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February 12
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My women's humor book is mostly about the perils of five middle-aged women as they try to find good men in today's dating world. An English bulldog iappears throughout the story. Readers have said positive things about the book, and some have told...
February 12

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I am an author of a recently published e-book: "50 Frogs, 5 Babes and a Bulldog.
Do You Have A Website?
www.50frogs5babesandabulldog.com
About Me:
I am a native of Southern California and have dabbled in writing throughout my life. Now that I'm retired from my day job, I can devote my time to writing.

My friends always told me to write about my funny dating experiences when I was a late-blooming single gal, so I did. Of course, I fictionalized it a bit and added my English bulldog to the plot. It was a dream come true to get the book published.
Do you have a blog site?
http://froggiesue.livejournal.com
Favorite Books:
Double Cross, The Starter Wife, The Red Hat Club, Odd Thomas. Anything by James Patterson, Tami Hoag, Erma Bombeck or Stuart Woods.
Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
Barnes & Nobles, Amazon.com

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50 Frogs, 5 Babes and a Bulldog --Babes or Bulldog?

My women's humor book is mostly about the perils of five middle-aged women as they try to find good men in today's dating world. An English bulldog appears throughout the story. Some readers have commented that although they like the book, the dog is the real star. I think this changes the slant of my book promotion. Dog stories seem to be popular these days and this dog (based on my true life pet) was a doozy! I may write another book about him.

Check out my website: http://www.50frogs5babesan… Continue

Posted on February 12, 2009 at 7:30pm —

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At 10:06pm on September 29, 2009, Lydia Nolan said…
Well, first off, Susan, put your face on! (That shadowy man made me think it was some kind of guy that didn't want to be seen, he, he) I think it helps for people to see you and feel like they know you, but recognizing your picture.

This is true even in other fields. I remember when I first got into real estate I had friends that had been in for a long time, and as we would go to lunch or something, people would always stop them and say hi, chat and sometimes even tell them about their real estate things. i would ask, "how do they know you?"
"They really don't," they'd say, "but they know my site," or "they know my face in the paper," that kind of stuff. Thank you for your kind well wishes. I hope I get SOMEWHERE, as I got this MUG plastered all over the internet (lol!)
Well wishes, and Only good for you!
Lydia Nolan
www.InternationalBooksCafe.com
At 9:44am on September 29, 2008, Morgan Mandel said…
Hi Susan,
Welcome to Book Place. Have a great time here & be sure to tell your friends about us.
Morgan Mandel
http://morganmandel.blogspot.com
At 8:02pm on September 27, 2008, Susan Culp said…
I'm sorry about the blog. I am a newbe at this so probably will disband it. My book is published through SynergEbooks.com under the humor section and there's a order slip on my webpage, as well. Thanks for asking.

www.50frogs5babesandabulldog.com
 
 

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