Submitted by Lyn LeJeune, Nov 7, 2007 11:18

Thanks for this article. A couple months ago I published The Beatitudes, Book I in The New Orleans Trilogy, which is subtitled A Pinch & Scrimp Adventure. Of course it was a thriller, an adventure story of two social workers nicknamed Pinch & Scrimp who solve murders in the City of the Dead, New Orleans, just before Katrina (books II and III or post-Katrina). I published the book, set up a foundation called The Beatitudes Network-Rebuilding the Public Libraries of New Orleans, and arranged to have all royalties go directly to the New Orleans Public Library Foundation. I attend art fairs, church fairs, community events, you name it, even food events. An agent once told me this would never sell. Almost every person I talk out in the real world of reading buy this book. I have almost 1,500 Myspace friends and am working on every social network going. I have 5 starred reviews from readers - not reviewers - so I am happy and I am hopeful that in some small way I help rebuild my hometown, New Orleans. So Thank you Mr Penzler for this article. It warms my heart to know that I am read and not reviewed by the big machas.

Lyn LeJeune, The Beatitudes, Book I in The New Orleans Trilogy - available at amazon.com and all over the whole wide world and at www.beatitudesinneworleans.blogspot.com

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