Ready to Change Your Life?

Looking for answers to help turn your life around? Don't miss the chance to call in to talk to Doris Roper, author of WAKE UP Your Life. On January 26 at 3:00 EST Doris will be available to take your calls on Radio Promo 101 Create and Promote http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nikkileigh. Call in number: (347) 215-8201.



Not only can you receive guidance, but each caller also has the opportunity for a chance to win a free Gold membership at the Smart Woman's Success Connection (which includes a copy of Doris' book in audio and PDF. Each and every participant on Doris' virtual blog tour an additional entry in the giveaway. http://www.witinstitute.com/membership/success.html

If you'd like to know even more, follow Doris Roper on her virtual tour. Check the schedule at http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/12/wake-up-your-life-by-doris-roper.html

Details to purchase her book: http://www.witinstitute.com/wake_up.html

Donna Sundblad
Tour Coordinator Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours
www.theinkslinger.net

Learn How to Invest Your Money and In Your Life

Learn how to pick up the pieces and build an investment plan with Wade Slome author of How I Managed $20,000,000,000 by Age 32. His virtual blog tour stops by Single Guy Money http://www.singleguymoney.com/ on Friday, January 23. Be sure to leave a comment or ask a question while your there for a chance to win a free copy of Wade's book.

Speaking of books, Wade is also offering a free ebook. Stop by his business website http://www.sidoxia.com/index.asp?initpage=Home to download it, or if you're interested in purchasing How I Managed $20,000,000,000 by Age 32, you can find autographed copies available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0615251587 or you can buy it for a couple of dollars below the Amazon price here: http://www.amazon.com/How-Managed-000-000-00-Age/dp/0615251587

If you'd like to know even more, follow Wade Slome on her virtual tour. Check the schedule at http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-i-managed-20000000000-by-age-32-by.html

Donna Sundblad

Tour Coordinator Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours

www.theinkslinger.net

Hope and Help for Women

Author Doris Roper does more than share a message of hope for women. She provides them with the tools to change their life. Don't miss Joyce Anthony's interview with Doris on Friday, January 23 on Books and Authors http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog/, and come back again on Saturday, January 24 to read the review of her life-changing book: WAKE UP Your Life.

Take a moment to leave a comment or ask a question, because Doris will check in to say hello and answer questions. All those who leave a comment or ask a question will also be eligible for a chance to win a prize of a free Gold membership at the Smart Woman's Success Connection (which includes a copy of Doris' book in audio and PDF. Each and every comment provides you with an additional entry in the giveaway. http://www.witinstitute.com/membership/success.html

If you'd like to know even more, follow Doris Roper on her virtual tour. Check the schedule at http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/12/wake-up-your-life-by-doris-roper.html

Details to purchase her book: http://www.witinstitute.com/wake_up.html

Donna Sundblad

Tour Coordinator Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours

www.theinkslinger.net

How to Invest in This Economic Climate

Wondering how to invest your money in this troubled economic climate? On Wednesday, January 21, tune in to The Wealthy Speaker Show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/paullawrencevann to listen to Wade Slome, author of How I Managed $20,000,000,000 by Age 32. Call in number: Call-in Number: (646) 595-4797 (7:00 pm EST)

More About Wade Slome
Wade Slome started trading penny stocks in high school stock market competitions after the 1987 Crash. As a freshly minted MBA graduate from Cornell University in 1998, he never expected in his wildest dreams to land on one of the largest mutual funds in the entire United States of America. But at the age of 32 he was managing a $20 billion dollar fund at American Century Investments.

Wade is also offering a free ebook, stop by his website www.Sidoxia.com to download it.

Wake Up Your Life

Don't miss out on the exciting blog tour lined up with Doris Roper, author of the WAKE UP Your Life. This powerful book offers guidance to live an amazing life and along the way, you will have the opportunity to:

• Consider how you can wake up your own life.
  
• Change the way you perceive the pain you encounter in your life and relationships.
• Turn rejection into redirection.
• Experience the enormous power of forgiveness in making the life you want.
• Distinguish between your limiting beliefs and that positive inner voice that propels you forward.

On Wednesday, January 21 stop by Books and Authors http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog/ for an introduction to Doris and her book. On Thursday, January 22, stop by again to read an excerpt from the book. While you're there be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win a prize of a free Gold membership at the Smart Woman's Success Connection (which includes a copy of Doris' book in audio and PDF. Each and every comment provides you with an additional entry in the giveaway. http://www.witinstitute.com/membership/success.html

:

If you'd like to know even more, follow Doris Roper on her virtual tour. Check the schedule at http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/12/wake-up-your-life-by-doris-roper.html

Details to purchase her book: http://www.witinstitute.com/wake_up.html

Donna Sundblad

Tour Coordinator Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours

www.theinkslinger.net

Learn How to Invest Your Money and In Your Life

Monday, January 19, kicks off an exciting virtual blog tour with, Wade Slome, author of How I Managed $20,000,000,000 by Age 32. Wade will stop by Yielding Wealth http://www.yieldingwealth.com/ where he'll talk about investing objectively—not emotionally. In these tough economic times, this is your chance to follow someone who understands what’s happening – to get some solid advice. Be sure to leave a comment when you visit, because each time you comment on any or all of Wade's blog stops, you'll be entered in a random drawing for a free copy of How I Managed $20,000,000,000 by Age 32, and Wade will check in throughout the day to answer questions. Wade is also offering a free ebook, stop by his website www.Sidoxia.com to download it.

And if you're ready for a dose of inspiration to start your week, stop by Ponder This http://pondercentral.com/ where you'll have a chance to read an excerpt from Doris Roper's book, WAKE UP Your Life. Doris will also stop by to answer questions, and when you leave a comment, you'll be eligible to win one of five random free Gold membership at the Smart Woman's Success Connection (which includes a copy of Doris' book in audio and PDF. You can learn more at her websitehttp://www.witinstitute.com/membership/success.html

For the most up to date information for all tours, visit www.virtualblogtour.blogspot.com

How Obama Won by Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Get your FREE E-book which gives you a look inside How Obama Won – see the table of contents and read selected excerpts before making the decision to buy your own copy of How Obama Won --- http://tr.im/9lrt

How Obama Won by Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a provocative, hard hitting critical assessment of the issues, events, forces, politics, pressures and controversy that shaped and ensnared Barack Obama in his historic 2008 presidential campaign. Cut through the endless numbers and statistics to learn get straight to the key issues that made the difference.

Political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson examines the impact of race and gender, campaign strategy, the key political players, the nature of presidential politics, the changes in the Democratic and Republicans parties, the importance of the black, Hispanic, youth, women and blue collar white worker votes, the role of corporation and special interests in American politics. Hutchinson goes to the heart of the matter to tell us what the first African-American to win the White House means to America and the world.

Catch this Blog Tour and a Chance to Win

Come join the exciting blog tour we've lined up this month with Doris Roper, author of WAKE UP Your Life. On Wednesday, January 14 stop by Mommy Reviewed http://mommyreviewed.blogspot.com to enjoy a guest post written by Doris, and on Friday, January 16 learn more about Doris in an interview at Writer's In the Sky http://www.yvonneperry.blogspot.com/.

Prizes:
Take time to leave a comment at any or all stops for a chance to win a free Gold membership at the Smart Woman's Success Connection (which includes a copy of Doris' book in audio and PDF. Each and every comment provides you with an additional entry in the giveaway. http://www.witinstitute.com/membership/success.html
:
If you'd like to know even more, follow Doris Roper on her virtual tour. Check the schedule at http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/12/wake-up-your-life-by-doris-roper.html

Details to purchase her book: http://www.witinstitute.com/wake_up.html

Donna Sundblad
Tour Coordinator Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours
www.theinkslinger.net

Are You Ready to WAKE UP Your Life?

Don't miss author Doris Roper's guest post on her next blog tour stop scheduled to promote her book WAKE UP Your Life. Stop by Life Wealth http://life-wealth.blogspot.com/ on January 9 to see what Doris has to share. Her book opens the door to an amazing life, and this tour offers extra insights as how you can wake up your own life, Along the way, you'll have the chance to comment or ask questions and win a prize. Five random commenters who leave a comment during the tour will have the opportunity to win a free Gold membership at the Smart Woman's Success Connection (which includes a copy of her book in audio and PDF. Each and every comment provides you with an additional entry in the giveaway. http://www.witinstitute.com/membership/success.html

For more information about Doris Roper and her virtual tour, check the schedule at http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/12/wake-up-your-life-by-doris-roper.html

Details to purchase her book: http://www.witinstitute.com/wake_up.html

Donna Sundblad

Tour Coordinator Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours

www.theinkslinger.net

WAKE UP Your Life May Be Your Ticket to an Amazing Life

We've got an exciting blog tour lined up this month with Doris Roper, author of the WAKE UP Your Life. This book is a ticket for your journey to an amazing life. Along the way, you will have the opportunity to:

• Consider how you can wake up your own life.
• Change the way you perceive the pain you encounter in your life and relationships.
• Turn rejection into redirection.
• Experience the enormous power of forgiveness in making the life you want.
• Distinguish between your limiting beliefs and that positive inner voice that propels you forward.

Each tour stop offers the chance to comment or ask questions. We would like to hear from you and Doris wants to answer your questions... so we're giving you an incentive to comment.

Prizes:

Five random commenters who leave a comment during the tour will have the opportunity to win a free Gold membership at the Smart Woman's Success Connection (which includes a copy of her book in audio and PDF. Each and every comment provides you with an additional entry in the giveaway. http://www.witinstitute.com/membership/success.html

On January 5, whet your appetite with an excerpt from Doris' Roper's WAKE UP Your Life at Ponder This http://pondercentral.com.

And don't miss My Single Mom Life http://www.mysinglemomlife.com/blog/index.php/ on January 7 to read a fresh review of WAKE UP Your Life.

For more information about Doris Roper and her virtual tour, check the schedule at http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/12/wake-up-your-life-by-doris-roper.html

Details to purchase her book: http://www.witinstitute.com/wake_up.html

Donna Sundblad

Tour Coordinator Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours

www.theinkslinger.net

Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tour Gift Guide

It's here, the Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tour Gift Guide for 2008. This gift guide makes shopping easy and showcases many people I worked with in 2008. There is a wide variety of products to entertain, teach, and show you ways to improve your business and personal life. If you're looking for gifts, shop from the convenience of your computer and choose from the many great gift ideas found in the pages of this gift guide.

We are sharing:

· Young Adult Fantasy – Conor and the Crossworlds Series, Wind walker & Beyond the Fifth Gate

· Writing Fantasy – Pumping Your Muse

· Historic Romantic Suspense – Bloodstone Castle, Widow’s Walk, Lady Lightkeeper

· Contemporary Suspense - Bobby’s Diner, In the Arms of the Enemy & Lilah and the Locket

· Business - Being A Sales Superstar

· Promotion - Email Marketing, Book Promo 101, Book Promo 201

· Management - Transformational Power

· Money and Manifesting – Other Items in The Spiritual Toolbox

· Kundalini Yoga DVD’s and Energy Rejuvenating Exercise Flip Charts

· The Sage Age: Blending Science with Intuitive Wisdom

· Politics – How Obama Won & The Ethnic Presidency

· True Story – My Father, My Don: A Son’s Journey From Organized Crime and Sobriety

· True Story – Vietnam Air Rescues

· CD’s and DVD by Dyan Garris – Relaxation Music & Automatic Chakra Balance

· DVD’s by Gurutej – Kundalini Yoga, Energy Exercise Flip Charts and Chakra Pillows

· Travel Through Time with Terry L White – she offers a wide variety of books

You can download your free gift guide at www.nikkileigh.com/gift_guide_2008.htm. If you have questions, you can contact Nikki at nikki@nikkileigh.com

Hitler and Mars Bars by Dianne Ascroft

Title: Hitler and Mars Bars
Author: Dianne Ascroft
ISBN: 9781425145910
Format: Paperback, 340pp
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Price: £11.99/$23.22/E15.86
Publication Date: March 2008
Website: www.geocities.com/dianne_ascroft
The book is available online from www.trafford.com/07-1955, www.amazon.com and other online
retailers.

Dianne Ascroft is a Canadian writer, living in Britain. She has been freelance writing since 2002. Most of her writing focuses on history, arts/music and human interest stories. Her articles have been printed in Canadian and Irish newspapers and magazines including the Toronto Star, Mississauga News, Derry Journal, Banbridge Leader and Ireland’s Own magazine. ‘Hitler and Mars Bars’ is her first novel.

Dianne is currently on a Virtual Book Tour which continues until December 24. The full tour schedule is available at www.dianneascroft.wordpress.com.

Also, please drop by her website at www.geocities.com/dianne_ascroft for further information about 'Hitler and Mars Bars'.

‘Hitler and Mars Bars’ is the story of a German boy, Erich, growing up in war-torn Germany and post-war rural Ireland. Set against the backdrop of Operation Shamrock, a little known Irish Red Cross project which aided German children after World War II, the novel explores a previously hidden slice of Irish and German history.

‘Hitler and Mars Bars’ is available to order from www.trafford.com, many online book shops, including www.amazon.co.uk, and her website.

REVIEW:

I have just finished reading Dianne Ascroft’s wonderful story entitled ‘Hitler and Mars Bars’. It’s a riveting story of a young German boy Erich from the industrialised Ruhr area of Germany. During the Second World War, buildings and industry were demolished but so were families and communities too. Erich’s mother is killed in the bombing. He and his brother Hans are left to fend for themselves.

It was then that they became part of Operation Shamrock, which was an Irish Red Cross project designed to help German children recover from the deprivation of the war. Southern Ireland was accused of being ambivalent in its attitude to Hitler. Yet Ireland was one of the first countries, through the Red Cross, to send donations to help the children in Germany.

As a result the German Save the Children Society was formed with the aim of bringing German children to Ireland to save them from starvation. With the help of the Irish Red Cross, many children were brought to Ireland - mainly to Glencree in Wicklow. When they were sufficiently cared for, they were fostered to families all over Ireland. Most of the children returned to Germany in the early 1950s but about 50 of them remained permanently in Ireland.

Dianne Ascroft’s story is based on Operation Shamrock, but the characters, including Erich, are fictional.

Throughout the book we follow the stories of these children, some of whom met good, caring families but others were treated horrifically. We read the stories of both in this excellently written book.

Traversing the country, we get to know the children, their families, the hard work entailed in running a farm in rural Ireland in those difficult times.

But most of all we get the human stories. As a novel it is extraordinarily well researched. It could form the basis of a revealing film script.

It is already an award winning novel for this Canadian born writer who has come to settle in Brookeborough in Co Fermanagh. Beautifully written with a strong human story running through it, it’s an ideal read for these summer days.

Brian D’Arcy, BBC broadcaster, Sunday World columnist, author, journalist,

June 2008

BOOK EXCERPT:

THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE

Bredenscheid, near Hattingen, Germany

March 1945

“Wake up, Erich,” his mother said softly.

Leaning over him, she gently shook his shoulder. Shrugging away from her touch, he turned over in the narrow metal bed. She shook a bit harder and he opened his eyes, squinting at her silhouette in the moonlight.

“Mutti! You’re here!” Erich sat up and threw his arms around her neck.

“Yes. Get up, quickly now.”

“I knew you’d come!” he cried.

“Shh…don’t wake the other children,” she hushed him as she pulled back his thin, woollen blanket.

Shivering in the cold air, he jumped out of bed and scurried the few steps to the fireplace. The embers from the fire, set before bedtime, still glowed and occasionally crackled in the open grate. The waning fire radiated a modest heat and Erich savoured its warmth. The moon was low in the early evening sky, but its light streamed through the partly drawn curtains.

Erich’s mother pulled his white cotton nightshirt over his head and he hunched forward, shivering as cold draughts eddied around him. She quickly threaded his arms into his shirt. Erich squirmed against the prickly fabric which scratched at his back.

“It’s itchy! I don’t want to wear it!”

“You don’t have anything else so you must. Hurry now!” she urged him.

She pulled up his short brown trousers and leaned over to lace his boots. She pushed his arms into his ragged woollen coat, then pulled it firmly around him, noticing how baggy it was.

“You are so thin!” she exclaimed. “You must eat!”

“They don’t give us much. And it’s rotten! It makes me sick. And I’m so tired,” he complained.

The food shortage was severe as the war drew to an end. Everyone struggled to get enough to eat. Malnutrition and the poor quality of available food frequently made the children ill. To conserve energy they went to bed after their evening meal.

She frowned, looking at him. The waist of his trousers was loose and his bony knees seemed large on his thin legs.

Putting her arm around his shoulder, she ushered him out of the dormitory and down the stairs. At the foot of the stairs Erich stopped. “Mutti has come for me, T-T-Tante Gretchen!” he called excitedly to the staff member standing in the downstairs hall. Nodding to the woman as they passed, his mother said, “I will return him by breakfast. Good night.”

As they stepped out of the door the darkness enveloped them; no street lights lit their way. Their eyes adjusted to it as they walked briskly down the country lane. Erich held tightly to his mother’s hand. He pressed against her, almost tripping her in his eagerness to be close to her on this rare visit.

Conor and The Crossworlds: Book Two: Peril in the Corridors

Conor and The Crossworlds Book Two: Peril in the Corridors
Kevin Gerard

Review by Mary Aycock courtesy of Front Street Reviews

The author, Kevin Gerard, lives in San Diego, CA, with his wife and four children. When he is not busy being a successful professor of sociology and statistics for California State University, San Marcos, you will find him doing fun things with his extended family in and around the San Diego area. The Crossworlds series provided the main impetus for his decision to pursue a professional writing career and may prove to him that he can now concentrate on writing full time, to the exclusion of all other endeavors.

This second quest into the Crossworlds brings us into our main character’s life two years after the first story. The Lady of the Light appears in Conor Jameson’s bedroom and asks him to accompany her back into the Crossworlds to assist with a problem that was actually created when our young hero and his mentor, Purugama, had their first adventures together. Completely by accident, Purugama and Conor unknowingly created a situation whereby the Crossworlds corridors have been weakened and are now in danger of being destroyed by the Circle of Evil. Many horrible and treacherous evildoers had escaped their bonds when the corridors were weakened and could no longer hold them captive. Now they are on a vengeful drive to destroy all forces of good and all means of traveling through the Crossworlds corridors.

Conor decides to accompany the Lady of the Light to the Glade of Champions, where he meets Maya and the other Crossworlds Champions, Eha, Ajur, Surmitang and Therion. All of the Crossworlds Champions are amazing and endearing but GIGANTIC members of the cat family, just as Purugama was. Anyone who is a cat lover, including myself, would give their left arm to be in Conor’s position, meeting and being mentored by a giant Panther and Cheetah and Tiger and Lion, not to mention Maya, who has the outward appearance of a gigantic domestic cat, but is the Lord of the Crossworlds Champions. All are vested with special powers, which Conor gets to feel and enjoy and practice, as he accompanies Maya on several perilous quests to repair the Crossworlds corridors. Maya is the only one of the huge cats who can travel with Conor through the Crossworlds, but the other cats are able to lend Conor their powers and magical abilities to help him fight the many terrifying foes that are trying to prevent the corridor repairs. In order to give Maya the time he needs to work the repairs on the corridors, Conor must battle and defeat a human-dragon mutant, a formless entity and a shape-shifting master of darkness. Oh, the deliciously scary things we come face to face with on this journey!

The action-packed fast pace will have you turning page after page as fast as possible to see what comes next, because this author holds nothing back in his quest to show you every corner of the Crossworlds and all the dangers that lurk within. As Conor battles each wicked foe, your heart beats faster as you try to think past what is happening to all of the possible outcomes, only to be surprised by the turn of events. The battle scenes are huge in dimension and impact as Conor fights for his life, using his wits and the powers of the mighty Crossworlds Champions. What incredible powers he wields as he fights the best (or is that the worst?) that the Circle of Evil can throw at him. Entire worlds are involved; the span of our imagination grows with each battle. As I was reading, I kept envisioning these scenes on a big screen, wondering how the movie world would create the amazing things that come straight from this author’s incredible imagination. This mind-blowing series of battles against the Circle of Evil’s finest team of destroyers would be quite a feat to translate to the big screen, but my goodness, what an awesome thing that would be to see and to hear! Hollywood, are you paying attention here????

I was impressed with the first book of “Conor and the Crossworlds” and was wondering if the second book would be as good as the first or, as sometimes happens, not live up to the promise. Well, let me tell you, I was NOT disappointed after reading the second book in a series that is turning out to be a highly entertaining and enjoyable read. There is so much MORE in this second book for everyone to enjoy, fast paced action, close calls around every bend, tender moments between Conor and the amazing giant cats who are the Crossworld Champions, surprises, treachery, deception, battles to end all battles and foes that will curl your hair! There is a wonderful sense of right fighting against wrong in Conor’s perilous journey and you see him grow stronger and wiser with every confrontation. I truly think that we, as readers, grow with him and learn with him and come away with the sense that we want to change our world for the better, now that we know what can go horribly wrong if we continue as we are. Three cheers to the author, Kevin Gerard, for giving us reality’s lessons disguised as enchanting fiction.

I was carried along on this journey with Conor and Maya and the other Crossworld Champions and they will always be a part of my heart. This book will have to be reread, slowly this time, just so I can savor the relationships and the experiences once more. The author has left me with a deep hunger for the NEXT book in this series and, for all the world, I have NO idea where his imagination is going to take me next time, but I am ready for the ride! Bring it on, Kevin, but please bring it on SOON!

For more information about Kevin Gerard and his virtual tour, check the schedule at http://virtualblogtour.blogspot.com/2008/10/virtual-book-tour-conor-and-crossworlds.html

Amazon Link for Conor and the Crossworlds http://tinyurl.com/6lqas2

For more information on Kevin Gerard, visit his website http://www.conorandthecrossworlds.com.

Donna Sundblad

Tour Coordinator Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours

www.theinkslinger.net