{"id":464,"date":"2010-12-16T13:38:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T13:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2010\/12\/books-and-blogs-and-other-stuff.html"},"modified":"2010-12-16T13:38:41","modified_gmt":"2010-12-16T13:38:41","slug":"books-and-blogs-and-other-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2010\/12\/books-and-blogs-and-other-stuff.html","title":{"rendered":"Books and Blogs and Other Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written before about the tension between &#8220;promoting&#8221; my writing without succumbing to marketing pressure (&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2009\/09\/Going-Organic.html\">Going Organic<\/a>&#8220;). So at the risk of being overly self-promotional, I wanted to let you know a few ways to keep reading.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>First, there&#8217;s my book, Penelope Ayers. If you&#8217;re interested in reading excerpts or hearing a few portions read out loud, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amyjuliabecker.com\/books_articles.html\">here<\/a>. To order from Amazon, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Penelope-Ayers-Amy-Julia-Becker\/dp\/143636311X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1226356562&amp;sr=8-1\">here<\/a>. This is a book about the true nature of hope in the midst of difficult circumstances.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Second, if you&#8217;d like to receive a daily email notification with links to the posts here at Thin Places, enter your email address in the box to the right where it says &#8220;Subscribe&#8221; and then &#8220;Receive Updates from Thin Places.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Third, if you&#8217;d like to receive a monthly newsletter with blog highlights and other information about my writing, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amyjuliabecker.com\/mailchimp_signup.html\">here<\/a> to join my mailing list.&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written before about the tension between &#8220;promoting&#8221; my writing without succumbing to marketing pressure (&#8220;Going Organic&#8220;). So at the risk of being overly self-promotional, I wanted to let you know a few ways to keep reading. 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