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After selling out on Sunday, Auntie’s Bookstore recieved a new shipment of War Bonds, today!
I’ll be in the store Thursday, March 5 from 4 PM – 5 PM to sign copies. Come in and say “hi” and watch me get writer’s cramp 🙂 More importantly, get your signed copy of War Bonds while it’s hot!
Make sure to check my EVENTS page to find out where I’ll be next.
What fun to hear from readers across the United States as copies of War Bonds arrive!
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Jeri in Illinois.
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Cis in Idaho
Dean and Betty Ratzman, feaured in chapter 18 “Letters From Home.”
I love receiving photos of folks (or their pets!) with the book. Â You can email your pictures to dchval@juno.com, I’d love to hear from you!
In addition, please consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Barnes and Noble or Goodreads. In today’s competitive book market positive reviews on the sites above really helps to spread the news!
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Two little girls poring over War Bonds at the book launch on Sunday at Auntie’s Bookstore.
Jadyn’s (on the left) grandparents, Bill and Jay Warren are featured in the book. She and her best friend Elisa couldn’t wait to dive into the stories.![10411286_10152695030512338_2758579272347860213_n[1]](https://cindyhval.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/10411286_10152695030512338_2758579272347860213_n1.jpg)
I can’t tell you how important it is to me that these people and their stories are not forgotten. Seeing children discovering their grandparents in a new light is unbelievably moving and makes the five-year-journey from idea to publication seem so worthwhile.
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So humbled and amazed by the incredible turnout at Auntie’s Bookstore yesterday! The whole event went by in such a blur– kind of like your wedding day, where you know you said some stuff and other people said some stuff and something important happened, but the details are a bit fuzzy!
My heartfelt thanks to all who attended. I wish I could thank each of you personally!
I would love it if readers would send me photos of themselves with War Bonds. You can email them to me at dchval@juno.com
Keep an eye on the Events page, so you’ll know when I’ll be in your area,
Thanks again for embracing this book and the stories of the Greatest Generation.
Writing War Bonds has been a five-year journey with many highs and lows.
The thrill of getting signed with a great agency. The disappointment of realizing your agent’s a dud.
The tremendous excitement of receiving a contract with a great publisher. The sinking realization that you still have a whole lot of work to do on your manuscript and only a few months to get it done.
The joy of receiving the first round of advance review copies. The dread of finding that yep, there’s more words to be written and a just few weeks to write them.
The amazing experience of opening that first box of final copies and resisting the tempation to dump them on your bed and wallow in them. (Not good for the covers. Plus paper cuts.)
Then the dawning knowledge that you have to market the book, talk about the book, have your picture taken for the book, hound people to talk about the book. Daunting for an introvert for sure.
But then comes the moment when it suddenly all becomes real.  A friend posts a photo of your books on display at a local bookstore and it hits you– people are going to buy your book and read it!
The stories you felt so worth telling are going to be read. The people you wrote about won’t be forgotten.
And you laugh and maybe cry, but mostly you stare the photo of the stacks of books and breathe a prayer of gratitude.
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Kindle readers are already devouring War Bonds (e-reader versions released 2/10!) And now, Open Road Media, the marketing company promoting the digital sales of War Bonds, has released a sneak peek of the book!
Click the title below to read the full chapter.
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The books look fanatastic! I’m so pleased with the design. The folks at Casemate Publishers have done a great job with War Bonds.
From a vague idea five years ago, to a printed, hardcover, fully illustrated book today– it’s been a wild ride.
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Rep. Kevin Parker will attend the Book Launch for War Bonds: Love Stories From the Greatest Generation at Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane on February 22.
Parker will say a few words of thanks to the World War ll veterans featured in War Bonds.
“This is a real honor,” said Parker.
Out of 36 couples featured in “War Bonds Love Stories From the Greatest Generation,” 12 couples are still living and loving.  Of those 12 couples, eight have confirmed that they will attend the Book Launch on February 22 at Auntie’s Bookstore with another two, possibly attending.
How exciting is that ?
These folks have been married from 68 – 72 years.
If you’ve ever wanted to thank a WWll veteran for his service, or meet people who’ve been married longer than many of us have been alive, now is your chance!
Hope you will join me in honoring these amazing people.
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If you can’t wait until February to read some of War Bonds– you don’t have to!
Chapter 31 “So Nice To Come Home To”  from War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation is featured in the current edition of Nostalgia Magazine. The magazines should be in newstands next week!
“So Nice To Come Home To” is the story of Charlie and Mable Mitson. They married in 1942 and recently celebrated their 72nd Anniversary!
Charlie was a career military man, serving in WWll, Korea and Vietnam.
You don’t want to miss their amazing story!
If you live in the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area you can find the magazine at Rosauers, Yokes (north side), Auntie’s, Corner Door Fountain and Books, Barnes and Noble, Albertsons (south side).
Cindy Hval 