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Hello family and friends….it’s been an incredible seven days!! We sold almost 1,000 copies of Promises I Made My Mother in book signings in Vicksburg with Pat Hopson at the 2009 Miss Mississippi Pageant (Anna Tadlock was crowned the 52nd Miss Mississippi), in Yazoo City at Essco Drug Store with Max and Rita Sanders and my friends Steve and Ginger Roark and Dora Lee Clark, in Jackson where I spent three days with my mother’s sister’s child (1st cousin Mary Rogers) – signings at Barry and Angelyn Cannada’s gorgeous home, where they hosted an incredible book signing party for me with all of my Ole Miss/Mississippi friends from years gone by…Dennis Legate, John and Emily McVey, Nancy White, Marsha and Frank Tindall, Besty Ritter, Kathryn Sams, Susan McNamara, Courtney Love, Joy Aden, Helen and York Craig, Helen Valentine, Paula Hood, Pamela Houchins, and Pryor Graeber…..also spoke and sold books at the Jackson Junior League Sustainer’s Book Club, and the Blair Batson Children’s Hospital (sold 500 books at the hospital fundraiser). I then flew to New York to tape two episodes of Iron Chef with Chairman Mark, Chefs Symon and Morimoto, Julie White, John T. Edge, and Tia Carrera, then to LA to see Mary’s last performances as the lead in the LA Regional Production of “Light In The Piazza”….she was INCREDIBLE…brought the sold out audiences to tears and then to their feet. Lily Tomlin, Doris Roberts, Marilu Henner, Joan Van Ark, Jewelers Mitch Edwards and Perricles Rellas, Fox Studios Marketing President Tony Sella and wife Peggy, KCET’s Mare Mazur and husband John, and 2009 Miss America Katie Stam joined us for the final performances this weekend. And finally today, I spoke at two services at Dr. Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, where I was introduced and interviewed by my special friend Kathy Ireland, and we signed books for two hours afterward. The services were taped for “Hour of Power” airing August 9th. It was a wonderful week. Next up…multiple book signings at the Natchez Food and Wine Festival, a trip back to New York to appear live on the Sean Hannity Show on August 4th, and dinners with my agents, publishers, and former Miss Americas Gretchen Carlson and Susan Powell. Stay tuned! Love, SAM

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Greetings family and friends,

I had a great week last week in Denver and Dallas! I appeared at the 2009 Miss Colorado Pageant with Executive Directors Suzi and Wayne Doland, and the 2009 Miss Texas Pageant with Executive Director Jean Magness. We sold 210 copies of Promises I Made My Mother at Miss Colorado, and 150 copies of the book at Miss Texas. I also had signings and appearances at the Tattered Cover Book Store in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and at Legacy books in Plano, Texas. I did several radio interviews including a live interview on Talk Radio Europe which was broadcast to seven different countries. We talked about the book, my career, and my 60 City Book Tour. I also had the pleasure of being interviewed by Gary Cobill on Good Morning Texas! He had wonderful and insightful questions, and I enjoyed being a guest on his #1 rated talkshow in Dallas. My friends Former Miss America Rebecca King Dreman, and Jeanye “Tex” Irwin in Denver and Dallas respectively, were my official handlers/managers while I visited their fair cities. I was also joined by my publicists Nancy Perkins and Beth Kellogg for the appearances in Dallas, which also included a speech at the Richardson Rotary Club Meeting. I had a few days to change out my clothes and see my family in LA, plus visit a dress rehearsal of Mary Haskell’s starring role as Margaret in the Los Angeles Regional Premier of “Light In The Piazza”. This morning, I’m off to Miami, St. Petersberg, and Tampa, Florida. Stay tuned!

Love,

SAM