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Dec 7, 2005

Attention Avid Readers,

Looking to fill your Christmas Wish list, Jan Verhoeff may just have the solution for you.

 *Release Source:  Jan Verhoeff

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jan Verhoeff Shares the Hope of Christmas in a NEW Children??™s Publication ???Christmas Angels??? Now Available at Lulu.com

December 5, 2005??” Author, Jan Verhoeff, shares the hope of Christmas in a NEW Children??™s Publication ???Christmas Angels??? in conjunction with Lulu (www.lulu.com), the world??™s fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books.

???Christmas Angels??? is a children??™s story, or a family story, about the promise and the hope of Christmas.  This simple story about a family in need and their constant faith that life will get better, is rewarded by the act of ???Christmas Angels??? who gently and secretly fulfill their dreams, while nurturing a single Mom who feels the world has left her far behind.  The story shares the meaning of Christmas, the birth of Christ, and the JOY that comes from caring about others. 

Tender moments bring to life the realities of a Mother??™s love and dedication to family values and commitment.  Her love of gentle kindness breaths life and hope into children who learn that the real value of Christmas is not the gifts, but rather the sharing, the GIFT of Christ.

Inspired by a Sunday School Class where the discussion turned to selfish behaviors and the reasons why children fail to thrive, Jan created ???Christmas Angels??? to share to option of Hope, Love, and Joy with a falling world.  You too can find the Joy of Christ in this powerful story.

She turned to Lulu.com as her publisher, in order to control the publishing process and access the most expedient publishing method available, using print-on-demand options. ???Christmas Angels??? is available for purchase at www.lulu.com with a search of either the authors name ???Jan Verhoeff??? or ???Christmas Angels???. 

Jan Verhoeff is a repeat publisher with www.lulu.com. ???Make Money Online??? tells How-to book build websites online accessing a readily available PASSIVE INCOME STREAM.  ???Savor the Moments??? shares the joy of parenting, the love of life, and the exciting moments of life in a collection of short stories, essays, and poems previously published online through various sources and collected together in one inspirational collection. Jan also helped her son, Kenton Verhoeff republish his book ???Corky the Happy Lizard??? on the free print-on-demand site.

???Independent publishing and print-on-demand allows me to cut out the middle man and cut the costs of publication to minimal upfront investment.

Link to ???Christmas Angels??? Publication*:  http://www.lulu.com/content/195734

ABOUT AUTHOR

Jan Verhoeff shares real life with fiction in her professional life as a writer. From business building ???White Paper??? Reports to Career Building Essays, poetry to fiction, Jan delights in the written word.  Inspired by a high school journalism instructor who admonished her news writing skills with, ???You ought to write fiction, you often miss the point of news publication in journalism.??? Jan??™s interests in writing flourished, with pre-career publications in various journals and newsletters, expanding to trade journals, magazines, and various business publications as she continued to work toward her goal of publication. 

Jan declares, ???Writing isn??™t easy. You have to be made of steel to be rejected so often, and still love your craft.  I learned to read the rejection letters carefully and search for positives, then tweak my work and resubmit.??? After several rejections from one major publication, Jan jokingly changed the name on her work using her pseudonym, and the same article was accepted, along with a glowing request for her to write a nationally syndicated column, as her ultra-ego.  Those days have long past, and few question her work, the rejection letters are now far less frequent, and her work is often requested without submissions and query letters.  With acceptance of her work no longer a question, Jan is able to pursue a variety of interests in writing.

???The irony of this particular publication is that the Journalism Instructor of high school days, was also the Sunday School Instructor who inspired the book.??? Says Jan Verhoeff, Author of ???Christmas Angels???.

ABOUT LULU

Founded in 2002, Lulu is the world??™s fastest-growing print-on-demand marketplace for digital do-it-yourselfers.   Please see www.lulu.com for more information.

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