Reminder! The Holidays Are Almost Here!

This is a reprinted entry from about three weeks ago... Just a reminder!

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Okay, gang, I don't usually do this, but this time of year I'd be remiss if I didn't! So, here goes!

Did you love one or all of the books I've written to date? (Another is on the way in 2008: THE ENDURING LEGACY OF DeFOREST KELLEY: ACTOR, HEALER FRIEND. I'm still accepting submissions for it until March 5, 2008, so get your manuscript to me prontomundo!)

To repeat: Did you love one or all of the books I'v written?If so, please think about others who would enjoy having their own copy , inscribed by me and nicely wrapped in a package for Christmas or Hanukkah... or a birthday any other time of year. If you will buy it, I will send a sticker to you in an envelope, inscribed to whomever you want it (and saying whatever you want me to say, if you have ideas). Logon to my book website...


(http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~mdownes/kris/kristinesmith.html...

and follow the links to reviews and purchasing at Amazon or at Authorhouse.com.

Note: You'll save several dollars buying at AuthorHouse, but if you're more comfy with Amazon, don't let me dissuade you from that plan (Amazon is a Washington State company like Microsoft and I'm all for encouraging "local trade"!) ... it's just that fulfillment of your order may take longer at Amazon, since all my books are Print On Demand and Amazon doesn't keep a huge stack of them warehoused... and this is the time of year when there might be a run on them...

Turnaround time for softcover at AuthorHouse is 7-10 days; for hardbound, two weeks. I suggest the hardcover (although I don't make a dime more if you go that route). Many fans have told me they bought the softcover and then loved the book so much that they turned around and bought it again as a hardbound. So I'm just thinking ahead and, again, hoping to save you money down the road.

Remember: If you are ordering for the holidays for others, send me your snail mail address (my email address is KRISTINE M SMITH @ MSN DOT COM, without the spaces) and I will personalize a sticker that you can place into the book when you get it from whichever distributor you choose. (I don't have extra copies of the books here. Remember, they're print on Demand so I only get copies when I'm scheduled to appear somewhere and talk about De to his still-adoring public.)

Animal lovers will love LET NO DAY DAWN THAT THE ANIMALS CANNOT SHARE.

The Hollywood-crazed who love humor will love FLOATING AROUND HOLLYWOOD AND OTHER TOTALLY-TRUE TALES OF TRIUMPH.

Christians and other seekers who haven't yet decided on a faith to follow will enjoy PURPOSEFUL CHRISTIANITY, Sharing the Verve and Value of the Prince of Peace.

You'll even find out more about the Kelleys in each the three other books -- stuff that wasn't in the book about De, DeFOREST KELLEY: A HARVEST OF MEMORIES. (De wrote the foreword of the animal book and a back cover blurb about the Hollywood book) So, mystery fans... if you want to read additional stories about the Kelleys (short but sweet), get the other books, okay?!

How many chances do you have in life to send a book by someone you know to someone you know? Isn't that, in itself, a kinda special thing?

Support your (ahem) favorite author who writes you blogs and emails for FREE! That would be ME: Kristine M Smith!!!

If you were blessed by one of my books, bless someone else with it this year. That's all I ask.

Oh! No, it isn't! I just thought of one more think to ask: PLEASE tell more of your friends about this blog! And family! And business associates! The more, the merrier!

How about sending the blog link.... (here it is!)

http://almostfamousbydesfault.blogspot.com/...

to ten other people this week? That would be MAHvelous! Thank you!