Category: Blog
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For sale now on Amazon
Pre-order is active on Amazon.com for July 4, 2015, release of Crossing Swords: Mary Baker Eddy vs. Victoria Claflin Woodhull and the Battle for the Soul of Marriage by Cindy Safronoff. Currently available in paperback or digital e-book for the Amazon Kindle reader, place your order now to be among the first readers of this…
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Sending out Kickstarter rewards
Backers of the Crossing Swords Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign have begun receiving their rewards! Advance copies of the paperback edition of the book is now being sent out to supporters. This has been a major undertaking. It has temporarily transformed the dining room table into a workstation. I think of it as the Launchpad. Each book has been carefully autographed and signed (when…
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Honoring Mother
The religious followers of the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy simply called her Mother. The church she built in Boston was sometimes referred to as “Mother’s church.” Today it is informally called The Mother Church. Ironically, Eddy had little experience as a mother in her own life. After her first husband died of illness, she gave…
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Promotional materials now available
This One Thing, the publisher for Crossing Swords, has put together promotional materials and a publicity release to include with advance copies now going out to book review editors at trade magazines and other publications. It currently consists of a press release, fact sheet, praise quotes from selected endorsers, and a print of the illustration page in the book. See…
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First Advance Copies Printed
I cannot fully express how amazing it was to pick up the first box of paperback copies of Crossing Swords from the printers. I have worked so long, so hard, for so many years to get to this point. I can hold my book in my hands and thumb through the pages. My babe is finally here,…
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Woodhull stars as Hillary Clinton campaign begins
Victoria Woodhull’s 1872 presidential campaign is in the news this week as commentators put Hillary Clinton’s April 12 candidacy announcement into historical context. No, Hillary Clinton is not the first woman to run for United States President. She may be the first woman to have a real chance at winning the election, but many women…
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Crossing Swords Kickstarter in Kinetics Magazine
What fun to receive the Spring 2015 issue of Kinetics and see the blurb on my Crossing Swords Kickstarter project! My campaign image is the first item in the Seattle Country Day School (SCDS) magazine Class Notes section (page 16). The two-sentence update focuses on the success of the fundraiser and how it was picked by Kickstarter as the featured publishing project. Not every grade…
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The Quest for Book Reviews
Now that the editing is done and Crossing Swords is being processed by the printer, I can turn my full attention to the next crucial step: getting book reviews! Without at least one book review from a well-respected book trade journal, public libraries may not even consider adding the book to their collections. To be reviewed by…