I have written a memoir

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I went to Barnes and Nobles today to do research for my memoir, a portrait of a lifelong mental illness. I was following the instructions from a site online about how to contact an agent: go to a bookstore and research similar titles. I went with notepad and a pen. I was immediately aware, when I pulled out my pen and paper, of being observed, and moved along; then I found the motherlode of novels and memoirs of mental illness and knelt down and took down about 30 titles; people were stepping around me. So I grabbed a cappuccino and left; went out to my car and drank my coffee there. I became aware of a mall security guard poised in front of my car so I left.

This was very disheartening. It used to happen to me all the time when I was living in Florida.

I am staying away from my book tonight and looking for some healing from this moment. I understand that my behavior was improper but I don’t know how I was supposed to do it differently. I wasn’t gracious or loving, that I can see.

Please pray for me and for the success of my book.
 
Prayers for you.
If I might gently make a suggestion, Barnes and Noble is a bookseller. One goes there to buy books, magazines and related stuff. It’s not really a place to do research, or to get 30 titles off a shelf unless you are planning to purchase a bunch of them.

Please consider doing your research at the public library. That’s what a library is for, and the librarians might even be able to help you.
 
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Barnes & Noble have a website - you might try searching there, particularly since they list many more books than are available on the store shelves. www.BN.com

I would also visit Amazon.com. Take a look at their bestsellers lists for the various categories (remember they have the eBook versions, the Audible audiobook versions, and the various print options…should keep you busy for a while!).

Finally, you could head over to GoodReads and take a look at some genre lists & reviews there.

Best wishes!
 
May the Lord ease your paranoia…
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For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on cloudsurfer. Lord, hear my prayer for her intentions and have mercy on the whole world. (x10)

I did pray a decade of my daily Divine Mercy Chaplet for your intention.
 
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