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About the Book Book Endorsement For other reviews of  57 Steps to Paradise , check out the  MSI Press web page for this book Looking for love in your 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and yes, even your 80's or 90's? 57 STEPS TO PARADISE will help you navigate dating in midlife and beyond. Lorenz unzips her soul and exposes her foibles during 50 years of men weaving their way in and out of her life, providing a heap of wit and wisdom to help you make life-changing decisions about love and, perhaps, a life partner. "Patricia Lorenz has been one of my favorite writers since she began writing stories in 1995 for so many of the 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' books. As a master storyteller, she draws the reader in and always leaves us with the bonus of a great take-away message. In '57 Steps to Paradise' she provides a blueprint for dating in middle age, thanks to her own interesting, hilarious, and fruitful experiences." (Jack Canfield, co-aut...

  Want to know if 57 Steps to Paradise is worth reading? If we published it, certainly we believe it is. However, as evidence, take a look at the endorsement of Jack Canfield: “Patricia Lorenz has been one of my favorite writers since she began writing stories in 1995 for so many of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® books. As a master storyteller, she draws the reader in and always leaves us with the bonus of a great take-away message. In 57 STEPS TO PARADISE she provides a blueprint for dating in middle age, thanks to her own interesting, hilarious and fruitful experiences.” - Jack Canfield Co-Author of The Success Principles ™ and Chicken Soup for the Soul ®  To read more glowing support for this book, take a look at the review on US Review of Books , where the is RECOMMENDED There is no greater endorsement than to be excerpted on a leading website. Read an excerpt in  Chicken Soup for the Soul. Find out more information about this book, including access to the Press...

  Just released: the audiobook edition of 57 Steps to Paradise by Patricia Lorenz.  Book Description: Looking for love in your 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and yes, even your 80's or 90's? 57 STEPS TO PARADISE will help you navigate dating in midlife and beyond. Lorenz unzips her soul and exposes her foibles during 50 years of men weaving their way in and out of her life, providing a heap of wit and wisdom to help you make life-changing decisions about love and, perhaps, a life partner. at the  MSI Press webstore . For more posts about Patricia and her book, click  HERE . To purchase copies of this book at 25% discount, use code FF25 at  MSI Press webstore . Want to buy this 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 top 100 list, author advice, and more -- stay up to date)   Follow MSI Press on  Twitter , ...

  For Transformation Tuesday, here is a nugget of transformative wisdom from 57 Steps to Paradise  by Patricia Lorenz. " Alcohol kills love, relationships, happiness, parenting skills, and any hope for a normal life. " Book description: Looking for love in your 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and yes, even your 80's or 90's? 57 STEPS TO PARADISE will help you navigate dating in midlife and beyond. Lorenz unzips her soul and exposes her foibles during 50 years of men weaving their way in and out of her life, providing a heap of wit and wisdom to help you make life-changing decisions about love and, perhaps, a life partner. Keywords:  midlife dating, senior dating, dating after 40, dating after 50, dating after 60, finding love later in life, love and relationships over 50, dating advice for seniors, mature relationships, second chance love, midlife romance, dating after divorce, love after loss, relationship wisdom, funny dating stories, women’s dating memoir, d...

  Okay, so this post does not tell the story behind the book itself. Not really. But most book publications have a relationship between publisher and author that exists or is built prior to publication. Publication of a book does not typically occur as an automatic, computerized, solely criterai-related set of steps. Rather, there is an initial contact of some sort, and, in many cases, a longer-term relationship prior to a book's acceptance and publication. This author is a bit more private about her publication life (ironically so since this book puts her personal life front and foremost -- and with quite a bit of personal sharing -- and emotion, both bathetic and humorous), so I will share just enough to provide insights for other authors and wannabee published authors.  Patricia Lorenz, a well-published author, especial by Guideposts , had a little inside information about MSI Press because of her support to one of our former authors. So, when she approached MSI Press with ...

  Excerpt from 57 Steps to Paradise  by Patricia Lorenz-- I'd been a single parent of four for five years and I worried about everything. About whether the sump pump would conk out during a big rain and flood my family room when I wasn't home. About wasp's nests in the overhang and broken tree limbs in the gutter. About how I would put four kids through college, three at the same time. About how I would ever find a nice man to date and how sad it would be to grow old alone. One Saturday evening the phone rang. It was a nice man with a deep voice telling me I'd won a free dance lesson. "It's fun, and you'll learn lots of different dance steps," he proclaimed convincingly. “It’s really free?” I asked timidly. “Absolutely!” the man gushed in the key of G. “It’s just our way of introducing you to the wonderful world of dancing.” When I hung up the phone, I could feel my face flush. What if I step on my instructor's toes and make a fool of myself? At c...