about one life at a time. And if we each can touch another life this
way, together we can touch the world.
Tell us about the cover/s and
how it/they came about.
I am blessed to have a close friend who is an artist, and she
volunteered to paint the cover of my book as a gift. This made the book extra special for me.
How are you publishing this
book and why?
I chose to go through self- publishing for my book so that it would be
published much quicker than the route of traditional publishing. I also wanted to maintain control of my book
which is also a great benefit.
Are experiences based on
someone you know, or events in your own life?
I share stories from my own life, combined with those of many
people who I personally know.
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What were the challenges
(research, literary, psychological, and logistical) in bringing it to life?
I
actually enjoyed this part. I asked
various friends to write and share aspects of their stories, and then I
gathered positive quotes. I felt that
the combination of my stories, those of friends, and discussion of the various
quotes brought everything together well for me.
For your own reading, do you prefer ebooks or
traditional paper/hard back books?
I prefer
paperbacks. I enjoy holding a book in my
hands, and being able to mark and highlight my favorite parts.
Do you have anything specific
that you want to say to your readers?
I would encourage my readers to take time to think about their
dreams, and to look at the steps which they can take in order to reach those
dreams.
How can readers discover more
about you and you work?
www.encouraginglife.com (Temporarily down as I am in the midst of
transferring my website domain, and will be back up very soon.)
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