Did you get a Kindle or Nook for Christmas?

If so, you can download 3mph
with just a click for only $2.99!

or 

If you gave someone a Kindle or Nook you

can gift a book to their new e-reader! 

It's easy, just to to Amazon.com or www.bn.com and click on the little "Give as Gift" icon on the right hand side, and Voila! it lands in their email ready to download -- with a nice little gold bow saying it's a gift from you.

   

Happy reading

and 

Merry Christmas!

You're invited to the

2nd Annual

Twelve local Denver authors are gathering to host a celebration of books this holiday season. The books cover all genres from Lauren Miller's best seller 99 Tings You Wish You Knew Before Stressing Out to Polly Letofsky's award winning memoir 3mph: The Adventures of One Woman's Walk Around the World.

The 12 Books of Christmas party will be held:

• Tuesday, November 29
• The Baker St. Pub & Grill in Greenwood Village, Denver
• From 6 - 9pm.
• Plenty of hors d'oeurves and happy hour until 9pm!

The event is also doubling as a benefit for local charity Project Linus, a non-profit that offers handmade blankets and afghans for children in need around the world. If you donate either 2 skeins of brightly colorado yard, 2 yards of polar fleece or a $5 donation, you'll be entered to win the entire collection of The 12 Books of Christmas! The founder of Project Linus is one of the featured authors, Karen Loucks Rinedollar, featuring Working for Peanuts: The Project Linus Story, which has just been honored as a Finalist in the USA Best Book Awards.

So mark you calendars and come join us November 29 for a great evening of friends, food, music and books. And what better gift for your friends and family than a personally signed book?

2nd Annual

12 Books of Christmas present:

Tricia Downing  Cycle of Hope: My Journey from Paralysis to Possibility

Lauren Miller  99 Things You Wish You Knew Before Stressing Out

Jan Haas  Moving Mountains: One Woman's Fight to Live Again

Cara Lopez Lee  They Only Eat Their Husbands

Tracy Fagan  Gratitude, Giggles & Grace

Carmen Swick  Patch Land Adventures (Children's book)

Melissa Kline   My beginning

Andrea Costantine & Lisa Shultz  Speaking Your Truth -- Volume Two

Carron Barrella  More than 36 Days: Four Ordinary Men Face Extraordinary Circumstances

Lynn McLeod  From Simms to Zanzibar: A Story of Hope and Transformation

Karen Loucks Rinedollar  Working for Peanuts: The Project Linus Story

Polly Letofsky 3mph: The Adventures of One Woman's Walk Around the World

When you give 3mph: The Adventures of One Woman's Walk Around the World as a gift this holiday season, $6 will be donated directly to women fighting breast cancer.

How does it work?

When you order 3mph online we'll give $3 of every order to Sense of Security. Until the end of the year, and up to $2,000, each donation to Sense of Security's Wait List Campaign will be matched. That's a total of $6 from each book!

There are so many women that need financial assistance that  Sense of Security has a wait list for women waiting to get our help. But they need help now. This campaign is specifically for the women on the Wait List.     

So as we enter this holiday season, consider giving your loved ones the personally signed award winning* book, 3mph, and have your gift keep giving.    

Click here to order 3mph 
while giving $6 to Sense of Security

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3mph wins Best Travel Essay
at 2011 IPPY Awards!

 

It was an honor to get the word that 3mph: The Adventures of One Woman's Walk Around the World had won this year's Best Travel Essay honors at the 2011 IPPY Awards. (Independent Publisher Book Awards.)

On the heals of that award many many book clubs are choosing 3mph for their monthly read, and therefore I would love to continue the offer to come visit your book club.  

3mph wins 2011 Best Travel Essay

Some groups have passed a hat around for a donation to Sense of Security, an organization that financially assists women going through breast cancer. Sometimes I've done a T-shirt giveaway. Many groups have a potluck with various foods from the countries I walked through -- and, OK, a few international wines as well. No matter what the party...er...I mean, book club does we always have a great time full of tales exposing "the rest of the story."

The guidelines are pretty simple:

• Within an hours drive of the Denver metro area
• If you're outside the Denver metro area we could Skype!

So please let me know if your book club is reading 3mph and I would be happy to come answer questions -- I may even bring Indian food! 

"Five out of five stars. 3mph is a solid and strongly recommended read that shouldn't be missed!"

        -- Midwest Book Review 

What are the top 3 reasons

to go for a walk?

"Walking is man's best medicine."

-Hippocrates

Hippocrates must have been a smart guy! There's a wealth of research to prove that walking is good for you and the results are impressive: major reductions in both diabetes and heart disease. More important:

1. Walking reduces the risk of breast cancer! Women who performed the equivalent of one hour and 15 minutes to two and a half hours per week of brisk walking had an 18% decreased risk of braest cancer compared with inactive women!

2.  Walking is good for your brain. In a study on walking and cognitive function, researchers found that women who walked the equivalent of an easy pace at least 1.5 hours per week had significantly better cognitive function and less cognitive decline than women who walked less than 40 minutes per week. Think about that!

3.  Walking is good for your bones. Research shows that postmenopausal women who walk approximately one mile each day have higher whole-body bone density than women who walk shorter distances, and walking is also effective in slowing the rate of bone loss from the legs.

The list goes on, but I'll continue it next month. I have to go for a walk!

Thank you for making our Erin Seabold breast cancer fund raiser sooo successful!

On Tuesday, July 28, the Denver women's business community came together to support one of their own. Erin Seabold, serial entrepreneur, business leader, and single mother of three, has been diagnosed with an aggressive case of breast cancer. She's always been there for us, so it was our turn to help.
 

And help there was! We held an enormous silent auction, had wine, music, food and generally frolicking at Frame de Art, where we raised over $6,300 for Erin and her family. (And growing!)

Erin was overheard saying, "I don't quite know how to handle being on this side of the outreach; I'm usually the one who throws these things." I say get used to it! Your people love you!

For those of you who were unable to attend and still want to help, there is an Erin Seabold Benefit Fund set up at the 1st Bank of Colorado.

Thanks to EVERYONE who donated items, bought items and came out to lend their support. Friends helping friends; that's how it should be.