As usual, some great things have been happening this month at WordServe Literary!
On the final post of each month you’ll find a list of Water Cooler contributors’ recently released books along with a recap of WordServe client news.
New Releases
Could you use a little joy right about now?! Congratulations to Nicole J. Phillips and Baker Books for the September 1 release of The Negativity Remedy: Unlocking More Joy, Less Stress, and Better Relationships through Kindness.
We’re all pretty nice people, right? It’s just that occasionally we’re tempted to gossip or indulge in a little justified road rage . . . or snap at our spouse . . . maybe scream at our kids . . . I mean, if everyone else would get with the program, we wouldn’t be this way!
But maybe the trouble isn’t with all those other people who aggravate us. Maybe we’re the problem–specifically, the way we react to inconveniences, accidents, and just plain old everyday life with negative words, thoughts, and actions. Because the truth is, when we stop focusing on how we’re being affected and start responding in kind ways, that’s when something remarkable happens: we actually feel happier ourselves.
With humor, compassion, and encouragement, Nicole Phillips draws on scientific research and real-life examples to help us recognize unhelpful negative thought patterns, show kindness toward others even when we don’t feel like it, and discover how one little change actually changes everything.
Congratulations to Jamie Sumner for the September 1 release of Tune It Out.
From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving novel about a girl with a sensory processing disorder who has to find her own voice after her whole world turns upside down.
Lou Montgomery has the voice of an angel, or so her mother tells her and anyone else who will listen. But Lou can only hear the fear in her own voice. She’s never liked crowds or loud noises or even high fives; in fact, she’s terrified of them, which makes her pretty sure there’s something wrong with her.
When Lou crashes their pickup on a dark and snowy road, child services separate the mother-daughter duo. Now she has to start all over again at a fancy private school far away from anything she’s ever known. With help from an outgoing new friend, her aunt and uncle, and the school counselor, she begins to see things differently. A sensory processing disorder isn’t something to be ashamed of, and music might just be the thing that saves Lou—and maybe her mom, too.
Contracts
Dr. Daniel Amen signed with Tyndale Publishing for a two-book deal. Happy: The Neuroscience of Feeling Good to be released in 2021 and Untitled Book #2 to be released in 2022.
Amanda Martinez Beck signed with Broadleaf Publishers for The Fat Girl’s Field Guide to the Modern World to be released early 2022.
Angie Ward signed with NavPress for a three-book deal. Book One: Seasons of Crisis to be released Fall 2021, Book Two: Kingdom and Country to be released Summer 2022, and Book Three: The Least of These to be released Spring 2023.
New Clients
Candace Camling, Leslie Verner, Jacob Stratman, Abhinav Singh, Susan Woodward, Amber Brandt, Sarah Westfall signed with WordServe in August. Welcome!
What We’re Celebrating
Congratulations to Professor Christian B. Keller for being a finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Book of the Year for 2019 for The Great Partnership: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy. The Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History at the New-York Historical Society is a $50,000 prize administered by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the New-York Historical Society. Each year the award recognizes the best book on military history in the English-speaking world distinguished by its scholarship, its contribution to the literature, and its appeal to both a general and an academic audience.
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