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BOOK TOUR: Xenogeneic: First Contact by Lance Erlick

1/25/2017

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With time running out, Elena must dig deep to uncover the alien plan and find a way to stop them before the human race faces extinction.​
Xenogeneic: First Contact by Lance Erlick
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Book Details:

Book Title:   Xenogeneic: First Contact by Lance Erlick
Category:  Adult Fiction,   300 pages
Genre:  Sci-fi Thriller
Publisher:   Finlee Augare Books
Release date:  March 2017
Format available for review:  print and ebook (mobi, ePub)
Will send print books for review to:  USA 

Tour dates:  March 13 to April 7, 2017
Content Rating: PG + M (This book is rated PG+M because of mature subject. No explicit sex.)

Book Description:

Xenogeneic is a science fiction thriller about first contact with an alien race that lost their civil war and wants to take over Earth.

Dr. Elena Pyetrov’s father vanished in space 18 years ago while searching for extraterrestrial life. As an aerospace engineer, Elena travels into space to search for answers and continue his work. Her ship is pulled off course and crashes. She suspects extraterrestrial interference.

The alien Knoonk lost their civil war in a distant star system and fled to Earth’s neighborhood to hide and regroup. They seek a new home—Earth. Unable to live in Earth’s toxic environment, the aliens kidnap and use humans to genetically modify their species to adapt.

Surviving the crash, Elena and her shipmates are transported to a closed cave system where the Knoonk monitor and control everything. Elena tries to make a connection with her hosts and find ways to work together, but Knoonk leaders rebuff her and force the humans to submit as slaves. The aliens use illusions, distractions, and social experiments to learn from their hostages and keep them off balance. Resistance by captive humans brings swift punishment to break the human spirit.
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While Elena continues to look for ways to cooperate with the Knoonk, it becomes apparent that there can be no compromise. The Knoonk want to capture Earth for their species. It is winner take all. With time running out, Elena must dig deep to uncover the alien plan and find a way to stop them before the human race faces enslavement and extinction.
 

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Lance Erlick
Meet the Author:

Lance Erlick writes science fiction thrillers for young adult and adult readers. He is the author of The Rebel Within, The Rebel Trap, and Rebels Divided, three books in the Rebel series. In those stories, he explores the consequences of Annabelle Scott following her conscience. He authored the Regina Shen series--Resilience, Vigilance, Defiance, and Endurance. This series takes place after abrupt climate change leads to the Great Collapse and a new society under the World Federation. His latest novel is Xenogeneic: First Contact about encounters with an alien race aiming to take over Earth. 

Connect with the Author:  Website  ~  Twitter  ~  Facebook  ~  Pinterest  


BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE:

​March 13 - Library of Clean Reads - review / giveaway
March 14 - Books, Dreams, Life - book spotlight / author interview
March 16 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review / giveaway
March 17 - Olio by Marilyn - review
March 17 - Book Crazy Scrapbook Mama - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
March 20 - Outset - book spotlight / author interview
March 20 - #redhead.with.book - review / giveaway
March 20 - Rainy Day Reviews - review / giveaway
March 21 - Leels Loves Books - review
March 22 - Book Reviews, Nature Pictures & Everything in Between - review
March 23 - T's Stuff - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
​March 24 - Amazon Reviewer - review
March 24 - 3 Partners in Shopping Nana, Mommy + Sissy, Too! - review
March 27 - Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin' - book spotlight
March 27 - Blätterflüstern - review
March 28 - Haddie's Haven - review / giveaway
March 28 - In Blue Ink - review
March 29 - fuonlyknew - review / author interview / giveaway
​March 29 - Thoughts on Books - review / giveaway
March 30 - Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf - review / guest post / giveaway
March 31 - The Silver Dagger Scriptorium - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
April 4      - Rockin' Book Reviews - review / giveaway
April 5      - JBronder Book Reviews - review / guest post
April 6      - Books for Books - review
April 7      - Elsie's Audiobook Digest - review
April 7      - Deal Sharing Aunt - review / giveaway
April 12    - 
Mommy's Gone Shopping Again - review 



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BOOK TOUR: How to Find Your Dream Dog by Dixie Tenny

1/10/2017

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Dixie Tenny is a Certified Training Partner with the Karen Pryor Academy of Animal Training and Behavior. ​She wrote this book to help puppy buyers and dog adopters start out on the best possible foot with their new pet dogs, and stay on that path for years to come.
How to Find Your Dream Dog by Dixie Tenny
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Book Details:

Book Title:   How to FInd Your Dream Dog by Dixie Tenny
Category:  Adult Non Fiction,   139 pages
Genre:  Pets & Animal Care
Publisher:   Authors Unite
Release date:  October 2016
Format available for review:  print and ebook (PDF)
Will send print books for review to:  USA & Canada

Tour dates: Feb 27 to March 31, 2017
Content Rating: G

Book Description:

Bringing a new dog into the household should be one of life’s happiest events. The process always starts with excitement and high expectations. Too often, though, it ends in disappointment. The new puppy wakes everyone three times a night, gnaws on furniture, piddles everywhere, knocks the children down. The new adolescent dog is too wild. The new adult dog growls at your neighbors. And where did all this dog hair come from?

Most people spend hours researching a new mattress, days researching a new car, and weeks researching a new home or job. Yet for a new dog, a companion for the next 10-15 years, the most they do is visit the nearest shelter or pet shop and buy whatever looks cute and appealing. It’s no wonder they end up disappointed.

Whether you are looking for a purebred puppy or a charming mixed-breed, the type of dog you bring into your home matters. A quiet owner will struggle to keep up with a high-energy labrador mix, for instance, while an active outdoor family will be impatient with a snoozy bulldog. And finding the right kind of dog means becoming the right kind of owner—a task that takes some forethought and planning.

How To Find Your Dream Dog is here to fix the disconnect of dog ownership. It walks you step-by-step through the process of choosing the right type of dog for you—not only exploring the canine qualities that can determine your perfect puppy, adolescent, or adult dog, but also assessing your lifestyle to make sure you’re a good match for the dog, too. The book also looks at good (and bad) sources for finding healthy and sound pet dogs, gives guidelines for evaluating individual puppies, and warns of some red flags to watch out for during your dog search. With this guidebook in hand, you can be confident that the next puppy or dog you bring home will be the right companion and friend for you for the rest of its days.

​Dixie Tenny is a Certified Training Partner with the Karen Pryor Academy of Animal Training and Behavior. During her 30+ years spent working with people and their pets, she has seen again and again how mismatches between dog and owner can create “behavior problems” that never would have happened if the right dog had been matched to the right owner in the first place. She wrote this book to help puppy buyers and dog adopters start out on the best possible foot with their new pet dogs, and stay on that path for years to come.

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Meet the Author:

Dixie Tenny has been helping people and their dogs find each other and form successful partnerships since the early 1980s. She founded two rescue organizations: Purebred Dog Rescue of Saint Louis in 1984, and Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue, Inc. in 1987. Dixie was the Director of Training for the Greater St. Louis Training Club, Inc., for five years, creating classes and overseeing the work of 40 head and assistant trainers. In 2003 she and another experienced trainer created Dogs Unleashed, LLC. They traveled to clients’ homes and worked with behavior and training issues.

Dixie’s professional credentials include trainer certifications from the prestigious Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior, and the Association for Pet Dog Trainers. Dixie formed her own business, Human-Animal Learning Opportunities, LLC (HALO) in 2013. HALO hosts continuing education seminars for dog trainers.

Dixie has lived with a wide range of dogs over the years including mixed breeds, Australian Shepherds, Welsh and Cairn terriers, and more. While in Seattle, Dixie raised a Labrador puppy for Canine Companions for Independence, Inc. (CCI). Currently Dixie lives with a Beauceron and an elderly Papillon, as well as four cats. When not doing things related to animals, she reads widely, enjoys the company of her three grown children, follows baseball and English Premier League football, and travels the world.

Connect with the author:  Website  ~  Facebook


BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE:

Feb 27 -     #redhead.with.book - review / giveaway
Feb 27 -     Fabulous and Brunette - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 28 -     Books, Dreams, Life - review / author interview
​March 1 -   Working Mommy Journal - review / giveaway
March 1 -   Laura Fabiani - Amazon.ca Top 1000 Reviewer - review
March 1 -   Leels Loves Books - review
March 2 -   A Mama's Corner of the World - review / giveaway
March 3 -   Cheryl's Book Nook - review / guest post / giveaway
March 6 -   Kristin's Novel Cafe - review  
March 6 -   Rainy Day Reviews - book spotlight / author interview
March 7 -   100 Pages a Day - review / guest post / giveaway
March 8 -   Christy's Cozy Corners - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
March 8 -   From the TBR Pile - book spotlight / giveaway
March 9 -   Avalon Media - review / guest post
March 10 - Outset - review / author interview / giveaway
March 13 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - review
March 13 - Heidi's Wanderings - review / guest post / giveaway
March 14 - Bound 4 Escape - review / giveaway
March 15 - Library of Clean Reads - review / giveaway
March 16 - Everyday Gyaan - review / giveaway
March 17 - Reading Authors - review / giveaway
March 20 - T's Stuff - review / author interview / giveaway
March 20 - 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too! - spotlight / giveaway
March 21 - My Journey Back - review / author interview / giveaway
March 22 - StoreyBook Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
March 23 - Anne Benard Amazon Reviewer - review
March 24 - Lukten av Trykksverte - review / giveaway
March 27 - Books for Books - review / guest post
March 28 - Create With Joy - review / giveaway
March 29 - Rockin' Book Reviews - review / guest post
March 30 - KC Beanie Boos Collection - review / author interview / giveaway
March 30 - 
Bookworm for Kids - review / giveaway
March 31 - Elsie's Audiobook Digest - review / author interview / giveaway

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BOOK AND AUDIOBOOK TOUR: A Fine Year for Murder: A Thorny Rose Mystery by Lauren Carr

1/9/2017

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A Fine Year for Murder by Lauren Carr
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Book Title: A Fine Year for Murder by Lauren Carr
Category:  Adult fiction,  430 pages
Genre:  Mystery
Publisher:  Acorn Book Services
Release date:  Jan 31, 2017
Available for review in:  Print, Audible audiobook and ebook (mobi, ePub, PDF)
Will send print ARC books to:  USA & Canada
Tour dates:  Feb 1 to 28 and March 1 to April 14, 2017

Content Rating:  PG -13 (Lauren Carr's books are murder mysteries, therefore they do include murder. The Thorny rose mystery series are her more adult series, which pushes the envelope just a bit more than in her other series. A Fine Year for Murder deals with a case pertaining to the brutal murder of a whole family (happens off-stage). The book does include some mild intimate scenes between the young married couple. Also has some gritty sexual references during the investigation. Mild swearing, but no F-Bombs.)

Book Description:

After months of marital bliss, Jessica Faraday and Murphy Thornton are still discovering and adjusting to their life together. Settled in their new home, everything appears to be perfect … except in the middle of the night when, in darkest shadows of her subconscious, a deep secret from Jessica’s past creeps to the surface to make her strike out at Murphy.

When investigative journalist Dallas Walker tells the couple about her latest case, known as the Pine Bridge Massacre, they realize Jessica may have witnessed the murder of a family living near a winery owned by distant relatives she was visiting and suppressed the memory.

Determined to uncover the truth and find justice for the murder victims, Jessica and Murphy return to the scene of the crime with Dallas Walker, a spunky bull-headed Texan. Can this family reunion bring closure for a community touched by tragedy or will this prickly get-together bring an end to the Thorny Rose couple? 

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Although A Fine Year for Murder is a stand alone novel, the author is also offering Kill and Run, the first book in this series for those reviewers who have not read it. Just choose this option on the sign-up form.
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Kill and Run by Lauren Carr
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​Book Details:

Book Title:  Kill and Run: A Thorny Rose Mystery by Lauren Carr
Category:  Adult fiction, 350 pages
Genre:  Mystery, Suspense
Publisher:  Acorn Book Services
Release date:  September 2015
Available for review in:  Print, Audible audiobook and ebook (mobi, ePub, PDF)
Will send books:  USA & Canada
Tour dates: March 1 to April 14, 2017
Content Rating: PG 

Book Description:

Five women with seemingly nothing in common are found brutally murdered in a townhome outside Washington, DC. Among the many questions surrounding the massacre is what had brought these apparent strangers together only to be killed.

Taking on his first official murder case, Lieutenant Murphy Thornton, USN, believes that if he can uncover the thread connecting the victims, then he can find their murderer.

The case takes an unexpected turn when Murphy discovers that one of the victims has a connection to his stepmother, Homicide Detective Cameron Gates. One wintry night, over a dozen years before, her first husband, a Pennsylvania State trooper, had been run down while working a night shift on the turnpike.

In this first installment of the Thorny Rose Mysteries, the Lovers in Crime join newlyweds Lieutenant Murphy Thornton and Jessica Faraday to sift through a web of lies and cover-ups. Together, can the detectives of the Thorny Rose uncover the truth without falling victim to a cunning killer?

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Lauren Carr
Meet the Author:

Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, and Thorny Rose Mysteries—over twenty titles across three fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns!

Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr’s seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, romance, and humor.

Lauren is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions. She lives with her husband, son, and four dogs (including the real Gnarly) on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV. 

Connect with Lauren: Website  ~  Twitter  ~  Facebook

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BOOK SPOTLIGHT TOUR SCHEDULE:

Feb 1 - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 1 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - book spotlight / guest post
Feb 1 - Books for Books - book spotlight
Feb 2 - Working mommy Journal  - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 2 - fundinmental - book spotlight / author interview
Feb 2 - Books, Dreams, Life - book spotlight / guest post
Feb 3 - Nighttime Reading Center - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 3 - Rockin' Book Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 6 - Celticlady's Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 6 - My Journey Back - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 7 - Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
​Feb 7 - Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - book spotlight 
Feb 8 - A Mama's Corner of the World - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 8 - The Silver Dagger Scriptorium - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 9 - fuonlyknew - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 10 - A Holland Reads - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 13 - For Life After - book spotlight / guest post
Feb 14 - Bound 2 Escape - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 14 - Readers Muse - book spotlight / guest post
Feb 15 - Carol's Notebook - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 16 - Laura's Interests - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 17 - T's Stuff - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 20 - StoreyBook Reviews - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 21 - JBronder Book Reviews - book spotlight / guest post
Feb 22 - Christa Reads and Writes - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 23 - Within The Pages Of A Book - book spotlight / author interview
Feb 24 - Rainy Day Reviews - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 27 - The World As I See It - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 28 - Jessica Cassidy - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 28 - Elsie's Audiobook Digest - book spotlight / author interview
March 5 - Writers and Authors - book spotlight


BOOK REVIEW TOUR SCHEDULE:

March 1 - Working Mommy Journal  - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 1 - 
Within The Pages Of A Book - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
March 1 - 
Katherine Scott Jones - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 2 - Working Mommy Journal  - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
March 2 - 
My Journey Back - review of  Kill and Run / giveaway
March 2 - 
Within The Pages Of A Book - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 3 - 
Books, Dreams, Life - review of Kill and Run
March 3 - The World As I See It - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
March 3 - 
Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
March 3 - 
Books, Dreams, Life - review of A Fine Year for Murder
March 6 - Christa Reads and Writes - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 7 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 7 - 
Library of Clean Reads - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 8 -  For Life After - review of Kill and Run
March 9 - 
 Rockin' Book Reviews -  review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 9 -  T's Stuff - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 9 -  
My Journey Back - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 9 - 
fundinmental - review of A Fine Year for Murder 
March 10 - Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - review of A Fine Year for Murder
March 13 - Olio by Marilyn - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 15 - For Life After - review of A Fine Year for Murder
March 16 - fuonlyknew - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 16 - 
Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 17 - Carol's Notebook - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
March 20 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 20  - 
Rainy Day Reviews - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
March 23 - The World As I See It - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 23 - Rainy Day Reviews - review of A Fine Year for Murder/ giveaway
March 24 - Books for Books - review of Kill and Run
March 27 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - review of Kill and Run / guest post
March 28 - Laura's Interests - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
March 29 - Pause for Tales - review of A Fine Year for Murder / author interview
March 30 - Laura's Interests - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
March 31 - Books for Books - review of A Fine Year for Murder
April 3 - Bound 4 Escape -  ​review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
April 4 - JBronder Book Reviews -  review of Kill and Run 
April 5 - Carol's Notebook - ​review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
April 6 - Dab of Darkness - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
April 6 - 
JBronder Book Reviews -  review of A Fine Year for Murder
April 7 - Mrs Mommy BOOKNERD'S Book Reviews - review of A Fine Year for Murder /                      guest post / giveaway
April 10 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - review of A Fine Year for Murder
April 10 - 
Elsie's Audiobook Digest - review of Kill and Run
April 11 - Turning the Pages - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
April 11 - Readers Muse - review of A Fine Year for Murder
April 12 - Turning the Pages - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
April 13 - Dab of Darkness - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
April 14 - Jessica Cassidy - review of A Fine Year for Murder / giveaway
April 14 - 
Elsie's Audiobook Digest - review of A Fine Year for Murder

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BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Lessons from a Difficult Person: How to Deal with People Like Us by Sarah H. Elliston

1/6/2017

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The methods Elliston offers in her book end the trauma and the drama, and minimize the possibility of confrontation. She gives YOU, the reader, the ability to take a strong, positive, confident—yet compassionate--stance with the “difficult person”—whether that is a relative, coworker, friend, one of your children or anyone else for that matter.
Lessons from a Difficult Person: How to Deal with People Like Us by Sarah H. Elliston
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Book Title:  Lessons from a Difficult Person: How to Deal with People Like Us
Author:  Sarah H. Elliston
​Category:  Adult Non-fiction, 176 pages
Genre:  Self-help / Relationships
Publisher:  CreateSpace
Release date:  November 30, 2016
Tour dates:  Jan 30 to Feb 17, 2017
Content Rating:  G 

Book Description:

The funny thing is that Sarah Elliston never realized she was “a difficult person,” -- someone who harangued people until she got her way, threw snip fits and temper tantrums, talked over her bosses and pointed out what she thought were their misconceptions. In her family, where she felt bullied, the only way she knew how to get someone’s attention and approval was to voice her opinion—and loudly! Without standing her ground, how could she do what she thought was best for herself and everyone around her. She wasn’t intentionally mean-spirited. She was just trying to do what she thought was RIGHT!

Until a kind, but firm, boss woke her up! With great compassion, and strength, her boss pointed out that that her actions had consequences. That in being “difficult,” she was not only disrupting the office camaraderie and production, but impeding her own professional advancement.

That’s the beginning of Sarah’s transformation— when she started on the journey to leave behind the difficult person, and become the woman who teaches others how to deal with difficult people. Sam Elliston is now bringing forth her vital manual on how to awaken the challenging personality, and change both the relationship and the environment, with her new book Dealing with Difficult People; Lessons Learned from a Difficult Person.

Today, Elliston is a highly successful workshop leader and trainer, who offers wisdom learned the hard way—by experience – as well as through rigorous study and certification in many areas of professional training that aid her in her work -- Values Realization, Parent Effectiveness Training and Reality Therapy. She is a faculty member of the William Glasser Institute. Glasser is an internationally recognized psychiatrist and developer of Reality Therapy, a method of psychotherapy that teaches people they have a choice in how they choose to behave.

The methods Elliston offers in her book end the trauma and the drama, and minimize the possibility of confrontation. She gives YOU, the reader, the ability to take a strong, positive, confident—yet compassionate--stance with the “difficult person”—whether that is a relative, coworker, friend, one of your children or anyone else for that matter.

Elliston demonstrates how to:

• Identify the ways to talk to a “difficult” person
• Incorporate true incentives to help people change
• Make real the consequences of the “difficult” person’s action
• Increase success through acceptance and belonging
• Avoid being triggered by the “difficult” person allowing you to neutralize those hot buttons and communicate without judgment

Elliston lays out a proven script for peacefully transforming the difficult person’s behavior and the environment. She gives you the tools for successfully initiating and engaging in a conversation with a difficult person that would lead to change.

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Sarah E. Elliston
Meet the Author:

Sarah (Sam) Elliston is an expert in the art of Dealing with Difficult People. She is a top workshop leader and a member of the faculty of the William Glasser Institute, which espouses “Reality Therapy” to foster behavioral change.

But her instructional career began long before she even became aware that she was herself a “difficult person,” traits that began in Lincoln MA, where she grew up. For more than 30 years she has been teaching and training, first as a high school teacher in Ohio and Cincinnati—and then as an administrator in the notfor-profit sector.

Elliston, who holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Maine and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Brown University, spent 23 years with United Way’s Volunteer Center, coordinating volunteers for city government, training local volunteer coordinators and board volunteers, and managing the volunteer program for United Way.

While at United Way, she developed and managed a certificate-earning series on volunteer management with Northern Kentucky University and The Union Institute. She also taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in Volunteer Program Management at Northern Kentucky University.

Her career at United Way included initiating and managing the Municipal Volunteer Program -- Volunteer Cincinnati -- for 15 years. In addition, she worked closely with nonprofit agencies to empower their volunteer programs and boards of trustees and served on the Executive Committee of the Cincinnati Association of Volunteer Administrators. She has presented at the International Conference on Volunteer Administration, the Conference for National and Community Service and regional and state conferences in Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa, New York, Michigan and Illinois. She is a Certified Volunteer Administrator, the highest level of professional certification in the field.

In addition to her work as a volunteer administrator, Elliston pursued a course of study that would bring her to her current area of expertise. She is now certified in Values Realization, Parent Effectiveness Training and Reality Therapy. She has served as a board member and president of the Values Realization Institute.

Elliston’s passion is training and designing an experience that allows learners to find a process that works for them to make the changes they desire. She is a gentle, persistent, humorous and intelligent trainer, drawing from many sources and always willing to admit that she might not know the answer.

Connect with the author:  Website  ~  Twitter  ~  Facebook  


BOOK SPOTLIGHT TOUR SCHEDULE:

​Jan 30 - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 31 - Books, Dreams, Life - book spotlight
Jan 31 - 100 Pages A Day - book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 31 - Reviews by Room With Books - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Jan 31 - Writers and Authors - book spotlight / author interview
Feb 1 -   Fantastic Feathers - book spotlight / guest post
Feb 1 -   Man of la Book - A Bookish Blog - book spotlight / guest post
Feb 2 -   #redhead.with.book - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 3 -   Laura's Interests - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 3 -   A Mama's Corner of the World - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 6 -   Outset - Rakhi Jayashankar's Blog - book spotlight 
Feb 6 -   Books for Books - book spotlight 
Feb 8 -   Bound 2 Escape - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 9 -  JBronder Book Reviews - book spotlight / author interview
Feb 9 -   Deal Sharing Aunt - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 10 - Cheryl's Book Nook - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 13 - Reading Authors - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 14 - Everyday Gyaan - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 15 - Perfect Chaos - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 16 - Rockin' Book Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 16 - T's Stuff - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 16 - Rainy Day Reviews - book spotlight / author interview
Feb 17 - Health Is Our Key - book spotlight
Feb 17 - Seaside Book Nook - book spotlight / giveaway

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