I agree with Lois Stern and her comments. I have known Jerry Simmons for just a couple years after meeting him at the book conferences. I too trust him to do the right thing for us authors and do not believe he would do anything to lead us down the wrong path. Of course, it is up to us to learn the details as he develops them. At that time we can make our own decisions. I have to tell you that I have been preparing for some time to spend some real money getting Kat Jaske’s books known and into distribution channels. I have often said I need to hire a salesperson to help us sell/promote her books because we don’t know how to do it very well and we don’t have time to do it. I can go out on my own and hire a person I know little about and hope they will be a good sales person. Or I can try to get into Jerry’s program. Either way, I am willing to spend money, and I will decide what is reasonable. His program sounds like what I have been looking for. I want to pay credible people to review our books because I know without a doubt that they will see the same great quality, story and characters, and profit potential of these books. Like Lois said, let’s cool our negative comments a bit until we see the total package. Then, how is it better or worse to pay a professional to help get our books into readers' hands, than to have me continue to pay to try to promote the books on my own without having the expertise or the time to do it properly? Thanks. Donna Jaske, helper for author Kat Jaske. www.forhonor.com

Good idea from Susan above to start a list of questions or suggestions. Whatever format that takes, I want to throw this suggestion into the mix. Since the author must pay for the review, even if her book is rejected for this program, we still need to receive a written review that we are allowed to use for our book promotions. That is, the people that review the book should write their review and send it to the author. It would also be great if there would be a place where the author would have the option of allowing the review(s) to be published. Donna Jaske Helper for author Kat Jaske Three published swashbuckling adventure fiction stories, with the fourth one coming out later this year. www.forhonor.com