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Hi, I just finished reading The Woman I Am Becoming and I am so thankful for this book! Thank you following God’s leading to write such a book. I am a year into recovery for an addiction and have moved in the last year to a new city, believing God had something new to do in me and through me.
A year ago, I believed I felt God’s leading to write a book about my experience, but I have found the process to be a great struggle. I want to discover God’s purpose for my life, and I am beginning to understand that surrendering each day to Him and allowing Him to open my eyes to the opportunities to love others around me is in fact a big part of His purpose.
I know you are quite busy, but if you have a moment would you please pray that I will surrender to Him all my dreams, fears, and hang ups so that I can fully live out the plan He has for me. And also, if writing a book is actually a part of His plan, that I will not give up on it.
Thank you so much! - Aimee
From Suzie: I’m honored and humbled to pray with and for you, Aimee. I am never too busy to pray for a new friend and a sister in Christ. In fact, it will be the best part of my day.
Suz
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4:46 am |
Want to listen to an interview?
I loved talking with the ladies at WLGT Blog Radio, Sandra and Sarah. We talked about The Woman I Am Becoming, discussing things like twentysomethings and faith, twentysomethings and relationships, twentysomethings and community. For all you twentysomethings who will later read this post on Facebook, tune in and let me know what you think. I love hearing what you have to say. Always.
Go to WLGT and click on my interview (2nd from top)! Have a great listen and let me know what you think.
Order The Woman I Am Becoming: Embrace the Chase for Identity, Faith, and Destiny.
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4:19 am |
Impact for Life Book Drive!
UPDATE!
Three checks have arrived: $25, $21, $35 (THANKS!)
Mel, Director of Impact for Life is excited that the news of this amazing ministry to women in prison is being shared. My hopes are for a miracle - the five loaves and fish kind — will you join me?
It’s rare that I step outside my comfort zone to ask anyone to help with a cause. It’s a hard thing for me to do.
But last February I traveled to Denver, CO to a conference. While I was there, I checked out a ministry in The Springs called Impact for Life. It’s a ministry to men and women in jail, but also to their families, especially their children.
Impact for Life believes that when an inmate is freed, that there must be a support system in place to help them, and their families, succeed. They start inside the prison, holding mini-conferences in prisons across the nation. They work with chaplains to create libraries and to provide books, audio materials, and support material to help them grow as a person, as a mom or dad, and in their faith. This is a complete volunteer nonprofit organization.
And it’s changing lives! (more…)
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8:51 am |
WLGT Radio - Thursday, 9/4, 8pm (EST)
Don’t Miss It!
Join Sarah and Sandra On WLGT - “The Christian Women’s View” Thursdays 8PM EST
This week’s guest: T. Suzanne Eller
Believing that God redeems our life stories, Suzanne teaches you how to give every chapter of your life to a relevant and life-changing Savior.
Fresh from her ground-breaking book The Mom I Want to Be, speaker and young-adult mentor Suzie Eller offers 18-to-29-year-old women an honest, faith-filled look at the journey to maturity. In The Woman I Am Becoming, she acknowledges the pressure to look and act a certain way, and helps readers explore key questions.
Listen in at www.blogtalkradio.com/welovegirltalk
AND Call In - Join the Girl talk!! (646) 595-4187
If you do not have unlimited long distance, you may want to go to http://www.skype.com.
You can easily download their software and make long distance calls anywhere in the U.S. absolutely FREE!
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3:36 am |
Interview: Amy Hammond Hagberg, Part 2
Suzie and Amy Hammond Hagberg continue conversation from yesterday about How Do You Know God is Real?
Suzie: I love stories. Many times I sit in church, and it’s not the sermon or the music that moves me, but what I see happening in the lives of those around me — simply because of a relationship with Christ. What was your most interesting interview, and why?
Amy: Now, THAT is a tough question! I truly enjoyed speaking with all of the participants in my book series for different reasons. Of the athletes, Dwight Howard from the NBA’s Orlando Magic (also on the dream team at the Beijing Olympics) was probably one of my favorites.
First of all, he is an absolutely amazing athlete—he is currently ranked #1 in the league for both rebounds and blocks. (more…)
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4:18 am |
An Interview w/Amy Hammond Hagberg, Part 1
Amy is an author and host of a radio talk show called God Unplugged. I recently read her new book with the same title in a series titled,“How Do You Know He’s Real?. Amy interviewed musical artists, Olympic athletes, and others who say that knowing Jesus transformed their lives. Thanks for joining me and Amy as we talk about her new book, writing, and living faith in a real world.
Suzie: Hi Amy, thanks for joining me today. Your radio show and your book is called “God Unplugged”. What does that mean to you?
Amy: You know, Suzie, as Christians we too often put God in a box. We have a tendency to keep Him at arms length and only focus on that relationship at church on Sunday mornings. The idea behind “God Unplugged” is to take Christ out from behind the pulpit and to allow Him to be an integral part of every aspect of our lives… because Jesus is not just for Sundays!
That means bringing God to work with us, into the classroom, and into our homes on a full-time basis. If you are having trouble with your family, God wants to be part of that. If you are struggling in school, God wants to walk right beside you there as well. God wants to be there for you in the big things and the small… he’ll help you manage a crisis or addiction, but He’ll also help you find your car keys! (more…)
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4:03 am |
Blog Carnival
Sound like fun? Get 500+ bloggers together and give away a ton of stuff. Sounds like a blast to me! A blog carnival is just that. It’s people from all over the nation giving away freebies to people like you.
I’m honored to be a part. I’m giving away an autographed copy of The Mom I Want to Be: Rising Above Your Past to Give Your Kids a Great Future!
This book is for women who experienced a painful past and want to not only find healing, but to unpack harmful parenting baggage to give their kids a greater legacy. This is what others are saying about it:
“Suzie Eller shares out of her own experience. She has lived the words in this book. She understands the struggles of which she speaks. She’s the real thing—genuine, authentic, and honest. But Suzie is not only compassionate, she’s wise. As she has journeyed to become the mother she longed to have, she has learned some valuable principles in the process. What she shares within these pages are the fruits born out of her personal experience.” —Jill Savage, mother of five; founder and Executive Director of Hearts at Home
“I wish I’d had The Mom I Want to Be during the years I was trying to be a mom! Suzie Eller’s transparency and wisdom is nothing short of amazing. The Holy Spirit is clearly alive in the relationships of hope and healing threaded thoughout the pages. It was hard to put down—a must read for moms of any age.” —Allison Bottke, speaker and author of the God Allows U–Turns series and God Answers Prayers series
To win, leave a comment below. Contest ends on Friday at midnight. I’ll announce the winner on Saturday - please leave an e-mail or way to get in touch with you!
If you want to check out all the amazing giveaways at the blog carnival, go to Don’t Try This at Home blog.
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6:12 pm |
Exciting news
When my agent signed me as her client, it was because she liked my fiction writing. I had shared a manuscript with her I had written for young teens called Sticks and Stones and Skinny Bones.
That was 8 years ago, 600 nonfiction articles and five nonfiction books later.
Though nonfiction fits my love of ministry, fiction remains my dream. I write articles. I chew through deadlines for my nonfiction books. But in my off time I spin stories. Nonfiction is work. But time slips by when I write fiction. I get lost in the story, the characters, the research, the path that it takes me.
In the past few years I’ve written four fiction books, and they nest securely on my flash drive.
But maybe, just maybe, they’ll soon become reality. (more…)
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9:15 am |
Suzie’s holding a blog tour! Want to join?
BLOG TOUR & GIVEAWAY
PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kathy Carlton Willis, Publicist
956-642-6319
WillisWay@aol.com
Dear Bloggers,
I’d like to invite you to participate in a multi-book blog tour from July 10 to August 1. T. Suzanne Eller is the author of five books and is touring with three, The Woman I Am Becoming:Embrace the Chase for Identity, Faith, and Destiny, The Mom I Want to Be: Rising Above Your Past to Give Your Kids a Great Future and Making It Real: Whose Faith is it Anyway?.
If you choose to host this blog tour, let me know the date and Suzanne will try to drop in and post a note to your readers. Because of the amount and diversity of material, you might also consider splitting this tour into 3 days…one for each book.
For hosting the blog tour, you’ll receive a copy of one of Suzanne’s books and your readers will be eligible for an exciting contest (see below). Feel free to cut and paste the information below for your readers. I look forward to hearing from you!
The Contest
1. During this blog tour, any reader who responds to Twila Belk at iamstraightway@aol.com with the name of a church or organization that is interested in having Suzie in as a guest speaker, will receive all three of Suzie’s books (up to 10 sets will be given away on a first come first serve basis).
2. If any of your readers contact Twila regarding a Bible study group or book club wanting to use Suzie’s materials, their groups will receive conference calls from Suzie to kick off or conclude their studies.
3. All readers who post a comment regarding Suzie’s books will be placed in a grand prize drawing on August 2, 2008, for a delightful gift basket filled with Dove chocolates, five of Suzie’s books autographed personally, a candle, and a coffee cup (see above).
Kathy Carlton Willis | 1324 South 10th Street | Raymondville, TX
From Suzie: Kathy Carlton Willis is my wonderful publicist. Contact her for details (her contact information is at the top of the press release).
She’ll send you a wonderful Q&A on any or all of these topics (overcoming the past, teens and their faith in today’s cultural world, or what twentysomething women are talking about and the art of mentoring). I hope this is great information for your readers, and I’d LOVE to stop by and be a part of the blog tour and answer additional questions or participate in some way!
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8:01 am |
ICRS - Staying home
It’s been interesting this week. I’m on several writing and speaking loops and the buzz is all about ICRS (International Christian Retail Show). They are talking about flights and shuttles and hotels, and interviews and book signings, and get-togethers.
And for the first time in eight years, I won’t be a part.
But it’s okay. I’m not supposed to be there this year, and I’m at peace with that. Other things are taking precedence and financially it just doesn’t make sense. I expected to nose dive when the buzz started. I love ICRS.
Last year I had two books coming out, one with Kregel and one with Harvest House. I had TV interviews, radio interviews, dinners and brunches and late night hang-out time with some of my favorite authors and speakers. I changed clothes at least twice a day, sometimes more as I jetted from one event to the next in the Hotlanta sun. I got to meet musical artists and hear their new songs and CD’s. I listened to speakers like Rob Bell. I perused the massive ICRS floor where publishers presented their new titles. I spent time sitting with good friends who LOVE the same things I do, like ministry and writing, and talked shop. I was one of the authors at the Personality party, an event where I got to meet some of my favorite writers.
But there was one moment that was better than all of those. A transforming moment.
I was in line holding a plate filled with delicious breakfast. It was a Harvest House Publishers brunch. Stormie O’Martien and her daughter sat nearby. Emilie Barnes and her sweet husband, George, were at the table behind me. Reps and media filled the room, waiting to visit with these A-list authors. Suddenly an arm slipped through mine.
“Sit with me,” the woman said, standing near me.
I turned. Kay Arthur.
“Yes, mam,” I replied. (more…)
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11:33 am |
