I'm a therapist in a children's mental health program in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:State><st1lace>West Virginia</st1lace></st1:State> -- the state with the highest rate of child maltreatment deaths in the <st1:country-region><st1lace>U.S.</st1lace></st1:country-region> Author proceeds from the sale of my first science fiction novel are donated to prevent child abuse. I can't afford to advertise, but I have had some success through pro bono contributions, including three glowing book reviews. Please see the following links. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o> </o> Thank you for the opportunity to promote. <o> </o> Robert Eggleton <o> </o> www.fatcatpress.com - the publisher, a few blurbs by authors, click on the book cover for a sample and to order (more blurbs, including one by Piers Anthony, are available on request). <o> </o> www.wingspanquarterly.com -- a satirical essay about promotion of Rarity from the Hollow, click on the cover, then my name -- Robert Eggleton. <o> </o> www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/BookDetails.asp?BookID=30929 -- $2 more here, but different electronic formats, such as to take on the trail or to the beach. <o> </o> www.okalrel.org/lynda_reads/2006/11/rarity-from-hollow-by-robert-eggleton.html --a recent mention, with intention to review. <o> </o> www.specficworld.com/books/index.html -- a site that gave me free advertising for a year. <o> </o> www.baryon-online.com/baryon103/rarho.html -- 1st professional review, by a famous science fiction reviewer. <o> </o> http://www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/?p=310 -- second recent review by an editor of a major book review firm. <o> </o> http://katlynstewart.com/author.htm -- 1st free advertising on a child abuse survivor site. <o> </o> http://www.booksforabuck.com/sfpages/sf_06/rarity_hollow.html -- most recent book review. REFERENCE TO GREAT BUD HERE. <o> </o> There have been other contributors that were not mentioned above so as to eliminate redundancy of content. If you are one, please do not feel slighted. I appreciate your contribution and so do maltreated children. <o> </o>