Do You Dream?

During the past couple of weeks, I made a very hasty decision - one that would help other
people and help us, too, but it took valuable time from another area and basically, created more problems than it solved. Last night, I made the difficult decision to change course, knowing that I would be letting a friend down, but the new decision was best for me and my family.

This morning, when my husband woke, he said he had a message for me. He said, "Woman, you need to follow your dreams and quit chasing after random things."

All day long, I've thought of his words and realized he's right (he usually is).

I have two primary professional goals:

1) to help other people, but in a different way than this other opportunity. I love helping other people make their dreams of publishing a book come true. I love serving as a conduit through which people can share their stories - their testimonies - their lives - through the written word and through picture books for children, and publish those books so that others might learn, be inspired, or be entertained. That is my goal and it is my dream.

2) to write screenplays. I'm in the final weeks of earning my MFA in screenwriting, and I can't wait until I'm able to spend quality time honing the ideas and scripts I started during school. My goals are to write them - my dreams are to have them produced into film or produce them myself. We'll see where the Lord leads on that one, won't we? It's been a fun journey, and I'm already working with a couple of authors on adapting their novels into screenplays. The best of both worlds!!

Yes, I am a dreamer.

Are you? What are your dreams?

Do you dream of publishing a book?

If so, I'd love to talk to you more about the whole process. Let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to send me an e-mail or Facebook message. I'd love to see if we could make your dreams a reality.

What's Your Story?

What story do you have to tell?

Is it nonfiction - perhaps a self-help book or maybe a memoir of your life?

Do you write poetry? Would you like to include your poems in one book to share with others?

Is it fiction? Are novels your storytelling outlet? Or do you write books for children, to stir their imagination or to help teach them lessons or values?




Now is the time to share your story. Send me an e-mail (info@TMPbooks.com) or a note on Facebook, and let's talk about the possibilities!


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Latest Release: My Summer with Jimmy & Nan Dee

We're excited to announce our latest release, My Summer with Jimmy & Nan Dee, by Jane J. Hart.

My Summer with Jimmy & Nan Dee is a touching memoir by newcomer, Jane J. Hart, recounting how simple life was for her daddy growing up in the deep South beginning in the 1930s. She wanted to take advantage of the time she has left with her father by going back in time and writing their history so it may be passed down to future generations. While walking memory lane with her father, Jane realizes how important living a slower paced life is to her own existence.  

The author's longing for simplicity and peace in her own life, while tackling the challenging journey of caring for her severely handicapped daughter, will make you laugh and cry. As Jane records the past, an unexpected visitor helps her see what is genuinely important and shows her how to experience the calm she has so desperately searched for.

Available in paperback and on Kindle.

About the Author:

Jane J. Hart loves telling stories about the ‘sometimes hard to believe’ roller coaster she calls ‘her life’ and she has always wanted to write them down to give you a laugh, share a cry, or inspire you with hope. This desire is what led her to blogging and eventually to her first book My Summer with Jimmy and Nan Dee.

She feels history is super important, especially when it is your own, for people to know who and where they came from and what life was like at the time. That is where this book was born.

Since she is the writer in the family, with aging parents and a passion for writing, she felt it was an adventure that needed to be taken before time was lost.

Jane lives with her husband and two daughters in the deep South where it’s all about extra syllables and sweet tea. She is an avid supporter of all people with special needs and her colorful, spunky personality is not afraid to speak up for those who have no voice. She can take the ho-hum, boring everyday life or daunting reality and turn it into something positive and funny. She is genuine and inspiring and believes it is all about the little things.

You can find her hilarious dose of reality on her website: www.lookforthegoodinc.com. She is also on Facebook as Look for the good and on Instagram @lookforthegoodinc.

New Memoir Releases in Print, on Kindle, and in Large Print

We're excited to announce our latest release, Finding His Strength: An Orphan's Journey to Healing and Wholeness by Estelle H. Herndon.

Finding His Strength, which has already landed on several Amazon Top 100 lists, is available in three formats: print, Kindle, and large print.

Essie's story is powerful and poignant - and I've never admired anyone so much for being willing to open herself up the way she did in this book. The woman is remarkable, and her story will change lives - and she gives God every bit of the glory. He redeemed her life so beautifully after man tried to destroy her. May God use her mightily!



About the Author:

Estelle “Essie” H. Herndon, is a Christ Follower, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and prayer warrior. She has worked alongside her husband, Robert, as his paralegal for over forty-seven years.

Essie is active in her church. She teaches with her husband in Bible studies and leading small groups, helping with Women’s Ministries and Grief Ministries, from youth to young married adults.

She is also active in her community, having served on various boards over the years.

Her family and friends are her hobbies. She and husband Robert enjoy traveling which has included Georgia football games. She and brother Robert meet almost daily for breakfast.

She truly tries to please God in her daily activities, always remembering where she has been in her past and how God has worked in her life for His Honor. She lives in Georgia.

Loving life. Free in HIS strength!

Finding His Strength is available at Amazon, and at most booksellers by request.

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Kindle
Large print

New Release: The Little Voice by Julie E. Landon

We're excited to announce our newest release, The Little Voice, written by Julie E. Landon and illustrated by Amanda Gaskins Morris.

Available in print and on Kindle!

Have you ever heard a little voice?

Not a voice that anyone else can hear, but a voice from deep inside your heart?

You have to really listen.  It’s there. This story is about hearing that voice, listening to it and realizing where that voice is coming from.

Join Eddy as he experiences that voice for the first time and learn along side of him just how important it is to listen and follow that little voice.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever 

believes in him shall not perish but will have everlasting life. 

John 3:16 

About the Author:

Julie Etheridge Landon has always loved creating stories.  She graduated from Georgia College & State University with a degree in Journalism. She is passionate about seeking God’s will and spreading his word. “The Little Voice” is her first children’s book.  Julie lives with her husband, Eddy, and two children, Eddy and Lillie, in Georgia. Visit with us on Facebook at “The Little Voice.”

About the Illustrator:

Amanda Gaskins Morris grew up in the deep country of south Georgia. As a child, she road tractors with her granddaddy, playing in plowed soil, with tobacco horn worms, and roaming the woods barefoot on hot summer days. She became a musician like her father whom she idolized.  In her teen years the Lord gave her the gift of drawing. Which she has passed on to children as an art teacher and now passes it to children of Tattnall Square Academy in Macon. She is also an active art instructor through the ministry Truth Be Told Art.

www.TruthBeToldArt.com