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  Joshua Shea, author of  He's a Porn Addict...Now What?  (with Tony Overbay) and  Porn and the Pandemic  was interviewed on Jack's Podcast: "Talking Porn Addiction with the Awesome Joshua Shea." Click  HERE  to listen to Joshua's interview.  For more posts about Joshua and his books, click  HERE .

  The following is an excerpt from Women, We're Only Old Once: Keep What You Can, Let Go of What You Can't, Enjoy What You Have Left . What’s Really Happening to Our Face and Skin?  “Everything is just breaking down … it just is,” Dr. Haycox told me matter-of-factly in her captivating English accent.(personal interview 11/04/10). Skin is the largest organ of our body and the first to show the signs of aging. Just like our vital internal organs, skin is regenerating at a slower pace; unlike our internal organs, we can see it. Of course, a life without skin is unimaginable, but it is lost on most of us that the skin is a complex organ without which we would not have protection, body temperature control, pain or pleasure sensations, hair, and padding. We also wouldn’t have the body contours and structure that shape our faces, our expressions, and bodies.  Skin is flexible and accommodating of thin figures and obese figures, although once skin is stretched over an obese buil...

  Continuing our Caturday specials of sharing our authors and their cats, we present Cindy Alder and her family of cats.         Cindy is co-author of 10 Quick Homework Tips and 365 Teacher Secrets for Parents .  For posts about Cindy and her books, click HERE .

  From Goodreads: What makes this book especially interesting is the number of different angles from which it looks at the issue. I would certainly recommend it. 5 stars Read the full review HERE   on Goodreads or HERE on Mental Health @ Home . For more information about the book, click HERE . For more posts about Joshua Shea and his books, click HERE .

  MSI Press is proud to announce that J Bennett Easterling's book, God Speaks into Darkness , has been selected as a 2020 finalist in the American Book Fest Best Books Awards competition. Way to go, Bennett!  To read more about Bennett and his other award-winning books, click  HERE .

  Just in -- great review for 10 Quick Homework Tips from Readers' Favorite: "an excellent manual for all parents" Read the full review HERE . Read posts about Alder & Trombly and their other book, 365 Teacher Secrets , HERE .

  It is Tuesday. Time to tall turkey. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side. Today's topic is about whether to seek traditional publication, self-publish, or go the hybrid route. Each of these approaches to publications has advantages and disadvantages. - Self-publish (you do everything yourself):      Pro: You can proceed immediately. You have full control over all content and design. You get all the net income.     Con: You have full control over all content and design--meaning, the book is only as good as your own professional skills (or, you can pay for professional services that a traditional publisher would provide for free). You don't know what you don't know. It wi...

  Joshua Shea, author of  He's a Porn Addict...Now What?  (with Tony Overbay) and  Porn and the Pandemic  was interviewed on the Learning beyond School Podcast. Click  HERE . For more posts about Joshua and his books, click  HERE .

  Reader Views says that "this is the perfect little book for parents of children with autism" and "should be in the home of every family with an autistic child." Read the rest of the review HERE . Read another review of this book -- by Readers' Favorites .

  To honor Caturday, we have been presenting pictures of MSI Press authors with their cats. Here we share a photo of Simone, Larry MacDonald's cat, who traveled around Canada in an RV with him, his wife, and his dog Elly. To read about these travels, check out posts about Travels with Elly HERE . The book is available from online sellers, kindle, retailers, and the MSI Press webstore. For information about Larry and his other books, click HERE for some great reading.

  Reader Views recently reviewed McNeil's terrific book, calling it "amazing" and a "gem that should be in every parent, caregiver, and professional's library." To read the entire review, click HERE . Check out other reviews of this book: Midwest Book Review Readers Favorite

  Joanna Charnas was interviewed about the topic of divorce by Authority Magazine recently. You can read the interview HERE Joanna is author of four books: Read more posts by and about Joanna and her books HERE .

  Just released --  Clean Your Plate! b y Liz Bayardelle: Parents mean well, we really do. We want our kids to get good grades, stop hitting their siblings, and, yes, clean their plate at dinnertime. It shouldn't be that hard, right? Wrong. Sometimes these harmless sounding statements don't work. Even worse, they often backfire to cause unexpected and unwelcome side effects for us and for our kids. (Just like your prescription for headache medicine may accidentally cause vomiting or make you spontaneously sprout a leathery tail.) This book takes 13 of the most common parent-isms and walks you through the ways they can go wrong, why they could negatively impact your kids, and what you should say instead. Includes parental greatest hits like: - Do You Need Any Money? - Get Straight A's - Don't Be a Quitter - Don't Talk Back (to Your Elders) - Waste Not, Want Not - Be Nice to Your Friends - Give Your Aunt a Hug - Win Your Game Today - Finish Your Homework - Don't H...

  It is Tuesday. Time to tall turkey. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side. Today's topic is about rejections. How should you respond to them? To answer the obvious question first, yes, ethically, you should tell publishers that you are making a multiple submission. Most publishers understand that authors cannot wait weeks for one publisher after another to react to their books; therefore, multiple submissions, especially for a cutting-edge book or one that might become dated, is often the most pragmatic way to go. And, of course, once a publisher accepts your book, you should immediately let all other editors know that you are withdrawing the book from their consideration. That said, there a...

Joshua Shea, author of  He's a Porn Addict...Now What?  (with Tony Overbay) and  Porn and the Pandemic  was interviewed on The Way Podcast. Click  HERE  to listen to Joshua's interview.  For more posts about Joshua and his books, click  HERE .

  "Thought-provoking. ... An insightful read." This book review, posted on Amazon, came from Trish Thorpe. Read all Amazon reviews of Rainstorm of Tomorrow HERE .

 Murjan, born in Jordan, traveled to the USA when he was just a couple of years old. He is the only domestic cat among the six cats, but he quickly established himself as the alpha cat. He sometimes thinks he is human and likes soft and warm sleeping spots. Other times, he is certain he is a dog, likes to be walked on a leash, and rolls over to have his belly rubbed.  Murjan loves to communicate, especially having night time discussions with his human.  He will even listen to and obey little ones.   For many months,  Happy Cat hung out in the bushes, waiting for the other feral cats to finish eating the food that had kindly been set outside. Then, one day he became very ill, climbed the 17 steps to the Leaver front door, where he fell, exhausted. Betty Lou discovered him there, scooped him up, and took him to the vet. Happy Cat had a serious lung infection. Once healed, it was not safe to let him outside. That did not matter because he was delighted to have foun...