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Mr. Popeil’s Pitch and…

If you picked up this book, it might be because the title seduced you, or you like pitches. Perhaps you spend your days waiting for your ship to come in, watching the mail to see if your newfound faith in government-subsidized programs was well-founded, or you watch the abysmal reality that is created when people stop becoming the masters of their fate for the promises made by those who will be in office for a short time to store up theirs, and leave you in the lurch.   

Government, like that most unlikely of promoters, tickled your fancy, but now you may be bored and having sampled your fill of everything that didn’t satisfy, you might have found yourself watching the government dog and pony show which seems to be on twenty-four-seven but never accomplishes what previous generations of elected officials did when many feared that death was a heaven or hell reality. Fear like that seems to be out of style, or has perhaps been supplanted by the fear that those reality stars that people admire may be out of their league. 

I grew up in a simpler time when a television pitch was a paid-for advertisement delivered late at night to those sleepless few who wanted to be entertained. Many who stayed up then will remember the Mr. Popeil pitch commercials, where for a modest price one could buy the new handy-dandy gadget Mr. Popeil had invented, and many did! No one expected those gadgets to last very long. Yet years after the inventor died, his Chop-O-Matic hand food processor was still going strong. In fact, so great was this one man’s ingenuity and pitch lingo that Mr. Popeil has become an American pop icon. Some may have thought he was a laugh riot, but this one man redefined the idea of ‘make it, promote it, and they’ll buy it!’ 

Taking a page from Mr. Popeil’s pitch success, and mixing in a little science fiction to entice us, our government has repackaged itself into a one size fits all perfect world where everyone gets taken care of the government’s way. 

Since I mentioned Sci-Fi you might think I’ve visited and am speaking about the other America depicted in one of the original episodes of the Star Trek TV shows. Although the possibility that two Americas could exist in some space-time continuum might be used by some to negate what I have written, I can assure you, that the United States of America I am writing about is the one that believed so strongly that God ‘shed His grace’ upon our country, that a unified Congress put forth a bill and on July 30, 1965 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed that bill which added the words ‘One Nation Under God’ to our nation’s Pledge of Allegiance. Today those very words are being demonized because the government wants us to trust and depend upon them. 

Never before in the history of our country have the very people who elected their representatives had so much to fear from those appointed to serve. Today we are caught on the horns of a dilemma. Not since Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and the Civil War that tore our nation apart have ‘We, The People’ faced such perilous times. Yet there is not a cry to unite, instead our nation’s leaders debate, postpone, retreat and moan at every opportunity that the issues cannot be resolved. Since no resolution leads to stagnation, lethargy, and finally acceptance, I cannot condone the dog and pony show that robs us and future generations of the freedoms we were granted because courageous men took a stand. 

If you wonder who I have written this for, I am writing for myself, for those who long to be free, for those who see the last vestiges of what we used to be trampled asunder as we conform to someone else’s idea of a social norm. I write for those, like me, who have walked the winding road of life, observed and edited their thoughts, actions, responses, and reactions with the changing times and have ended up here. You may well ask where exactly where here is, and that is, I believe a very good question indeed. Suffice it to say, here is not the Fifties I lived in, when I discovered through what the common vernacular came to be called the Boob Tube, that neither the Beaver’s dad nor the Nelsons’ father went to work. When I watched these shows, which became for many like me the lens through which we would view life, every issue was neatly dealt with in thirty minutes, which is very unlike the Congress we have today. Getting back to the TV shows of yesteryear, I must mention that issues were dealt with in less than thirty minutes because sponsors needed time to sell products like cereals that were purported to float. However, if we had tested the claims of the advertisers, and watched to see if the cereal would float, we might have noticed that given enough time they sank to the bottom and became the icky gooey mess we thought they would. Sadly, today the same litmus test applied to the Affordable Care Act would show that like those ill-fated cereal, there is nothing affordable in that bill. If it were, then the government would have made this Supreme Court Mandated Law the law for everyone including Congress and unions. 

If we had applied that litmus test to other pitches, we most likely would have not bought a law mandated by the Supreme Court because that is not one of their functions. Furthermore, a law that was passed before it was read and debated by both houses would have, if sent to a different group of sitting Supreme Court Judges, been sent back to Congress, since this country was born from the rallying cry, ‘No taxation without representation!’   

Today Andy Warhol’s 1968 claim; ‘In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes’, has more people seeking recognition at any cost and fewer interested in what ‘We the People’ have lost than ever before. Beware, for having bought into the idea that the government can solve all ills, we may have thrown away what matters most by borrowing against a legacy we believe we can never lose: like the family farm, generations owned now auctioned off, so we could have whatever is touted as necessary, and later discover it is anything but. Thus begins the downward spiral of seeking a sort of notoriety that previous to the 1960’s was to be avoided at all cost. 

Of course all of this is the history that no one ever talks or writes about, so why now? Good question! And the answer is, why not now? For right now, we are living in a world of pitches and smokescreens where every aberrant behavior is viewed as normal. And normal behavior, the classic idea of the norm, that we were all taught to admire, emulate, and seek after, and which many worked toward for eons, seems to have left the building as surely as Elvis did. In fact, given the tenor of these times, it might be apt to observe that the norm has left our political arena, politicians, the press, our entertainers, though some of their behavior drew glances way before now, and maybe even our country.

Now you might be thinking this doesn’t matter to me! But it does! The world you live in matters as much to you as the security of the Fifties matters to me. I grew up with that feeling. It wasn’t until I received a radio alarm clock the year I turned twelve that I heard about the Bay of Pigs and a guy named Batista. I rooted for a man named Castro who would make it all better. In the infancy of my awareness of the world outside, I learned that there are movements and individuals throughout the world who have a slick pitch. If you don’t want to get suckered in, stay tuned!  http://amzn.to/WfYxaD

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Within the pages of this slim book, you'll learn to forgive yourself by using God's Word, The Kindness Principal and many other tools found within the pages as Christian Life Coach Paula Rose Michelson's takes you through part of her healing journey and imparts clear, easy to follow lessons that many women have benefited from because as the rest of the title says, packed within this small book are Life Affirming Messages from the Bible! http://amzn.to/1gljnYV

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Please welcome, Texan & author of "ROPED", DiANE Gates!

What Readers Are Saying the Novel Roped

“5Stars! Crying by the end of the first chapter, I was cheering by the last! I really enjoyed this book! The author had an almost magical way of making her characters, and the Texas rodeo culture, come to life. This book emphasized the importance of forgiveness, of keeping your temper, and of trusting in God. I plan on reading this story many more times in the future, and I would highly recommend it for teens and adults alike. I'm eagerly looking forward to the sequel!”

“5 Stars! Hard to put the book down, author, DiAne Gates has written a story that makes you feel you are actually there! There were times I found myself holding my breath, waiting for the outcome of what was happening at the moment. I felt like I got to know each of the characters of the story and it was written in such a way I could literally "see" what was going on and felt what each character of the story was feeling at that moment. The story line moves quickly and with each chapter you will find yourself drawn into the life of this young girl, feeling what she feels and wanting her to win!! How refreshing to see a story that has as its center such strong family ties, lessons in integrity and bonds that cannot be broken regardless of what life may throw in your path. I highly recommend this book, not only for young people but for adults as well. There are lessons for all of us to learn regardless of age.” Marie

My Interview with Author, DiANE Gates

Why do you write? I entered an essay contest when I was fifteen and won. The title was “The Basis of a Great Nation is a Christian Home”. I’ve been writing since that time about this same topic. I can’t not write. Christian homes are the backbone of America.

How did God direct you? My children were young when I launched into the art market via the means of local art shows. Watching fellow artists go home penniless, I told God we needed extra family income. And He laid on my heart to create color books for children. Even if paintings didn’t sell, the color books did. Then God spoke to my heart about parents not being able to teach what they don’t know, and my four book family devotional series, based on the color book characters, “The Master’s Plan”, came to life. We lost a twenty-eight-year-old daughter fifteen years ago and God not only directed me, He carried me through those difficult years of grief. Then led me to lead a GriefShare support group, where He has directed me for thirteen years.

What is your self-publishing or regular publishing experience? In 2014 I signed my first book contract with Prism Book Group to publish my YA Novel, “Roped”, and am in the process of completing the next book in this series, “Twisted”.

Where do you write? Anywhere the words come. On scrap paper, my computer, my laptop. In the backyard swing, waiting on doctors, in my chair alongside husband when he watches boring sports. When I signed a contract with Prism for “Roped” we took a spare bedroom and turned it into my office. My neighbor designed and built a twelve-foot desk across one end of the room. That desk top holds everything a gal needs to create—family photos, printer, computer, sewing machine, my paints and brushes, and my old computer—just in case.

Do you have any words of wisdom to pass along? “Roped” was my first novel. I sent it to two publishing houses and received two rejections, then threw it in a drawer—for years. After God called our daughter home, He led me to ACW and within thirty minutes of walking in the door found out why my manuscripts weren’t accepted. They screamed amateur. I joined North Texas Christian Writers and began the arduous word crafting process. Several years and three first place finishes later, in their Children’s Division, I signed with Prism. Moral of the stories? NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP! Join a local writing group and educate yourself. Find folks who are bent on success and write and edit with them for as long as it takes. You will achieve your dream if you write within God’s will and for His glory, not your own.

About Author, DiANE Gates

Texan, DiAne Gates, illustrates, photographs, and writes for children and YA, as well as serious non-fiction for adults. Her freelance artist, photographic work for the East Texas Rodeo Association magazine gave birth to her western rodeo adventure series ROPED which Prism Book Group in August of 2015.

DiANE leads an adult edit group, The LifeSavers, for North Texas Christian Writers. And DiAne is a facilitator for GriefShare, an international support ministry for those who’ve lost loved ones.

Wife, mother, and Mimi, whose passion is to share those hard life lessons God allows. Lessons she hopes will leap from the page into your heart.

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One of the joys of being an author is reading rave reviews! Having been too sick to promote my books, I was blessed when I read the reviews for The Naomi Chronicles, which I’ve posted here.

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About Author, Paula Rose Michelson

An avid reader of inspiring fictions where the heroine was one for her families' sake, amazing women, and unique faith challenges are found within author, Paula Rose Michelson's fictions. A writer from an early age, when asked about the idea for The Naomi Chronicles, Paula says, "I cannot take all the credit for Naomi started telling me her story, and together we penned the six fictions."

When not involved in writing, speaking or helping other writers, Paula Rose Michelson pursues other passions while supporting her husband Ron who is a Lutheran Pastor and Chosen People Ministries field missionary. At one point she and her spouse worked for the mission. However, her desire to write for the Lord full time lead her to leave that work so she could devote herself to this work.

This mother of two married daughters and grandmother of seven has been known to weave such wonderful tails that sometimes listeners lose track of the time. At her core, both family and her ever increasing reader family matter to Paula, so while writing to entertain, she hopes to impart a blessing to those who read her fictions and nonfiction's.

Some who first knew this author as the founder, head, and facilitator of LAMB Ministries, have mentioned that a few of those teachings are found within her books. Paula knows this to be true for her desire to faithfully depict Gods love, compassion, and forgiveness while showing her readers The Jewish Messiah of Israel and the world parallel her desire to see those precious wounded ones restored to wholeness, so within each of her books, she includes a few of her biblically based teachings so others can overcome and feel good about themselves.

Theresa Snyder shares why a SciFi Author wrote “WE 3” a Much Needed Book!

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“This book reminded me of my childhood favorites - Laura Ingalls Wilder and Understood Betsy - because of the focus on the everyday lives of a loving family. It is full of touching details. For example, when I read how Theresa and her father worked for years on the garden so that the ailing mother could see her favorite plants & flowers from every single door & window, a tear came to my eye. It doesn't gloss over the tough parts of being a caregiver for aging parents - but the author's graceful sense of humor carries her through it all. Even though the topic of the book is aging, I'd say the book is more funny than sad. Reading it was a really soothing, peaceful experience for me. The book distracted me from my worries and made me thoughtful about the things that really matter in life.” — Charlotte Ashlock

“I recommend this book! Theresa's collection of essays on living with her parents as their adult caregiver shed light on the ups and downs of re-combining the family unit after years spent apart. There are the difficulties of merging households while maintaining respect for each other, the joys of connecting as friends beyond the hierarchal parent-child relationship, and the challenges of give-and-take as age and illness encroach on both the parent and the caregiver. These vignettes don't glamorize or soft-pedal, neither do they portray anyone as martyr or saint. This is how the Snyder household truly is, and we are invited to join them. If you take nothing away from this book but the fact that LOVE lives here, then I'm sure Theresa, Lorine, and James will be well-pleased.” —  JK Mohr

                                    Author Interview

Why do you write? I wrote We 3 because I saw the need for other baby boomers, like me, who were inheriting their parents to see they were not alone. I wanted to show that it didn’t have to be a chore. That you could learn from the experience.

How did God direct you? He gave me the ability to keep a sense of humor and the talent to write about it.

What is your self-publishing or regular publishing experience? I have been self-published since 2013. Prior to that I wrote for the local newspaper. We 3 is a compilation of those newspaper articles from my human interest column. I am on all the platforms so my international readers have access.

Where do you write? I write in my head mostly, then when I sit down at the computer I write in a room I built which I call The Moroccan Room. It is all jewel tones and very relaxing.

Do you have any words of wisdom to pass along? To authors, I would say, don’t get discouraged. It takes time to gain an audience. To readers, baby boomers in particular, relax and enjoy the moments with your elders. Remember, if you do, you won’t have to say, “I wish I had.”

About Author, Theresa Snyder

Theresa Snyder is a multi-genre writer with an internationally read blog. She grew up on a diet of B&W Scifi films like Forbidden Planet and The Day the Earth Stood Still. She is a voracious reader and her character driven writing is influenced by the early works of Anne McCaffrey, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein and L. Ron Hubbard. She loves to travel, but makes her home in Oregon where her elder father and she share a home and the maintenance of the resident cat, wild birds, squirrels, garden, and occasional Dragon house guest.

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Paula Rose Michelson’s Amazon Review: Having asked and been gifted We 3, by talented author, Theresa Snyder, I must share that this authors memoir of a daughter changing her life to care for her aging parents is one all who work in the field of Gerontology and those who live with, or care for the elderly need to read. We 3 is a touching, funny, love and family affirming great primer for children who find their parents aging in ways they could have never imagined. Though written with great love, respect, and understanding, the author shows us what it's like to give up our freedom to live with and handle the difficulties the elderly face when only a short while ago they were taking care of us! Having chosen to be the one to support all my husbands and my aging family members, I know being prepared is critical! Therefore, were I rich, I would gift a copy to each family, doctor, senior retirement facility and every person taking classes in senior issues! All this said, I urge you to read and keep this on your shelf so when the time comes you’ll have a reference that shows the joy within the journey!