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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
The 100th Anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s Death
Last Friday, August 13, was the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's death. I first studied Ms. Nightingale in a nursing history course the summer of 1960. In the 1959 Trends in Nursing History textbook that still sits on my bookshelves, I've underlined the passage saying she was born in Florence, Italy, "on May 12, 1820, …
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Strategies for Book Promotion – A Novice Begins
I'm not famous. I've never been on the front page of any newspaper, unless I can count my president's notes years ago on a District 20 newsletter of the Illinois Nursing Association. And I've not had a traumatic history to relate. So how do I promote my book? My promo literature includes something about an …
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Countdown – Only 4 Weeks Left Until Publication
Yes, the good news has arrived. Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self should arrive by September 10. Stay tuned in to this blog to get buying information that will benefit nursing education. And some of you have been asking for a description of Caring Lessons to be posted here. So this …
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