Don't Just Stand There, Do Something

I am thrilled to have been included in another anthology. It is a newly released book called THE FACES BEHIND THE PAGES THAT INSPIRE.

I'm in the company of a very inspiring group who avail themselves, as do I, of social media, in particular Facebook, which has made a huge impact and offers us ways to connect to one another in both profound and inventive ways. THE FACES BEHIND THE PAGES THAT INSPIRE, which is the third in a series of three books in Lori Rekowski's A Victim No More series, brings you an eclectic, wise, funny, moving and thought provoking cast of characters, who bring you an even more personal experience of the faces you may have met on Facebook:
Bernard Alvarez
Chantelle Ashworth,
Gabriella Boaehmer
Jennifer Brocasto
Jim Camut
Chris Castillo
Richard Crawford
Shawne Duperon
Sally Fisher
Lisa K. Fox
Sherryl Frauenglass
Gigi Galluzzo
Bex Gibbons
Join Daniel Gottwald
Jennifer Hough
Sue Krebs
Cristina Lorga
Sharon Lund
Rebecca Gross Menashe
Annee Nyambura Mwangi
Justin Nutt
Lori Palm & Wes Hamilton
Dena Patton
Michael Perlin
Jenny G. Perry
Michele Peterson
Lisa Villa Prosen
Mauricio Ramos
Vicki Reece
Lori Rekowski
Heather Richardson
Agape Satori
Rev. Sandy Schwartz
Valerie R. Sheppard
Zdravko Stefanovic
Karleigh Strickfaden,
Vivek Subramaniam

I have, since high school, been an avid fan of T. S. Elliot. In my favorite of his poems, The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, he speaks of preparing to meet the faces that we meet, something I was good at back then, but have mercifully been able to give up in adulthood. Lori's book brings you our actual faces, rather than the prepared, so please click on this title to order THE FACES BEHIND THE PAGES THAT INSPIRE . I hope you will enjoy this good read!

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

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