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  illustrator Joelle Goyette and author Ken Mogren celebrate books' success That is what MSI Press author, Ken Mogren, learned today when all three of his books reached the top 100 in their Amazon category. His newest book, Humor, the Wonder Drug , reached #21 in hot new releases in limericks and humorous verse, and his older books, Super Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Stuff reached #94 and Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Characters reached #95. “Laughter is the most inexpensive and most effective wonder drug. Laughter is a universal medicine.” Bertrand Russell, British philosopher 1872-1970   For more posts about Ken and his books, click  HERE .   To purchase copies of any MSI Press book at 25% discount, use code FF25 at  MSI Press webstore . Want to buy an MSI Press book and not have to pay for it? Ask your local library to purchase and shelve it. Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon...

  The e-book edition of  Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Characters   by Ken Mogren is on Kindle countdown discount, beginning at 99 cents, from April 4 through April 11. Description Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Characters  is a collection of over 100 entertaining, fictional mini stories about comical human behavior. Written in sonnet form, each of 22 chapters starts with a cartoonish illustration by Joella Goyette that introduces the theme of the stories that follow. Humorist, Ken Mogren, features grandmothers who are anything but stereotypical, as well as other folks whose behavior is best described as unconventional. Keywords Funny short stories,  Humorous character sketches,  Comic poetry book,  Mini stories in sonnet form,  Illustrated humor book,  Books about quirky characters,  Funny grandma stories,  Ken Mogren humor writing,  Funny grandma book,  Non-stereotypical grandmothers,  Feisty seniors in ficti...

  In observance of poetry month, MSI Press would like to share with its readers and fans books from two authors worth reading: One will bring a comforting smile to an unbidden tear. The other will bring an outright laugh page after page. Time spent with comforting and/or happy thoughts is time well spent indeed. Marti Wells-Smith's  Lamentations of the Heart Mingled with Peace and Joy  combines prose and poetry in a comforting missive for bereaved parents. Through its pages, one finds not only the resilience of the author but sources for anyone to develop needed resilience in the face of devastating life circumstances. When it came out, it quickly became one of Amazon's "hot, new releases." Lamentations of the Heart soulfully combines contemporary free verse poetry and nonfictional prose to tell the story of one mother's grief following the death of her only child. The author interweaves scriptural passages with the inevitable struggles to accept and make sense of...

  Today's Publisher's Pride is Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Stories  by Ken Mogren, which reached #100 in limericks and humorous verse.  Read more posts about Ken and his book HERE .  Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in publishing with  MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send...

  Today's Publisher's Pride is  Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Stories  by Ken Mogren, which reached #100 in limericks and humorous verse.  Read more posts about Ken and his book  HERE .  Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in publishing with  MSI Press LLC ? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don't know where to start? Our  author au pair  services will mentor you through the process. Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concu...