Make check payable to: Trinity Christian College (On the memo line, write "Book/Roelofs Freshman Nursing Scholarship”) In the amount of $16.50 ($13.99 per book, plus $2.51 S/H) Mail to: Lois Roelofs, PO Box 81574, Chicago, IL 60681 When I receive your check, I will mail your book(s). As you can see, all proceeds from the …
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Three weeks ago today…
Caring Lessons arrived in Chicago. Our kitchen bar has been transformed into a mail room; Marv is now my post office runner. And, with my trip to Grand Rapids, MI, last weekend, I've met lots of heartwarming old friends from high school (South Christian) and nurses' training (Blodgett Memorial Hospital School of Nursing). Plus new …
Nurse Turned Author – The First Week
Chaos. In one word, since Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self came about a week ago, life has been chaos. Fun chaos, but chaos. I've been plodding down the list of promotion strategies I listed here a few weeks back. The plod is the work, the responses the reward. So many …
Countdown – ZERO Weeks Until Publication!
Order Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self NOW! It is here; scroll down to see a pictorial review. Make check payable to: Trinity Christian College (On the memo line, write "Book/Roelofs Freshman Nursing Scholarship”) In the amount of $16.50 ($13.99 per book, plus $2.51 S/H) Mail to: Lois Roelofs, PO Box …
A Lakefront Walk in Chicago
Where's Waldo, I mean the ferris wheel, at Navy Pier? Shimmering Lake Michigan! Here's the ferris wheel-up close. Rock barriers Prairie grasses
Countdown – 1 Week Until Publication
If shipping goes as projected, Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self should arrive here within a week. This morning, on a (famous) writer's website, I read about her mad scramble the week of her book's arrival. I can identify. I've sent emails to lots of friends and family for pre-orders, and …
The Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition)- Debut
For $65 you can now buy the newest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. Maybe you've never heard of it, but maybe you also have communed with it for hours trying to figure out the "correct" use of commas, quotation marks, capitalizations, etc. In college and in grad school, I used APA format (Publication …
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Countdown – 2 Weeks Until Publication / Book promotional items, anyone?
Life's been a bit hectic trying to get things done before Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self comes out. But I had a most informative day yesterday. My daughter, with her business contacts, hooked me up with Karen Peterson, a sales representative for GoPromotions. She invited us to a large show …
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Catholic Life 101
It's past time to add another excerpt. This time from "Chapter 20 - Sister Mary Holy Water," an account of my experience as a naive Protestant assuming an undergraduate dean position in a Catholic school of nursing. Find under EXCERPTS on the HOME page or on the sidebar.
Countdown – 3 Weeks Until Publication
That's right. Three weeks from today I should have a stack of books stashed into the corners of my life. On one blog, another new author has put up a jubilant picture of himself with his stacks. I may do the same! It's almost fall and that means school is starting soon. Even though I've …
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