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Holiday Book Recommendation for HistFic Lovers

If you need a good holiday gift for those who enjoy historical or literary fiction, check out my editing client Caroline Futoran's "A World In Which We Live."

A deeply moving story of love and passion, "A World in Which We Live" tells of a courageous woman who tries to keep her family together and safe despite living in two worlds. Born in 1891 as the granddaughter of a famous master musician in the Tsar���s concert orchestra in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Helena devises a plan to escape Bengin, Poland, to the United States with her children fleeing from the horrors of prejudice and terrorism.

While leading her family through a miraculous escape from a cruel world, she decides to liberate one of her sons from the Polish Army who is soon to be sent into combat. To save his life, she hatches a dangerous scheme to illegally get him out of the army camp and join her in the United States.

"A World In Which We Live" 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.

"A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity." - Franz Kafka

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: 'Job: The Battered Lighthouse That Keeps on Shining'

If you're looking for a good holiday gift for the spiritually minded, check out my editing client Francis Raj's "Job: The Battered Lighthouse That Keeps on Shining."

Job faced the powers of heaven and earth in the form false accusations, condemnations, judgments, and wrong advice from his closest friends and family members, but he refused to give in or let up, even though he was shaken to his core. When you are experiencing the trials and tribulations of life, do you ever wish you had the ���fighting spirit��� of Job? "Job: The Battered Lighthouse That Keeps On Shining!" aims to help you to stay anchored in your belief in God, even when your life seems like it is at its lowest point.

Author and licensed mental health counselor Francis Raj guides us through the book of Job and shows us how we can endure and overcome sufferings���both inside and out��� by relying on our faith in God to redeem us. Job experienced many of the physical, mental, and emotional symptoms that we experience today, and from his story we can learn how to be blameless, upright, and God-fearing even amid suffering.

"Job: The Battered Lighthouse That Keeps on Shining" 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 stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them." - Isabel Allende

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 LitFic Lovers

If you need a good holiday gift for those who enjoy literary fiction, check out my editing client Jalesa Morrison's "Four Years of Despair."

Jaunell Morris was a typical kid: hanging out with friends and going to school. Although being teased occasionally and living in one of the poorest and dangerous towns in southern Illinois, Jaunell was a happy and talented child. Things turned for the worse for Jaunell shortly after her thirteenth birthday.

Joan, Jaunell���s mother, believed that Jaunell was going through a phrase. But Jaunell���s increasingly violent behavior proved her wrong. Obnoxious behavior and suicidal thoughts led Jaunell to Chestnut Mental Health Hospital where she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

After being discharged from Chestnut, Joan felt like she had her daughter back. But things go from bad to worse for the Morris family. Refusing to take medication, fighting, truancy, and suicide attempts lead to multiple hospitalizations for Jaunell.

Will Jaunell receive the help that she desperately needs?

"Four Years of Despair" 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.

"A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote." - Mignon McLaughlin

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 RomCom Fans

If you're looking for a good holiday gift for those who enjoy romantic comedies or coming of age novels, check out my editing client Michael Combs' new novel. "Lost Boy" examines the question "What if the love you lost was all the love you will ever know?"

This realization drives Mike, a massage therapist in Burbank, Calif., who through his daily struggles, masks his sorrow with humor, women, and alcohol. While searching for love, he and his best friend Keith traverse many hilarious relationship faux pas. Then he meets Gabi and must decide if he can open his heart or stay lost in the past.

When given a second chance, will he be able to find himself and love again or remain lost forever?

"Lost Boy" 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.

"A writer...is someone who pays attention to the world." - Susan Sontag

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: 'God Wants You!'

If you're looking for a good holiday gift for the spiritually minded ��� and especially of the Catholic faith ��� check out my editing client Raymond St. Cyr's "God Wants You!: All are Welcome at His Table."

U.S. church membership in Christian denominations is down sharply from 20 years ago. Adults with no religious affiliation also more than doubled, from 8% to 19%. A 2008 Pew Research Center study found that Catholicism lost more adherents in the late 20th century than any other religion in the United States. The tipping point began in the 1940s and firmly took hold in 1968 after Vatican II (1962���65).

St. Cyr posits that America���s religious institutions are experiencing an identity crisis. This book encourages all Christians to recalibrate their God concept as distinct from institutional religion, to not confuse ���Churchianity��� with Christianity, and for those unconnected from God to seek be personally connected or re-connected with Him.

"God Wants You!: All are Welcome at His Table" 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.

"A story was something you made up out of something that might have happened. Only you didn't tell it like it was, you told it like you thought it should have been." - Betty Smith

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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