Book Cover Reveal: Your Words, Your Life Story: A Journal for Sharing Memories

Hello and welcome to the Focused on Story Blog! This is an exciting day for me. I am pleased to announce the release of my journal for those who want to share memories from their life with family and friends. Check out the cover below!

Your Words, Your Life Story: A Journal for Sharing Memories
by J.Q. Rose

My passion for writing life stories began when a member of one of my writers' groups, Mary Zuwerink, brought in the diary of her great, great grandfather. He was a minister in England. This diary contained his everyday, ordinary days in his life in London in the early 1800s. Ordinary then, perhaps, but to us in this contemporary society, his reflections and stories were extraordinary.

Offering an opportunity to folks who want to tell their everyday stories as guides to people in the future, I offered workshops on writing life stories. But in this book, I cover audio and video storytelling, as well as writing, because not everyone is a writer. 

The idea of writing life experiences is an obstacle to sharing them. Another obstacle is trying to figure out what to write about. The book offers many ways to jog those memories which lead to more stories. 

When I led group workshops, the best part for me was listening to the tales the participants shared. Folks who never wrote actually created many touching and memorable pieces that brought tears and laughter. Since reading the book alone and telling your stories and not sharing them is not much fun, I created a facebook group for sharing as well as spotlighting resources, tips, and news.

I may be premature in announcing the book because I just had it accepted by KDP Publishing. It won't be live for a few days, but as you can imagine, I am bursting with the good news. Especially after jumping through all the hoops to get it published. But that's another blog post for the future.

I'm looking forward to getting a proof copy. I probably won't find any errors in it. wink wink

This quote by J.D. Salinger certainly applies to me and this book.

Quote by J.D. Salinger

Thanks so much for your support of the Focused on Story blog and for your continued participation. I am anxious to update you on the journey this journal will take.

Do you have a book in you that is screaming to get out? Do you have stories from your life you want to share with family and friends? Have you written a memoir or life story? Please leave a comment below and tell us all about it! Thank you.

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New Book Cover Reveal, Changing Book Publishing and Marketing, BWL Frequent Reader Bundle

Hello and welcome!

Girls Succeed! by J.Q. Rose
To inspire and empower girls.

I'm excited to reveal my new book cover for my  non-fiction ebook for girls, Girls Succeed!  Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women.

New book cover for
Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women
by J.Q. Rose

Girls Succeed! includes interviews with amazing women who dreamed big dreams. Their passion was to be the best in sports, science, entertainment, ministry, education, and more. And their girlhood dreams actually came true. I was honored they trusted me to tell their stories in Girls Succeed!

I have changed the cover for this interactive ebook several times and each time, I believe, I made an improvement to grab reader's attention. The book cover IS the first step in marketing your book. I hired a professional for one, I designed the others. Here's the parade of covers. They are arranged from newer to oldest, dates are approximate.

I updated the information in this edition.
2016-2017

2013-2015

Original--2012

There was no study guide in the first two versions because I published it as a separate ebook for 99 cents. Later I included the guide with the ebook.

Click here to learn more about Girls Succeed! and to look inside.

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Ebook publishing gives authors and publishers a second chance, or third or fourth chance, to make changes to ebooks. A change due to typo(s), updates or a new book cover can easily be done. Just click the upload page and upload the improved file. 

This marvelous world of technology has turned the publishing and marketing industries upside down and inside out. Change has swept the book world and will continue. It's exciting to be a part of the revolution and new ideas. 

JQ Rose loves books, books, books!
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Reading habits have also changed. With so many choices of formats (paperback, ebook, audiobook) the opportunities are unlimited for readers to enjoy stories at home, in the car, at the dentist office (in the waiting room!!).

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If you love reading as much as I do, check out my publisher's fantastic offer--12 books for $10.00! And what's even better you can do it each month with the Frequent Reader Bundle from Books We Love. Click here to check out this amazing offer from BWL.

Are you a frequent reader? How has your reading habit or book publishing changed? I'd appreciate hearing from you. Please leave your comments below. Thank you.

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