The Teddy Project

 

Today I saw a short documentary about a young boy named Campbell in Australia and he inspired me to start “The Teddy Project”.

As you may know I have published a book early this year with the title “Teddy & Lily, True Friendship is Unconditional Loyalty”. In August the multi-talented actor, singer and Voice over Carl Lindquist narrated “Teddy& Lily” for me in London. The Audio Book is soon available in all Online Retail Stores and also on CD via Amazon. You can listen to the sample here on SoundCloud.

Anyway Christmas is around the corner and I like to make GIVEAWAYS with a print copy of “Teddy & Lily” along the audio book on CD for children in need. Especially for Refugee kids, who are easily forgotten and sadly too often rejected. But also for children in Hospital.

 

“The Teddy Project” is not going to be only active on Christmas, but throughout the entire new year. As you can guess doing Giveaways with printed books and pressed Audio books on CD is costly. And that’s where you come in. You can help me in two ways. Either you provide me with information about a child, who’s hospitalized or in a refugee camp or/and you donate as much as you can and make it possible for me to cover the production and shipping cost.

Let us put a smile on children’s face regardless of life story and their home country. What we adults often forget is how important and priceless emotional support is to little children. And what is better and more heartwarming than a lovely and sweet book (inspired by a true story) that educates and inspires children and their parents?

Having said that for now we focus on the following English speaking countries because of shipping cost: United Kingdom, Ireland, Scotland, America, Canada, Australia, Sweden, The Netherland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

If you have any questions, ideas or suggestions about how we can support as many children as possible, please don’t hesitate to contact us. If you like to make a donation, please use this form. If you like to provide us with contact information about a kid, please use this form here.

Thank you for your kindness. Thank you for your support. Thank you for your Love!

Teddy & Lily and the Read My Mind Team

A picture of Campbell with one of his Teddies, source picture  http://www.project365.org

 

Read My Mind the summer issue is out now!

 

Read My Mind the Free Blogger Magazine is back with its second issue in 2017!

Exciting and educational articles by the RMM Blogger team, inspiring interview partner and Free Read samples make the summer issue a fun read! Read about bad habits, the Pharma Industry, the meaning of summer in history, our five senses, the power of awareness in family and much more!  

 

 

Find out who won our BEST BOOK COVER CONTEST 2017 and meet the talented singer Enrico Costa from Napoli and British Movie Actor Kevin Leslie.

 

Read the summer issue Online

 

Order the summer issue in Print

Read the spring issue Online

Order the spring issue in Print

Read My Mind summer issue:

The Travel of Mind: Bibiana Krall
The Historical Mind: Annelisa Christensen
The Life of my Mind: Angel M.
The Empowering Mind: Rick Amitin
Trevor’s Mind on Hollywood: Trevor Pacelli
The Inspirational Mind, The Educational Mind, The mind-opening Mind & LilyWood: Lily Amis
Music Judges:
Welsh Singer James Kennedy
Swedish Singer Carl Lindquist
British Composer James Oldrini
Magazine Cover: nasSima design.com
Magazine Trailer: Bibiana Krall
Magazine Editor: Lily Amis & the RMM Blogger Team

 

 

 

 

Lily Amis & Read My Mind on summer break!

 

Thank you for visiting the Lily Amis Blog! I like to inform you that I’m taking time off from blogging and Social media for the summer, while I’m working on new projects and preparing the summer issue of my blogger magazine Read My Mind. Meanwhile feel free to read the spring issue of Read My Mind.

Make sure that you are following us on Twitter @ReadMyMindMag and liking our FB page @ReadMyMindMagazine. If you haven’t signed up yet, here is the link to subscribe to Read My Minds Newsletter

 

FYI: Some of our contests will be extended until September 2017! The winners of the contests that end in June will be announced in our summer issue in August.  Please understand that we won’t respond to emails. Thank you!

If you are looking for short stories with a deep meaning on your summer break, please check out my latest books “Teddy & Lily” and “Birdy & Fishy” and the "Lily Amis Short Stories". All titles are available on Amazon and Smashwords.

Enjoy your summer! Try to be more productive and creative instead of spending precious life time on Socialmedia. Lots of love & best wishes, Lily Amis

"Teddy & Lily"

"Teddy & Lily - True Friendship is Unconditional Loyalty" is the perfect gift for your BFF"

 

About the book "Teddy & Lily"

 

Do you remember the first Teddy you ever got?

Do you remember the person who gave it to you?

 

Teddies symbolize love and friendship, in many cultures. It doesn’t matter how old you are and it doesn’t make a difference whether you’re a girl or a boy, a grown-up lady, or a man. Everybody loves Teddies, because they’re just so cute and cuddly.

As we get older, life changes. Relationships end and family and friends go their separate ways. All we are left with are the lovely memories we cherish in our heart. But the love for our favourite Teddy never changes. Teddies don’t leave us, like people do. They are loyal friends for life.

Who or what inspired me to write the, "Teddy & Lily" story?

If I had to answer this question with only two words: Two-faced people! I’m still working on the last part of my trilogy, “Definition of Love” and during the research and writing process, I looked back over the people who had came in and out of my life. I analyzed relationships with family members, friends, and working colleagues and came to one sad conclusion: Humans are regrettably the most unkind, ungrateful, dishonest, and disloyal of friends.

Just recently I was once again disappointed by a few humans, who only pretended to be nice until they got what they wanted. Lies and dishonesty are something that makes me sick to my stomach. What makes me more furious is when humans behave badly and disrespectfully but seriously think they got away with it, by fooling and pretending nothing ever happened.

That’s how I came up with the idea to write this book from Teddy’s point of view. The story is inspired by true events from my memoir “Destination: Freedom”.

Teddy & Lily Official Book Trailer

Blog Review for "Teddy & Lily" by Author & Blogger Carol Ann Kauffman

Goodreads reviews for Teddy & Lily - True Friendship is unconditional Loyalty

 

My Teddy Collection

This Illustrated book about love, friendship, and loyalty, with original pictures of “Teddy & Lily” and an item from “My Teddy Collection”, on Society6.com, are a wonderful gift for your BFF!

 

I hope you enjoy the story and find an article from the "My Teddy Collection" for your loved ones! Lots of Love, Lily xx

Copyright Pictures & Collection: www.nasSima-design.com

 

Meet American Author Tom Fallwell

Today I like you to meet American Author and Broadcaster Tom Fallwell. Having always had a fascination with fantasy world-building, even from early in his life, Tom wanted to create his own world filled with rich history. His Rangers of Laerean series does just that, painting a panoramic landscape that is both magical and deadly, in which to set the stories of his Rangers.

Tom lives in the greater Oklahoma City area, in America's homeland, and spends much of his time with watching movies, when not writing his latest work.

Check out his debut episode of Write On with Tom Fallwell featuring  Aaron-Michael Hall, a Book Review of Magnolia Secrets by Beth Hale, and a couple of Book Readings!

Author name: Tom Fallwell
Genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA

 

 

The Shadow of Narwyrm

In the epic conclusion to the Shadows Trilogy of the Rangers of Laerean series, much lore from the ancient past is learned, and the history of the ancient magical creatures known as the Mythica is discovered, while the shadow of the great Dragon Spirit, Narwyrm, looms over them all.

 

Tom thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. Please tell me when did you first start writing? Was being a writer something you always aspired to be?

I started writing professionally in 2014, after retiring from being a software developer. I had always wanted to tell stories, they were always floating around in my head, and after retiring I found the time to start writing them down. Now I can’t stop.

What would you like to achieve as an Author?
While it would be great to be a best-selling author, or to have the success that some do, my focus is simply on entertaining those the love the stories I tell. If someone tells me they loved one of my stories, I feel like a complete success.

 

What is your best advice based on your own experiences so far to other Authors?
Write because you love it, not to gain riches and popularity. Your attitude will be reflected in your work, so make sure you’re doing what you love. It will show.

 

What genres do you read and review to support your fellow Authors?
I prefer Fantasy and Sci-Fi type stories the most, but also enjoy many other genres. I have enjoyed Thrillers, Mysteries, Westerns and such, but Sci-Fi and Fantasy are what I enjoy the most.

 

A quote by you or your Life motto?
Well, there’s an old saying that I truly believe is honest words of wisdom. “What goes around, comes around.” If you want joy, give joy. If you want happiness, give happiness. It’s a solid and factual rule of the universe, and I know for a fact it works. The Bible calls it, “What you sow is what you reap.” I believe that to be an absolute truth.

Thank you very much Tom. It was my pleasure to have you on my blog. I hope many readers will discover your book. Keep up the great work and all the best. Lots of love, Lily

Connect with Tom on Socialmedia

Official website

Amazon Author Page

Smashwords page

Goodreads

Blog

Twitter

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Youtube Channel

 

A list of Toms published Book titles until today 2017

Dragon Rising

A Whisper in the Shadows

Where Shadows Fall

The Shadow of Narwyrm

 

Stories in anthologies

A Strong Tower (Awethology Light)

Stormguard: The Invisible War (SciFan Magazine – Series)

All Book Genres: Mystery

Who is favourite Author? Robert B Parker

What is your favourite Book and why? Promised Land by Robert B Parker because its structure, content and writing style match mine. After reading Promised Land I thought that I should write my own books

When did you first start writing? Was being a writer something you always aspired to be?

A teacher, Mr Hughes, asked me to write the school play. I've been writing ever since

Besides writing, what else do you enjoy doing? What are your Hobbies?

I enjoy spending time with my family, reading, listening to music, watching classic movies and archive TV, researching my family tree, and playing chess

What are your goals writing wise? What would you like to achieve as an Author?

My main goal is to keep on writing and constantly refine my craft. I would like to produce a series of books that my family are proud of, and gather a core of readers who enjoy spending time in Sam's world