I am a newly published author. While I currently reside in Austin TX, I am originally from Western Mass (Northampton). I have just recently gotten my first novel added to the Amazon catalog. I have allotted a number of copies to give away free and, in order to drive interest, I am looking for volunteers to act as reviewers.
Book title: A Little Light Under the Sun
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Light-Under-Sun/dp/0979900603/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1213639815&sr=11-1
I think my book would appeal to a similar audience of readers as The Alchemist or The Shack and other works of allegorical fiction like those of C.S. Lewis, William Young, Paulo Coelho, John Bunyan, and others.
Having grown up in Western Mass, I'd love to give some free copies away to reviewers in that area...before I approach people in other areas of the country. I would be delighted to give you a complimentary copy for you to review if you would be willing. I'd expect nothing in return except your honest opinion, good or bad (if bad, its better to know now before I spend extra money publishing more books, yes?) I do ask that your review be posted on the Amazon website so others can read it as well. It would be ideal if you were an active purchaser of similar spiritual material on Amazon...as the links between your review and purchasing habits might help others, who would be interested, locate my book.
Anyhow, if you would like a copy to read and review on Amazon, please reply with a shipping address and I gladly will mail you one pronto. If I run out of copies I will delete this Craigslist ad.
Thanks
Matt Stein
PS...If you are the kind of person who enjoys electronic versions (and you are willing to save me some money!!!!) I can also email a PDF version of the book.
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From the press release:
http://www.prlog.org/10073841-new-book-expounds-communication-with-god-in-daily-life.html
May 21, 2008 – A Little Light Under the Sun, by Matt Stein, is the powerful story of an ordinary person who stumbles across an extraordinary friend. It’s a testimony to how God willingly communicates with all of us, all the time, if we just decide to listen.
Matt Stein lays out a seemingly simple parable that is deceptively layered with God’s wisdom. Expounding its ideas in a gentle allegorical fashion, the story remains accessible for readers of all spiritual mindsets and religions.
Encouraging readers to give up searching the world around them for the truth about God, A Little Light Under the Sun instead advocates that the spiritually curious seek communication and knowledge directly from God. “Having God communicate directly with you is an experience like no other,” says the author. “My task was to paint a picture of what this approach might look, taste, sound, smell and feel like for anyone interested in trying. God is accessible and ready to communicate – in fact, usually He’s already been communicating and it’s just a matter of learning how to spot these treasures in your daily life.”
Amusing and easy to read, this 335 page parable, will both entertain its reader as well as aid him along his own spiritual journey. Simultaneously observer and participant, each reader becomes intricately woven into the narrator’s burgeoning relationship with God, resulting not only in a good read, but grafting and involving him in actual communication with God and pronouncing a blessing that will extend outward from the pages into the reader’s actual life.
“All are welcome to discern a little light under the sun!” is Matt Stein’s simple invitation.
Buyers are advised to buckle up and enjoy this spiritual edification ride. Never before has being blessed been so easy. Some may not even notice it happening but, as the author gleefully states, “Time flies when you're having fun...and if you have enough fun it flies away completely and is gone! Some will understand this; others will not.”
From back cover:
As you and I know, there are many kinds of darkness. Sometimes darkness comes quickly, descending on us like a great cloud, and threatening to swallow us up. Just as often though darkness sneaks up so slowly that we don’t even notice its arrival, not so much a thing of its own, but more a gradual fading of the light, a lantern’s wick slowly burning down and dimming with no new source of oil. Take heart! No matter how dark our room has become there is always a source of illumination available. It’s here, right now, even if it’s just one tiny flickering point of light, almost indistinguishable at the other end of the universe. However dim or distant it may appear, a way out is provided. This book is about that way out. It’s about finally deciding to investigate the pinpoint of light, about looking through that one shimmering portal into another world. It’s for those of us who have become curious about what waits outside, right around the corner, behind the curtain, just over the hill, eager to greet us should we take the time to look. Gather round, have a peek, all are invited to discern a little light under the sun.
About the Author:
Matt Stein was born in Western Massachusetts, grew up in a tiny country town of less than three hundred people, and spent the first twelve years of his life exploring the natural world around him with the only other child within five miles, his older brother. After absorbing the beautiful forests, dirt roads, streams and mountains, he was moved to a larger city where he attended a series of good schools. He adored math and science, earned a degree in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts, and was a staunch atheist until the thirty-first year of his life. He now resides in Austin Texas with his wife and two sons where he atones for his atheism by examining his world, thoughts, and memories with the goal of capturing in writing, even a fragment of the wonderful internal experiences he has mercifully been given. By the grace of God he is now both treasure hunter and author.]]>
