Cool Book Of The Day

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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: Women of all ages; helping professionals; and anyone interested in stories about relationships, dysfunctional families, and how an individual’s upbringing can inform who they become.

Q: What is the book about?
A: A story about how a person can connect to others in a meaningful and satisfying way, despite a tortured past and a tangled family history. In this tale, Amber Cushing, abused by her mother’s boyfriend, strives to overcome this history; propelled along on a path characterized by a whirlwind of wrong choices, she continues seeking answers and solutions, struggling to find love and acceptance.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: Some of the issues presented in this book came about because of my career as a social worker, helping abused children and young people overcome their tragic histories.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: I injected my own personal experiences into the story, transforming what might ordinarily be a simple chronicle of abuse into a tale of hope and redemption.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: Some of the peripheral characters in this tale are repeated in some of my other books, such as Miles to Go. My first published novel, An Accidental Life, introduces the character of Savannah Chacon, a former teen parent, who has transcended that history to become a promising college student; incidentally, she shares the boarding house where Amber Cushing lands, like a wounded bird.

Below are links to my home page and a couple of blogs; a link to Author’s Den, which features books and a blog; the link to My Space; and finally, a link to my GoodReads Author profile.

http://laurelrainsnowcreations.com/default.aspx

http://laurelrainsnowcreations.blogspot.com/

http://www.zimbio.com/member/laurelrainsnow

http://www.authorsden.com/laurelrainsnow

http://www.myspace.com/laurelrainsnow

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1185466.Laurel_Rain_Snow

And here is a link to an interview for COOL BOOK OF THE DAY.

http://www.coolbookoftheday.com/miles-to-go/

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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: Law students, lawyers, particularly associates and solo practitioners, and members of the broader legal community.

Q: What is the book about?
A: The Opportunity Maker is about standing out in today’s stagnant economy. It provides a variety of techniques for defining a personal brand, leveraging creativity, and maximizing success. Each chapter addresses genuine strategies for connecting with people and establishing meaningful professional relationships. It is written for law students and lawyers, but its principles are universally applicable.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: I am passionate about helping others create opportunities and have been honing these techniques throughout my entire career. I practiced law with large firms in New York City for nearly nine years and during that period published 125 articles. I served as a legal commentator for CNET Radio, hosted a public access cable television show in Manhattan, taught Internet law at Baruch College, and was interviewed on CNN. I am also the recipient of Apex awards in 2007 and 2008 for feature writing.

I address professionals internationally about the mechanics of getting published and dynamic networking, and have had the privilege of speaking at some of the largest law firms in the world. I teach techniques for leveraging writing and other activities as the foundation for business development through in-house training programs, personal coaching and strategic writing assistance.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: Most books on this topic identify all of the things you need to do to be successful, but few, if any, of them tell you exactly how. The Opportunity Maker teaches you practical techniques for distinguishing yourself in a genuine and positive way. It offers strategic perspective from over 100 people cited in the book, ranging from the president of MetLife International to the author of the Four-Hour Workweek.

It makes the case that business development is similar to investing because the earlier you start the greater your ultimate return. In professional services, particularly the legal industry, students and junior professionals are taught to hone their technical skills long before tapping their talent for business development. Ironically, this delay makes showcasing their finely tuned abilities much harder and more frustrating than it needs to be.

The Opportunity Maker discusses creating a public access cable television show, using Second Life and branding yourself, among many other methods for realizing your career potential and building client relationships in the future.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: This book is meant to encourage students and professionals to harness their ability to connect their work to their communities by customizing a platform on which to grow within their chosen fields. It is designed for all personality types and can be tailored to any area of practice.

Also, TheOpportunityMaker.com, which is constantly being updated, has mini-interviews of about 2-3 minutes with many of those featured in the book. Learn more about the author at AriKaplanAdvisors.com.

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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: I wrote this book about my beloved sister because she is a unique woman and led such a fascinating life; I wrote it to appeal to adults and the mainstream market. It’s an epic love story/mystery/thriller that ––judging by reviews on Amazon.com––is appealing to men as well as women and more mature teens … people from all walks of life.

Q: What the book is about?
A: This story is part fiction (faction?), but based on the life of my beautiful older sister and her seven marriages. This is from the publisher’s description: ” … sixty-four years–1933 to 1997–of happiness and tragedy. Always searching for her first love and her childhood, the enchanting child/woman captivates many men along the way, each wealthier than the one before … each sending her scurrying back to her childhood home, 1106 Grand Boulevard, a trail of broken hearts in her wake.”

“1106 Grand Boulevard” is the story of passions that last a lifetime; of family love and betrayal; of spousal abuse and sadistic child abuse; a story of Billie Jean’s desperate search for happiness, self-worth, and maturity … a story of people needing people and people using people.”

Q: Why I am the best person to write this book?
A: Since I’ve always been a writer and am the sister of the main character in the book, I’m the only one who could do justice to her complex character … her exciting life.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?:
A: In most love stories the heroine is married only once; how unrealistic is that in today’s world? As award-winning author Frank Nappi said in his review: “The resiliency of Dravis’s heroine, Billie Jean, is indeed refreshing, wonderfully antithetical to the all too common saccharine, off-putting portrayal of many of fiction’s leading ladies.” Nappi is the author of the new sensational novel, The Legend of Mickey Tussler and Echoes from the Infantry.

Q: Is there anything else to know about this book?
A: The title of 1106 Grand Boulevard is the actual Ohio hometown address of the author and the main characters in the book. The cover photo is a picture of her late father, John D. Barger, at age 90, while the home viewed through the car window is 1106. Dravis took the photo when her father drove her and the book’s heroine past the home while they were visiting from California in the 1980s.

For more about 1106 Grand Boulevard and Dravis’s other novels, go to:
http://bettydravisauthor.googlepages.com/
http://tinyurl.com/2b3rko