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Mark Elswick: Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 12:21 AM
December 19, Monday Truly, this was a manic Monday evening. I had a guest appearance on www.flinttalkradio.com'sCreative Alliance @ 6:00. I did that, then left for Toastmasters. I gave my third speech to the group and was very disappointed. I just keep trotting along, headed toward well-known author status--that's the goal, anyhow. I felt my appearance on Creative Alliance rocked. Nic Custer and Jennie Moench were phenomenal. It was only about 15-20 minutes, but I was so proud of the way |
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Mark Elswick: Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:46 PM
December 14,Wednesday Kind of a whirlwind of friend day. Things went bad, good, and great. Let's start with thebad. A friend I've known for a long time and I had a big disagreement on Facebook. But, that's all water under the bridge, so to speak. I won't rehash it all, again, on here. I firmly believe that theDream! Hope! & Believe!messageneedsto be spread in creating traumatic brain injury awareness. No matter if people are sick of hearing it or not, I'm not stopping. Informing/educating America and beyond is a lot like wrestling a guerilla. |
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Mark Elswick: Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:28 PM
December 8, Thursday Today has been, pretty-much, a rest day. :) Local sales have been picking up and going well, and I've been running around a lot. Today, though, I took a break--recharge the batteries. However, I'm still not quite in the Nicholas Sparks, Stephanie Myers, or one, Mr. King, elite class. But, I do Dream! Hope! & Believe! that some day SOON I will be there. So, the name Mark Elswick WILL get there...promise! Tonight, though, I'm doing some demanding work; I'm watching Thursday Night Football, Cleveland is surprisingly playing Pittsburgh VERY tough. |
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Mark Elswick: Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2011 11:58 PM
December 7, Wednesday What a LONG day! It didn't seem as if I was ever going to just get home and RELAX. Busy/hectic day, but productive day, also. Sold eighteen more books and gave an entire box of 92 books to a friend who's very confident that she can sell fifty, but thinks she can sell all of them. (G'luck, Kim and thank you) Met tonight w/another friend about researching some grant opportunites. Unfortunately, we were unable to find any TBI Grants. Fortunately, she says she has a friend who is very well versed in the grant-seeking department. |
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Mark Elswick: Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:36 PM
December 7, Tuesday Well, today was a good day for Padman. It seems word of mouth is finally traveling. Including the one I sold at Toastmasters last night, I sold nine today. Then, I have seven more accounted for to hand deliver tomorrow, and I was told I'll be receiving a check for two copies, tomorrow. Haven't written things out, but give or take a couple, that'll be 40 in six days for non-math major like myself. Let's break down our blog posted goal, almost a week old, of 2500 sales by March 1, 2012, for me to hand-deliver 1000 books to our troops in Afghanistan or Iraq. |
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Mark Elswick: Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2011 4:34 PM
December 1, Thursday Ellllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn: STOP dancing and LISTEN for just a minute, please! Padman: A Dad's Guide to Buying . . . Those and Other Taleshas been available worldwide (dang I like the sound of that; I'm an author, available WORLDWIDE:) ) for exactly two months. Now, Ellen, I dont mean to sound like some psychotic guest wanna be or deranged fan, but, hey, Padman is exploding. If you don't watch it, sooner or later, I may just drop this obsession to share my story w/you and the world and begin writing Jimmy or Dave or, even, Conin. |
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Mark Elswick: Posted on Monday, November 28, 2011 11:03 PM
November 28, Monday Not much to say tonight. I had my Toastmaster's meeting, and I was a speech evaluator for the first time. I'm not too sure I did very well. Also, the girl I evaluated, Lori Lyons, did an amazing job. I'm supposed to have something to constructively criticize. However, she really rocked it. So, I just told the group how impressed I was. O well. Only six days until my Lions are on primetime--Sunday Night FootbalI; I cannot wait. Speaking of football, I'm wondering if my Wolverines are going to SOMEHOW get an upper echelon bowl bit. |
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Mark Elswick: Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2011 11:29 PM
November 27, Sunday This was a long, far-from-relaxing weeknd. Thursday's Thanksgiving was nice. Friday saw some researching crap. Then, Saturday started great; U of M spanked the hated Ohio State. (OK, Spanked isn't quite correct. But, after a 7-year losing streak, "spanked" works. haha). Finally, today, was an epic day. Sunday started in usual fashion; duh! It's Sunday, which could only mean one thing...Tim Horton's. While there, I received an email to my cell from my publisher. |
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Mark Elswick: Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2011 10:43 AM
November 24, Thursday (Thanksgiving) Today is Thanksgiving, the day to give thanks for what you are thankful for. Aside from us all, who should be thankful for family and friends--NOT whinning about what we don't have-- I will have things to be thankful for as long as I am breathing. To start off this morning, I'd like to hear what you're thankful for. I'll kick off this ThankList. It'll probably go a lot like interviews, where people are too shy or just don't want to call in w/a question/comment, but I'd love to hear what you are thankul for on the comments, below. |
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Posted on Saturday, November 19, 2011 12:50 AM
November 18, Friday TAKE TWO! I've been asked a couple of times, what Dream! Hope! & Believe! is? Well, it just popped in my head one day and I loved it. So, I use it a lot. It's all over my business cards, and I sign every book that I sign withDream! Hope! & Believe!included. Perhaps it could mean something different to you, but here's what it means TO ME: Dream!= When we can't do anything except dream b/c our body isn't cooporating with what/who we want to be "in our head," all we can do is dream. |
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