The end of the month has been so much better than the rest of the month. So thanks
so much for giving me something extraordinary to remember about January 2024.
No act of kindness,
no matter how small,
is ever wasted.
~ Aesop, (620 BC – 560 BC)
Gwendolyn Plano
5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Purchase
“A rainbow of possibilities,” says Gwen Plano
about
In The Shadow of Rainbows
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2024
Selma’s collection of poems deeply touched my soul.
Her life vantage point is one of love, and through her
poems, she transforms the ordinary into the miraculous.
She sees rainbows emerging out of struggles, failures,
and misguided actions.
She gives words to the indescribable and helps readers
see the truth awaiting all. I found a gentleness to Selma’s
writing that welcomes shortcomings – as simply a disguised
treasure – a rainbow of possibilities and hope.
Hello friends, you must know Author Gwendolyn Plano, too, right?
I’ve been a big fan of Gwen’s delightful poetry posts, especially on Tanka Tuesday
Syllabic Poetry Challenges at Colleen M. Chesebro’s Website. She wows me every
time.
Then back in September 2023, I was delighted to know that Gwen’s an accomplished
author of many books.
Digging a little deeper, I heeded the voices of other bloggers here on WordPress who
were singing Gwen’s praises.
I wanted to know more so I purchased Gwen’s book. I was smitten by this author’s style
and promptly completed and reviewed her novel, Redemption, published on February
21st, 2023. Please take a look.
Kindness merits kindness
And now, Gwen has another novel out that launched just the other day
—The Soul Whisperer’s Decision launched on January 15th. 2024.
I purchased the book last night: gosh, so many books, so little time.
Lovely cover. And though I want to delve right into it, the book will need to
sit in my pile while I finish reading The Genji and the other books I couldn’t
complete last year.
Thanks, Gwen.
Thanks everyone for reading my words.
I bless you and wish you miracles.
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Oh my goodness Selma, this is such a wonderful surprise. I know you are so pleased by the endearing review that Gwen gave your work. How awesome my friend. 😍🙏🏽🥰
A wonderful surprise to meeeee! Every review makes me giddy. Thanks so much, for celebrating with me.
…I see amazing books with tons of reviews and some just as awesome lacking reviews. I wonder what’s going on? Amazon is very strict: there are words like “in exchange of” that disqualify reviews. Is this what’s happening, you think? Let’s pay attention and stay clear of those words.
Thanks for getting your thoughts on my book out there too, Kym. You rock.
And my dear Selma, I am so excited for you and you are a true Rock Star yourself girlfriend! 🤩🌟🌞 Keep on pressing forward! Continue to be vigilant!
Thanks, Ms Kym
You are soooooo very welcome Selma dear. My pleasure! 🥰🙏🏽🤗💘😊
Well deserved!
Aww, thanks dearly sweet Annette. Rocks my fragile world.
Still awaiting yours thoughts 😉 at the ‘Zon 👏🏽 Thanks so much. 🙇🏽♀️
What a lovely review.
Thanks sweet Sadje. Yours made me just as happy. Thanks. 🙏
You’re most welcome 🙏🏼
I need to grab this book too. I love the way, Gwen writes.
I love the way Gwen writes too. No superfluous of words in the narrative. I want to learn to do it like her. Stellar. 🙇🏽♀️
Start joinin in on the Carrot Ranch flash fiction (99-word stories) challenge. It teaches you to curb all the purple prose. I love it and havel learned so much. 💖
I should indeed. Please show me what Carrot Ranch’s URL looks like.
I need all the help I can get. Thanks Colleen. See you there.
Such a beautiful review. 👏👏
Thank you ☺️
Such a interested review. So inspiring words written in review.
She gives words to the indescribable and helps readers
see the truth awaiting all. I found a gentleness to Selma’s!
Aww. So happy you saw the beauty in that review, Raj. Made me happy this month. Bless you.
Bless tooo. Iam so happy,You make happy 😊
🤗
What a beautiful well deserved review by Gwen Selma. Congratulations! Her words are gifts as are you❣️
Aww. You are sweet. Thanks, Cindy.
Um… there’s an open spot still awaiting Cindy’s two lines. Just sayin’… any day now. I know 🙏
Sweetness knows sweetness of the honey bees and queens like you. um.. do tell what you mean.. ? I’ve got 2 sentences I can muster up.. ❣️
I’m sure you do, Cindy dear. Two would be plenty to light me up if I see them on The ‘Zon (Amazon) —thaz what a mean 🙇🏽♀️ Thanks ☺️
Didn’t I do a review?
Such a beautiful review Selma 💕
Thank you Maggie. Thanks for celebrating with me. Blessings my friend.
My pleasure Selma x
Blessings to you my friend 🙏
somehow those great reviews just find their way to you, no coincidence, it means that your writing was great
Aww you say the sweetest things. Thanks so much, Beth. 😘 🤗
A wonderful review and surprise, sweet Selma! 👏🏻
It was indeed. So happy for one more review. The best reward, really. Every ONE counts! Thanks for celebrating with me, Michele Lee. I bless you.
Reading you is a reward! You are very welcome. Thank you for your kind presence and beautiful blessings. 🙏🏻 Best to you! 🌻
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Lovely review! Congrats, Selma. 💖
Thanks for celebrating with my little win, dear Dora. It does put one in a better place. I bless you for the comment. Stay sweet. Happy last day of January.
These reviews are indeed the highlights of my first month. Thanks for being here. 🙇🏽♀️
Wonderful and the review is just wow.
Just wow, right?! My thoughts exactly. Thanks for celebrating with me dear Kajal. I bless you.
✨💐
Congratulations, Selma, a lovely review.
Thanks, dear Robbie. Xoxo
Congrats on Gwen’s lovely and well-deserved review, Selma! And her book is on my list. 🌺
Thanks so much, dear friend-Gwen’s review is a blessing.
I just got a taste of what Gwen’s books are like. Love her writing. I’m sure she’ll be happy to know she’s on your list of good reads. Bless you. Be well. Xo 🤗
Congratulations Selma! 🌈 😊
wink. wink. Yay! Thanks.
This is a great review
Those who love to read will always have a reading list we can never complete 😉. A beautiful review and thanks for sharing Gwen’s work, Selma