"Prepare to Be Amazed," the first book by Brainerd lakes area author Joy Wayt, has been published by Wheatmark.
It is priced at $14.95 and available through www.wheatmark.com (in the mind/body/spirit section), www.barnesandnoble.com and www.amazon.com.
The colorful paperback is structured like a workbook/scrapbook to help adults realize their dreams through manifestation.
The back cover reads: "Your thoughts are like magnets - they attract whatever you think about into your life. This book will help you focus those thoughts. As you draw and describe your greatest desires in response to searching questions, you will attract the things you want more readily."
Wayt's inspiration for this project came from the suggestion in "The Secret" to create a dream board.
Area author Joy Wayt recently released "Prepare to Be Amazed," a book about the power of manifestation. Brainerd Dispatch/Kelly Humphrey
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Wayt, who works at Madden's in East Gull Lake, said of "Prepare to Be Amazed": "I really just wanted to create a tool for people to help with deciding how they wanted their life to end up like."
Mevissen to speak
Jerry Mevissen, the author of "Broken Hart: Small Town Short Stories," will speak at noon Monday at the Brainerd Public Library as part of the Brown Bag Lunch Speakers' Series.
Admission is free and visitors may bring a bag lunch.
After a career as a marketer and real estate appraiser, Mevissen moved to the Nimrod area when he bought 50 acres along the Crow Wing River and built a home in 1998. He wrote a column in the Sebeka Menahga Review Messenger that was the basis for his first book, "Nimrod Chronicles."
"Broken Hart" is a collection of short stories about small-town life and the interesting characters that live there.
For more information, visit the Jackpine Writers Bloc Web site at www.jackpinewriters.com.
Authors to speak at Pequot Lakes Library
PEQUOT LAKES - Minnesota authors Arvid Lloyd Williams and Bonnie Shallbetter will speak at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Pequot Lakes Community Library.
Williams is the author of "Hawk's Valley: A Good Place to Die," a fictional adventure set during the Sioux Conflict of 1861-62. It follows the adventures of Hawk Owen and brother Jake, weaving fictional characters with historical figures.
He teamed with Shallbetter for the second book, "Sophie's Hawk: Spirit of the Raptor," which continues the story through 1863-64. In the third and most recent novel, "Hawk's Quest: A Superior Pursuit," the brothers lead a search to find a missing child.
The authors will present an interactive, informal program and will have signed books available for purchase.
For more information, call (218) 568-6181 or visit www.pequotlakeslibrary.org.
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