{"id":9765,"date":"2011-10-31T22:33:17","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T03:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=9765"},"modified":"2011-10-31T22:33:17","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T03:33:17","slug":"maggies-journey-by-lena-nelson-dooley-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=9765","title":{"rendered":"Maggie&#8217;s Journey by Lena Nelson Dooley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5500\/1432\/1600\/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: hand; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5500\/1432\/320\/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">This week, the<\/span><\/center><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianfictionblogalliance.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a><\/center><center><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">is introducing<\/span><\/center><center><span style=\"color: #993300; font-size: 130%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1616383585\">Maggie&#8217;s Journey<\/a><\/span><\/center><center>Realms (October 4, 2011)<\/center><center>by<\/center><center><span style=\"color: #006600; font-size: 130%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lenanelsondooley.blogspot.com\/\">Lena Nelson Dooley<\/a><\/span><\/center><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-lOO34dxdgno\/Tq3_NE_OAfI\/AAAAAAAAEGI\/446a94AkZkA\/s1600\/lenanelsondooley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-lOO34dxdgno\/Tq3_NE_OAfI\/AAAAAAAAEGI\/446a94AkZkA\/s200\/lenanelsondooley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Award-winning author, Lena Nelson Dooley, has more than 675,000 books in print. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers http:\/\/www.acfw.com\/ and president of the local chapter, DFW Ready Writers. She\u2019s also a member of Christian Authors Network, CROWN Fiction Marketing, and Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Lena loves James, her children, grandchildren, and great grandson. She loves chocolate, cherries, chocolate-covered cherries, and spending time with friends. Travel is always on her horizon. Cruising, Galveston, the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, Mexico. One day it will be Hawaii and Australia, but probably not the same year. Helping other authors become published really floats her boat, with fifteen signing their first book contract after her mentoring. Three of her books have been awarded the Carol Award silver pins from American Christian Fiction Writers and she has received the ACFW Mentor of the Year award at their national conference. The high point of her day is receiving feedback from her readers, especially people whose lives have been changed by her books. And she loves chocolate, especially dark chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>Her last release is <em>Love Finds You in Golden, New Mexico<\/em>, from Summerside Press recently won the Will Rogers Medallion Award for excellence in publishing western fiction. Lena is currently under two 3-book contracts with Charisma House\/Realms.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her writing, Lena is a frequent speaker at women\u2019s groups, writers groups, and at both regional and national conferences. She has spoken in six states and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Lena has an active web presence on Shoutlife, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, and with her internationally connected blog where she interviews other authors and promotes their books. You can check out her books and find out more about her on her blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FImjLmM4YKA\/Tq3_ZWhdVLI\/AAAAAAAAEGQ\/dVnH0_8lRyw\/s1600\/Maggies_Journey.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FImjLmM4YKA\/Tq3_ZWhdVLI\/AAAAAAAAEGQ\/dVnH0_8lRyw\/s1600\/Maggies_Journey.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Near her eighteenth birthday, Margaret Lenora Caine finds a chest hidden in the attic containing proof that she&#8217;s adopted. The spoiled daughter of wealthy merchants in Seattle, she feels betrayed by her real parents and by the ones who raised her. But mystery surrounds her new discovery, and when Maggie uncovers another family secret, she loses all sense of identity. Leaving her home in Seattle, Washington, Maggie strikes out to find her destiny. Will Charles Stanton, who&#8217;s been in love with her for years, be able to help her discover who she really is?<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1616383585\">Maggie&#8217;s Journey<\/a>, go <a href=\"http:\/\/thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/maggies-journey.html\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Lena and her books on her <a href=\"http:\/\/lenanelsondooley.blogspot.com\/\">Website\/Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingMaggie&#8217;s JourneyRealms (October 4, 2011)byLena Nelson DooleyABOUT THE AUTHOR: Award-winning author, Lena Nelson Dooley, has more than 675,000 books in print. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers http:\/\/www.acfw.com\/ and president of the local chapter, DFW Ready Writers. 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