MS Maze

Readers Favorite says, “Pietrangelo shares her story with candor and often humor… Pietrangelo shares the highs and lows of living with MS. I would describe her as courageous, loving, and a fighter. Her personality shines through in this tale… This book will offer hope, courage and insight to others living with Multiple Sclerosis… Ann’s story is one of realism; MS is not the only battle she has faced. Yet, she ends her book with these words, “I am alive. Gloriously alive! I am functioning and loved … and yes, I still have many more stories to tell.”

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If you love good, old-fashioned paper books that you can hold in your hand and that make up a great home library, it’s really not an either/or question. You can own and enjoy both. I received a Kindle as a gift last year, and I adore the convenience and portability it offers. For us somewhat *ahem* more mature readers, electronic readers offer the option of changing fonts and font sizes so we don’t have to strain our eyes or fumble for magnifiers.

If you decide to give that free app from Amazon or Kindle a whirl, try downloading a free sample of my book, No More Secs! to give it a test drive.

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As a young girl, I constantly begged to use my sister’s portable Brother typewriter, even though I didn’t know how to type. I loved the clanking of the keys and fantasized about sitting in a smoke-filled room, a pencil behind my ear, piles of crumpled paper all around, pounding away at my latest novel. I was a weird kid. Decades later…

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Thank you, Pretty Opinionated.

No More Secs! received its third review on Amazon yesterday. I’m so pleased that readers are relating and feeling the spirit of my words.

For those who have inquired, we’re still working on the print version, but it may be awhile. In the meantime, keep in mind that you don’t actually need a Kindle or a Nook to download the book. You can download FREE apps that allow you to read the book on your computer, iPod, iPhone, or other mobile devices.

No More Secs! Tidbits

“Handicapped people steal shower chairs.” Who said it and why? The back story can be found in chapter 29.

“The hardest writing is the showering.” Who said it and why? It’s in chapter 32.

The cane pictured on the cover of No More Secs! is a product of Fashionable Walking Canes.

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Do you love books? Do you have a blog, a website, a Barnes and Noble account, or an Amazon account where you can post a book review?

No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple Sclerosis received its first two book reviews last week, and we’d love to get a few more under our belt. If you’re interested in giving this memoir a read, drop us an email [writer@webcampone.com] so we can make sure you have a copy.

Thank you.

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“I must get my hands on this book, ASAP… My younger sister is an MS patient who is fortunately in remission right now and the discussion on the emotional response to the disease is really what I need to understand most. Thank you for bringing this book to my attention…”

This comment followed a book review for No More Secs! on Amazon. I am so pleased that the spirit of the book came through to the reviewer and that her review generated such an excited response. Thank you, ladies.

The commenter also wondered how she could get a copy of No More Secs! without having a Kindle.

Did you know that you don’t actually need a Kindle to download a book for Kindle? You can download FREE apps (right on Amazon) that allow you to read Kindle books on your computer, iPad, iPhone, or other mobile devices. Just visit the No More Secs! page on Amazon and follow the instructions in the right column, under the “send sample now” button. You can also visit the No More Secs! page on Barnes and Noble and hit the “free nook apps” button.

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It’s been two weeks since ‘No More Secs!’ was published and the day we’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. We’ve received our first official book reviews for ‘No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple Sclerosis‘ on Amazon. What a thrill!

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It dawns on me that these people, fairly new in my life, didn’t know me when I was healthy. There is a clear before and after picture of myself that I carry in my own mind. There were people who knew me before and would notice the changes, but everyone I meet from now on will only see the after picture of me. These people never laid eyes on the me who, as a child, walked at such a fast pace that nobody wanted to walk to school with me. I just couldn’t seem to slow down. They didn’t know the woman with a lifelong habit of staying up until the wee hours of the morning, the mother who could play piggyback and tag, or who took the stairs two at a time while carrying a basket full of laundry under one arm and fully loaded school backpack in the other.

Bits and pieces of my life in various stages flood my senses even as visions of an unsettling future intrude.

- excerpt from No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple Sclerosis

No More Secs! is currently available through Amazon for the Kindle and through Barnes & Noble for Nook. We’re working on making the book available in additional outlets, as well as in print. Like life itself, it’s all a work in progress.

Did you know that you don’t need a Kindle or Nook to download ebooks? You can download FREE Kindle and Nook Apps and read it on your PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android devices.

If you take a leap of faith and give No More Secs! a read, I hope you come away with a positive feeling. Then I’ll know I’ve done good. If you’ve read it, please consider posting a review on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. We appreciate your support.

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When I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the age of 44, all previous assumptions about health, work, and my new romance were suddenly up for grabs. No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple Sclerosis, is a story — my story — of acceptance and change and a basic truth — good health and life are fleeting, but love and humor trump all. Every second matters, a point driven home by yet another life-altering diagnosis.

How do you plan for life’s second half with a body you’ve never met before? One precarious step at a time.

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When I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the age of 44, all previous assumptions about health, work, and my new romance were suddenly up for grabs. My memoir, No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple Sclerosis, is a story of acceptance and change and a basic truth — good health and life are fleeting, but love and humor trump all. Every second matters, a point driven home by yet another life-altering diagnosis.

How do you plan for life’s second half with a body you’ve never met before? One precarious step at a time. From the impersonal diagnosis by email to a wedding presided over by a funeral director, this is no tragic tale of woe. Like relapsing/remitting MS itself, the book alternates between the serious (“When I turn toward him, there’s a big hole where his right cheek should be.”) and the silly (“The bocce balls don’t get out much.”).

No More Secs! may strike a chord if you’ve got multiple sclerosis, or love someone who does. Still, it is only my story, not your story, and certainly not THE story of MS. Oh, and it’s not all about MS either. Really. That’s because life marches on whether we feel up to it or not. Mine sure did and, whether or not I’m ready, it keeps on marching.

If you take a leap of faith and give No More Secs! a read, it is my sincere hope you come away from it on a positive note. Then I’ll know I’ve done good. Thank you.

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