March 2009 Newsletter

3 John 1:2: Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Yep, it's official. Not March Madness, but my eligibility for an AARP card. Yikes!
Many thanks for the birthday wishes and the singing telegrams.
Actually, they were from my family and close friends. My husband and I had planned to enroll in a ballroom dancing class to celebrate, but for some reason, the instructor never called us back. Maybe the word got out that I used to be--past tense--a dancing machine as a teenager.
Moving on, I'm praying that God is meeting your needs according to His riches in glory. God has an abundance of blessings, just ask Him.
Hats off to Oklahoma. Monique Brunner outdid herself with this year's "Urban League Young Professionals' Celebration of African-American Authors". Monique set up TV interviews for the authors with the BJ Williams, host, of Read About It with the Metropolitan Public Library System. As soon as I get that video, I'll post it on youtube or my website. Check out the pictures at photos.patsimmons.net.
With twenty authors participating, Monique had several spots set up throughout a spacious independent bookstore. The event brought in $1500 in book sales and 150 visitors! There were so many genres for readers to chose, but how about a Black Western series? You heard right. Meet author Sean Chandler. And to answer the question that I know one of my church members, Terry Green, is asking, no, I don't have any cousins in Oklahoma---yet.
Here's three SCAMS you must know about.
Visit patsimmons.blog.com.
Guilty of Love (Book I), September 2007
Not Guilty of Love (Book II), September 2009
Still Guilty (Book III), April 2010
Free from Guilt (Book IV)
Talk to Me, November 2008
Watch for the Carmen Sisters series, coming soon
Since I don't have the cover yet for Not Guilty of Love (September 2009), here's a grade school picture of me instead. Read the March excerpt of Not Guilty of Love. It's Book II of the Guilty series.
If you haven't read the February excerpt, you better catch up.

Please vote for Talk to Me as the best Christian Fiction of 2008, the best book cover of 2008, and yours truly as the best author of 2008.It's the Reader's Choice Award.

Connie and Richard, the owners of Not Just A Bookstore, are like Dairy Queen. They treat you right. Here's two of their March events at the store:
Saturday, March 7, 2009, 2:00-4:00 p.m.St. Louis author, Brian Irons, will sign his book "I Did Not Know." It's based on a true story about his life, and how he became confined to a wheel chair due to the mistakes he made along the way in his sports career.

Saturday, March 14, 2009, 2:00-5:00 p.m.A new St. Louis author to the published industry, Danette Brown, will sign copies of "Emotions through Poetry".For more information, call 314-361-9955.
Forward this newsletter to a friend, or they can visit www.patsimmons.net and sign up on the contact page. Here's me with Pat, a Deaf Interpreter from Normal, Illinois.