Advance Readers Needed!

You Make All the Difference!

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I didn’t know much about writing and publishing books almost exactly two years ago when I put JESUS LIKES YOU out there for folks to read! It has eighteen reviews and thirty-four ratings! Thanks to everyone who helped run it up the Amazon charts to #1 more than once! Now that I have twenty books on Amazon (LINK), there is a little less excitement when a new one goes live! I certainly understand.

My foray into fiction has been a lot of fun. I loved writing the story of Mason and Jeremy and their investigations in fictional Stillwell Crossing. Books one and two are out, and book three is in the hands of my editor right now. Book Two just became available a few days ago (LINK). Since I never intend to make a living selling books, my main goal is to make back my expenses in getting the book out there. So, thank you to everyone who buys my books! It gives me the ability to work on the next one!

I buy advertising in email lists that often have qualifiers. The book has to be free or on sale (I often offer one or more of my ebooks free of charge around the first of the month). The book usually has to have five reviews for them to run the ad. So, as you can see, it is vitally important to have ratings and reviews—things I did not know a few years ago when I started this author journey!

-Here’s where I need the special help of people who love to read-

• The Heavenward Trail: A Devotional Companion to Colossians is live and has two excellent reviews, but I would love to have a couple more. I received paperback copies this week, and they look so nice! The hardcovers arrived today, and I’m very pleased. This is a study of a book that is often overlooked, but it is power-packed!

• Stillwell Crossing, Book Two currently has no ratings or reviews. Amazon does not permit me to pay for reviews. Truthfully, I only want those who have read the book and who can honestly leave a positive review and rating to do so. I have five available if someone would like a free ebook to read, with the understanding that you will leave a review and rating. I have only had one person ask for this one, so four are available.

• Stillwell Crossing, Book Three is the finale of the trilogy of novellas. An ebook that is currently undergoing edits is available. Again, if five people were interested in reading and rating/reviewing, that would be awesome.

• Hope Travels is my next fictional novella. It is a short read, a story based on the life of an old Bible and those who owned it across the years. I will make five available as well. This one is unedited, and you will encounter grammatical errors, but the story is readable and relatable.

Not the final cover.

Those are the books that are the latest ones and the ones that I hope to have available in the next few months. If you’d like to help, here’s how it works:

• Let me know which book you would like to read.

• I will send you an .epub file which you can send to your kindle. If you would rather a .pdf, I can accommodate.

• After you read the book (in a timely manner please), send me your review (so I can use it for blurbs in advertising ahead of time).

• When the book goes live, post your rating and review in Amazon and Goodreads.

• Send me your mailing address and I will send you a paperback copy of the book.

I know that is a lot to ask without much of a return. That’s what makes advance readers so special! Thanks once again to everyone who has rated a book, read one ahead of time, and posted a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads. Each of you has contributed to the joy of writing, which has been a dream of mine for so many years. And hopefully, helped make a resource available that will entertain or help people for many years to come. Keep on reading!

A little preview of what’s ahead…