Before I Die available in paperback

Linda Laverly want to fall in love again, so she begins a quest to experience, just once more, that head over heels feeling of young love. The only problem is her husband.


“This book paints such a clear picture of how a couple can get so caught up in life and all of its distractions and lose focus on what a marriage should be. It is also a touching story of how there are second chances for finding happiness.” – Ann E.

Order your paperback copy from Amazon, click here.

Download on Kindle, click here.

Order a personally autographed copy of the paperback, click here.

WFTS conference near you

You still have time to register for the Christian Writers Guild’s Writing for the Soul Conference September 19-20 in Murfreesboro, TN,  near Nashville. It includes free admission to SuzyQ’s Author Bootcamp!

But act fast. Conference-special room rates at the Embassy Suites & Convention Center in Murfreesboro are available only through September 5.

You’ll also receive a free autographed copy of Jerry Jenkins’s Writing for the Soul book! 

Click here for details.

This is a new focus for Christian Writers Guild Writing for the Soul Conference. Instead of all the conferees gathering at one location one time a year, the conference has taken to the road and is being presented in different venues around the country. 

Says CWG: "Writing for the Soul will now be more accessible in terms of cost, timing, and convenient venues around the country. We’re targeting book authors with classes in three areas: how to write your book, publish your book, and market your book."

There will be a WFTS Conference in Hershey, PA in January. 

Happy writing,
Michele

Free webinar

From Christian Writers Guild:

Understanding Point-of-View Once and For All!

Ready to get serious about your fiction? We have what you need.

Here’s a free peek at the kind of teaching you can enjoy in  our professional-level Fiction Intensive course taught by mentor Kathy Tyers.

In her one-hour “Viewpoint: Hooking and Holding Readers,” Kathy shows you how to draw readers in and keep them there by giving them "that delicious you-are-there sensation."

 “An excellent webinar,” says a CWG member. “I plan to view it again.”

 To watch it free, just click here.
 
If you like what you see, you’ll have the opportunity to  fill out your application for the next Fiction Intensive class, which begins November 1  and includes a four-day residency in Colorado with mentor Kathy Tyers, Jerry B. Jenkins, and other experts.

New York Times bestselling novelist Kathy Tyers has published eleven novels, including for the Star Wars expanded universe. She makes her home in Montana.

  

 

NOTE: I took this class two years ago and learned a great deal. If you're serious about writing and publishing your fiction, it's worth every cent!

 

Happy writing,

Michele

New novel launched

54-year-old Linda Laverly longs to experience, just once more, that head over heels feeling of young love. The only problem is her husband.

Dear friends,

The day has finally come! Before I Die, my second novel (actually the first novel I ever wrote) has been released by Helping Hands Press as an e-book ($2.99) and paperback ($14.99) on Amazon. 

Here’s the book description:

Linda Laverly wants to fall in love again—to experience deep in her soul that head over heels, I’m-crazy-about-you feeling just once more. Time is running out, she thinks; her sister died at fifty-five, and Linda is just one year shy of that milestone. So she leaves Brian, her predictable, dependable, faithful, but unromantic husband of thirty-two years to try to find a spark again. Is her quest worth risking her family, her job, her reputation, her faith? As she wrestles with issues of aging and self-image, anger and betrayal, she finds the love she’s longing for where she least expects it.  (Women’s fiction, Christian fiction) 

Here’s what reviewer Kerin M. had to say about the book:

“I LOVED IT! I LOVED IT! I LOVED IT! My eyes were filled with tears at the end. You had the courage to write about the secrets of women our age – that longing to be loved and not just taken for granted – or to feel like we’re stuck with each other now, so let’s just make the best of it. I saw my own self in Linda. Thank you for writing this story. May God bless it and cut it loose to touch the lives of many others.” 

To download your e-book or order your paperback from Amazon, visit my Amazon author page and click on BEFORE I DIE. Here’s the link to the Amazon page where my books are listed: http://tinyurl.com/l2n6nal

If you want your e-book autographed, go to http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/MicheleHuey and request an autograph. It’s free!

You can also order an autographed paperback from me by

• purchasing it on my webpage and paying via PayPal : http://michelethuey.com/micheles-books.html

• emailing me your order (michelehuey@hughes.net) and mailing me a check for $15, plus $5 shipping and handling, if it’s to be mailed. I don’t have a problem delivering books to folks in Punxsutawney who have ordered them. If that’s the case, the cost of the book will be $15 (tax included). My address is 121 Homestead Lane, Glen Campbell, PA  15742.

Thank you for your interest. Please share this post with anyone you think would be interested in Before I Die.  

Happy reading,

Michele

And the winner is . . . .

Thank you, everyone, for your input on the cover. We decided to go with this one, since, in the words of reader Sybil Nichol, "it best depicts the starry romantic love that Linda is yearning for displayed by the foot-popping kiss!"

Click here to read the book description and first two chapters.

Said ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) reviewer Kerin M.:

"OOOOOOOH, Michele!! I LOVED IT! I LOVED IT! I LOVED IT! My eyes were filled with tears at the end. You had the courage to write about the secrets of women our age - that longing to be loved and not just taken for granted - or to feel like we're 'stuck' with each other now, so let's just make the best of it. I saw my own self in your character. Thank you for writing this story. May God bless it and cut it loose to touch the lives of many others." 

 

Before I Die will be available as e-book ($2.99) and paperback ($14.99) on Amazon on THURSDAY, AUG. 14.  (I'll include the link when it goes up on Amazon.)

Email me at michelehuey@hughes.net to order your autographed copy.


Listen to the "story behind the story" of Before I Die as I discussed it on Gelati's Scoop Blogtalk radio today (above).

New novel to be released

My novel Before I Die will be released Aug. 14. I'd like your input on the cover design.

Which cover do you like best and why? Visit the book's page on the Helping Hands Press blog and leave a comment. For your feedback, you'll receive two free stories.

Summer reading, Day 14

Today is the last day for the Summer Reading Blog Tour. I hope you've enjoyed browsing this virtual library and have discovered new titles and authors to enjoy.

Today we meet Louellen Friesen, a 25-year-old Amish wife trapped in a loveless marriage, in Marsha Hubler's Amish/Mennonite novel, Love Song for Louellen:

1. What is your name? Mrs. Louellen Friesen
2. What one word best describes you? Forgiven
3. How do you first become involved in this novel? I make my entrance on the first page. I am cleaning house for an “English” doctor, David McAndrew, and, God forgive me, I have strong feelings for this man even though I’m married to Eli Friesen.
4. What worries you? I am childless, which is a blight in the Mennonite community. I worry that I’ll never have children.

Continue reading . . . 

Book Description

Publication Date: December 22, 2013

 

Twenty-five-year-old Amish Louellen Friesen finds herself falling in love with forty-year-old Englishman Dr. David McAndrew, a widower with two children, for whom she cleans house regularly in Mapletown, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. There’s only one problem. Louellen is already married.

Well past the “marrying age” at twenty-two, Louellen Bidleman had wed Amish man Eli Friesen three years prior, mostly because of pressure from her family. Eli, also in his mid-twenties and in danger of being “passed over,” had married Louellen for one main reason, to have sons.

Louellen has some love for Eli, but because of her church vows, sets out to be the best wife and mother she can be, especially when God blesses them with little ones. However, after three years, there are no children. Louellen is devastated, and Eli becomes bitter, feeling trapped in a marriage that has produced no offspring even though he knows that he has the medical problem, not his wife. Although he treats Louellen civil in public, at home he ignores her needs, and their wedded life is nothing but a disappointment to both.

What should Louellen do? Turn her back on her husband and her Amish Ordnung? Should she leave, become “English,” and marry Dr. McAndrew, a man who has promised her the moon?

 

More about Marsha Hubler.

Summer reading, Day 13

Today we'll meet Verity Wilde, the main character in I.O. Kirkwood's series, The Needless:

My name is Verity Wilde. No nickname though some people try to get away with Veri. Just say the short name and my last name together and you’ll figure out why I’m not happy about it. What was my mother thinking?  Continue reading . . . 

Book Description

Verity Wilde joins the Gamer's club that’s led by a 17-year old Junior named Hendrix Cobain (gamer handle: Dead Rockstar) and includes three other unlikely members: Chad “StayPuff” Fulton, Alexi “Chameleon” Parma, and Mike “Bruiser” Cruise. Together they go on magical quests, slay mythical monsters, discover surprising inner strengths, and test outmoded beliefs. Overcoming challenges together, they find friendship and acceptance. After “Bruiser,” the most unpleasant member of the club, disappears in the middle of a game, Veri and the gang have to find him. To do that they’ll have to win each level, fighting bigger and scarier foes along the way, until they face off with the Big Boss.

 

Publication Date: July 2, 2014

 

One more day left on the Summer Reading Blog Tour!

Tuesday  July 29 – Marsha Hubler  http://marshahubler.wordpress.com

 

 

 

Before I Die

Linda Laverly wants to fall in love again—to experience deep in her soul that head-over-heels, I’m-crazy-about-you feeling just once more. She leaves her unromantic, predictable husband of thirty-two years and the secure, comfortable life they built together. Is her quest worth risking her family, her job, her reputation, her faith? As she wrestles with issues of aging and self-image, anger and betrayal, she finds the love she’s longing for where she least expects it.


Advanced Copy Reader review:

"OOOOOOOH, Michele!! I LOVED IT! I LOVED IT! I LOVED IT! My eyes were filled with tears at the end. You had the courage to write about the secrets of women our age - that longing to be loved and not just taken for granted - or to feel like we're 'stuck' with each other now, so let's just make the best of it. I saw my own self in your character. Thank you for writing this story. May God bless it and cut it loose to touch the lives of many others." - Kerin M.


Read the first chapter and leave a comment! Click here. . .

Entire novel will be released Aug. 7 in ebook and paperback!

Happy reading!
Michele

Summer reading, Day 11

If you like sci-fi, today's characters will intrigue you. Author Travis Perry conducts today's interviews:

Our scene is a tent, someplace dusty, with wind blowing hard outside. I sit across the a wooden table from two men also seated. One I recognize from Colony Zero, the other from Medieval Mars.

Continue reading . . .

ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT ON THE BLOG TOUR! 

Sunday  July 27 - Mark Venturini  http://markventurinijourney.blogspot.ca/

Monday  July 28 – Iola Kirkwood  http://iokirkwood.com/

Tuesday  July 29 – Marsha Hubler  http://marshahubler.wordpress.com

 

 

Summer reading, Day 10

From author Joy Ross Davis:

This morning I’m "visiting" with Keeva, one of the sisters in my newest work, Sisters Divided.  Keeva and her sister Maeve are twin angels who are working to earn their wings. The first volume in the story Sisters Divided, entitled "WINGS," is available at Amazon for 99¢

What is your name? My name is Keeva. I have no last name.

What one word best describes you? Loving

How did you first become involved in the story? Since the story is about me and my twin sister, I have been involved from the beginning when Maeve and I were in our Angel Initiate class. Oh, that sister of mine can cause some trouble. But, she means well.

Read more . . . 

ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT ON THE BLOG TOUR! 

Saturday  July 26 - Travis Perry http://travissbigidea.blogspot.com/

Sunday  July 27 - Mark Venturini  http://markventurinijourney.blogspot.ca/

Monday  July 28 – Iola Kirkwood  http://iokirkwood.com/

Tuesday  July 29 – Marsha Hubler  http://marshahubler.wordpress.com

 

 

 

Summer reading, Day 9

Today we meet Lester Tibbett of author Tracy Krauss's Neighbors series:

Former radio cowboy Lester Tibbett is back after a near death experience that has put a few things in perspective. It hasn’t stopped his friend Jed from harassing him about women or the upcoming bull riding competition. Nor has it made life any easier when it comes to dealing with his teenage sister. Just when he is at the end of his rope, he makes an unexpected discovery. Is it fate or mere coincidence? Click here to read more about him, straight from the cowboy's mouth . . .

 

 Volume 6 - Navigating the Neighborhood

 

Summer Reading Blog Tour Schedule:

See what other Helping Hands Press authors are up to:

Monday  July 14 - Ruth L. Snyder  http://ruthlsnyder.com

Tuesday  July 15 - Cindy Noonan http://CindyNoonan.com

Wednesday  July 16 - Mishael Witty  http://bluebrownbooks.com/

Thursday  July 17 - Michele Huey  http://michelethuey.com/

Friday  July 18 - Patti J. Smith  http://gridirongrannyfootballfanatic.blogspot.com/

Saturday  July 19 - Amber Schamel  http://amberschamel.blogspot.com/

Sunday  July 20 - Mark Carver   http://www.markcarverbooks.com

Monday  July 21 - Marian Baay  http://marianbaay.blogspot.nl/

Tuesday  July 22 - Jen Cudmore  www.jencudmore.com

Wednesday  July 23 - Tracy Krauss  http://www.tracykraussexpressionexpress.com/

 

Thursday  July 24 - Marcia Laycock http://marcialeelaycock.com/thespur/

Friday  July 25 - Joy Davis  www.joyrossdavis.com

Saturday  July 26 - Travis Perry http://travissbigidea.blogspot.com/

Sunday  July 27 - Mark Venturini  http://markventurinijourney.blogspot.ca/

Monday  July 28 – Iola Kirkwood  http://iokirkwood.com/

Tuesday  July 29 – Marsha Hubler  http://marshahubler.wordpress.com