Want to Help?

So there are some people sitting out there in the web-o-sphere thinking, I know this Sarah you speak of.

I went to <elementary school, high school, college, church, some other random place Sarah hung out> with this Sarah (insert connection that applies). Which translates (I can read between the lines) “I have embarrassing photos and/or stories to share about Sarah.”

(Okay, but none of the glasses and braces stage. Those are too traumatizing.)

Then there are others out there who met this Sarah in passing (I passionately vented some sort of verbal drivel at a conference you went to or I was the too-friendly passenger who sat next to you on an airplane). The possibilities are endless.

And even beyond these acquaintances, there are those who are just willing to pretend they know Sarah. Sarah? She’s great! Love her to death. Can’t get enough of that Sarah. (You could go on.)

We know you are there because some of you have piped up via email, Facebook and Twitter to say, “How can I help?”

First of all, you should know that Sarah’s policy, when people offer help, is to say YES.

Unequivocally, YES.

So…how can you help?

Well, you know you the best. So you may need to tell us. Perhaps you have a store that sells bouquets of dandelions near Central Park (I said, perhaps)? There are possibilities there. Perhaps your siamese-brother-who-is-still-attached-to-your-hip is a producer for Good Morning America? There are possibilities there.

Send your ideas to Sarah at sarahraymondcunningham (at) gmail (dot) com. (You have to replace the ‘at’ and the ‘dot’ of course. We write it this way to trick spambots who want to flood my email with perverto-mail).

And/or, do one of these mildly to greatly helpful things below:

• Pray for Sarah.
• Write an Amazon review. It can be short. Even 50 words. (Hint: since you say you’d like to help, it’d be more helpful if it was a positive review. just sayin.) ;)
• Did I mention you should post the review at Amazon.Com? (Don’t just write it. It won’t be that helpful glued to your desktop.)
• Invite your friends–real world, Facebook, Twitter and so forth–to check out Sarah’s book. Send them an email. Tell them about it. Tell them about Sarah (again, not the double-whammy-glasses-and-braces-stage).
• Oh, tangent: Sarah is new to Twitter. So she’d love a “followfriday” if you have one to spare.
• If you have a blog, give Sarah some blog love (Sarah accepts love in almost all forms. Not the creepy kind though. Keep the creepy kind to yourself.).
• Give Sarah’s book to book-loving friends, libraries, church libraries, random strangers waiting in line at the oil check place with you (I’m not picky).
• Invite Sarah to come speak to your church. She’ll have lunch with you. She may try your fries when you’re not looking. Be careful.
• Recommend Sarah as a speaker to conferences you attend. Say things like, “She really speaks good. Really.” Try to look sorta reliable when you say it. Maybe wear a clean shirt.
• Pass Sarah’s book premise and website along to local media or other media contacts you know.
• Get a group together or use an existing group to read Sarah’s book together. Send Sarah a picture of all of you cheesing it up, holding her book in some random place of your choice.
  

But mostly, even if you can’t do any of this stuff, just keep being positive. Thanks for going out of your way to offer support. The best part of the book in this Sarah’s mind is all the like-minded people she gets to meet along the way. Stay the course. :)