Reflections with God While Waiting to be Healed

Most people face some physical, mental, or emotional struggles. But what are the issues and challenges when they don't get healed and yet, don't turn their back on God?

A propos de l'auteur

The author, Dr. Linda Seger, was the founder of the script consulting profession, and one of the authorities in the field of screenwriting, sought after for seminars and consulting and for her 9 books on screenwriting. She was at the top of her field. In 2009, she developed a movement disorder called dystonia which was aggravating, frustrating, and demanded hours of therapy a day. For a year she was unable to travel and reading was difficult. Just as she was improving, she was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. During this time, she began to write about her spiritual experiences, struggling with her medical problems and working through her relationship with God as someone wanting and waiting to be healed. Her theological background, and her refusal to give up on God, informed her journey. She hopes the digging deep that she has done will help illuminate the sufferings of others.

Résumé

Almost everyone faces some physical or mental or emotional challenges. Spiritual people pray about it, hope, try to stay positive, sometimes argue with God, and remind God of the many promises there are in Scripture about healing. But sometimes, healing doesn't come, or doesn't come as desired. Although many turn their back on God when God doesn't heal, others stay in the struggle with God, expand their theology, and learn more about the nature of God and the nature of suffering.

Dr. Linda Seger, one of the world authorities on screenwriting, has struggled with dystonia (a movement disorder) for some years. Then, as she was improving, she was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in fall, 2015. Both disorders have caused physical, emotional, and spiritual frustrations and the rehabilitation for each has been counter to the other, causing her to make difficult choices, and to be challenged to persevere. In this book, she reflects on the many theological issues and spiritual issues that we encounter when we're ill - and how we re-form our relationship with God when healing doesn't come as desired.

Préface

Publicity and Advertising

Linda intends to pursue a variety of marketing efforts, including:



• Submission of magazine articles to: Spirituality & Health magazine (http://spiritualityhealth.com/), Conscious Lifestyle magazine (http://www.consciouslifestylemag.com/), the New Age Journal (http://newagejournal.com/)

• Blogging on her spirituality website: http://segeronspirituality.com/

• Guest blogging on the Change blog (http://www.thechangeblog.com/), the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/)

• A listing in the Ingram Catalog, distributed to 220 countries and territories

• Running advertisements, articles, and professional reviews with the Book Club Network each month, which reaches over 500,000 people. Linda will also be featured in chat rooms and discussions and will be featured on the cover of Book Fun magazine in March 2017.

• Radio spots on shows across the nation

• Press release to be sent out to key audiences, including print and online sources nationwide

• Online newsletters



Linda has a marketing team working with her to maximize exposure with social media, in the media nationally and internationally, with churches and other groups, and on the Internet. The team will also be working on getting the book into hospital bookstores, including Christian hospitals, Christian bookstores, and mainstream bookstores.

Her team includes:

April Jackson – marketing director, overseeing the overall publicity effort

Cindy Ahlgrim – marketing assistant, executing social media and blog effort

Laura Benjamin – website administrator, podcasts, newsletters, oversees social media effort

Book Club Network staff

Booking agent for radio shows



Speaking Engagements

Linda has already spoken about this subject to St. George’s Episcopal Church in Nashville, Tennessee and the First Congregational Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She has been invited to speak in February about this subject to the All Souls Unitarian Church in Colorado Springs as well as a Lutheran church in Colorado Springs. She is exploring speaking at several churches in Denver, Colorado.

Linda travels throughout the world for business and will be speaking on healing and spirituality. The speaking schedule will be firmed up in the fall since many churches don’t plan their schedules until this time. She will be contacting churches that are part of the Interfaith Alliance in Denver (33 churches).

Arrangements and engagements with the Unity Church in Colorado Springs as well as other churches throughout the nation will be made in the coming months. Response so far to this subject has been positive. At a previous engagement, one listener said the speech changed her life. Linda has been able to form an emotional connection with the audience listening to her speak on this subject - the audience seems to be hungry for this type of material and for encouragement to continue tackling their own personal struggles.

Other possible groups that Linda will reach out to for possible speaking engagements:

• Cancer survivor groups

• Support groups for people with rare illnesses

Other locations Linda has been to and spoken about healing and spirituality:

• All Souls Unitarian Church in Colorado Springs

• First Methodist Church in Colorado Springs

• Society of Friends Regional meeting in Denver

• Baha’i Church in Colorado Springs

• A Protestant Church in Piccadilly Square in London, England

Social Networks

Linda has previously taken full advantage of social media to promote all of her screenwriting and spiritual books. She will use the following sites to promote Reflections with God While Waiting to Be Healed:

• Linda’s personal Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages

• A dedicated website, http://segeronspirituality.com/, which will promote Reflections with God While Waiting to Be Healed, and will highlight Linda’s speaking engagements and feature regular blog entries



Platform Marketing

Readership: People who have been ill, are ill, think they will be, or know someone who is ill

Because of Linda’s two medical issues, cancer and dystonia, she has the possibility of reaching out and connecting well with groups that are facing serious illnesses.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Linda Seger
• Edition: Ingram Publishers Services
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781942557708
• ISBN: 978-1-942557-70-8
• Pages: 144
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence; RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth