MJ is an award winning illustrator and writer from Maryland. She has written several children's books including the Grandma What Is Cancer? and her newest release Piggie Wiggie's Great Adventure. MJ has also written her first non-fiction novella entitled Borrowed Time. MJ recently her story picked by Guideposts for Expecting Miracles and has written for other online agenices as well.
Children have been a big part of my life ever since I can remember. As a Mom I have always tried to instill the importance of books and reading in my own child. Books can take a child to magical places they have never been before. They can stir their imaginations and spark their creativity. I hope my books will bring as much joy to your children as I have had making them.
<p><strong><em>Have you ever awoken from a vivid dream and wondered which side of waking was real?</em></strong></p><p>Burt Higgins' retirement is not going well. His children have grown, and his wife has gone off to earn a late-life degree, leaving him alone in his sprawling suburban home. With too much time on his hands, he broods on the state of the world, obsessively following the worst of cable news and the Internet. Increasingly angry at the state of affairs, he nurtures a fantasy that a dark lord from another realm has foisted these problems on humankind. If only he could transport to that world, he'd confront the demon and use the magic found there to defeat the beast and end despair forever.</p><p>On a particularly bad news day, while housebound in the midst of a snowstorm, he retreats to his study to shut out the world and immerse himself in his books. When, on a whim, he lights a candle purchased in an obscure Prague curiosity shop, a magical guide appears and offers to take him on whatever quest he chooses. When he asks to become a hero in a fantasy realm, he discovers a more complex world than he expected, and battling evil with magic turns out to be far from his greatest challenge.</p><p><strong>EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS</strong> a specualtive fantasy adventure sure not just to entertain you, but to make you consider your life, your dreams, your goals. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>Books by David Litwack:</strong></h2><ul><li><em>Along the Watchtower</em></li><li><em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></li><li><em>The Time That's Given</em></li><li><em>The Children of Darkness</em> (The Seekers - Book 1)</li><li><em>The Stuff of Stars</em> (The Seekers - Book 2)</li><li><em>The Light of Reason</em> (The Seekers - Book 3)</li></ul><h2><strong>More Great Fantasy Fiction from Evolved Publishing:</strong></h2><ul><li><em>The Awakening of David Rose</em> (David Rose #1) by Daryl Rothman</li><li><em>Shadow Swarm</em> by D. Robert Pease</li><li><em>Kingdom in Chains</em> by J.W. Zulauf</li><li>The "Grims' Truth" Series by Isu Yin & Fae Yang</li></ul><p> </p>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="0" align="right"></td> <td valign="top" width="100%" align="left"> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;font-weight:bold;" class="h3color tiny"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="margin-left:-5px;"><img border="0" alt="5.0 out of 5 stars" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-5-0._V47081849_.gif" width="64" height="12" /></span><strong>For families near and far...don't wait until it's too late.</strong>, January 4, 2010</div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">By </td> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AFBH7Z735OX33/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reader's Choice Reviews <span style="white-space:nowrap;">"Reader'sChoiceRevie...<img style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;" class="custPopRight" alt="" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/carrot._V47081519_.gif" /></span></span></a> - </td></tr></tbody></table></div>In Borrowed Time, the latest novella from author MJ Daley-Prado, the dedication reads, <br />"For families near and far...don't wait until it's too late." This is poignant advice from <br />someone who has lost both her sister and mother to cancer in the past twelve years. <br /><br />Daley-Prado describes her relationship with her mother through the teen years and into <br />adulthood as changing to the point that Daley-Prado questioned whether her mother <br />loved or even liked her. As for so many of us, only when Daley-Prado became a mother <br />herself did she begin to understand how difficult parenting is. Lack of communication, <br />remaining sadness, and resentment lingered and continued to strain mother/daughter <br />relations. <br /><br />It wasn't until the death of her sister that Daley-Prado and her mother found a <br />commonality. The pair began to understand one another and became friends while <br />helping each other overcome the devastating grief. Shopping, lunches, and even <br />laughter became medicine for their shared pain. <br /><br />Just as Daley-Prado and her mother began to get their lives on track, tragedy struck the <br />family again when her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After the diagnosis, <br />Daley-Prado brought her mother home for whatever time was left. During those last few <br />weeks, mother and daughter were able to connect on a level beyond anything <br />previously possible. Her mother's life was validated and there was a sense of closure. <br /><br />This story had a profound meaning for me, having lost my mother to cancer only five <br />months previous to reading Borrowed Time. Despite not being able to say goodbye or <br />how much I loved her, reading about Daley-Prado's fortunate blessing of reconnection <br />and closure helped me to understand the relationship I had with my Mother. The <br />message in these three dozen or so pages is clear. Life is short--take the time <br />necessary to mend relationship fences to find peacefulness in one's heart--before it is <br />too late. <br /><br />Borrowed Time is a must read for anyone who has recently lost a parent or has suffered <br />the news of a terminally ill loved one. I also highly recommend it to those struggling <br />with strained familial relationships. <br /><br />by William Potter for Reader's Choice Reviews </td></tr></tbody></table>