NEW YORK—October 17, 2017—Morgan James’s new book release, The Success of Failure: A Coming of Age Fable About Overcoming Failure Despite Ourselves by Mike Bensi, portrays success is possible despite ourselves as it appeals to current and aspiring managers and leaders, especially organizations with younger generations (25-39) in the workplace.

The Success of Failure reveals how failure can teach leaders to grow and improve themselves as it follows Tony, the new vice president of a tech firm in Nashville. Tony grows familiar and comfortable in his new role, but soon conflict and failure confront him and loses self-confidence and in others. Bensi tells this story to demonstrate failure is not a bad thing because when it occurs, it shows people when they must alter their thoughts, beliefs, and actions to achieve their goals. It supports establishing the fundamentals in developing a new generation of younger leaders. As new leaders emerge, leadership skills are essential to succeed in the workplace.

With this fictional narrative comes lessons about organizational leadership, leadership development, social and emotional intelligence, but most importantly overcoming failure. Bensi tells readers how to deal with “head-trash” (negative thoughts and feelings delaying progress), regain ownership when given to others, and use empathy to gain their footing with their workplace relationships. The Success of Failure teaches leaders and managers failure is inevitable and they must learn to see it as an opportunity to learn from their mistakes as they grow in wisdom and strive toward their goals.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Mike Bensi, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674.

About the Author:

Mike Bensi has spent nearly two decades watching organizations struggle with the idea of leadership and leading others. He’s watched countless rising stars move into a management role, only to see the star fall from the heavens because of the perceived lack of leadership and management skills. Or was it the lack of tools and resources that caused their downfall?

Back before he started consulting with organizations, the topics surrounding culture were still in their infancy. Yet, he realized the importance of culture and putting employees first, and started teaching these lessons with the businesses he worked with. But now, culture and newer generations are here – and they’re here to stay. And both are vital for the success of the future of every organization.

Today, Mike helps organizations and leaders create strategies to transform their cultures, and the leaders who are there to support the transformation.

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The Success of Failure: A Coming of Age Fable About Overcoming Failure Despite Ourselves by Mike Bensi will be released by Morgan James Publishing on October 28, 2017. The Success of Failure—ISBN 978-1683504245—has 208 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $16.95

About Morgan James Publishing:
Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. (www.MorganJamesPublishing.com)  

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NEW YORK—October 10, 2017—Morgan James’s new release, Taking Your Place at the Table: The Art of Refusing to Be an Outsider by Joseph Bensmihen, guides readers into discovering their own potential to be an insider in any capacity. From the business world to the schoolyard, everyone has the potential to become involved and connect with others.

Moving forward in any setting relies on the ability to connect with other people. Finding out how to move into the ‘insider’ circle is often easier said than done. Taking Your Place at the Table focuses on how business professionals can approach any table with confidence, using the right questions and perspective to know when and how to approach, stay, and eventually leave any group and situation they may come across.

Not a classic business guide, Taking Your Place at the Table looks into Joseph Bensmihen’s experiences and gives readers examples supported by key practices and knowledge on how to approach others and grasp the motivation needed to tackle any issue. From ‘Building your own table’ to ‘Helping others leave with grace and dignity’, Joseph’s guide can help readers find their own path to the tables in their lives. Finding the courage to help others and themselves can be easier to realize than ever.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Joseph Bensmihen, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674.

About the Author:

At age six, Joseph Bensmihen walked into the office of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, asked for an immediate meeting with him, and got it. Since then, he has fine-tuned the art of getting to the table—while becoming a millionaire and a highly successful business leader. He has met with the last three American presidents, Vice President Pence, and many senators, and has advised multiple members of Congress. He has given hundreds of talks at a wide range of venues, from Chautauqua Institute to Yeshiva University to Friendship Circle events.

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Taking Your Place at the Table: The Art of Refusing to Be an Outsider by Joseph Bensmihen, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on October 10, 2017. Taking Your Place at the Table—ISBN 978-1683504528—has 232 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $17.95.

About Morgan James Publishing:

Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. (www.MorganJamesPublishing.com)

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NEW YORK—October 10, 2017—Morgan James’s new book release, Stepping Up: Finding Healing for Your Life and Hope for the Future by Donalyn Powell, offers hope and encouragement to tweens, teens, and young adults contemplating suicide and engaging in self-destructive behaviors.

Stepping Up contains letters to the author from teenagers speaking about their struggles with suicide, depression, sex, drug addiction, pregnancy, abuse, bullying, and self-destructive behavior. Powell, a long-time youth and suicide prevention advocate, offers a personal and practical message amid dismal situations because she believes God has a purpose for each person only he or she can fulfill.

Powell shares how she discovered her calling from God, what she did to achieve her life’s purpose, and life experiences that shaped her religious perspective. She explains the process of going from hopeless to hope, from questions to understanding, from lost dreams to creating new ones as she instills hope and faithfulness to the teenagers writing to her. Powell’s spiritual journey enables her to advise teenagers the best course to take when they or someone they know attempts suicide, or engages in destructive behavior.

Stepping Up follows teenagers as they reveal their emotional pain amid their suicidal thoughts (or someone they know). It peeks into a teenager’s life and their problems and examines the outcome. Powell tells teenagers God is in control and that they must turn to him in everything they do and say.

For preteens, teenagers, and young adults experiencing suicidal thoughts and harmful behaviors, or know someone dealing with them, Stepping Up promotes healing, hope, and happiness.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Donalyn Powell, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674.

About the Author:

Donalyn Powell is a Christian author, inspirational speaker, and long-time suicide-prevention advocate. She has appeared on national television and has been interviewed by Christian magazines, newspapers, and radio. Her photographs and design work have won her many awards in the arts. She lives with her husband in central Virginia at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Stepping Up: Finding Healing for Your Life and Hope for the Future by Donalyn Powell will be released by Morgan James Publishing on October 10, 2017. Stepping Up—ISBN 9781683503897—has 178 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $16.99

About Morgan James Publishing:
Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. (www.MorganJamesPublishing.com)

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NEW YORK—October 10, 2017—Morgan James’s new release, Stack It Up!: Stop Losing Talent; Build the Next Level Together by Janeen Latini, is for leaders in small to midsized businesses ages 35-65 that want to retain their talented employees and take their organization to the levels of success that it should be reaching.

Losing employees not only deprives businesses of someone who knows ‘how it works’, it creates a large financial drain as talent has to be found elsewhere.  Stack It Up!: Stop Losing Talent; Build the Next Level Together is concerned with finding proactive methods to plug up talent drain and create the teams that a business will need in order to tackle the market with the energy and organization required to find greater profit.

Going over the ‘whys and hows’ behind staff turnover, and how it can also be heathy for a growing business. Stack It Up! covers important bases on its journey to help create a better business. Looking at critical issues in business growth and management such as finding the right talent, managing and fostering employee growth, and fostering company values in the workplace to create a better customer and employee experience, stacking up one’s own business can now fit on a shelf!

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Janeen Latini, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674.

About the Author:

Janeen M. Latini, best-selling author of Love to Lead. Lead to Love., is a certified leadership coach who specializes in working with leaders, teams, and organizations during times of change. She prepares leaders to be successful in high-visibility, high-pressure situations, while finding balance in their everyday lives. Her clients appreciate her candor and her commitment to supporting them in bringing their best selves forward in work and in life.

A certified Leadership Coach, change management practitioner, management consultant, and published author and playwright, she brings 20 years of applied experience and a whole-hearted approach to her practice.

Janeen previously served as the Program Manager for Booz Allen Hamilton’s Center for Change Management, where she led investments in intellectual capital, staff development, and industry relations. She holds a BA in Psychology, and an MA in Organizational Development from The George Washington University; is an Associate Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation; a Certified Leadership Coach and a Certified Change Management Advanced Practitioner by Georgetown University.  Janeen is a founding member of the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP), and was a speaker at the 2013 ACMP Global Conference: Coaching Leaders Through Change. Janeen served as Co-Chair of Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership 2014 Graduate Coaches Conference: Resilience: Coaching Leaders Through Challenging Times.

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Stack It Up!: Stop Losing Talent; Build the Next Level Together by Janeen Latini, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on October 10, 2017. Stack It Up!—ISBN 978-1683504306—has 134 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $14.95.

About Morgan James Publishing:

Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. (www.MorganJamesPublishing.com)

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NEW YORK—October 3, 2017—Morgan James’s new release, The Art of Getting Everything: How to Negotiate for What You Want and More by Elizabeth Suarez, builds an argument for managing personal net worth and finding out useful tactics for building the life that many want years from now. For millennial Latinas that are looking for a realistic, but effective balance between life and work.

The Art of Getting Everything: How to Negotiate for What You Want and More shows many how accepting a job that pays the bills is great, but to find the future success that one wants there needs to be a plan. Elizabeth Suarez gives readers the tactics and tools they can use to build their own future plan, and how to ask themselves the right questions when looking at an experience that will take up their working and personal time.

Finding one’s path to success is more than planning. The Art of Getting Everything also outlines valuable skills useful in negotiating and resolving conflict in the home and the workplace to better prepare professional millennials for the future they are working towards. From building plans from 90 days to 5 years, managing the life of a young professional is more focused thanks to this guide and one’s own effort!  

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Elizabeth Suarez, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674.

About the Author:
Elizabeth Suárez is an accomplished practitioner, management consultant and expert in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Leadership. With more than 15 years spent climbing the ranks of Corporate America, Elizabeth confirms “With New Phraseology Comes a Shift in Responsibility”, as she too further broadened her knowledge base and sharpened her negotiation skillset.  Today, Elizabeth is highly regarded as an author, speaker, facilitator, coach, strategist, trainer and mediator. Most importantly, Elizabeth researched, studied and understands Millennial, Generation Y, Generation X and Baby Boomers and has created a platform to effectively work with them.

As a bi-cultural and bilingual strategist, Elizabeth is an expert in providing an amicable environment where difficult issues can be successfully addressed and resolved. Currently, Elizabeth works with clients in the fields of Higher Education, Government and Business.  

Elizabeth holds an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.  She completed the Executive Management Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She is a graduate of the prestigious National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) program, as well as the Center for Creative Leadership and Leadership Denver. She received her mediation training from the Colorado Council of Mediators and the Colorado Bar Association. In addition, Elizabeth is a certified MBTI practitioner.

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The Art of Getting Everything: How to Negotiate for What You Want and More by Elizabeth Suarez, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on October 3, 2017. The Art of Getting Everything—ISBN 978-1683503798—has 128 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $12.95.

About Morgan James Publishing:

Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. (www.MorganJamesPublishing.com)

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NEW YORK—October 3, 2017—Morgan James’s new release, Sustained Leadership WBS: A Disciplined Project Approach to Building You and Your Team into Better Leaders by Thomas G. Reid, is a guidebook for leaders both growing and established on how to further improve their skills and identify leadership practices throughout their experience as a leader.

Leadership requires immense self-discipline, concentration, and practice with handling ambiguity in any form. Sustained Leadership WBS: A Disciplined Project Approach to Building You and Your Team into Better Leaders is an in-depth look into how leadership can be developed in anyone, regardless of their starting point. Under the headings of Compassion, Competence, Character, Communication, and Commitment, Thomas G. Reid shows leaders how they can modify and improve their own capabilities.     

Utilizing 229 different leadership attributes, the Work Breakdown Structure helps leaders focus their energies on elements that they need to improve or modify to lead effectively with any team. Valuable techniques used by leaders to manage their time and set goals are also included. Reid gives his readers valuable tools to gauge their progress and break bad habits in order to realize their potential as leaders and help their organizations work to their fullest potential.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Thomas Reid, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674.

About the Author:
Tom Reid has over 35 years of experience in leadership and has written four previous books as well as book chapters, and more than two dozen articles related to business, contracting, government, and leadership. He holds a BA, JD and MPA. His current work is devoted to the subject of developing yourself as a leader, a subject Reid has taught for many years and demonstrated in the many leadership roles in which he has performed.

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Sustained Leadership WBS: A Disciplined Project Approach to Building You and Your Team into Better Leaders by Thomas Reid, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on October 3, 2017. Sustained Leadership WBS—ISBN 978-1683505938—has 686 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $39.95.

About Morgan James Publishing:

Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. (www.MorganJamesPublishing.com)

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NEW YORK—October 3, 2017—Morgan James’s new release, Get Smarter Marketing: The Small Business Owner’s Guide to Building a Savvy Business by Jill Brennan, gives small businesses and new marketers the tools necessary to build up their brand and reap the benefits of a consistently successful marketing program.

With the sheer number of brands and sea of marketing activity, it is difficult to make smaller brands and marketing campaigns stand out in the crowd. The top companies have campaign budgets in the hundred-millions, far beyond the resources available to many smaller businesses.  

This lack of resources is not a crippling blow to small marketing campaigns. It just calls for smarter tactics. In Get Smarter Marketing: The Small Business Owner’s Guide to Building a Savvy Business Jill Brennan establishes the need to connect with customers to create a smarter, more efficient marketing plan versus a brute force method.

Using marketing plans effectively and intelligently requires both consistency and dedication. Without these even the best plan can fail if implemented poorly, requiring good team management and dedicated work from the marketing staff. Jill Brennan shows people how they can approach their customers effectively no matter the market, and apply effective management strategies in order to transform how they approach selling their brand to a larger audience.  

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Jill Brennan, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674.

About the Author:

Jill Brennan has worked in, with and for small businesses for over 20 years.  As the founder of Harbren Marketing, she has generated thousands of leads and sales for businesses in very competitive niches.

She has generated thousands of leads and sales for businesses in very competitive niches. This practical experience is underpinned by a Bachelor of Arts and post-graduate qualifications in International Marketing. She is a regular contributor to Smallville, a blog for small businesses that think big, and has written articles for national publications.

After realizing there was a gap in the market for mentoring and training to empower small businesses to develop their own marketing, she has focused her efforts on providing businesses with the knowledge and guidance to up-skill and shape their own marketing.

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Get Smarter Marketing: The Small Business Owner’s Guide to Building a Savvy Business by Jill Brennan, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on October 3, 2017.The Secrets of Business Mastery—ISBN 978-1683503927—has 226 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $17.95.

About Morgan James Publishing:

Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. (www.MorganJamesPublishing.com)

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NEW YORK—October 3, 2017—Morgan James’s new release, It’s Your Birth…Right?: A Guide for Professional Women to Calmly Transition to Motherhood by Cherie Pasion, is a pregnancy book that is uniquely mother-focused. A guidebook for professional women entering a new chapter of their lives, with the clarity and detail they have come to expect from the working world.  

Transitioning from the professional world into the life of a mother can be daunting. Issues and doubts that were not present in the previous experience of a high-achieving woman such as questions of identity, isolation and the almost overwhelming confusion brought by this new experience can leave new mothers reeling.  

It’s Your Birth…Right? gives new mothers the information they need to make a calm, assured transition from professional life to that of a new mother. Cherie Pasion helps these new mothers make this transition thanks to her experience both as a professional and as a mother, crafting an accessible and pertinent guide for these women to find the best way to apply their skills to a new frontier.  

Containing an approach grounded in both proven science and old wisdom, It’s Your Birth…Right? is a compass that connects a mother’s child, herself, and her relationships with life to create a calmer, more grounded transition into a new experience. Working through motherhood does not have to be accomplished alone. Cherie’s work gives tips on the diverse challenges and experiences encountered along the road of motherhood and helps to find solutions both pragmatic and personal.

Building stronger relationships with friends and family, becoming closer with one’s baby, and connecting with one’s own evolving identity are some of the best subjects offered within. Creating a new life guided by one’s own capability and strength is not only what should happen, it is what everyone deserves.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Cherie Pasion, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674.

About the Author:

Jan Cherie Pasion is the founder of Connected Mama, helping professional women emotionally manage the transition to motherhood. In doing so, she draws upon her experience as a mother, Master degree in Social Science and professional background in designing and implementing award-winning behavior change programs.

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It’s Your Birth…Right?: A Guide for Professional Women to Calmly Transition to Motherhood by Cherie Pasion,  will be released by Morgan James Publishing on October 3, 2017. It’s Your Birth…Right—ISBN 978-1683503774—has 188 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $17.95.

About Morgan James Publishing:

Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. (www.MorganJamesPublishing.com)

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NEW YORK—October 3, 2017—Morgan James’s new release, Because Crack is Illegal: A 30-Day Devotional for Moms by Raema Mauriello, is a funny, personable collection of support and sanity for Christian women starting or experiencing motherhood.

Motherhood is an experience that is difficult to truly define. Thousands of concerns and feelings rush through the mind daily and each new experience is both a test and an adventure. Through these experiences, finding camaraderie through motherhood can be the saving grace for any mother. Because Crack is Illegal: A 30-Day Devotional for Moms is an excellent resource for these women. Transparent and witty, Raema Mauriello takes readers on a journey of victory, personal reflection, and the daily comedy that is motherhood.

Because Crack is Illegal is more than a book for mothers. It is a hand reaching out to women who want a deeper relationship and trust in both Jesus and their role as a parent. With great anecdotes mixed with superb scripture application, the writing helps encourage personal growth and a better mindset accomplished through reflection and entertaining stories. For thirty days, mothers can experience a journey much like their own, and learn from both the successes and failures presented in the stories.

Bringing the experience of a pastor and a mother of four children, Raema Mauriello gives readers a wonderfully accessible and personal insight into the life of a fellow mother and woman of God.   

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Raema Mauriello, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674.

About the Author:

Raema Mauriello is a mother of four and works as a staff pastor and project manager at Shoreline Dallas. She is the author of The Struggle is Real and Because Crack is Illegal. She started her career as a Navy Journalist and a Search and Rescue Swimmer (being one of only eight women at that time who completed the arduous training course).

She graduated from Liberty University with her Bachelors of Religious Studies, continues to serve in ministry and writes a weekly blog (www.raemam.com). She has guest written for numerous blogs and was interviewed for her book, “Because Crack is Illegal” on 89.7 PowerFM (a DFW Christian Radio station).

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Because Crack is Illegal: A 30-Day Devotional for Moms by Raema Mauriello, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on October 3, 2017. Because Crack is Illegal—ISBN 978-1683503750 —has 144 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $15.99.

About Morgan James Publishing:

Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. (www.MorganJamesPublishing.com)

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NEW YORK—September 26, 2017—Morgan James’s new book release, The World Needs Your Art: Casual Magic to Unlock Your Creativity by Danielle E. Fournier, helps readers discover their inner creativity and unleash it for the world to see and admire. It encourages artists of any kind to identify their skill set and use them to express themselves.

In The World Needs Your Art, full-time artist Danielle Fournier teaches readers how to access their inner wisdom with stories and fun exercises while exploring concepts such as identifying their aspirations and how to pursue them—turning any creative block around quickly, turning criticism into experience, and learning to deal with rejection and self-doubt; among others. She equips artists with practical (and, sometimes, unconventional) methods to unlocking creativity. In addition, she shares her initial fears, her life experiences as a painter, photographer, and musician and the steps she took to overcome them in meeting her goals, proving anyone can accomplish their dreams once they identify and determine how to use them for others to see.

The World Needs Your Art encourages artists to pursue their dreams in creating art in any fashion that reflects their identity, removing fear and self-doubt. Fournier believes everyone is an artist in some way, all they need to do is identify their passions, skills, and talents. She asserts, “Great art, in my belief, is about connecting people on the level of their humanity. Artists get to share their gift of connection with the world when they create their work.”

Coupled with her methods, she addresses beliefs which prevent many from pursuing their goals and dispels myths about creativity and what being an artist entails. Many people’s beliefs dictate their actions and Fournier challenges them to break any negative thought patterns and create what they want. Anyone who desires to create something must consider reading The World Needs Your Art as it is a friendly guide to unlocking unlimited creativity while developing one’s own style and learning how to tap into that innate gift called imagination.  

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Danielle E. Fournier, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674.

About the Author:

Danielle E. Fournier is an author and third generation newspaper publisher as well as an accomplished painter, photographer, and musician. She has a passion for helping other artists unlock their potential through humor, self-inquiry and authenticity. She teaches other people to not let their fear hold them back by gently reminding them to be boldly authentic in their creative nature. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Full Sail University, the private media arts school in Florida. She has written three novels, eight short plays, five children’s books, one feature length film, and two nonfiction books. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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The World Needs Your Art: Casual Magic to Unlock Your Creativity by Danielle E. Fournier will be released by Morgan James Publishing on September 26, 2017. The World Needs Your Art—ISBN 9781683503736—has 130 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $14.95

About Morgan James Publishing:
Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. (www.MorganJamesPublishing.com)

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