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Holiday Book Recommendation for Lovers of Christmas Stories and Modern Romances

If you need a good holiday gift for those who enjoy a solid Christmas story and romance, check out my editing client Darrell Magnum's "Robert: A Christmas Story."

Michelle isn���t looking for a boyfriend. Her life is full. She has good friends, her work at the university is challenging, and her large, loving family is always full of excitement. But Michelle isn���t expecting Robert to sit down in her life.

Robert will change everything. He will challenge everything she thinks she knows about her life. Laughter, love, tears, and new horizons are waiting for her if she can only help Robert find his place in her life.

Robert isn't like anyone she has ever known before, yet there is something about him. Something that tells her to trust him, something that she will help her family see, and then they might love him, too.

"Robert: A Christmas Story" is available on Amazon.com.

Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.

"All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a work of fiction." - Steve Almond

Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.



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Holiday Book Recommendation for Thrillers Fans

If you need a great holiday gift for those who enjoy a solid thriller, check out my editing client Miche Anni's "Nine Above A Bastard."

The novel begins when a man is found dead on the street. Two rookie cops are sent into a rundown apartment building near the scene to search for witnesses.

They know the assignment is busy work to cover the bases and nothing is likely to come out of it. Door after door, floor after floor, their effort yields nothing.

Until they meet Sheila.

Drawn into her apartment, the rookies are sucked into a confusing story that seems unrelated to their mission. But it brings them face-to-face with a festering hatred, unlike anything they've ever known.

"Nine Above A Bastard" is available on Amazon.com.

Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.

"All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.



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Holiday Book Recommendation for HistFic Fans

If you need a good holiday gift for those who enjoy historical or literary fiction, check out my long-time editing client Jana Meador' "The Sound of the Wind in the Leaves."

In 1916, seventeen-year-old Eva leaves her small Bohemian village to work on an English estate, setting in motion the incredible story of one family's struggle to ensure their brick building business and household survive the Great Depression, Nazi occupation, and a communist takeover.

Across three generations, they discover that their will is indomitable, so long as they retain their traditions, remain steadfast in their love for one another, and never let go of their values...but the inner calls to do so ��� like the sound of the wind in the leaves ��� are not always easy to hear amid the world's drumbeats of greed and war.

"The Sound of the Wind in the Leaves" is available on Amazon.com.

Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.

"An excellent precept for writers: have a clear idea of all the phrases and expressions you need, and you will find them." ��� Ximenes Doudan

Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.



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Holiday Book Recommendation for Angel Lovers

If looking for a good holiday gift for those interested in angels ��� check out my editing client Sue Broome's "The Experience Book: 21 Days of Beautiful Experiences from the Angels."

In the book, Broome posits that the angels love us and would love for us to know and feel their love as well as other amazing experiences. She shares how to do exactly that. "Our lives are meant to be filled with joy, love, peace, harmony," Broome writes, "and the Angels will remind us of this and assist us in bringing more of these into our lives, each and every day."

"The Experience Book" is available on Amazon.com.

Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.

"And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do!" - David Almond

Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.



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Holiday Book Recommendation: Gumbeaux Sistahs

If you need a good holiday gift for those who enjoy Southern or women's fiction, check out my editing client Jax Frey's "The Gumbeaux Sistahs."

Five Southern women wage a hilarious war against the ageism problems of one of their deep-in-trouble sisters using their improbable friendships, evil-genius schemes, oh-so-numerous cocktails, and a shared passion for good gumbo.

When Southern artist Judith Lafferty loses her long-time, prestigious museum job to a much younger man, she finds herself devastated, alone in her sixties, and on the brink of financial disaster. Enter the incomparable Gumbeaux Sistahs, who deliver day-old coffee to her front door as a ploy, then go on to kidnap her, feed her excellent gumbo, and come up with outrageous solutions to her problems.

Their motives are just good excuses to drink wine, have a great time, argue over whose mother makes the best gumbo, and, most of all, to help a sister out. Ageism, dangerous boyfriends, deep loneliness, and any other challenges that can face the over fifty crowd don't stand a chance against these five resourceful ladies.

"The Gumbeaux Sistahs" is a heart-warming, smart story of friendship and unexpected shenanigans that you do not want to miss. It's available on Amazon.com.

Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.

"An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this." ��� Stephen King

Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an economic climate where you face heavy competition, your writing needs a second eye to give you the edge. I can provide that second eye.



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