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  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...

  We are getting ready to launch  Super Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Stuff  by Ken Mogren. Look for it around June 24, 2024. Description: A follow-up to highly acclaimed  Spunky Grandmas..and Other Amusing Characters ,  Super Spunky Grandmas…and Other Amusing Stuff  features many of the same type of clever stories about comical human behavior that entertained readers of Mogren’s earlier work.    It adds dozens of amusing, tongue-in-cheek observations about human nature and the world we live in, all written in sonnet form. Illustrator, Joella Goyette, is back with cartoonish drawings that introduce the themes of each of the book’s 13 chapters. For more posts about Ken Mogren and his books, click  HERE . PREORDERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO AUTHORS.  YOU CAN PRE-ORDER AT THE   MSI PRESS WEBSTORE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advic...

  Released June 24, 2024: the e-book edition of  Super Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Stuff  by Ken Mogren.  Description: A follow-up to highly acclaimed  Spunky Grandmas..and Other Amusing Characters ,  Super Spunky Grandmas…and Other Amusing Stuff  features many of the same type of clever stories about comical human behavior that entertained readers of Mogren’s earlier work.    It adds dozens of amusing, tongue-in-cheek observations about human nature and the world we live in, all written in sonnet form. Illustrator, Joella Goyette, is back with cartoonish drawings that introduce the themes of each of the book’s 13 chapters. For more posts about Ken Mogren and his books, click  HERE . 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 ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Int...

  We are getting ready to launch  Super Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Stuff  by Ken Mogren. Look for it around June 24, 2024. Description: A follow-up to highly acclaimed  Spunky Grandmas..and Other Amusing Characters ,  Super Spunky Grandmas…and Other Amusing Stuff  features many of the same type of clever stories about comical human behavior that entertained readers of Mogren’s earlier work.    It adds dozens of amusing, tongue-in-cheek observations about human nature and the world we live in, all written in sonnet form. Illustrator, Joella Goyette, is back with cartoonish drawings that introduce the themes of each of the book’s 13 chapters. For more posts about Ken Mogren and his books, click  HERE . PREORDERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO AUTHORS.  YOU CAN PRE-ORDER AT THE   MSI PRESS WEBSTORE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advic...

  We are getting ready to launch  Super Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Stuff  by Ken Mogren. Look for it around June 24, 2024. Description: A follow-up to highly acclaimed  Spunky Grandmas..and Other Amusing Characters ,  Super Spunky Grandmas…and Other Amusing Stuff  features many of the same type of clever stories about comical human behavior that entertained readers of Mogren’s earlier work.    It adds dozens of amusing, tongue-in-cheek observations about human nature and the world we live in, all written in sonnet form. Illustrator, Joella Goyette, is back with cartoonish drawings that introduce the themes of each of the book’s 13 chapters. For more posts about Ken Mogren and his books, click  HERE . PREORDERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO AUTHORS.  YOU CAN PRE-ORDER AT THE   MSI PRESS WEBSTORE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advic...

  We are getting ready to launch  Super Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Stuff  by Ken Mogren. Look for it around June 24, 2024. Description: A follow-up to highly acclaimed  Spunky Grandmas..and Other Amusing Characters ,  Super Spunky Grandmas…and Other Amusing Stuff  features many of the same type of clever stories about comical human behavior that entertained readers of Mogren’s earlier work.    It adds dozens of amusing, tongue-in-cheek observations about human nature and the world we live in, all written in sonnet form. Illustrator, Joella Goyette, is back with cartoonish drawings that introduce the themes of each of the book’s 13 chapters. For more posts about Ken Mogren and his books, click  HERE . PREORDERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO AUTHORS.  YOU CAN PRE-ORDER AT THE   MSI PRESS WEBSTORE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advic...

  We are getting ready to launch  Super Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Stuff  by Ken Mogren. Look for it around June 24, 2024. Description: A follow-up to highly acclaimed  Spunky Grandmas..and Other Amusing Characters ,  Super Spunky Grandmas…and Other Amusing Stuff  features many of the same type of clever stories about comical human behavior that entertained readers of Mogren’s earlier work.    It adds dozens of amusing, tongue-in-cheek observations about human nature and the world we live in, all written in sonnet form. Illustrator, Joella Goyette, is back with cartoonish drawings that introduce the themes of each of the book’s 13 chapters. For more posts about Ken Mogren and his books, click  HERE . PREORDERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO AUTHORS.  YOU CAN PRE-ORDER AT THE   MSI PRESS WEBSTORE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advic...

  We are getting ready to launch  Super Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Stuff  by Ken Mogren. Look for it around June 24, 2024. Description: A follow-up to highly acclaimed Spunky Grandmas..and Other Amusing Characters , Super Spunky Grandmas…and Other Amusing Stuff features many of the same type of clever stories about comical human behavior that entertained readers of Mogren’s earlier work.   It adds dozens of amusing, tongue-in-cheek observations about human nature and the world we live in, all written in sonnet form. Illustrator, Joella Goyette, is back with cartoonish drawings that introduce the themes of each of the book’s 13 chapters. For more posts about Ken Mogren and his books, click  HERE . PREORDERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO AUTHORS.  YOU CAN PRE-ORDER AT THE   MSI PRESS WEBSTORE . 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 ...