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Joey O'Connor

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Thriller, Historical Fiction, Christian

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Hey there Goodreads Friends!

I have two announcements!

Just in time for 2025, I released my latest book, Cultivating Your Dream: Inspiration & Action for Doing What You Were Made to Do.

Do you have a dream? A desire you've always wanted to pursue? This book is written for dreamers, artists, entrepreneurs, visionaries, creatives...anyone with a dream!

Cultivating Your Dream offers inspiration and practical action steps to help you achieve your dreams!

Cultivating is available on my website and all online retailers...if you'd like a FREE REVIEW copy please message me and I'd be happy to send you one!

Be sure to check out my new romantic thriller, The Cobalt Curse.

The Cobalt Curse is a wild international ride through Dubai, Washington D.C., Brussel ...more

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	Among Kings: The Amazing Adventures of the Congo's African American Livingstone and the Courageous People who Toppled King Leopold II 4.59 avg rating — 63 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cobalt Curse 4.69 avg rating — 36 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Longing: Embracing the Deepest Truth of Who You Are 4.53 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children and Grief: Helping Your Child Understand Death 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Create: Transforming Stories of Art, Life & Faith: 21 Essays by Leading Artists by Joey O'Connor (Goodreads Author), Wayne Forte, Karen Covell 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In His Steps: The Promise 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Love You Unconditionally...on One Condition: Everyday Choices for an Extraordinary Marriage 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women Are Always Right and Men Are Never Wrong by Joey O'Connor (Goodreads Author), Joey C'Connor 3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Know You Love Me but Do You Like Me?: How to Become Your Mate's Best Friend 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cultivating Your Dream: Inspiration & Action for Doing What You Were Made to Do (Cultivating Your Life Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Who Told You to Stop Daydreaming?

WHOEVER TOLD YOU TO STOP daydreaming as a kid got it all wrong.

Take it from the son of a mortician.

They were dead wrong.

We are not going to our graves with unfulfilled dreams.

You are not “just” daydreaming.

You are here to daydream.

You are here to work at fulfilling your dreams.

To ignite your imagination into a bonfire of possibilities.

To catalyze your senses to feel and experience wonder and awe

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Among Kings: The Amazing Adventures of the Congo's African American Livingstone and the Courageous People who Toppled King Leopold II

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Sold on a Monday

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Joey O'Connor liked Macradeur's review of The Longing: Embracing the Deepest Truth of Who You Are: "Many of us live our lives believing, without any doubt, that God loves us. We can warmly recite “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so”. Yet for some for us, the degree to which we truly experience being God’s beloved — chosen, accept" Read more of this review »
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Joey O'Connor made a comment on Juanita Nieuwoudt’s review of The Cobalt Curse " Thank you Juanita for your generous review of The Cobalt Curse. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! ...more "
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Joey’s Quotes

“I feel sad for the righteous man who cannot find understanding or compassion for a magnificent sinner like me.”
― David Zailer

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

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