Your Chance to be on TV!

Tomorrow, the last day of January, will be huge for us! I'll be running in a 5K in Conroe in the morning, accompanied by my daughter Sally, in memory of her mother. My granddaughter was intending to run with us, making it three generations, but she has a strep throat, so will not join us.

Then in the afternoon, Billie and I are heading to Dallas for Trent Willmon's Live DVD recording, which is taking place at his show at Gilley's in the evening. Billie is now a best selling author, and will be signing both her books at the merchandise table after the show. Trent will be also be autographing the CD audio version of the book, in addition to his usual merchandise of CDs, T-shirts and other memorabilia. This CD was completed in Nashville yesterday, so tomorrow night will be the first time it will actually be available

The DVD will include a lot of audience participation, so come on out and join us. This is your chance to be in the DVD, which will be shown on TV!

Where else can you get a triple opportunity like this:

1. To be in on a live recording
2. To meet and talk with a Nashville recording artist
3. To meet and get autographed books from a best selling author!

Oh, did I forget to mention that I'll be there too? If you need some more excitement that day, you could come to Conroe and cheer me on in my 5K, starting at 9:00 AM. Ending, I trust, within an hour or less ...

Billie's a Celebrity!

"Billie Willmon Jenkin's office in her Elkins Lake home is proof of her colorful character. Frogs of every size, shape and color adorn the walls and dance across the filing cabinets. Photos from her many travels, including an up-close and personal visit with a dolphin, are plastered to every surface."
So begins the front-page article in yesterday's Huntsville Item Lifestyles section. Matthew Jackson, from the Item, interviewed Billie last week, and the result is an excellent article about her life in Houston, West Texas and Huntsville. The article is titled "Journey of Acceptance" and tells of the events that led up to her publishing "The Knock-Kneed Cowboy".
To read the full article, go to this link.

Trent Willmon and the Knock-Kneed Cowboy

I stumbled out of the door today for a long, slow run and noticed that Fedex had left a package by the door for Billie. For the next hour and a half, I didn't think much about it as I enjoyed the sunshine and the fact that I was running again. I have had an upper respiratory infection that just didn't want to quit, and when I tried to run earlier this week I found that I got so out of breath that even walking was tough!

Right now, I'm getting back to my half training schedule for the Country Music Half Marathon in Nashville in April. From others who have run it, I hear that it's a lot of fun. So, at the end of April Billie and I will spend a few days in Nashville and get to visit Trent (her son the Nashville recording artist).

When I got back from my run, Billie was really excited. Her new book "The Knock-Kneed Cowboy" came out in time for Christmas and she had the idea of creating an audio version. The only problem was finding someone to read it.

Then she had the brilliant idea of getting Trent Willmon to record it. He would record the books, they would both market it and share the proceeds! And the Fedex package contained the recording.

She was listening to it when I got back, so I stopped for a while to listen, too. Trent was reading the part where Casey meets Gus, the fairy godfrog. It was amazing to hear what a great job he did with the voices of Casey, Gus and Honey -- this record is destined to be a collector's item!

Billie already has a lot of orders -- you can get the book, the CD or a combination from her website http://empoweringforchange.com. Go look now, while you're thinking about it!