paulinebairdjones’s Notes

Now is your chance to help decide which two titles will be picked as The Gilded Pen Book Club's reads for July and win a copy of either DUCHESS BY NIGHT by Eloisa James or AFTER THE KISS by Suzanne Enoch!

Just check out the post on our club page to enter!
(http://www.shelfari.com/groups/11253/about)

Happy reading,
Amber
thegildedpen.com

posted 7 days ago. ( send a note )

sarahbrother says

I just finished The Last Enemy. I loved it. Just to let you know.

posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )

sharifullah a says

Hi Thanks for accepting friendship on shelfari
and nice to meet u

posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )

cheryl says

Glad we are friends. Thanks for the add

posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )

author island.com says

Awww, thanks for the sweet words Pauline! I happen to think you rock too! And I'm so happy to be a part of the wonderful success THE KEY is having. It's a wonderful book and you deserve all the attention you'll get for this one! DeNita

posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )

pamelajdodd says

Hi Pauline,

I've been reading The Key and am enjoying it quite a bit. My favorite genre for fun reading is space opera, and I am especially fond of eBooks. Thanks for a wonderful yarn with a winning heroine.

Pamela J. Dodd
www.pamelajdodd.com

posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )

author island.com says

Thanks so much for your friendship, Pauline - and thanks for donating to our wonderful prize pool on the contest pages of our site! Have a wonderful holiday and the best the new year has to offer!

posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )

cherylnorman says

Hi, Pauline! Just wanted you to know I voted for the cover art for THE KEY at EPIC. Still haven't had time to read the book, but I will!
Cheryl

posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )

mslarks230 says

Hi Pauline,

Good Morning,

Keeping Misery Company is available NOW! Today is the official release date. To my friends who've supported me by purchasing the book, or posted words of encouragement over the past couple of weeks, Thank You. I really appreciate it!

I still have work to do, the most challening part happens today, selling the book. If you're so inclined, please repost my bulletin to your friends, or if you know someone who reads, please spread the word.

Keeping Misery Company is available everywhere for $14.99. If you still haven't ordered your copy, what are you waiting for? Stop by your favorite bookstore and pick up a copy of Keeping Misery Company.

Here is my latest review of Keeping Misery Company:

Keeping Misery Company
Michelle Larks
Urban Christian Books
978-1601629487
Trade Paperback – October 30, 2007
Christian Fiction
5 Stars

God never put more on you than you can bear and Ruth is holding God to His Word. Ruth has lived her entire life in the shadow of her parents, Bishop and Queen Esther, as the poster child of Preachers kids. After over 30 years of marriage, she realizes that her husband was stepping out on her. Ruth woke up from the haze that had become her life to realize that life threw her a drastic curve ball.

Keep Misery Company is an exceptional read. The storyline is full of twists and turns while dealing with everyday issues – homosexuality/AIDS, forgiveness, teen pregnancy, adultery, homelessness, and drama in the church. The character development is on point as the reader can easily relate with the realistic characters. Keeping Misery Company was a combination of The Color Purple and Diary of a Mad Black Women – running the emotional gamut while illustrating God's ultimate sacrifice. Definitely one of the BEST and ORGINAL CHRISTIAN FICTION books this year!

Deltareviewer
Reviewing for Real Page Turners – www.myspace.com/realpageturners

Blessings and Thank You!

Michelle

posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )

lisa unger says

It's nice to meet you and I look forward to exploring your shelf.

posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )

carolynhowardjohnson says

Dear Pauline:

As a Shelfari friend, I thought I'd pass on to you a quiz I'm using to promote my new book, the 2nd in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers after the award-winning The Frugal Book Promoter is a must for writers and includes lots of good stuff important for any writer to know. It is, ta da! The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success.

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Every writer should know the answer to these or know how to find out :

1. What is the rule posted by most agents and publishers I can break in order to sell my book faster?
2. How can a style sheet help me edit my book or work better with my editor?
3. Why do I need to know about indexing?
4. How can I corral Word's Spell Checker to help rather than hinder my editing process?
5. Why is editing important to getting a publisher or an agent when my publisher's editor will help me with that anyway?
6. Why should I rarely send out a cover letter rather than a query letter?
7. Why should I avoid using italics for internal dialogue? How do you avoid using them for internal dialogue?
8. What perfectly natural and grammar-perfect thing should I avoid telling an agent?
9. How can I turn adverbs that slow my narrative into metaphors?
10. How can I purge my copy of passive constructions using a computer?
11. How can code words in my document help avoid humiliation?
12. How do I avoid superfluous quotation marks that annoy agents and editors?

If you don't know the answers to most every one of these 12 questions without peeking you are sure to benefit from the newly released

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It's already rocketed to Amazon's Top Ten List in its category!

It should be sitting on your shelf right next to the award-winning* first in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers,
The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't
by UCLA Extension Writers' Program Instructor Carolyn Howard-Johnson

*Winner of USA Book News Best Professional Book 2004
*Winner of Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin Award

posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )

vicki hinze says

Thanks, Pauline, for asking Greg. I agree, it is sad. i watched that new show, K-ville and it just put knots in my stomach to see so much of this still in this kind of shape. Heart-wrenching for those familiar and I can but imagine for those living in it day to day.

posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )

vicki hinze says

Pauline, remember that now--about the move. I've been trying to find out if Fitzgerald's is still there, since the storm. Can't find it on any of the tour directories or in the restaurant guides. I hope it's not gone. I so loved that place! And the Mardi Gras fountain out by UNO on the lake front. It was one of my favorite places!
Vicki