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Tales2Inspire ~ The Diamond Collection - Series I Kindle Edition
- Reading age8 - 18 years
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateNovember 21, 2015
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Lois created her Tales2Inspire® 'Authors Helping Authors' project in 2012, helping hundreds of talented newbies and seasoned authors alike enhance their visibility. What emerges from these annual contests are highly professional anthologies of inspirational memoirs. Fans of Chicken Soup for the Soul are particularly enamored of Tales2Inspire® books, because aside from being expertly crafted inspirational memoirs, they are filled with original photos to further enhance the power of each story. Lois invites those interested in learning more about entering her annual no fee Tales2Inspire contest, to visit her secure Tales2Inspire® website to learn details about participating in her annual 'Authors Helping Authors' contest, get a free sampler of eight of the T2I published stories, and much more. That's right, it's all free!
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- ASIN : B018DB2FL4
- Publisher : (November 21, 2015)
- Publication date : November 21, 2015
- Language : English
- File size : 40759 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 205 pages
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About the authors
When I was 4 1/2 years old, I remember being sent to my room for a nap, but instead of resting, I practiced printing alphabet letters - all over my newly papered bedroom wall. What I most recall about that day was having to stand behind the dinette door, perched right next to my mother's old Singer Sewing Machine, until I apologized for my misbehavior. I couldn't understand why I was being punished for all my hard work, so I stood there for what seemed like hours, rather than offer up an apology. Fortunately this inauspicious beginning didn't dampen my enthusiasm for writing!
And I received a lot of encouragement along the way:
I was the first prizewinner of the senior essay contest at my high school. But it wasn't so much the award that thrilled me as my English teacher's inscription written inside the front cover of the leather bound edition of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet presented to me that day:
"You are a talented and perceptive writer. You should consider pursuing a career that utilizes your special skills."
Fast forward to college. I didn't much love Economics, a required course with assigned readings that I frequently put aside in preference to my favorites: English, French and Sociology. I would cram furiously the night before each Economic test - memorizing just enough to squeak by. I think my professor thought me somewhat of a dimwit, expecting little from me and getting little in return.
Mid way though the course, this same Economics professor assigned a term paper that intrigued me - the first time I was motivated to do any real work for this class. I dug in and did my thing. Several weeks later, before returning our papers, he announced that he had several surprises while grading these papers.
“Some students whom I expected to do well, disappointed me, while others, for whom I held low expectations, did extraordinarily well,” he explained. I received an A along with an invitation to meet him in his office after class. His words are still indelibly imprinted in my memory.
"This is your special talent. I hope you will pursue a career in writing. It would be a shame for you to waste your abilities.”
I graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University, with a major in Sociological Research and married Ken, a Columbia student, about eight days later. We set off for New Haven, where Ken began his studies as a law student. I needed to put aside my author's dreams and find a way to support my student husband and myself. The state college nearest our apartment was offering an Intensive Teacher Training (ITT) program so I enrolled, and six weeks later - Bingo -I was a teacher, with provisional certification. I signed a contract, began teaching in Cheshire Conn., and continued to take evening and summer courses throughout the next three years until I earned a Master's Degree - just in the knick of time. I went into labor while typing the bibliography for my Master's thesis, and begged Ken to let me finish before setting off for the hospital!
After raising our family, I enrolled at Hofstra University on Long Island to work on a second Master's degree - this time with a specialization in Reading and Special Education. I taught for 21 more years and loved every moment of it. (Well, almost every moment - nothing is perfect!)
Before I retired, I told Ken, "I know what I want to do with the rest of my life. I want to write." He more or less humored me, taking the attitude, "If you're happy, I'm happy." I worked as co-editor of a Long Island web-zine for the next three years, where I initiated a column I named, "Ordinary People - Extraordinary Lives." While interviewing such a fascinating array of people in order to write their special stories, I discovered my passion for investigative journalism. And then I got to work on my first full length book, Sex, Lies and Cosmetic Surgery, a work combining memoir and research, where my experiences while interviewing subjects for my Web-zine column further encouraged me to add aspects of journalism to my manuscript. Before I had completed this ambitious undertaking, I had conducted over 100 very candid interviews with men, women and professionals in the field , to deliver a work that has been described as “filled with humor and keen insight.”
It took me five years to complete Sex, Lies and Cosmetic Surgery, which landed in the number one spot on the ASPS online bookstore, receiving rave reviews from plastic surgeons and lay people alike, across the USA and beyond. Then it jumped to the top of the charts when an article appeared on the front page of the Style Section of the Sunday edition of the NY Times, which devoted several paragraphs to this book. I was on a roll, signed with a NYC agent who was sure this book would be grabbed up by one of the major publishers. But it didn't. The rejections began to come in. "The author doesn't have a strong enough author platform," they said. To be honest, at the time, I didn’t even know the meaning of those words.
I took time to dust myself off and regroup, but as the old saying, "When one door shuts, another flies open." I began to think that there must be many talented writers out there, writers who aren’t being given a chance because they haven’t yet established name recognition. This little nugget of thought urged me to give birth to Tales2Inspire®, an “Authors Helping Authors” project/contest. My goals were (and still are) to continue to help each talented, yet perhaps unknown, writer strengthen their writing skills while building their author platforms. Forever a fan of inspiring true stories, I built Tales2Inspire® around this passion. The rest, as they say, is history, with twelve Tales2Inspire® published books and counting, and have now added ghostwriting to my list of passions.
Visit https://www.tales2inspire.com to learn about current contest themes and entry procedures. Know that there are no entry fees, and winning authors receive an incredible number of platform building opportunities.
James Osborne is the author of the Amazon #1 bestseller, THE ULTIMATE THREAT. His latest novel, PRESCRIPTION FOR DECEPTION, an international crime thriller, was released in September 2024. His previous novel, THE PLOT TO ASSASSINATE SECRET SHEPHERD, has enjoyed high praise from reviewers, including: "It's a magnificent story of faith and hope prevailing in a world under siege." -- New York editor and publisher Lois W. Stern.
Osborne's varied career includes investigative journalist, college teacher, army officer, vice-president of a Fortune 500 company, and business owner. He has also helped found two university programs in journalism and communications, and has served on corporate boards, a university senate and on college curriculum advisory councils.
Osborne's work can also be found in dozens of anthologies, magazines, journals and blogs. A collection of short stories, ENCOUNTERS - Tales of Living, Loving & Laughter was chosen Best Short Story Collection by an international readers' poll. His books are available online in paperback and ebook formats from Amazon and select bookstores and online retailers.
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2024What inspiring stories, and we know each is true, as original photos are included with each story to prove their authenticity. Some of the 'Beyond Coincidence' stories in part 1 are so amazing, they are hard to believe! The 'Personal Awakenings' stories in part 2 are delightful and so charming. This book won a NIEA (National Indie Excellence Award), proof positive that it was admired by multitudes!'
- Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020Tales2Inspire: The Diamond Collection - Series 1
Over the ages, a diamond has been viewed as a love-crystal which is 'dependable in its virtues when given as a gift'.
In this collection, you can depend on 31 opportunities to be inspired by true tales of synchronous connections and personal awakening.
This is a book that you or the reader in your life can reach for when an infusion of positive energy, hope, and love is in order - with absolutely no expiration date!
Maria Couchara-Jordan, MSN, RN
Author and Nurse Instructor
- Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2022If you want to have a reason to smile, feel inspired, and be in awe, read these true stories of inspiration and adventure in this series. You will not regret the time it takes to read and enjoy these stories that will impress you and bring joy to your heart.
5.0 out of 5 stars Feel Inspired and Add A Smile to your DayIf you want to have a reason to smile, feel inspired, and be in awe, read these true stories of inspiration and adventure in this series. You will not regret the time it takes to read and enjoy these stories that will impress you and bring joy to your heart.
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2022
Images in this review - Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2018Every story chosen by Editor/Publisher Lois W. Stern for each of her wonderfully compelling “Tales2Inspire” collections is an extraordinary commentary on the true essence of our humanity. Story after story lifts the veil of strife afflicting our society today, revealing that ever-present undercurrent of caring we so easily forget is waiting to be released. Lois has done just that with her truly remarkable and lovingly assembled series. Read one and you’ll want to enjoy them all!
- Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2021Like Chicken Soup for the Soul, these stories are about “everyday” miracles and special coincidences that reveal not everything can be explained. Prepared to be amazed and convinced these stories were really experienced by the authors. Unforgettable!