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2010/09/02
Are you a Debbie Macomber fan?
Dyslexic and the mother of four children, Debbie started writing at her kitchen table using a rented typewriter. It took her five years to publisher her first book. But since then she has become a regular on every major bestseller list and has over 100 MILLION copies of her books in print.
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On Friday November 16, I will be doing an interview with Howard Dayton, author of Money and Marriage God’s Way at WATC-TV. This will be a half-hour standalone interview show. I’ll let you know when it airs. Let me know if you have questions for Howard!
I knew I was in trouble when one of my best friends said he had trouble getting to my web site because he couldn’t remember how to spell my last name. I don’t hold it against him. In fact, I understand how he feels. I married this name and the one I traded in for it (Sullivan) was a lot easier to spell and remember.
But my friend’s comment was an insightful one. If those who know and love me best can’t find me on the Internet, how will readers? Over the past two years I’ve done a lot of radio and TV interviews. I know that most people listen to the radio in their car and so when they give my web address, it’s unlikely that anyone is writing it down–let alone remembering it later. On TV the URL flashes by so quickly even if someone tried to write it down it would be easy to miss a consonant or two.
So after some serious market research (I polled on Twitter and asked my other friends what they thought) I’ve moved my official site to WordsToThinkAbout.com.
If there is one thing I want my writing to do, it’s to make people think, so whether you’re here to read my blog, buy a book, or hire me as an author or speaker, I hope you find something that provokes new thoughts.
While you’re here I’d love it if you look around. Click on the pages (Blog, Books, Media, Speaking, Writing, About) at the top of the screen. Check out the sub-menus below each of the pages, I’ve spent a lot of time updating them and I’d love to hear your thoughts. Leave a comment on this post (or any other) by clicking on comment. Tell me about you, your blog, your website, or your interests. I’d love to start a conversation with you, it’s likely your words that will make me think.
We can also converse via Twitter or Facebook.
I am all about the conversation. I know for some people an online presence is about numbers, but I don’t really care about the numbers, I care about the relationships. I’ve met and carried on fascinating conversations online and some of those have resulted in real life relationships, so please take a moment to start a conversation with me.
If you read something you want to share with others click on the “Share This” link and you’ll be given options to all of your favorite social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon, Blogger, and of course, email.
Finally, I have to thank John Saddington at Milk Engine who created this incredible site. John isn’t cheap, but he’s good. He was also very patient and very kind. I feel so fortunate it that he was willing to share his techincal and creative abilities with me. If you think so too, give him a shout-out on twitter (@human3rror) or leave him a comment below.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you’ll come back soon.
~Jennifer
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I’ve been “off the blog” for a few weeks because of my trip to Europe. I may go back and add some thoughts on that trip and post-date them so if you’re interested make sure you sign up for my RSS feed so you don’t miss them. But if you’ve been a reader for awhile, you know that I also disappeared for a number of weeks in February and March of this past year and I didn’t write anything about it on my blog. Until now.
This week, a new book was released called “First Things First” by Kurt and Brenda Warner. I was fortunate enough to collaborate with them on the book.
It all happened very quickly. On a Thursday night in February, I got a call from my publisher asking if I thought I could write a book in a month. I told her it depended on the topic but I had previously done one in six weeks or so a few years back. Then she told me it would be with Kurt Warner and his wife Brenda. After five or seven more phone calls that night, including one with the Warners, I found out the next day that I was chosen to work with them on the book. Four days later I left for a week in Phoenix and spent six days interviewing the Warners and their kids. I returned to Atlanta and took the 569 pages of transcripts and in nineteen days helped them turn their words into a book.
We all know that what you hear in the media isn’t always the truth–especially when it comes to celebrities. This was also true in the case of the Warners–they’re even better in person than the media makes them out to be.
Here’s a video from Greta’s show that gives you a good feel for the book and for the couple.
Chances are you may think you know Kurt’s story, but you probably don’t know the true story. And most people have no idea of Brenda’s story which in many ways is more inspiring than Kurt’s. The Warners are really terrific parents and very intentional about the way they parent. And their kids? They’re pretty exceptional too.
So that’s my secret. When I disappeared earlier this spring, I was working on this book.
~Jennifer
When you said you would teach, I had high expectations. On Sunday you well exceeded those expectations. Several members of our class made special mention of how much they enjoyed your talk. Thank you for your excellent service to us and to our Lord.
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