Authors’ Day
The Authors’ Day for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at California State University, Fullerton, California was on October 4, 2018. OLLI is a program for the semi-retired and retired individuals. The program offers a couple hundred classes and are conducted by volunteer retired professionals. One class is Publish Before You Perish. The OLLI members have published many books. On this day, the authors promoted their books and did the book signing.
There were fourteen authors at the October 4 Authors’ Day. I’m still in the final stage of editing my poetry book but was invited to take part for the pre-launch promotion.
The next Authors’ Day will be on October 27, 2018 at the Fullerton Public Library. Besides the book promotion, there will be three panel presentations by the best-selling authors and some OLLI authors.
The Showers of Blessings 
You may get it on Indian site of Amazon. Even your review was not appearing on my regular Amazon page but it was there on international page.
I will try to take a screenshot and send you. The book will arrive in first week of Dec. Maybe after the payment made the review go online.
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Thank you Meenakshi. I read it on Amazon,in. I appreciate your beautiful words. Hopefully it will go on the Amazon,us soon.
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Now you are a published author yourself. How does it feels Miriam? 😊
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I’m feeling relaxed a little bit and will get on the regular blogging for a while.
I don’t know why your review has not shown up yet. One other reviewer also kept checking and finally I told her it’s posted. I think Amazon checks to make sure it’s not spam. Thank you again for your review. 🙂
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How exciting Miriam!! Are you participating in the library day Oct 27th? What time is it? And you should bring your book Monday night!! (whatever form it is in right now…) You are amazing. xox
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It’s from 11 am to 5 pm with five panel presentations. I’ll be there and make sure to go home early enough to go to the Glitz.
Jenni Key is one of my readers and endorser. I rewrote About the Author 5 times. Janet Dean is proofreading my final drift about 110 word.
I can send you a PDF file and you can proofread before I click complete on Amazon. ❤ xox
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Hey Miriam– I’m the world’s worst proofreader!! You have the experts with Jenni & Janet! But will be so exciting to see your work!! thanks! xox
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Sorry, Rhonda, I found your comment in the spam. No worries. Both paperback and Kindle are available on Amazon, I’ll give you the link soon. 🙂
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Got it in an email today Miriam– thanks!!
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You’re welcome, Rhonda. I should check the spam often.
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ha ha!! so true Miriam. hugs hugs!
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Thank you, Rhonda. Enjoy your trip to San Francisco! ❤ ❤
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Congratulations, Miriam!
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Thank you so much,Robbye! ❤
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Yaou are very welcome!💖
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❤ ❤ 🙂
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What a wonderful program. Congratulations, Miriam! Wishing you all the best with your poetry book. ❤ xx
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Thank you, Vashti. I’m so busy doing the final preparation that I missed ordering your book. I’ll do it very soon. ❤ xox
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Aw, thank you. I know how it is –– believe me. 😉 ❤ xx
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I bought it. You set the release date on November 2. Looking forward to read it on my Kindle. 🙂 xox
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Thank you very much, Miriam. I hope you enjoy it. I’m looking forward to your poetry book. ❤
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Got some feedback from my creative writing class about my Author’s page. Have to trim half of the content… ❤
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Do you mean your “About The Author” page on your blog?
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No, for my book! Their suggestion is good.
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Oh, okay. I think so too. Even though I haven’t read it I know the bio shouldn’t be too long. 🙂
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I’ll cut out 2/3 of it and have someone look at it today. 🙂
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Congratulations Miriam!!!
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Thank you so much, Paulo! I appreciate you!! 🙂
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OLLI must be a nationwide thing: Kennesaw State University near me has it as well. Great idea!
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Yes, it is, John. The last I heard, it is in 26 states. When I registered for this year, I mistakenly registered to OLLI in Alaska. They called me right away because of my address and asked me if I wanted to cancel it!
I love it. I have been taking classes for four years!
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Congratulations Miriam. Best wishes for your launch. 🌼
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Thank you, Brigid. I sill have a little way to go. Hopefully I can upload the book on Amazon to get a proofread copy in a couple weeks. 🙂
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Thank you for sharing this, and congrats on your book
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Thank you so much!! Hope it will be ready shortly!
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Exciting
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Thank you!!
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That’s awesome, Miriam. I am so proud of you and happy for YOU!!! Yay. Light and grace to the final editing. Love, Debbie
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Thank you so much, Debbie. I was dragging to write my memoir of the bad days. But I did write several poems under the them of dissonance – the pain and forgiveness. ❤
Love, Miriam 🙂
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Congratulations and best wishes, Miriam! ❤ I love your poetry… xo
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Thank you, Bette for your encouragement. ❤
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What a wonderful program. Congestions to your upcoming book, Miriam!
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Thank you, Amy. I decided to put some photos in it, and now I have to add some time in the process. 🙂
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Great
thanks
Fritz
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You’re welcome, Fritz.
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Nice and Congrats and all the best!
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Thank you so much!! 🙂
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congrats and hope your book ends up the way you want it
🙂
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I finally enlarge the view to 150% on my laptop screen and found some missing punctuation. Why didn’t I do it earlier? 🙂
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well good for you
– and I have not read a lot of your poetry – but double check to make sure you want to keep pronouns and conjunctions and any extra words that might be omitted for a nicer flow –
Just a little tip I learned a while back –
sometimes flow is enhanced (depends on the author’s goal) when we take out some of these words – and some of my favorite poems have sieved these extra words that often bring very little to the prose – depends tho
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Yes, thank you, Y. I did that in my final editing that two readers and my editor didn’t noticed. They might have thought it was how I wanted, but I caught some of the flow.
I write in short story style – not too much guessing of what I want to say! So the pronoun-verb agreement, conjunction, transitional words are considered.
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got it – and it always has to be true to the author – and what they feel and share. – especially with poetry,
Further, I know some of your poems were written during certain times and to change things sometimes pulls from the essence and mood of that time – and who you were then – and what was going on and how God was leading and feeding.
and so in my view – those need to stay as much as possible the same as when they were penned.
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Thank you very much!
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and let me know if you want me to peek at it – I have time this next week or two and would be delighted –
🙂
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I’ll let you know tonight, thank you so much! 🙂
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sure –
sometimes more eyes see fresh things –
and just said a prayer for you – I know this can be a lot of work
🙂
peace
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What a blessing to have such a prayer partner. I just emailed it to you 30 minutes ago. 🙂
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Okay – and I hope I am
Not sounding like a know it all – because I really am still learning so much here and made mistakes with my self-publishing – but When we chime in many times we just sharpen each other – right?
I will check it out tomorrow night
Peace
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Thank you so much, Y. I’m glad to have a great publishing team from this program at CSU, Fullerton. But I don’t want my first book to be an experiment. I want it to be the best way I know how to do it. After I get my proof reading copy, I’ll have someone besides myself to read it again, before I put it up on Amazon.
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