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Okay, I can see how this might not belong in the MG forum BUT... it is related for me.

Not being able to work is really difficult. I've worked for myself all my life and so, my resume is non-existent. Oh, I could probably throw one together but I'm living in a farming community with 15% unemployment and about the only thing available is farm work....and that job as a fry cook at some fast food joint that would prefer an 18 yo kid instead of his granddad. So I've been trying to figure out what I could do as my family falls deeper into this financial hole awaiting social security.

Lot's of time on my hands and no strength...so I wrote a book. Writing it is the easy part - getting published as an unknown author in a competitive market is the impossible part. Then I sent it out to a publisher and began the four to six week waiting period to hear back from him. On Sunday morning, four days later, I awoke to an e-mail. This is what it said:

"Wow. I couldn't wait till Monday. Transformational. It changed my life. Absolutely, yes. A contract is on the way."

I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to feel useful again. Tears as I write this...