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  We pause our Tuesday talks with authors to share information about to share our activities today, August 16, the one-year anniversary of the death of Carl Leaver, MSI Press co-faounder, primary graphic designer, and usual typesetter. We asked everyone who knew him to eat a piece of chocolate in his memory. It is not too late for others to do the same. Rather than repeat the in memoriam statement of a year ago, here is the link: IN MEMORIAM CARL LEAVER . More posts about Carl can be found HERE .  We began the day at the cemetery, beside his vault, and shared a rosary and his favorite breakfast -- corned beef hash -- with him, placing a favorite tablecloth from Damascus, with fine gold-thread embroidery that is unique to that area where Carl had spent time. Then we took some coffee cake bread to the firemen who so many times during the last months of his life would come and pick him off the floor or take him to the hospital. After that was lunch with friends and the priest who had org

  This past week, Olivia Newton-John, who has staved off breast cancer for 30 years, succumbed to the struggle at the age of 73. She has been a champion for women with breast cancer. May she rest in well earned peace. Information HERE . For more posts on breast cancer, click HERE. Read more posts from Cancer Diary Blog editor's note: As a memorial to  Carl Don Leaver , co-founder of MSI Press LLC, and simply because it is truly needed, MSI Press is now hosting a web page,  Carl's Cancer Compendium , as a one-stop starting point for all things cancer, to make it easier for those with cancer to find answers to questions that can otherwise take hours to track down on the Internet and/or from professionals. The web page is in its infancy but expected to expand into robustness. To that end, it is expanded and updated weekly. As part of this effort, each week, on Monday, this blog will carry an informative, cancer-related story -- and be open to guest posts:  Cancer Diary .          

  San Juan Books is the hybrid division of MSI Press LLC. It allows first-time writers to become published in a traditional way through the reduction of risk by sharing publication costs. All other publishing features are traditional in nature, and most SJB authors go on to be offered traditional contracts for their subsequent books. SJB publications are available as paperback, hard cover, and e-book versions. SJB authors' books very much hold their own against their contemporaries in the traditional publishing division. Indeed, a number of them have outsold their traditional compatriots. Today, San Juan Books presents author Tony Overbay . Together with Joshua Shea, Tony published He's a Porn Addict...Now What? It is one of our more popular books. His book has earned dozens of 5-star reviews. To see more posts about Tony and his book, click HERE .                                         Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Tw

  (ohoto of "Crmiean Tom") Natalia Popova, 50, continues to travel into war zones where she has already located and rescued hundreds of animals, before she rehabilitates them and finds them a permanent home  elsewhere in Europe. "No one wants to go there. Everyone is afraid. I am also scared, but I go anyway," Popova said. "I feel very sorry for them. I can imagine the stress animals are under because of the war, and no one can help them." "They are my life," she added "My mission in this war is to save wild animals." Read and hear the fuller story HERE .                                         Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

Franbi Bagdade, whose posts are always frank and realistic, shares a post on her FAAB Consulting site about adulting without the kids. Refreshing and pragmatic; hopeful and realistic. Have a read HERE . See more posts about Franki and her book HERE .                                          Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

  We are pleased to announce the release of the hard cover edition of How to Stay Calm in Chao s by Julie Gentile. Read more posts about Julie and her books  HERE .                                                                       Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

  Franki Bagdade, author of I Love Mu Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them , has recently been cited by two blogs posts. ADHD Online cites Franki in its post, "Summer Survival Guide: Top Tips for ADHD Parents" and in a post on trips for ADHD families. For more posts about ADHD, click HERE . For more posts about Franki Bagdade and her works, click HERE .                                         Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .