L.P. Suzanne Atkinson's Blog, page 2
August 2, 2013
Book Launch and Book Shipping
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My first launch is set for Sunday, September 8 at Lane's Privateer Inn in Liverpool. Here is their website: http://www.lanesprivateerinn.com/
You can order a book from me by writing lpsa.books@eastlink.ca
They are $13.00 + $5.00 for shipping
Thanks so much for your support.
Search for it via L.P. Suzanne Atkinson Author
My first launch is set for Sunday, September 8 at Lane's Privateer Inn in Liverpool. Here is their website: http://www.lanesprivateerinn.com/
You can order a book from me by writing lpsa.books@eastlink.ca
They are $13.00 + $5.00 for shipping
Thanks so much for your support.
July 18, 2013
July 17, 2013
Emily's Will Be Done is now available for purchase in pap...
Emily's Will Be Done is now available for purchase in paperback or ebook.
Here is the direct link from Friesen's
Emily's Will Be Done
You may also contact me through the email attached to this blog. I won't have books for a couple of weeks, but send me a note if you want to purchase through me. It will be $13.00 + $5.00 for mailing.
My website will be up shortly - just ironing out a few kinks.
Thanks for all your support.
Here is the direct link from Friesen's
Emily's Will Be Done
You may also contact me through the email attached to this blog. I won't have books for a couple of weeks, but send me a note if you want to purchase through me. It will be $13.00 + $5.00 for mailing.
My website will be up shortly - just ironing out a few kinks.
Thanks for all your support.
July 16, 2013
So....Emily's Will Be Done is now on the Coming Soon list...
So....Emily's Will Be Done is now on the Coming Soon list at the Friesen Publisher Bookstore. You can have a peek by going to this link:
http://www.friesenpress.com/bookstore
Once it is available, I will let everyone know. You will be able to access via me, directly, by using the email attached to this blog. You can go through Friesen's to get a hard copy or an ebook. You can take the ISBN number to your local book store and order it through them.
I will post upcoming launches and the names of local stores where it will be available.
I will also launch my website once the book is officially available.
Thanks for your support, everyone.
http://www.friesenpress.com/bookstore
Once it is available, I will let everyone know. You will be able to access via me, directly, by using the email attached to this blog. You can go through Friesen's to get a hard copy or an ebook. You can take the ISBN number to your local book store and order it through them.
I will post upcoming launches and the names of local stores where it will be available.
I will also launch my website once the book is officially available.
Thanks for your support, everyone.
June 21, 2013
Well....hard to believe but this is the last exerpt from ...
Well....hard to believe but this is the last exerpt from Emily's Will Be Done. The final manuscript has been forwarded to Quality Control and then it will be pricing, marketing, and printing. Although I don't know exactly, it won't be long now. I will use the blog to post information on availability, ordering, book launches and whatever else seems important. The end is actually in sight!
EPILOGUE:
It is impossible for me to finish my story without providing you with some tips and observations. My mother taught me to share information and not to keep knowledge to myself. I have learned, over the years not everyone appreciates that quality, so you certainly do not have to partake of this information if you don’t want to do so. Also, it is my opinion alone - not from a lawyer, probate judge, or other party, legal or otherwise - just me attempting to share those things my friend Emily has helped me learn on our journey together after her sudden death. (Atkinson, 2012)
The epilogue simply lists a few helpful hints that might come in handy as one prepares their will or anticipates accepting the role of executor for someone else. Anything listed was addressed through the story and the epilogue is only to clearly list the absolutes for those readers finding themselves in need of such things.
In summary, I do not see Emily’s Will Be Done as a self-help book, but more as a story of a quirky and unusual woman whose sudden death and subsequent estate complications serve to underline the qualities of friendship that last well beyond life itself. An additional benefit occurs if the reader finds some food for thought, or asks themselves some questions along the way, regarding estate management and their personal circumstances.
EPILOGUE:
It is impossible for me to finish my story without providing you with some tips and observations. My mother taught me to share information and not to keep knowledge to myself. I have learned, over the years not everyone appreciates that quality, so you certainly do not have to partake of this information if you don’t want to do so. Also, it is my opinion alone - not from a lawyer, probate judge, or other party, legal or otherwise - just me attempting to share those things my friend Emily has helped me learn on our journey together after her sudden death. (Atkinson, 2012)
The epilogue simply lists a few helpful hints that might come in handy as one prepares their will or anticipates accepting the role of executor for someone else. Anything listed was addressed through the story and the epilogue is only to clearly list the absolutes for those readers finding themselves in need of such things.
In summary, I do not see Emily’s Will Be Done as a self-help book, but more as a story of a quirky and unusual woman whose sudden death and subsequent estate complications serve to underline the qualities of friendship that last well beyond life itself. An additional benefit occurs if the reader finds some food for thought, or asks themselves some questions along the way, regarding estate management and their personal circumstances.
Well....hard to believe but this is the last exerpt ...
Well....hard to believe but this is the last exerpt from Emily's Will Be Done. The final manuscript has been forwarded to Quality Control and then it will be pricing, marketing, and printing. Although I don't know exactly, it won't be long now. I will use the blog to post information on availability, ordering, book launches and whatever else seems important. The end is actually in sight!
EPILOGUE:
It is impossible for me to finish my story without providing you with some tips and observations. My mother taught me to share information and not to keep knowledge to myself. I have learned, over the years not everyone appreciates that quality, so you certainly do not have to partake of this information if you don’t want to do so. Also, it is my opinion alone - not from a lawyer, probate judge, or other party, legal or otherwise - just me attempting to share those things my friend Emily has helped me learn on our journey together after her sudden death. (Atkinson, 2012)
The epilogue simply lists a few helpful hints that might come in handy as one prepares their will or anticipates accepting the role of executor for someone else. Anything listed was addressed through the story and the epilogue is only to clearly list the absolutes for those readers finding themselves in need of such things.
In summary, I do not see Emily’s Will Be Done as a self-help book, but more as a story of a quirky and unusual woman whose sudden death and subsequent estate complications serve to underline the qualities of friendship that last well beyond life itself. An additional benefit occurs if the reader finds some food for thought, or asks themselves some questions along the way, regarding estate management and their personal circumstances.
EPILOGUE:
It is impossible for me to finish my story without providing you with some tips and observations. My mother taught me to share information and not to keep knowledge to myself. I have learned, over the years not everyone appreciates that quality, so you certainly do not have to partake of this information if you don’t want to do so. Also, it is my opinion alone - not from a lawyer, probate judge, or other party, legal or otherwise - just me attempting to share those things my friend Emily has helped me learn on our journey together after her sudden death. (Atkinson, 2012)
The epilogue simply lists a few helpful hints that might come in handy as one prepares their will or anticipates accepting the role of executor for someone else. Anything listed was addressed through the story and the epilogue is only to clearly list the absolutes for those readers finding themselves in need of such things.
In summary, I do not see Emily’s Will Be Done as a self-help book, but more as a story of a quirky and unusual woman whose sudden death and subsequent estate complications serve to underline the qualities of friendship that last well beyond life itself. An additional benefit occurs if the reader finds some food for thought, or asks themselves some questions along the way, regarding estate management and their personal circumstances.
June 6, 2013
NOT QUITE DONE YET:I change as a result ofmanaging Emily�...
NOT QUITE DONE YET:
I change as a result ofmanaging Emily���s estate. For one thing, I pay closer attention to what I keepin the drawer of my bedside table. I call my mother and tell her that if shehas anything in her house she doesn���t want me to see, to get rid of it now.Lasting impressions are made in what you leave behind. I do not want anyonelifting up a corner of the carpet of my life and finding all the dirty bits Inever took the time to resolve. Finish business. Clear the decks. We are all onthe same path. (Atkinson, 2012)
This final chapter tells the reader what the author has learned ���not only about the execution of an estate, but about her friends Emily and Rob,and especially about herself. Managing Emily���s estate was a life alteringexperience.
NOT QUITE DONE YET:I change as a result ofmanaging Emily’...
NOT QUITE DONE YET:
I change as a result ofmanaging Emily’s estate. For one thing, I pay closer attention to what I keepin the drawer of my bedside table. I call my mother and tell her that if shehas anything in her house she doesn’t want me to see, to get rid of it now.Lasting impressions are made in what you leave behind. I do not want anyonelifting up a corner of the carpet of my life and finding all the dirty bits Inever took the time to resolve. Finish business. Clear the decks. We are all onthe same path. (Atkinson, 2012)
This final chapter tells the reader what the author has learned –not only about the execution of an estate, but about her friends Emily and Rob,and especially about herself. Managing Emily’s estate was a life alteringexperience.
NOT QUITE DONE YET:I change as a result of managing Emily...
NOT QUITE DONE YET:
I change as a result of managing Emily’s estate. For one thing, I pay closer attention to what I keep in the drawer of my bedside table. I call my mother and tell her that if she has anything in her house she doesn’t want me to see, to get rid of it now. Lasting impressions are made in what you leave behind. I do not want anyone lifting up a corner of the carpet of my life and finding all the dirty bits I never took the time to resolve. Finish business. Clear the decks. We are all on the same path. (Atkinson, 2012)
This final chapter tells the reader what the author has learned – not only about the execution of an estate, but about her friends Emily and Rob, and especially about herself. Managing Emily’s estate was a life altering experience.
May 20, 2013
THE BEACH:It is not quite dusk and the sky has that magic...
THE BEACH:
It is not quite dusk and the sky has that magical mix of daytime azure and evening indigo. The skies in this part of the world, particularly at this time of the year, seem to wrap around you like a cloak. We drive to the edge of the dunes, park the car, and carry the two buckets across the boardwalk and down to the beach. The tide is moving out. The wet sand is packed like concrete under my bare feet. My footprints are deeper than usual, carrying Emily’s ashes with the metal wire handle digging into my palm. The smell of the tide pools, filled with periwinkles, seaweed, ownerless shells, and the ecosystems of frail sea life leave a salty whisper on my cheeks and lips, comforting me with its familiarity. I smile to myself, wrapped in all this emotion and still looking like just another quahog digger taking advantage of a receding tide on a balmy summer night. (Atkinson, 2012)
This chapter is the story of honouring Emily’s wish to have her ashes and those of her husband, scattered in the ocean. It is emotional and personal – the ultimate of all requests, carried out regardless of the inherent difficulty, and guaranteed to create a serious influence in one’s own book of life. The chapter clearly illustrates that executorship is much more than banking and beneficiaries; much more than selling property and cleaning out closets. The executor feels the ebb and flow of a life over and over again, as she travels through the necessary steps to a final resolution.
