My book is on Amazon.com and as part of their Kindle promotions, I could offer my book, TIDES - Book One, for free for a 24-hour period. I just had to pick the date. Today was it. As of 11:49 this evening, 329 Kindles have been downloaded with my book! The final count was 363! I am thrilled! I also found out tonight that my accountant ordered my book and began... well, I'll copy and paste her reaction and let her "tell" you. This is what she posted on Facebook: "To all my "reading" friends: I am reading a book that was written by client friend of mine from Loudonville. It is amazing!!! I started reading it Sunday evening & only have a few chapters to go....but I don't want it to end! I would like to loan it to anyone to read also, but then I am not really promoting & helping her sales much. I purchased the book on Amazon. It is a very engrossing story & such a wonderful endeavor by one of our own!! I highly recommend "Tides (book one)" by Deborah Annette Shaw." Did that make my day? Oh, yes, it did! It warmed the cockles of my little heart! I sent my accountant's comments on to my editor--I know he'll be thrilled to read it too!

Writing has been Deborah Annette Shaw's passion since elementary school. Her art teacher in junior high school read something Deborah had written for an English class and told her she should become a writer. Her art teacher encouraged her for many years, and finally, after hitting a rough bump in the road of life, Deborah prayed for some way to turn her misfortune around and the message she received back was, "Write." "Write what?" she asked. "Just write," the voice answered back. A few months later, after purchasing a mini laptop, she began to write a story, but barely a page into it, she received the inspiration for TIDES - Book One. "I began dreaming about the book, plotting and planning in my sleep, which did not make for the most restful sleep, but I was excited and energized by what was taking place in my mind," Deborah comments. "The words took over and I couldn't type fast enough. It was that way through all four books. At one point, when I wasn't sure how to handle one element of the story, I prayed about it and the answer was immediate. I can't tell you what the answer was--I don't want to spoil it for you!" "I was blessed with talented friends who helped proof and edit and one friend who created the exceptional cover art. I hope that you'll enjoy TIDES as much as we enjoyed creating it."

This is the cover of my first book! The graphic artist, Meredith Patalon, is 

17 and just graduated from high school.  She is very talented and I'm 

looking forward to what she comes up with for the rest of the books

in the TIDES series!