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Cancer Diary: Ewing Sarcoma Takes Out Influencer But Not Her Spirit or Legacy

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  Sometimes, well, maybe always, cancer is just not fair. No one deserves to die from cancer. But Elena Huelva (and so many others) did. Read her heart-rending story HERE . How many people have even heard of Ewing Sarcoma?? Click  HERE  for more Cancer Diary posts. Blog editor's note: As a memorial to Carl, 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 .   Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram

From the Blog Posts of MSI Press Author, Julie Gentile: Word of the Week - Create

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  On January 1, 2022, Julie Gentile, author of 108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mamas and How to Stay Calm in Chaos , launched the Power Word of the Week on all of my channels (website, newsletter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook) to inspire readers and viewers to create a life they love and empower them to achieve their creative goals this year. She will be posting weekly YouTube shorts and reels on Instagram and Facebook, as well as blogging about each new word of the week. Below is a link to the intro video and the channels that include this content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt_y4UrH1Bo https://www.youtube.com/@StandUpforYourSelfCare https://www.instagram.com/juliegtheyogi/ https://www.facebook.com/juliegtheyogi/ https://www.juliegtheyogi.com This week's word? CREATE Check it out HERE . For more posts by and about Julie and her books, click HERE . MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing wit

Author in the News: Joshua Shea on Recovery Nuggets

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  MSI Press author, Joshua Shea ( He's a Porn Addict...Now What? and Porn and the Pandemic ), can be heard on Recovery Nuggets podcast, hosted by David Clement. You can listen to the podcast HERE . For more posts about Joshua and his book, click HERE . LC 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 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 a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

Daily Excerpt: Since Sinai (Gonyou) - Chapter 6, I Didn't Convert for Marriage

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  Excerpt from Chapter 6 I didn’t convert for marriage, but I think my husband’s soul was meant to convert with mine. The day that I met Travis, I was 16 years old and had just been elected all-school treasurer of our public high school. I was wearing khakis and a white short-sleeved blouse from Hollister to look “professional,” and my hair—which my Conair straightener pulverized every morning—laid totally flat against my head. He was a year older than I and had been elected school president. I never saw boys my age wearing suits and ties, so I was enamored with his sharp outfit. He had choppy, light brown hair and nerdy glasses. He reached out and shook my hand. I decided on the spot that I was in love with him.   Alas, Travis had a girlfriend already, so I spent the rest of high school being hopelessly in love with him (as in, the “crying while listening to Taylor Swift” kind of love). Sometimes, I pretended that I needed a lift to various student government events even though my mom

The Story Behind the Book: A Believer-in-Waiting's First Encounters with God (Mahlou)

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  Dr. Elizabeth Mahlou, author of Blest Atheist , her conversion story (abbreviated here ), says she had two goals in the writing of this book. One, perhaps obvious, to any reader was to continue her conversion story after the immediate first weeks. The second, not obvious to any reader not in her personal circle, was the telling of a true story of evil, one that greatly disturbed her and some of her closest friends and one that was played out on a deeply spiritual level that is seldom discussed because many, if not most, people do not encounter such things, or if they do, do not recognize the spiritual warfare going on.  Elizabeth changed all the names and other details, such as location, professions, and organizations involved in this spiritual battle, which forms the hidden core and major prompt for this book--something the casual reader, or even perhaps the more intuitive reader, would notice. For those involved in the warfare, however, it did not matter that names were changed. Th

Very Nice (New) Review of Surviving Cancer, Healing People: One Cat's Story (Sula) by Literary Titan -- Just in Time for Caturday

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  Literary Titan says: "Surviving Cancer, Healing People: One Cat’s Story  is a heartwarming memoir of one special cat. Readers will learn about the Catholic faith and get a unique perspective on their practices and beliefs. Cat lovers, children, Christians, and everyone who likes a feel-good story will enjoy this short book." Read the rest of the 5-star review HERE . Read more reviews HERE . For more posts about Sula and her books, click HERE . For more Caturday posts, click HERE . 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 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 a written request to orders@msi

Remembering Friends As We Enter Year 20

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Yes, we are entering our 20th year of service to authors and the book industry. For our history, take a look at our entry in Wikitia . Unfortunately, we do not enter our 20th year with everyone who started with us or all of those who joined us along the way. Death has claimed her share--more than her fair share, it seems to us.  And so, we remember the following authors and staff with sadness for their loss and gratitude for their gifts which linger with us still. Alfred Stites (author and nonagenarian from Costa Rica)  Anne LaForge (volunteer podcast interviewer and literary advisor from San Juan Bautista, CA) Boris Shekhtman (author from Maryland and co-founder of the Coalition of Distinguished Language Center, which spawned MSI Press)  Carl Leaver (typesetter and MSI Press co-founder) Ekaterina Filatova , Ph.D. (author, professor at Leningrad/St. Petersburg State University, and founder of the socionics movement in Russia) Evgeniy (Zhenya)Yanovich (illustrator and Russia-based S