A shameless plug

Self-promotion isn’t my natural terrain. It’s more like me on dinosaur-era skis following my daughter snowboarding as she emulates Chloe Kim on a half-pipe.

Still, I have a favor to ask readers and friends.

To help spread word of my new book, would you consider writing a review on Amazon or Goodreads? I’ve had a couple of terrific write-ups, even from a reader not yet finished with Especially For You (thanks Maryellen!) – so I appreciate you considering this.

Also fyi, if you haven’t seen the book trailer yet, we’re doing a $50 giveaway with a Whole Foods certificate through February 20th. Please share the YouTube link if you believe it may be worthwhile for someone you know. (It currently has more than 33,000 views!)

Here is a link to write a customer review on Amazon.

Here is one for a review on Goodreads.

Meanwhile, as for most writers, the work of reaching one’s audience is a second journey for me. It is sometimes arduous and lonely, yet always compelling. It makes me believe even more in sharing these uplifting stories of people who find a way forward through sudden loss and other trials.

Whether meeting readers one-by-one or introducing the book to a group, my goal is that many of these accounts will speak to you.

I also plan to continue updating upcoming book talks along with some larger presentations in the works on my author’s website.

Last for now, if you have a few minutes, please check out this recent post on Psychology Today online. It introduces a long-distance friend of mine who is in the book and a conversation we are having about empathy and exclusion.

Empathy—or a disturbing lack of it—may not be what you typically talk about over dinner.

Yet it’s a dire conversation I am having with a 77-year-old Austrian violinist whose father was a Nazi.

Thanks again, and I’d love to hear from you.